Re: Is quake 4 any good?? What is the best first person shooter currently?

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From: jeffburton
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:58

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Quake 3 is an arena type game.  Quake 4 is a quest type game.  That
means that Quest 4 is very limited in its playing experience since you
can't skip around from map to map, play teams, play capture the flag,
play tournaments, etc. Also, in online play Quake 4 seems to have gone
backward in visual quality, employing team skins that are not user
choosable and which are too similar in color.  Quake 4, in my opinion,
suffters from trying too much to be like Half-Life.

There is one other game I have found that rivals Quake 3 in all its
unique and fun elements: Unreal Tournament 2004. If your nephew liked
Quake 3, I think he'll like this one also.

Jeff

mothed out wrote:
> Hi,
> I have to buy a first person shooter in the next couple of days for my
> nephew's birthday.
> I had Quake 3 arena a while back, it was great.
>
> I just wanted to ask - is Quake 4 worth buying?
> Also, if not quake 4, does anyone have any opinion about the best first
> person shooter you can buy nowadays?
> 
> Thanks if you can help
> Mothed

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