Quake 4 Preview

[Cyranthus]

YES!!! They're continuing from the Quake II story!!! Awesome!

[Rodrigo]

OH MY GOD!!! ROCKS!!!! I'm gonna cry all night long remembering old quake 1 and quake 2 CTF games!

[randy_tho]

Umm.. am I missing something? Q2 story? Marine dumped on a planet and guided mysteriously to complete objectives that don't really make much sense?

Seriously I don't remember a plot outside of we're on a planet with mean aliens... that seem to assymilate people....

[TDQuiksilver]

Okay, people.. honestly, don't sit there and say "I don't get the story so it's a dumb game." It all makes sense.. especially if you paid any attention to Quake 1 and 2. Ever read the books that came with the game? They explain the story as well. Basically the Stroggos (spelling?) invaded Earth initally (Quake 1), marines sent in to destroy them.. that was taken care of... and because they ****ed us off we sent a huge ass ship full of marines to their planet (Quake 2) to kick their ass. Granted that's one lame summary, that's what it's all about. If I remember right, but correct me if I'm wrong, the marines that were sent to Stroggos were not able to return to Earth? I forgot.. :ninja:

[YaZoR]

By looking at those screens you can tell it's running the DooM3 engine. Very nice, but as has already been stated, it does look almost too similar, and because of this people are saying it sucks. I understand peoples point, but I presume those shots are not final 'gone gold' screenies. Thus the probability of them being revamped.

Now I have played all the Quakes since their release dates, and even some public betas. And I am a major fan of the series, more so with 1 & 3. The fact that this Quake4's single player story will continue on from Quake2 does not bother nor really interest me either. As long as it has the multiplayer fundementals that made what Quake 3 Arena was, I will be happy. It is by far the best game engine I have ever played any dm/tdm/ctf game on, aswell as the most excellent q3f beta 1h. The engine was perfect and balanced and had that 'weighty' feel, unliike UT at the time which felt like you were ice skating and that everything was light.

[YaZoR]

Basically the Stroggos (spelling?) invaded Earth initally (Quake 1),

The stroggos were never in Quake, the storylines are two totally separate storys.

[TDQuiksilver]

The stroggos were never in Quake, the storylines are two totally separate storys.

I'm pretty sure it had some tie to the Stroggos though, didn't it? ... had to have been. Was it something along the lines of "creatures" that they sent to Earth then? It has been ages..

[insanekiwi]

been a quake fan forever. nice shots.

[YBG]

Aww the screenshots got removed from that site..I haven't read through this whole thread though so I might've missed a second link.