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PostPosted: 04-11-2012 06:52 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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Bethesda will re-release seven-year-old first-person shooter Quake 4 on Xbox 360 in June, it's announced.

In the US the game launches on Tuesday, 19th June with a new $19.99 price point. In Europe, it launches on PC and Xbox 360 (as has been pointed out, the game's already available here on Steam for £15. We're checking with Bethesda now to find out what its new PC re-release means).

"If you didn't pick up an Xbox 360 at launch, it's possible you might have missed out on one of the system's best launch titles, Quake 4," Bethesda said.

"With it becoming harder and harder to find a new copy of the game, we're happy to announce we're re-releasing it at a low price of $19.99."

Quake 4, developed by Raven Software in collaboration with series creator id Software for publisher Activision, launched in 2005 on PC then, later, on the then new home console Xbox 360. It was released on Steam in 2011.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012- ... c-xbox-360

One question: why?



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PostPosted: 04-11-2012 06:59 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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looks like somebody needs money



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PostPosted: 04-11-2012 07:16 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


yes. why?

twasnt even a very good game to begin with, at least, not one that deserves a rerelease.
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btw, does anyone ever run into rgoer? hasn't posted in years.
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Nope, he disappeared. He left Raven a while ago, I think he works for LucasArts now.

I know that pjw and wviperw still work at Raven.



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lol, I'm sure they'll make a fortune on this re-release. I'm sure they won't...
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PostPosted: 04-11-2012 12:28 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


I still have Quake 4 installed. Just loaded it, looked in settings and remembered that there's no 1920 x 1080 res, it goes up to 1600 x 1200. I wonder if they'll update that if it's being re-released for PC. I thought it was a good game and likewise, so was Doom 3. But I'm easily pleased.
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xer0s wrote:
lol, I'm sure they'll make a fortune on this re-release. I'm sure they won't...


You need to work on your Duumbrainism.

DRuM wrote:
I still have Quake 4 installed. Just loaded it, looked in settings and remembered that there's no 1920 x 1080 res, it goes up to 1600 x 1200. I wonder if they'll update that if it's being re-released for PC. I thought it was a good game and likewise, so was Doom 3. But I'm easily pleased.


So basically it'll look and play like shit but with a higher resolution. Quake 4 was just a massive waste of time, like selling makeup in England.



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Or you could, you know, use r_customHeight, r_customWidth, and r_mode -1...

But yeah, sure...
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Captain Mazda wrote:
Quake 4 was just a massive waste of time, like selling makeup in England.


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PostPosted: 04-11-2012 01:16 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


lol, is he trying to troll an entire country now?
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What if they gave it Steamworks and full Workshop support? Q4 MP via Steam list friends with custom models and maps again? Gimmie.

Ofc it won't be. But one can dream...
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What if they gave it Steamworks and full Workshop support? Q4 MP via Steam list friends with custom models and maps again? Gimmie.

Ofc it won't be. But one can dream...


Q4 MP wasn't very good though, let's face it. Strafejumping was terrible. The community response was pretty much the reason Q3 was resurrected in QL.
Well I think that was the main reason anyway.
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Yeah, the fan base anticipated a solid multiplayer game, and they delivered a reasonable singleplayer with a tacked on multiplayer bit. In the end, there was never enough momentum in the modding community to drag the game up to an acceptable multiplayer standard (e.g. bolt on OSP, RA, CPMA and release a boatload of AAA maps).

In fairness, they never billed it as being anything other than that, but producing a sequel that's a completely different game type than the previous incarnation of the series is a bit of a stuff-up.

It only worked for Q2->Q3 switching from single to multi because that's the way the community had developed over time and where the focus shifted. By contrast nobody from the Q3 fan base was screaming out for a single-player-only sequel.
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yeah, on what planet was Q3 ever deemed as a single player game?

So they take one of the most successful fps multiplayer IP's known to man and sequel out this garbage... Honestly, that's republican grade retardation.

Q4 got what it deserved...
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That is a bit odd logic, because none of the Quake titles are in any way related to each other, neither in gameplay nor story. So the oddest thing about Q4 is actually that it has continuity from Q2.



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PostPosted: 04-11-2012 09:31 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Q4 sp was fun. But the mp was horrible no matter how q3 they tried to make it, tho I did like the slide mechanic....
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Eraser wrote:
That is a bit odd logic, because none of the Quake titles are in any way related to each other, neither in gameplay nor story. So the oddest thing about Q4 is actually that it has continuity from Q2.


What?! The gameplay in :q1: seemed very simmilar to the gameplay in :q2:. I only played the demo of :q1:, though, but whatever...
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No, q2 is slower and has shittier movement.
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PostPosted: 04-12-2012 10:32 AM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


does have an awesome supershotgun tho
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and this guy:

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fKd wrote:
Q4 sp was fun. But the mp was horrible no matter how q3 they tried to make it, tho I did like the slide mechanic....



that slide thing was something i was excited about but i failed at q4

i was to old and to stupid to change from q3 :(



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MKJ wrote:
does have an awesome supershotgun tho

Q2 was an all round awesome game. Its intro cinematic is still one of the best ever made.



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Intro cinematic is epic! Even by today's standard, not many other games have anything close to Q2 intro.



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Intro cinematic is epic! Even by today's standard, not many other games have anything close to Q2 intro.


^^ Truth here be told :up:



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i just youtubed the q2 intro...I suggest you do the same and reevaluate your positions.
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Q4's SP was impressive from a developer's point of view (very detailed environments, great story progression etc.) but was extremely unplayable. It was so anally slow as fuck that I ended up just skipping to later levels out of boredom. And Q4's custom community failed since it made modding far more time consuming and complex.

Q2's SP is fast and to-the-point - how Quake should be. The monsters were seriously retarded but it was still good fun, the maps were well thought out and the mission objectives were varied and interesting. MP was better too - the physics were great, interesting weapons and items, etc..
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what? q2 sp was totally balls vs q1. both in terms of level design, ai and soundtrack.
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obsidian wrote:
Intro cinematic is epic! Even by today's standard, not many other games have anything close to Q2 intro.


Where can I buy some of those rose tinted specs you're wearing?
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DooMer wrote:
No, q2 is slower and has shittier movement.


The movement in Q2 was etrememly quick if you knew how to drive it properly :owned:
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Tsakali wrote:
i just youtubed the q2 intro...I suggest you do the same and reevaluate your positions.


Yes did to be sure and I am. T'was nice, not a masterpiece like the UT3 ending but worthy IMO.



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