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Article #286627Re: Is quake 4 any good?? What is the best first person shooter currently?
From: OscartheGrouch
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:43
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:43
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"mothed out" <mothed-out@excite.com> wrote in message news:1151357351.784637.157090@i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > 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 > > Thanks for all your responses. I ended up getting quake 4, but I have > to say, I don't think it's anything like as fun as quake 3, and > ridiculously dark and depressing. > I seem to have lost my copy of quake 3, but considering getting > another to give the same nephew in compensation for my questionable > choice : ) > > quake 3 has a sort of simplicity and fun graphical and articstic > quality, and a pace and excitement that I like. quake 4 is gloomy and > tedious by comparison, at least that is my initial impression. > Give quake 2 a try. In some ways it's as good as, or better than quake 3.
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