Play It!! (Quake 3 Arena (PC))

Member Name: glen442

Product:	Quake 3 Arena (PC)
Date:	19/04/01 (178 review reads)
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Advantages: One of the best games ever

Disadvantages: You had better be good

First let me just say that I am not a newbie, I’m just not very good at these type of games. That said quake 3 is a very good game.

It looks wonderful, and the volumetric fog is quite effective. The characters are extremely detailed and the animation is fluid.

After playing the game online, I was annoyed at the amount of lag. I was getting ping times of 300 ms, which made the game more difficult than it should be. Most of the other players had ping times under 100ms. I ended up being chuffed that I was beating someone who had a lower ping then me, and we were the last 2 in rank, out of a game of 24 players. I am rubbish, I admit it, but the ping time didn't make for a level playing field.

Another problem I have is that the gap between the difficulty levels on the single player game is I feel, a little too big. E.g. while playing the game on hardcore, I can consistently score perfects (i.e. I haven’t died once) against ranger, but then I get wiped of the face of the earth by Phobos (not even a single frag) on the next level.

However these are only minor faults compared to how good the game is. My lack of skill aside, there is a lot of fun to be had from running away from a person who you know is better than you, while also hunting down someone who is even worse than I am.

I think that quake 3 is a brilliant game, especially for hardcore first person shooter players.

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