After years of waiting, Quake Arena Arcade finally made its Xbox Live debut, giving us the opportunity to frag friends and enemies while navigating a plethora of twisted maps. For a while, it seemed like the project was in limbo, or that the developers were struggling to bring this classic franchise to Microsoft’s console. The end result easily squashed those concerns, as this fast-paced and frantic first person shooter has what it takes to become one of Live’s most popular games.
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PlayDevil has posted a review of the recently released "Quake Arena Arcade" for Xbox Live Arcade.
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"Quake Live on PC only requires a browser, and is free to play, so why would I want to pay 1200 points to play on my Xbox 360?"
Jasper Kashap writes: "Over 10 years after its critically acclaimed debut, Quake Arena arrives on XBLA. id Software’s franchise was, and in many ways still is, genre defining and the third entry is often viewed as the pinnacle of the series and is still popular in many pro-gaming circuits.
It’s difficult to recommend Quake Arena unless you have a core group of friends ready to play. To some, Quake Arena is a priceless gem, but to most this poorly handled release will be an ill-preserved fossil. For those still on the fence, I’d recommend the browser based Quake Live."
M2G Writes:
Whilst an interesting look at what used to be the pinnacle of online gaming, Quake Arena Arcade just seems a little too old for an Xbox Live Arcade title to work properly and be as satisfying as the current generation of online shooters, it’s not that it’s a bad game, it’s just not suited to the console generation that has joypads rarher than a mouse control.
