Quake 3 Arena (Linux)
from: Loki Entertainment Software Inc.
Price: $29.50
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Amazon.com Review:
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:
Amazon.com Product Description:
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.
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
- Uninspired single-player experience
- Lack of game variations
- Unoriginal weapons
Amazon.com Product Description:
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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Customer Reviews
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- Quake 3 Arena!?!?
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.
Rating: - An excellent value... for Windows users!
The game is beautiful and I'm sure it works fine on Linux, but with a simple download from the Quake3 website, you get a fully functional WINDOWS version!In what looks like an attempt to boost sales, they included instructions for doing this in the package, so this is an officially endorsed alteration to the program.
Don't waste big bucks on the Windows version.Buy this version and apply the patch!It worked flawlessly for me on WindowsXP.
Rating: - Best Performance oflinux Game I've seen...
Quake 3 runs GREAT on my Linux system.That's not saying all that much, I suppose, until you realize that my Linux machine has a 3dfx Banshee as its video card, yet I can run at 1280x1024 without a single stutter or hickup.
On a technical merrit, this game gets a "5."
On a gameplay merrit, this game gets a "3."That is, I really enjoy plots... feeling like I'm playing a key role in some momentous event.Half-Life...System Shock (1&2)...Deux Ex...all great examples of ... Read More
Rating: - QUAKE 3 ARENA.............hmmmm...........do I like it?
Quake three arena is a great game with a new set of 3d-graphics quality, but the game gets boring after a while.Actually the game gets boring really quickly, but i still like it.I like the
models, the weapons,the maps, the storyline, but once your in the game it gets boring real quick.I RECOMMEND a SHINY New pentium 2, 350 formaxium performance, and 600mb of harddrive space for maxium installation of performance.I recommend a 32mb3d video card.It also has to be opengl 100% compatible.A major ... Read More
Rating: - QUAKE 3 ARENA.............hmmmm...........do I like it?
Quake three arena is a great game with a new set of 3d-graphics quality, but the game gets boring after a while.Actually the game gets boring really quickly, but i still like it.I like the
models, the weapons,the maps, the storyline, but once your in the game it gets boring real quick.I RECOMMEND a SHINY New pentium 2, 350 formaxium performance, and 600mb of harddrive space for maxium installation of performance.I recommend a 32mb3d video card.It also has to be opengl 100% compatible.A major ... Read More
- Quake 3 Arena!?!?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.
- An excellent value... for Windows users!The game is beautiful and I'm sure it works fine on Linux, but with a simple download from the Quake3 website, you get a fully functional WINDOWS version!In what looks like an attempt to boost sales, they included instructions for doing this in the package, so this is an officially endorsed alteration to the program.
Don't waste big bucks on the Windows version.Buy this version and apply the patch!It worked flawlessly for me on WindowsXP.
- Best Performance oflinux Game I've seen...Quake 3 runs GREAT on my Linux system.That's not saying all that much, I suppose, until you realize that my Linux machine has a 3dfx Banshee as its video card, yet I can run at 1280x1024 without a single stutter or hickup.
On a technical merrit, this game gets a "5."
On a gameplay merrit, this game gets a "3."That is, I really enjoy plots... feeling like I'm playing a key role in some momentous event.Half-Life...System Shock (1&2)...Deux Ex...all great examples of ... Read More
- QUAKE 3 ARENA.............hmmmm...........do I like it?Quake three arena is a great game with a new set of 3d-graphics quality, but the game gets boring after a while.Actually the game gets boring really quickly, but i still like it.I like the
models, the weapons,the maps, the storyline, but once your in the game it gets boring real quick.I RECOMMEND a SHINY New pentium 2, 350 formaxium performance, and 600mb of harddrive space for maxium installation of performance.I recommend a 32mb3d video card.It also has to be opengl 100% compatible.A major ... Read More
- QUAKE 3 ARENA.............hmmmm...........do I like it?Quake three arena is a great game with a new set of 3d-graphics quality, but the game gets boring after a while.Actually the game gets boring really quickly, but i still like it.I like the
models, the weapons,the maps, the storyline, but once your in the game it gets boring real quick.I RECOMMEND a SHINY New pentium 2, 350 formaxium performance, and 600mb of harddrive space for maxium installation of performance.I recommend a 32mb3d video card.It also has to be opengl 100% compatible.A major ... Read More
