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Quake 3 Arena
Quake came out many years ago and was the apparent successor to Doom. It introduced proper 3D levels and characters along with a host of new features and play styles. It proved popular and a sequel was made, Quake 2 ditched the time travelling fantasy setting and opted for the old sci-fi yarn plot. Quake 2 had an average single player mode, and an average multiplayer mode. Soon it became obvious that many people were not bothering with playing through the story mode and instead just playing multiplayer, thus Quake 3 Arena was born.
Q3A has many multiplayer modes ranging from team games to capture the
flag. The DC version of Q3A only supports 4 players in the multiplayer
games, which is a disappointment when you compare it with the PC'S 32+.
However Q3A multiplayer can be played on or offline. If you choose to go
on-line and battle then it will look very similar to the single player
mode, in the fact that your screen is yours. Whilst if you decide to play
multiplayer offline with your friends, then the screen will split
depending on the number of players. If you have no friends then the DC can
control some of the bots so you don't have to play with your self, single
handily, on your solo project..etc.
Q3A control
does lack one feature which could have been implemented, that is an
auto-aim feature. Due to the pace that Q3A runs at, and that enemy's can
be above and below you, a feature to target the nearest enemy would have
been a nice addition. However as long as you take time to practice Q3A
this should not prove to be that much of a problem.
Recommending
this game is not hard to do. Unlike the PC version you can get Q3A up much
faster and it looks just as good, and the DC lighting effects are better.
However with only support for 4 players the 'arena' idea is sorely
destroyed as occasionally you can be running around for several minutes
trying to find the enemy who is also running around trying to find you.
There has been an ongoing debate on which game is better Quake 3 Arena or
Unreal Tournament. Personally I am a Quake man, as Unreal Tournament is
your standard sci-fi yarn. It's levels are dull and too big, and the
character voices are very poor. However a DC version is also going to be
available or is available now [depending when you are reading this] Unreal
Tourny on DC will support 8 players, but has less of the levels and
multiplayer options than the PC version. So in short if
you want some first person action now, get Quake 3 Arena as it will keep
you entertained for ages. Q3A is an amazing game and deserves to be in
everyone’s DC game collection. Put simply buy this game and I will see
you on-line.
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