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Written by [t0rc]
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Quake III Arena is: The game played at QuakeCon every year. The one
that opened some eyes when it made its debut and it's being reviewed
along with it's addition: Team Arena.
Arriving in the industrial appearing box, Quake 3 Arena is a FPS by
nature and shows what you'd come to expect in the third release of the
Quake series. Moving right into place with the pounding soundtrack, the
complimentary fast paced action zipping across your screen is still
enticing.
A prime example of the gore level in the game is shown in this
screenshot taken by me in a quick match on the Nightmare (hardest)
difficulty.
Available to the user, is a variety of characters and opponents to
compete against and play as. Here Bones, the x-ray version, and Hunter
are shown.
Along with a wide variety of characters to choose from, some characters
have individualized moves or jumping styles. It's not noticeable that
your doing a flip when you play as Xaero and jump, but to the other
players, they can see that you are. Heres a shot of Daemia doing a
roundhouse style somersault
The weaponry choice is not overly large, but satisfying nonetheless.
Really the only area lacking in weaponry is the ability for an
alternate fire, but you can zoom in with every weapon. Quake 3 Arena
unveils the ever popular BFG-10K, which obliterates any opponent in 1-2
shots, normally. A Plasma Gun is shown here, with its rapid firing rate
and pretty good damage:
ID Software did a great job with this game, especially for the times in
which it debuted. It's still pretty popular and theres a worldwide
tournament dedicated to it. QuakeCon
is an annual tournament that sports Quake 3 and so much more. Get
inside peeks at new releases, hear guest speakers, or just have fun
playing the newest video games at a huge LAN for a few days. It's the
best way to go on a short vacation and get some bragging rights.
Back to the topic, I have given Quake 3 Arena a 80. It's almost
gauranteed to work on your computer, due to its older release. It has
decent graphics, but excellent gameplay. You are able to make your own
levels and additions to the game, without much previous experience. The
music fits the game, but does get repetitive. My best suggestion if you
own this game and want to get some more time out of it, download the
final point release patch for it. It fixes a lot of bugs and changes a
lot of game aspects that increase it's quality. I tested the game with
and without the point release and noticed a substantial difference. And
now to show the system requirements of yesteryears epic:
Some System Requirements:
3-D Hardware Accelerator with full OpenGL support
Pentium 233Mhz MMX processor with 8 MB video Card or AMD 350Mhz K6-2 processor with 4 MB Video Card
64 MB RAM
A 100% Windows 95/98/NT 4.0 compatible computer system
25 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files (minimum install), plus 45 MB for the Window swap file
100% DirectX 3.0 or higher compatible sound card
*Requirements taken directly from Quake 3 Arena Box bottom.
As you can see, by todays standards, nearly any computer sold should be
able to run Quake 3 Arena successfully. An older game, but definetely
one thats worth hanging on to.
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