o'dium's mini Quake 4 review :D (With pics)

Post by **o'dium** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:50 am

Well, I have it, at last...

Ok, where to start. First of all, i'd like to say a kick ass job on the UI front. Its really well done and there are a LOT of things that people have been asking for. I did a little smile when i
saw a few things

Old Quake 2 taunts are back (4 taunts now, not one), clan tags, rail and name colours, as well as a whole host of custom crosshair support, so you can tweak it as

much as you want (Size, shape, colour, alpha, and whether its the same for every weapon or each weapon is different.)

And so i begin.

Loading MP, I instantly loaded The Edge of course. Wow, its not AMAZING to look at, the level is quite bland in a few areas I have to say. But the frame rate at Ultra in 1280x1024 was

superb. It just FEELS like Quake. I could strafe jump around the map in no time, and the weapons all feel and work well. REALLY WELL. You know that stuff about "well they look

odd...?". FORGET IT. They are perfect. The MP is gonna own you guys so much, REALLY. But that’s not the best part.

Single Player.

HARD MODE GUYS. Trust me, its hard, but not impossible hard, its fun.

I loaded it and after that nice intro which i can now see (Thanks), I arrive on Stroggos with a bad head and a shoddy blaster... Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee... I don’t think ANY

id game has ever had THIS MUCH STUFF GOING ON. Its crazy, ships fighting in the air, explosions everywhere... Crazy stuff. The battles with the Strogg (which look good in motion)

are great and I have to say the animation is some of the best in a game I’ve seen too. I stopped at the level exit, and the first level took me about 15mins to do. It consisted of me going

in, finding another team, going back for my medic, and then going back again. In this short but fun trip you will see 3 types of Strogg, and a few secrets

ITS FUN.

To sum it up (sorry i have work at 9 tomorrow morning and its nearly 2am now), its a fucking fantastic game that really was well wroth the wait so far. As far as i can see this just

screams "instant classic at me. That pc gamer guy was on fucking crack I tell you, this not only goes over what HL2 did, it pisses all over it and then gibbs it into 27 pieces.

See you online fella's.

P.S. Here are a couple of new pics (ignore the low frame rate in some, its because i pressed it twice and it had a spaz lol):

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_1.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_2.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_3.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_4.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_5.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_6.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_7.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_8.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_9.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_10.jpg[/lvlshot]

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_11.jpg[/lvlshot]

Guys it looks so good in motion. The physics are improved, a LOT of stuff moves now. But damn are the rag dolls fucked still...

FUCK YOU WORK. AND FUCK YOU GOOD WILL FOR NOT MAKING ME CALL IN SICK.

Post by **shiznit** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 12:56 am

Nice pics, hope you don't change your mind tomorow :P

Post by **Duhard** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:14 am

Welcome to the real world o'dium.

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Post by **D'Artagnan** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:28 am

Nice pics for sure, i think i'm gonna spend the hole week-end just to play it....

Post by **VoxProminence** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:32 am

cant wait. Canada doesnt get it till Thursday tho

Post by **DRuM** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:47 am

o'dium, apart from the tweaks you mentioned, are there commands for changing enemy model and colour? I remember reading a long time ago at q3w that it probably wouldn't be possible due to the engine or something, but I was wondering if anything had changed.
And no picmip right?

Post by **DooMer** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:55 am

No drum, no.

I'm at the part where I just got stroggified. Game fucking owns so far, in every aspect. I can't believe this got a 70. Maybe it gets shitty near the end, but so far it's great.

Post by **blakjack** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:20 am

odium's host blown up?

Post by **Wizard .3** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:27 am

Aye, pictures won't load.
Good to hear it's kicking ass so far... I can't wait to see Q2 and Q3 map conversions!!

Post by **reefsurfer** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:33 am

blakjack wrote:odium's host blown up?

No, he warez'd it and ID found out.. so they killed him.

Post by **blakjack** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:34 am

s'all good now

Post by **Postal** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 3:44 am

Is it just me that notices how well Quake 4 runs on older computers?

I've got an AMD 2300+, 512 MB of ram, and a Geforce 4 MMX; yet I still get a constant 25 fps when playing at 1024x768 @ Ultra quality; 16xAA and specular, bumpmapping, etc enabled.

Post by **Don Carlos** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 4:07 am

nice work odium

Post by **R00k** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:02 am

This SP game is fucking wonderful, and more than worth the wait. I've been playing it all night, and wouldn't have stopped if it wasn't already past my bedtime and got work tomorrow.

The pacing is awesome, the enemies are great, the animations rock... I've got nothing but good to say about this game so far (aside from a minor bug/glitch I ran across, but that was taken care of easily enough). I've been driving the hovertank for the last 15 minutes or so, and that was superb. Tons of shit going on all over the place, the weapons are great.

The missions and the story are good too; they make sense, and everything has a reason.

I think this might be the first game I've bought in the last year that I will finish and fast.

I haven't played more than 15-20 minutes of the MP so far, but I've got NOTHING but good to say about the single player game.

GG Raven. :icon14: :icon14:

Post by **Lenard** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:12 am

[lvlshot]http://www.quake2evolved.com/odium/q4_5.jpg[/lvlshot]

So q2.

Post by **o'dium** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:50 am

Everything is back.

Im sorry to report that s_maxsoundspershader doesn't change anything, it all still sounds just as dull and the same...

Oh, and for those who like the deaths in Q3, pm_thirdpersondeath.

Post by **o'dium** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 7:52 am

Im so happy that this game has just laughed in my face and forced me to change my mind. YES, its ugly as sin in places, but fuck, most of it is just RIGHT some how.

I think its easier for me to adapt because i wasn't a big Q3 player, but a Q2 one, and this borrows more from the Q2 rule book than the Q3 one.

Post by **R. Tetzlaff** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:06 am

If even an over-critical nitpicker like you enjoys it, then it must be really good

Post by **chris** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:44 am

Review sounds good, thanks.

BTW them red crosses for pictures own, hope my game looks like that too

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:12 am

o'dium wrote:
Oh, and for those who like the deaths in Q3, pm_thirdpersondeath.

cool

btw just a reminder, this isnt an id game. its like saying "omg id rocks at making star wars games, just look at jedi knight 2!!".
although they had a bit more to do with q4 than they did with jk2.. but you get the point :P

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:13 am

o'dium wrote: YES, its ugly as sin in places,

[paraphrase]donny is a homo cause games arent about graphics, idiots!!![/paraphrase]

at least be consistent, cockmonger

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:25 am

thanks for the review. i wish i could see your pics though :/ no workie for me.

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 11:09 am

I guess you were too overwhelmed by everything being 'right' to hear the annoying footsteps? After watching that q2dm1 remake duel movie i'm already hoping for a pointrelease that fixes it. :icon27:

Looks like i just ordered a Athlon64 3000+ & mobo for nothing. :icon26: Good to hear though it will run ok with my 9800 Pro.

Post by **o'dium** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:23 pm

The footsteps dont annoy me TBH.

BTW the pics are down because this thread got so much traffic it brought my server down, weeeeeeeeeee!