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Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:52 pm
by Eraser
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?
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:59 pm
by Don Carlos
WTF?!
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:13 pm
by SoM
looks like somebody needs money
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 3:16 pm
by MKJ
yes. why?
twasnt even a very good game to begin with, at least, not one that deserves a rerelease.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:24 pm
by losCHUNK
derp
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:27 pm
by 4days
btw, does anyone ever run into rgoer? hasn't posted in years.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:57 pm
by obsidian
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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:06 pm
by xer0s
lol, I'm sure they'll make a fortune on this re-release. I'm sure they won't...
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:28 pm
by DRuM
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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:36 pm
by Captain
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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 8:37 pm
by o'dium
Or you could, you know, use r_customHeight, r_customWidth, and r_mode -1...
But yeah, sure...
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 9:16 pm
by vesp
lol, is he trying to troll an entire country now?
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:09 pm
by DRuM
Memphis wrote: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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:13 pm
by Foo
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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:33 pm
by Tsakali
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...
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:15 am
by Eraser
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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 5:31 am
by fKd
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....
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 3:49 pm
by DTS
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
seemed very simmilar to the gameplay in
. I only played the demo of
, though, but whatever...
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:29 pm
by DooMer
No, q2 is slower and has shittier movement.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:32 pm
by MKJ
does have an awesome supershotgun tho
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 6:37 pm
by phantasmagoria
and this guy:
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 7:35 pm
by plained
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
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2012 9:40 pm
by Eraser
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.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 3:04 am
by obsidian
Intro cinematic is epic! Even by today's standard, not many other games have anything close to Q2 intro.
Re: Bethesda re-releasing Quake 4
Posted: Fri Apr 13, 2012 7:45 am
by Whiskey 7
obsidian wrote:Intro cinematic is epic! Even by today's standard, not many other games have anything close to Q2 intro.
^^ Truth here be told
