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Re: What is today's Quake?

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From: OscartheGrouch
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:56
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"John" <someone@microsoft.com> wrote in message 
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> From 1998 to 2001, I wasted many hours on Quake2/3 deathmatch on the 
> internet.  I would love to have those days back, but of course, they're 
> gone.  Are there any games out there today that match Quake's level of 
> intensity, action and fun?  Paritcularly a free-for-all deathmatch?
>
> After Quake, I played Counterstrike and loved that, too, but nothing has 
> matched Q.  Most games since then have seemed to be more like CS with more 
> "realism" -- which I admire -- but I think detracts from the fun level.
>
> I don't go around buying every game, so please don't think I'm being 
> pompous in my defense of Q, but nothing in the 21st century has impressed 
> me thus far.  Are there any fun, fast, crazy, wild deathmatch FPS games 
> out there that could hold a candle to Q and rekindle that flame?  I'm 
> bored...
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions!
>
>
>

Unreal Tounament 2003 & 2004 were pretty fun. When all was said and done 
however it never made it for me quite like quake games. Now I'm playing 
Urban Terror 4.0, which is like CS a bit, and it is fun. IMHO nothing really 
lived up to Quake 2. Not even Q3, which makes Quake 3 numero dos in my way 
of thinking., running a close second to quake 2. But nothing i have seen has 
ever matched quake games. But then Quake 2 was my first online gaming 
experience, maybe that has a lot to do with why it's a personal favorite. I 
rarely play it any more. I'm just thinking in terms of how much fun I had 
back then vs. how much fun I have now. It also could be that back then it 
was all new. Now it feels like it's all been done before. 
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