On the legendary shooter’s 15th birthday, American McGee reveals that the game could have included innovative social and online features.
Have you ever looked at a modern first-person shooter and wondered "How did we get here?" Wealth of Geeks performs a deep dive into the genre, including some of the most influential games, from the very first FPS from the cross-genre experiences that changed the game entirely.
Call of Duty owes everything to Quake, an iconic FPS game that is heavily discounted for PS5 players right now on the PlayStation Store.
I bought both. I love the graphics. Slightly remastered without losing its og look.
Rebooting seems to be all the rage these days, so here's Chit Hot's picks for seven game series that need a reboot.
Dino Crisis and Legacy of Cain I can get behind. The others, meh. I would also love to see a Remake of Resident Evil: Outbreak, Legend of Dragoon, and Jade Empire.
I absolutely love Banjo Kazooie but holy crap is a Dino Crisis remaster such a massive opportunity for Capcom.
The engine they have used for the RE Remakes is perfect and it would be so cool to see the first two games remade.
Mercenaries, True Crime, Dead to Rights, Max Payne, Manhunt, Duke Nukem, Prince of Persia, Burnout, Matrix, Outrun, Jet Set Radio, Otogi, Kenka Banco, Syphon Filter, Power stone, San Francisco Rush, and despite not being a series, BLACK
The Saints Row reboot needs a reboot. Saints Row 2 holds up quite well, but the original needs a remake at least. Keep everything exactly the same, just with better graphics.
I wonder if id will do something special for the 15th anniversary.
Quake invented almost everything there in regards to being an online FPS. 3D acceleration, netcode optimization, server browser, team fortress, the grappling hook, the entire concept of online competitive clans/squads...all came from Quake. F-ing incredible when you think about it.
I don't think I'll live long enough to see a game that is more innovative.
I'm going to start playing through it again. I wish I could set up a server and have an old-school fragfest, but I have no internet at home and no one plays Quake anymore :(
I often have a go on Quake Live, still great fun to this day.
"being able to buy/sell the maps they created"... So not all like CoD Elite, then?
It's fun to play pretend, but in a time when the average internet connection was around 28.8kbps (about 8 naked per night to those of you who want a practical metric), persistent online meta data was not really going to be used.
Quake was most popular with the LAN crowd. So when you all get together coding the infrastructure of online sharing is a waste when you can simply exchange floppy disks or cd roms.