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Re: Q3 comparing to others...

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From: pw... Overlord.UK
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 00:00
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In article <UYIz2.406$NO2....@news1.usit.net>, 
spambego...@usit.net says...
> I've always like the look and atmosphere of Quake 1 the best, with the more
> gothic attributes.  Quake 2 is far and away a better game, though.
> Personally, I'm glad that Q3A is going back to the look of Q1.  I may be the
> only one....  I don't like overly colorful games.  I felt like Unreal was
> "cartoony".


damn right, the feel and atmosphere of an ID game has always been helped 
to a certain degree by the level of it's brown-ness, 

Adding too many bright colors would make them seem like just another 3D 
game cloner, which they definetely are not (well technically they are, 
but you see my point, heh).
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From: pw...@clara.net (Overlord.UK)
Subject: Re: Q3 comparing to others...
Date: 1999/02/21
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