Kotaku: Here's a short taste of what Quake Arena Arcade will look like when it hits Xbox Live Arcade. And for good measure, here's a shot of Doom II for Xbox Live Arcade as well, on display at this year's QuakeCon.
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.
I sure hope it won't pit console players against PC users...I played this the other day and got stomped. And I was on a mouse.
...maybe I should just break down and get the xfps sniper or xim or something...
Is this the Quake Arena that was also released on the Dreamcast?If it is, then it will be a day one buy for me.Loved that game to bits.
Great!