Today’s game is Quake. I decided I wanted to try the campaign. Since I just finished emerald I figured I’d give it a try to see if it was something I wanted to commit to. My first impressions? Gameplay is awesome. I love how fast paced everything is. I feel like a ping pong ball on meth. The levels feel a bit confusing occasionally though and I feel like they’re a bit disjointed. Like 1 feels like a standard level and then “Bam”. Knights and shit.
Graphically though? This game is amazing as fuck. I know the re-release is completely different but I love how it looks. Something really charming about it.
The water also I love. It’s a solid 7.5 on my scale. Wouldn’t drink it, but it’s neat to look at. It reminds me a bit of OoT’s without the texture that one has.
What’s my final opinion though? I like it, I think it’s best suited for me though as an Every once in a while kind of game though. Like Mario Kart. That’s not a bad thing though, I feel like honestly we need more games like that, not always vying for attention or with a complex plot. Just something you can pick up at random with the only curve being maybe a loss in skill. There needs to be a balance of both games, and I think this one kind of fills the balance of the first category.
It feels weird to look at. Like. When I started it was just me sifting through my backlog of old screenshots going “this would be fun to share with people” and it’s basically grown from that too a whole mini write up on different games spanning almost 2 years. It’s a hell of a thing to look back on
Make sure you get the soundtrack to play along with the game. It makes a huge difference to the atmosphere.
I haven’t played the re-release so I don’t know if they made that work but originally Quake would only load the music from the CD in the drive. With the various Quake source port engines you can use now, there are ways to configure them to look for MP3s in the folder if you’ve downloaded them.
I’ll have to look into it! I don’t remember if it plays the soundtrack or not but music is a huge part of my enjoyment in games so I’d love too have it if not
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Quake is so. Damn. Good.
Grew up a massive Doom fan like everyone else, but Quake is just the perfect shooter and Machine Games’ recent expansion is the chef’s kiss.
Day 602—nearly 2 years of daily dedication. The consistency is as impressive as the screenshots themselves.
It feels weird to look at. Like. When I started it was just me sifting through my backlog of old screenshots going “this would be fun to share with people” and it’s basically grown from that too a whole mini write up on different games spanning almost 2 years. It’s a hell of a thing to look back on
I is jelly af.
I too have only recently (2026) played the rerelease of Q1 & Q2 (only the new campaigns).
It’s not my Quake, it does look good tho, def not over the top.
The campaigns weren’t bad, but the Q2 works better imho (both campaigns are new Doom styled).
Quakes & (og) Dooms (og levels) are amongst the games that I replay at least once evey two years (since they were released :D). Comfort food style.
Man I remember death matching on this way back when. Was some excellent stuff.
I played a little against bots but I didn’t get a chance to play an actual death match game. It was fun what little I did play though
This game scared the shit outta me when it first came out. Good times.
Make sure you get the soundtrack to play along with the game. It makes a huge difference to the atmosphere.
I haven’t played the re-release so I don’t know if they made that work but originally Quake would only load the music from the CD in the drive. With the various Quake source port engines you can use now, there are ways to configure them to look for MP3s in the folder if you’ve downloaded them.
I’ll have to look into it! I don’t remember if it plays the soundtrack or not but music is a huge part of my enjoyment in games so I’d love too have it if not
My favourite game of all time.