Quake 4 - First Impressions

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Quake 4 - First Impressions

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..having the storyline pick up where Quake 2 left off is great.. you are a marine in one of the many squads sent to the Strogg homeworld to basically, well, finish them off... ;)

I have played the first few levels through so far, single player, and yet - it's not single player. You have your other squad members along with you shooting with you, possibly dying as well, on the trip with the same goal. There is a medic that can heal you up to 100% health, and even a guy that can up your armor to 100%. I love it. LOL!!!

From what I see on the box, it also have DM, TDM, CTF, etc.. for multiplayer modes, but I haven't checked any of that out yet.

Back to single player again for a sec. I have the blaster, machine gun, and shotgun so far. The shotgun is awesome, and the machine gun is alright.. but what I don't like so far is that if you want to turn your flashlight on, which you couldn't do in Quake 2 but can in Quake 4 (and can in Doom 3 as well), you toggle from your shotgun, if that is what is in your hands for example, over to the machine gun, since its the only weapon (that I have so far) that lets you use it.

The scenery and graphics are similar to those of Doom 3, comparatively speaking. I like it a lot so far, and hope the rest of the game isn't a let down.

OH! You get the lightning gun! You didn't have that in Quake 2, but did in Quake 1... so I can only imagine what it will be like.... ;)

Multiplayer? There was a co-op mode in Quake 2 ... I just wish that made it into Quake 4.........

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Lightning gun is in Quake 3 too, I can't wait to get a copy of Quake 4! :D
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So Quake 4 is out already?
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In the U.S., today, yes, apparently the 20th up here in Canada. Ugh
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Ohhh! It's out? F.E.A.R. is out. Serious Sam 2 is out... It's going to be a sleepless weekend!
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NOOOOOOOO, show me the money!!!!

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I had both FEAR and Quake 4 on pre-order... but figured.. I'd been waiting on Q4 for a lot longer than I even knew of FEAR's existence..so I told them to shift over the money I put down on my preorder for FEAR over to Q4..so I ended up not paying anything for Q4 yesterday. hehe..

.. and Q3 has the lightning gun? I didn't know that... I guess that shows how little I play that game. lol
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Neophyte wrote:Ohhh! It's out? F.E.A.R. is out. Serious Sam 2 is out... It's going to be a sleepless weekend!
Cool, should get them January 9th!!
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u all are making me go broke......

and wifeless....... :roll:
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Akira wrote:In the U.S., today, yes, apparently the 20th up here in Canada. Ugh
futureshop seems to have them already? and on sale!

http://www.futureshop.ca/catalog/prodde ... 753&catid=
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I went by BestBuy and looked for a copy of Quake 4, they said pre-order people got theirs. But they wont sell retail games until tomorrow! So, naturally I asked, If I pre-order it now, can I have it? They simply laughed. So I picked up FEAR. I told my wife it was an accident! She forgave me.
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Neophyte wrote:I went by BestBuy and looked for a copy of Quake 4, they said pre-order people got theirs. But they wont sell retail games until tomorrow! So, naturally I asked, If I pre-order it now, can I have it? They simply laughed. So I picked up FEAR. I told my wife it was an accident! She forgave me.
ROFL! right on! heheheeh
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Neophyte wrote:I went by BestBuy and looked for a copy of Quake 4, they said pre-order people got theirs. But they wont sell retail games until tomorrow! So, naturally I asked, If I pre-order it now, can I have it? They simply laughed. So I picked up FEAR. I told my wife it was an accident! She forgave me.
I gotta ask Neo, what kind of new sex toy did you buy in order to get that treatment from the wife?!
Whatever it is, I need it!!!
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Post by Rico »

krazydave wrote:
Neophyte wrote:I went by BestBuy and looked for a copy of Quake 4, they said pre-order people got theirs. But they wont sell retail games until tomorrow! So, naturally I asked, If I pre-order it now, can I have it? They simply laughed. So I picked up FEAR. I told my wife it was an accident! She forgave me.
I gotta ask Neo, what kind of new sex toy did you buy in order to get that treatment from the wife?!
Whatever it is, I need it!!!
Err, for yourself?

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Post by KrAzYdAvE »

hey, if it gets me a new tricked out sound card, and a forgiven "mistake" for buying the wrong game, I'll use whatever it is however I have to! lol
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