An elegant game, for a more civilized age

It is literally mind blowing that Quake1 was released in 1996 and Quake3 in 1999. In today's world it is unimaginable that you could make such a monumental jump in graphics in 3 years.

Q3 is the best arena shooter ever created.The speed and the precision - i love it til today

I still play Q3. It is timeless classic.

Quake 3 was super smooth, the best thing about it was how well it run on basically any machine in its time.

One small thing I remember my friends and I were impressed with when we first saw Quake 3 were the curves. It is crazy to think that something as simple as a curved archway on a door or the rocket launcher was almost mesmerizing. Such a small graphical advancement by today's standard was a huge leap back then. Nowadays you sometimes can't even tell the difference between a game released in 2013 and 2023 (at least at a glance). Battlefield 4 still looks pretty nice.

Quake 3 and UT99 are the definitive arena shooter experiences. Neither of their sequels and imitators ever gave me the thrill and excitement as the first games

One important detail, Quake gave raise to bots and that allowed Quake3 be multiplayer only which shaped its entire experience.

Rocket arena and freeze tag were my jams back in day

Three things made Quake a more attractive franchise for me: 1 - the soud design 2 - the music 3 - the modding capabilities When Quake was out in 1996, and I discovered that you could make weapons, mods and maps with free tools, I was sold for life.

Don't forget Quake 4. Multiplayer was crazy, but you needed top end hardware.

Quake 3 on the Dreamcast was the first online game i ever played (and owned) I remember linking my Dreamcast up to my phone line and just being stunned that i was playing against other people. I didn't have a PC (still don't) so it was all new to me then.

You are absolutely right. No other game does it like Quake 3. At the time of its release ID was able to combine the best elements of Quake 1 and 2 as well as some elements from UT. All the weapons are functional, there are no weak or unusable ones, movement is fluid, map design is just awesome, bunny hopping is still there and it still has a very unique feel and art style.

so many years has passed, but as someone who continues to play q3a & ql on a regular basis, I agree... it IS still the absolute pinnacle. Sure, warfork and diabotical are cool, and xonotic is its own thing, but i always find myself returning to this.

Fun fact: Quake II was never supposed to be a sequel to Quake. They just couldn't figure out a name in time and called it Quake II. Not kidding.

This game is amazing in VR. Harder, but you can aim your gun independently and spin your body around, and of course the immersion is total. It's the final form of the game.

Hope Nightdive Remasters this

Quake 3 Arena I've spent 10 years playing in LAN parties in the 90's-2000's. It's what gave me the edge in every FPS game I've played since. Quad damage! Humiliation! I've played 1 stage Phobos for years to hone my skills on Hurt me Plenty difficulty...

As someone who grew up on Id softwares games, and played a huge amount of quake 1-3 in my teens. I can't believe how the arena shooter has faded away. I personally still prefer quake style of gameplay over all other kind of shooters. It's fast paced. Has fun and cool weapons that each is unique. Often features cool techniques to learn and master, such as plasma climbing in case of quake 3 and rocket jumping. The levels often play with verticality. It's all about controlling the map and it's pickups and reading and predicting your opponents moves. Lastly, the most important thing. Everyone always starts on equal footing. No one has an adavantage over other players because they unlocked something others have not. It is all just skillbased. I really find it weird that younger generations don't find this appealing at all. For me the closest thing right now there is to something that is reminnicent of arena shooters is Overwatch. Where many heroes definitely takes inspiration from old school arena shooters in terms of how they play, and I guess that is the reason why I really like Overwatch.

True arena FPS is only going to make a comeback if it's built around team play like 3v3,4v4 or 5v5, this includes tailoring that maps for it and such. Majority of players don't like 1v1's since it's higher stress and they can only blame themselves for a loss. There's a reason why all popular shooters are team based.

The brilliancy of Q3 is that you can enjoy it in a party of people, no Matter how many of you guys are playing. Alone? There are good bots for that. 2 people? Go duel or 2v2 with bots on hardcore or nightmare. 3 people? Do 3 player ffa. 4 people? 2v2 or 4 player ffa. And it's all fine! I love playing it till this very day. Won't stop

Great presentation. Happy you mentioned the .md3 models.. when you look around the character looks in game in that direction - that is a small step but giant leap. The initial releases of Q3 however had nothing on Quakeworld's (QW - Q1) movement physics, found jumping for example clunky think it got fixed it with cpm, so unfortunately I kept playing QW :) The addition of the railgun is a big increase in the gameplay depth and skill ceiling. QW is like that wallball game you played as a kid day after day ...never gets old! I'd like to get into Quakelive next.

I still hope consoles get a port of Q3 honestly. And yes if my picture is recognizable, you're awesome.

amazing, agree with everything here. you almost lost me at 1:57, instead an unexpected switcharoo ! :D

Quake III prooved that gameplay is way above all other aspects of games like graphics, and flashy blingbling effects

Totally agree on the multi-player of CS and Quake. Absolutely the best.

when Quake 3 came out its the only game i played for years, i want a remaster for this so much.i loved the 3rd person view as well

Agreed, for me it is also Quake 3 (with OSP or CPMA) and CS (1.6 that is) at the very top of multiplayer FPS. I've played these two games hundreds of hours on so many LAN parties in the the early 2000s. For Quake 3 in particular it is the timing of items, mainly in duel, and the movement that was so intriguing to me. I probably played as many hours or even more of DeFRaG than I played "normal" Quake 3.

