Blog Game Review

In the following review I discuss my thoughts on Quake IV, in the areas of gameplay, graphics, sound, story, learning curve, and control scheme.  This is one of my favorite games and I give it five out of five Frags, not only for its many different modes of play (single player, multiplayer, and mods) but also for its learning curve in its multiplayer mode.

The gameplay for Quake IV takes two general modes, one being single player with the other being of course mulitplayer.  However, the multiplayer mode has many different player created mods with different games you can play such as: Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, and Team Deathmatch to name a few.

The single player mode revolves around the Quake storyline.  At this point in the story, the main character is fighting off alien enemies and eventually gets captured, given alien body parts, and saved before he is made anymore than half-alien.  The single player version actually gets quite exciting at this point as you now have new abilities due to your stronger than human sum of parts. 

The multiplayer version is where the true fun comes in.  The learning curve here is steep as you have a much greater potential in physical movement. Chat features and the availability to join a clan, make friends, and play on training maps to hone your skills make this game way more than an average FPS.  Strafe jumping is a major facet of success in the multiplayer version and can be researched online along with many other character movement skills.

The graphics on my own computer for this game, while an appealing concept at first, began to take the backseat to the game running at lightning speed as I learned new movements.  Eventually, this is an easy sacrifice to picking up more frags (kills) in heated competition. 

As far as sound goes, I was never dissapointed.  I always liked what I heard in this game, especially the announcements in multiplayer.  

The controls were by default highly functional.  If you didn't like them, you could change them.  It was the controls on PC that made me detest Quake IV on an console.  Nothing beats the keyboard and mouse for a first person shooter.