GameSpy writes: "Our most recent preview of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars presented a rather rosy outlook on the upcoming multiplayer shooter, but now that we've had a chance to wrap our fingers around the controller, we're not sure whether or not it can actually work out. The bulk of the game functions perfectly; the handling especially is quick and tight, and everything runs at a smooth frame-rate. Our concern arises from what Quake Wars demands of players in order for them to truly enjoy the game: half a brain."
Spiffy:
-Three words: Strogg Icarus Gravpack
-Specialized classes to appeal to different play styles
Iffy:
-Balance seems skewed to favor attackers over defenders
-Aerial vehicles control poorly
BLG writes, "Alongside the Wolfenstein and DOOM franchises, there are the Quake games. Known for fast-paced and insane multiplayer deathmatch action, there was a time Quake was best known for its single-player design.
That all changed as time passed (i.e., after Quake 3 Arena). Multiplayer deathmatches were never the same.
As other FPS games leaned more into improved narrative and storytelling, id Software delivered a genre-defining multiplayer experience.
Quake 3, and the iterations, will always be one of the best multiplayer series releases.
As far as campaigns, I think 1 and 4 are great, but that 2 was garbage.
Quake Champions was a joke on and didn't capitalize on much of anything that made the series great.
Ben takes a look at what we can expect from Quake 5 in light of the recent buzz of activity at id Software recently. Hopeful at best but some serious food for thought.
DSOGaming writes: "AMD has released the WHQL version of their Catalyst 12.4 drivers. These drivers introduce some new features to the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800, and AMD Radeon HD 7700 Series, such as Windows XP 32/64Bit support, Level of Detail (LOD) Image Quality enhancements when Super Sampling is enabled and significant performance enhancements (up to 80%) when MLAA is enabled. In addition, there have been various fixes for Skyrim, RAGE, Enemy Territory, and STALKER: Call of Pripyat."