The Linux port of Q3A was one of the most exciting things I played on a PC in the early 2000s. It just ran soooo smoothly and NEVER crashed. My friends playing it on Windows would periodically drop from a match because it would crash 😅

Couldnt agree more, nothing has ever felt as good. Quake 3 on a CRT monitor at 125hz and frames... it was so fast and smooth.

you ever tried this games bots on Nightmare? it really does live up to its name. anyways, great video as always.

Can still remember picking up that chunky silver PC packaging for the first time, felt like a truly special moment.

Great video. It was really well edited and it kept my adhd brain interested. good job :D also grew up on quake 3; absolutely love it. Hope more people find your channel dude!

I'm glad you made the point about community. Joining the same servers night after night, getting to know people. I've got friends I first met online in 1997, solidified by running and playing in q2ctf/q3cctf leagues and cups etc. Made several more from TF2. Number of new friends made from 7 years of Overwatch matchmaking? Zero. I barely ever see the same player twice, let alone enough to form a friendship.

Haven't seen a more complete and concise overview of what makes Q3A great. ggwp my dude

Quake 3 is my only multiplayer game I have ever loved. Great video.

Quake, Quake II and Quake III. Much like. Absolute classics.

i feel like quake and ut are the stepping stones for arena shooters

You deserve a like. Thank you for memories.

Great shout on Urban Terror. Amazing TC.

Oh the LAN parties we had back in the day.... don't forget about Rocket Arena 3. ra3 map 11 baby!

Great video! Used to play this a ton. Still my favorite game!

Nice to see someone who tried True Combat. Remember it, it's sequel in ET and DDAY in Quake II

things i like about arena shooter (there is no utility, ability bullsht,rng) it all comes down to strategy and team play aim, movement

Great vid ! Thanks for sharing !

Had a blast around 2004 when I played it.

Freeze rail tag mode for ever❤ Oh i miss that game so much. Multiplayer gaming was different adventure around 2000🤣

Rocket Arena & CPMA ... that was the greatest time i ever had online.. especially CPMA on RA maps 😀

Yours it's one of the few good reviews for Q3. Very detailed and comprehensive for the freshmans out there

Wow I finally caught a shout out to Urban Terror in the wild. Mod was fantastic with a thriving competitive and even movement tech scene of its own.

I always felt more attracted to the classic Unreal Tournament. However, with that game having no modern source pourt, I got to appreciate Q3 and OpenArena more.

I still play Quake 3 Arena to this day, with dozens of great add-on maps from a website known as LvL Q3A, and I still love these worlds to frag in, even though I only frag the standard bots, but it's still great fun!

I wish they would release a master chief like collection for quake. With mods that work with multi-player, automatic content downloading, and solid networking. Steam has their own networking protocol they are using for some of their old gold source games. I wish they could use that. Just everything in one place.

Quakeworld (Internet-based Quake 1) is still the GOAT Arena FPS, and even better than Quake 3 Arena / Quake Live. Whilst agree the pinnacle of the Arena 'scene' was Q3A, at the turn of the millennium, Quakeworld has overall better gameplay, faster movement and tighter controls. Lacking the railgun (at least in default mode, outside mods) means closer more intense in-your-face combat requiring better tracking and projectile aim and use of the rocket/grenade/shotgun/LG and I think the mods and continued development. Practically everything Quake 3 had or did well was taken from Quake 1. No disrespecting Q3 though, it was a stunning game which I played a lot and exceptional technical achievement at the time. But I can't go past Quake 1 as the actual godfather of Internet FPS and the greatest FPS of all time. Its the one I come back to, and still has an amazing scene of dedicated players; who are amazingly, after almost 30 years, still building new maps, still improving and trying to perfect their skills and understanding of the game, still having a blast playing it.

So nice to see more and more old-school arena game content appearing on KZfaq, what does it could mean. hmm :)

loved to play this on my Compaq presario 5070 with very very very low settings, then I leanerd to play it on Dreamcast with other 3 friends, almost 11 years of playing Q3A on Dreamcast for every saturday with those friends, first a 100 frags free for all on crisis and then a 20 point CTF on incinerator, seeing others screen was permited....

fun thing is i brought this game for ps2 thinking it was like quake 2 boy was i wrong but still got alot of enjoyment from playing with my friends

The best graphics card hands-down for this game was the VooDoo Banshee. There was something about the Banshee that Quake Arena liked. Even though the Banshee was a tiny bit less powerful than the VooDoo 2, Arena just ran well and more correct on the Banshee. I never understood why.

I spent so many hours playing Q2 multiplayer. Awesome game.

the peak of Q3 was the OSP modified version which everybody played with, and then CPMA-VQ3 mod that came afterwards (albeit heavily OP LG, which I quite enjoyed). Base version Q3 was pretty average compared to these 2 modified versions, hence why 99% of the Q3 community played 1v1, TDM and CTF via said mods. Even RA3 was an awesome mod!

