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alright GAF lets do it: Quake vs UT
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Change the box art in the first post! (I was confused. I'm dumb.)
Quake III for sure. I can still appreciate the elegant brutality of that game.
I played UT too, but never got sucked in enough to feel it was anything beyond a good game.
They're both good titles, but Quake III has something pure about it that puts it above.
Quake III for sure. I can still appreciate the elegant brutality of that game.
I played UT too, but never got sucked in enough to feel it was anything beyond a good game.
They're both good titles, but Quake III has something pure about it that puts it above.
Haha, I will say that I didn't play either to the extend that some people did. It was the occasional LAN party where friends wanted me to join in or just hanging out with friends we usually went for UT. Even back then I was an anal simulator guy
tehrik-e-insaaf
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Quake, no question, GOAT FPS - invented the modern FPS industry - responsible for the rise of PC gaming IMHO - killer app for the Pentium and subsequently the Voodoo - the online gaming community and the modding community - levels were very balanced and there was a giant return on skill increase - i.e. the more skill you got, the more it showed - rare for modern FPS to be that way where they dumb things down so everyone can get a kill or two even if they suck
BTW - Quake code is still used in Call of Duty
I'm curious to know how the Nintendo vs. Sega vs. Sony fans divide in terms of their support for either FPS and which one they preferred... My rough sense is that most Nintendo fans preferred Quake and most Sony fans preferred UT - I found most Sega fans split down the middle - but I have no real empirical basis to make that claim outside of what I observed among my friends that owned PCs during that era and what console preference they had
BTW - Quake code is still used in Call of Duty
I'm curious to know how the Nintendo vs. Sega vs. Sony fans divide in terms of their support for either FPS and which one they preferred... My rough sense is that most Nintendo fans preferred Quake and most Sony fans preferred UT - I found most Sega fans split down the middle - but I have no real empirical basis to make that claim outside of what I observed among my friends that owned PCs during that era and what console preference they had
gwynplaine
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ut snipers and rockets on facing worlds was too much fun
StoppedInTracks
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Q3DM17 > every other game on every other platform in the history of gaming
Bow down, plebes.
Bow down, plebes.
Why would you do that?
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Now it will seem weird when I post my Duke 3D vs Shadow Warrior thread tomorrow.
Also, Quake III. By far. For some reason, UT just bored me.
One of the things I like about Quake that people may not agree with is the lack of secondary fire. I think it makes for a simpler game, which I like.
Woah, now that's quite a claim. To be fair, I am a Nintendo fan, and I prefer Quake.
Also, Quake III. By far. For some reason, UT just bored me.
One of the things I like about Quake that people may not agree with is the lack of secondary fire. I think it makes for a simpler game, which I like.
Woah, now that's quite a claim. To be fair, I am a Nintendo fan, and I prefer Quake.
Even back then I was an anal simulator guy
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but yeah, in my case it was actually the opposite. I played the most Quake on weekly (or even daily, in smaller form) LANs with friends, and what I played of UT99 was mostly over the Internet with randoms, so it wasnt nearly as often, nor did I like it that much. My ping was awful.
Played a shit ton of both for sure though. But yeah QIII kills it.
Quake 3 is the epitome. Its the core stripped to its most basic, most pure fun basics. It's golden.
metsallica
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famousmortimer
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Quake 2 > Unreal Tournament > Quake 3
Quake is like single malt whisky, UT is like a Jägerbomb.
I find it hard to pick between the two.
But I think I'll have to go with Quake for the simple elegance of it. It's like a condensed minimalistic extract of what makes competitive first person shooters so good.
The twitch-based FPS par excellence.
I find it hard to pick between the two.
But I think I'll have to go with Quake for the simple elegance of it. It's like a condensed minimalistic extract of what makes competitive first person shooters so good.
The twitch-based FPS par excellence.
Quake has the pure skill weapons that lead to faster action and those memorable moments akin to some insane sports play. UT had zooming sniper rifles and missiles you actively control.
If you like to dink around in an arena or team based shooter, UT is your game.
If you play to win, you play Quake.
If you like to dink around in an arena or team based shooter, UT is your game.
If you play to win, you play Quake.
This.
jacob armitage
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I was a mod years ago on the quake 3 forums for a good long while back in its day, but even without that wonderful nostalgia, Quake has a far stronger core game that UT. UT was flash, but Quake had the soul of competition.
I do love me some UT too though
QUAKE.
I never really liked UT that much. Quake DM was *almost* as fun as UT, but Quake had Action Quake, and the godly LMCTF.
GRAPPLE BITCHES AND I'M GONE.
Now someone make a thread complaining about LPB and how delusion they are. Fucking lagging the server with their hyperblaster spam bullshit, then the nerve of (most) of them to pretend that low ping isn't really a game-breaking advantage but just a nice little perk. I constantly ran into one dbag with an ISDN line in like '99 who insisted that his constant 15-1 ratio was simply a result of skill and not the fact he had a ping of 80 (80!) when everyone else on the server had 250 or more. I'd kill for a 350 most nights on my dialup from rural Manitoba. :|
I never really liked UT that much. Quake DM was *almost* as fun as UT, but Quake had Action Quake, and the godly LMCTF.
GRAPPLE BITCHES AND I'M GONE.
Now someone make a thread complaining about LPB and how delusion they are. Fucking lagging the server with their hyperblaster spam bullshit, then the nerve of (most) of them to pretend that low ping isn't really a game-breaking advantage but just a nice little perk. I constantly ran into one dbag with an ISDN line in like '99 who insisted that his constant 15-1 ratio was simply a result of skill and not the fact he had a ping of 80 (80!) when everyone else on the server had 250 or more. I'd kill for a 350 most nights on my dialup from rural Manitoba. :|
Without AC we wouldn't have cs or those style games so I agree with this.
Sapphire Dreams
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Never played UT1 so Quake 2.
gettempapa
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Quake III for Dreamcast was the first console shooter I played that had a stick dedicated to looking around/aiming as opposed to the old Goldeneye system of moving and aiming with a single stick (relying a lot on aim-assist).
I am partial to the art style of the Quake games, but UT 99 and 2004 provided plenty of good times as well.
I am partial to the art style of the Quake games, but UT 99 and 2004 provided plenty of good times as well.
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if I lose is because my ping sucks and my mx518 is busted so it doesnt count you guys
In for some UT
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