Quake 3 Arena (Linux)

Quake 3 Arena (Linux)
by Loki Entertainment Software Inc.

Quake 3 Arena (Linux)
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Brand: Loki Entertainment Software
Format: CD-ROM
Platform: Linux
Publisher: Loki Entertainment Software Inc.

Video Game Reviews of Quake 3 Arena (Linux)

Customer Review: Quake 3 Arena!?!?
Summary: 4 Stars

It's been more years than I can remember since I bought and played this. It was great at the time. Nice to have a game on linux for a change. I stick to consoles now. Have gone mostly Mac too.

Description of Quake 3 Arena (Linux)

As in its dozens of first-person shooter ancestors, id Software and Activision's Quake 3: Arena transports players into a violent, virtual world filled with deadly weapons, impressive power-ups, and intense combat. Players compete on 26 maps in either death match (free-for-all or team play), with goals to rack up as many kills as possible; or capture the flag, a team-oriented game with scoring based on the number of enemy flag captures. Though presenting the best death-match experience around, Quake 3's two game types lack the variation and originality of a similar game, Epic's Unreal Tournament.

Although you'll need the latest video card and computer hardware, it's impossible to dispute the sheer beauty of Quake 3's 3-D engine. The 26 maps are filled with exquisite architecture and impressive special effects; further, Quake 3 provides dozens of highly detailed player models to choose from. If you've played other id Software first-person shooters, the weapons should all look familiar: machine gun, shotgun, plasma gun, grenade launcher, rocket launcher, lightning gun, railgun, and the BFG 10K. Though impressively rendered and balanced, you've likely used them before in id's Doom, Quake, or any number of other first-person action games.

Hopping online and competing against other Quake 3: Arena players worldwide requires only a 56K or better Internet connection and a few mouse clicks. Quake 3 offers an infinitely replayable multiplayer experience (and a violent one--not for youngsters), but an unsatisfying solo game. Its single-player tournament mode--a series of death matches against computer AI bots--serves simply as a massive training exercise for multiplay. --Doug Radcliffe

Pros:

  • Cutting-edge graphics
  • Near-perfect death-match multiplay
  • Detailed player models
  • Beautiful level architecture
Cons:
  • Uninspired single-player experience
  • Lack of game variations
  • Unoriginal weapons

Quake 3 Arena for Linux features a completely rebuilt game engine that adds gorgeous 3-D arenas to "frag" your opponents within, plus all new weapons and character models. This first-person shooter game includes single-player game play or live death-match kills on the Internet or over a LAN. The Linux edition of Quake 3 Arena will also ship in a limited edition collector's tin box and includes the SuSE Linux 6.3 operating system.

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