I remember I kept falling from my chair when I tried teaching myself rocket jumping. (But I figured it out in the end ;-))

At this point I would consider Quake an arcade. It's like sonic, pacman, tetris, that kind of games no matter how many times you play it remains the absolute best of its category. And so much fun.

It's still the best shooter ever created... I don't think another shooter has such organic movement, and it just depends on the player's skill. The power of the weapon sounds... the art style. Maybe the original maps, not all of them are good, but the classics are unforgettable and replicated everywhere. But the game its completed by the community making new maps and mods.

why i like in q3 its the levels are clean and you cant hide

We need this remastered. Crossplay

Thx for this... Lots of info that i didn't know.

Freeze tag was addictive lol

My Like is 666's, but I just had to press it. Played both Unreal Tournament and Quake 3 Arena through my childhood, loved both of them. I still play them from time to time, as well as Quake Live, and though I'm not too skilled, it's still a very engaging and fun experience.

my favorite mod from each game : half life = counter strike quake 3 = urban terror unreal tournament = strike force

quake 2 is my number 1 since it set the stage for the movement you see in quake 3, plus the mods in Quake 2 were just gold

Yes the tech got old, the pro players always played with the minimal graphical settings. But JC... the atmosphere in this game is so heavy and mind blowing. And the funny part it is has no campaign (well ok it has bot matches and tiers). Yes there was UT around the same time. But the first time i saw Q3 i remember one time i just stand still in one place in q3dm17 with o shotgun looking at its barrel and laser, listening to soundtrack and it just blew my mind back then how amazing this was all made. I have never ever experienced the same feeling with any other game in my life.

U could also mention speedruning - defrag and freestyle ;)

I really miss Desert Crisis. Man that game was good.

Thanks for the thumbnail link

I had the fastest connection possible around 1999. Nopthing has ever been as smooth ever since hahaha. I am amazed it's even playable through a vpn today though so that's also an achievement. I had a lot of fun play testing redesigned maps and preforming trick flips and jumps. I can't expect to be that fast forever. Good video, good times.

I loved different mods, the adrenaline was through the roof. There is not a single game that can do that to me.

Grew up on this since 8 years old

I lov this game it was the 1. foundation of fps games and runs great like on best pc💪

For all the people out there that didn't have the pleasure to play in a full Q3 Arena I'm sorry. It was so much fun. I had a dreamcast with the Ethernet adapter which made me just as fast as most pc players and i had the dreamcast m&kb it was great. No rules, could change my name as much as you liked, rocket jumps then switch to the rail gun❤ nothing but love for this great game. Only down side was some pc players would download "cheats" like "quake cop" which was a bot running around killing everyone and making edgy comments after every kill😂 good times.

SUCH an Awesome game. It's timeless and amazing.

Quake 3 simply was and still is rock & roll!

The majority of my twenties belong to Q3

As an Unreal Tournament 1999 Enjoyer I see this as an absolute M-M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL-ILL-ILL

You should look into movement in Quake 3. Look for tutorials on circle jumps and strafe-jumping. The movement is what makes these games so good they spoil every other game out there. I used to not know how to do that movement myself but I was missing 70% of the fun.

I hope it gets a remaster, adding Team Arena to it as one package.

Nothing moves like quake :)

Quake 3 in 2023 and for eternity

UT4 was fantastic

The peak of quake was quake 1 and 2. Quake 3 didn't even have singleplayer.

I really truly hope they continue the pattern and give us a Nightdive remaster next year. Quake 3 fucking rules and deserves to have proper widescreen support and modern touches.

Quake Champions is pretty nice to play nowadays, most of the really toxic aholes have left the community, I feel like and the pro level is higher than ever before.

Lotta content about arena shooters and quake lately. Will gladly check out what you have to say

Back in high school, me and my friends played the s*** out of quake and quake 2. Quake 2 at that time was my favorite game to date! That being said. When I seen pictures of quake 3 and I was so pumped!! When it came out. I loved it! But where was the campaign? I loved the quake 2 campaign and was hopeful for a continuation... the strog were extremely fascinating! My friends were always on quake 3, I stuck with quake 2.

Quake Champions is awesome, and people still play ut4 despite Epic's efforts. I play Quake Live everyday. UT3 is very underrated as a multiplayer shooter imo.

Was Urban Terror the mod where you took limb damage and could bleed out? We used to have a lot of lan parties with that mod.

Interesting how many adults have a serious engagement with essentially a recreational medium. I think it's a continuation of the comic book forums (letters to the editor), which used to contain long treatises about every aspect of the comic book stories and characters. It's not for me to judge, but I moved on from comic books in late adolescence to involve myself with more concrete endeavors.

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Long live Rocket Arena 3

I've always been more into Unreal but I think it's fair to say that Quake had the bigger impact. Also Quake was generally treated better as a series compared to Unreal as it was more consistent in quality. And now Epic removed all Unreals from everywhere, as if they're ashamed of their existence.

Playing corkscrew instagib until the sun came up was good times.