Quake IV was ALOT better than i expected , graphics and gameplay are great , okay ai and physics . The singleplayer remind me of half life : Opposing forces or Halo... Very intensive , scary and action packed . I haven't enjoyed a game so much in months , definately a GOTY candidate , almost as good as FEAR but with more focus on sci fi warfare than horror . Using the Doom III engine it resambles doom alot , also the artwork is set in the same techno - gothic style , soldiers armour looks identical to what we saw in Doom , and the surface of the planet resembles mars ... But its so much more than Doom , there are vehicles and mountable turrets etc.
I haven't finished it , but so far its extremely enjoyable , Better than halo 1 and 2 , half life 1 , Doom 3 and dare i say better than half life 2 in some areas ...
It Does a good job of making the game feel like a genuine war , like call of duty did , with you helping to advance the war effort step by step , instead of bieng a one man army eg. Halo , Half life . you have to rely on help from allies .
Enemies are humanoid mostly , some resemble apes more than humans , all have robotic modifications etc. When they die they dissapate like many of the Doom III demons would , only green this time :p
Multiplayer is a remake of QIII with the same weapons mostly and a few of the original maps , but with much better graphics and physics...
Pics don't do the game justice , try it yourself , my 6600gt , 1024mb of DDR400 and Athlon XP 3200 play it good on high , 1024x768 , just a little lower settings than what i used to play doom 3 with .
Story is basically the aftermath of quake 2 , human military invades the strogg homeworld , your part in the war leads you to bring down a giant AA cannon in order for your ships to land .. to bomb the strogg base etc.
Game was made by Raven... same geniuses who did Jedi knight and Elite force, both won or were nominated for many GOTY awards .
try it out for yourself , it RULES !
