You know what I loved about DOOM earlier this year, a game that is hands down the best first-person shooter of the year in my book? It’s that it had my Quake 3 Arena senses tingling all the way through each and every descent into hell. Speed and power baby, mixed in with enough gratuitous satanistic imagery to make a nun’s head spin off of her neck which would then lead to an overzealous politician blaming DOOM for the demise of the youth of today.
A bit long-winded that last line, but you get the point. While it may be easier than ever to jam a game online these days, there’s a certain feeling that it can’t capture when compared to a proper LAN. Especially back in the day when you threw your back out after lugging an ancient CRT monitor up the stairs with you. If your spine is aching at the mere memory of that thought, then chances are high that you spent a few Friday nights jamming Quake 3 Arena.
Like I said, DOOM had that nostalgia tingling in the back of my mind. Quake Champions on the other hand? It’s got that nostalgia ready to blow my brain to chunks with an overdose of rail-guns and high jumps from the past rendered with modern day flair. Here’s the first gameplay trailer for Quake Champions. Do yourself a favour and watch at 1080 peas with 60 of those frames running:
Looking good! The twist in the Quake Champions tale here is that id Software will be leaning on a few ideas borrowed from the influx of hero-based shooters that have hit the market, with at least a dozen characters hitting the field and flexing some perks in battle. Although honestly, I just love seeing some good old-fashioned speed and power combined with rail gun kills.
But the retro train isn’t stopping there, as players will be able to also carry as many weapons into a match as they’re capable of, as id Software studio director Tim Willits explained to Eurogamer:
There are no loadouts, no limit to the amount of guns you can carry. Time the weapon pickups, or kill your opponents. That’s how you get weapons in a Quake game.
AW YISSS SON. There’s no solid release date for Quake Champions yet, but you can expect a closed beta next year.
Last Updated: August 5, 2016
Original Heretic
August 5, 2016 at 08:33
I actually started to salivate while watching that!
Did someone right a bell?
HairyEwok
August 5, 2016 at 08:48
You could’ve just said drool you know 😛
Original Heretic
August 5, 2016 at 11:48
But salivate just rolls off the tongue.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 5, 2016 at 08:38
It looks like Overwatch…. on crack
Pariah
August 5, 2016 at 08:40
No, it looks like Quake 3 Arena with modern graphics.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 5, 2016 at 09:03
But they have abilities now 🙁
Pariah
August 5, 2016 at 09:16
Still looks like Quake 3 Arena. I mean literally just a modern version of it.
Skyblue
August 5, 2016 at 16:12
And that is a good thing!
Pariah
August 5, 2016 at 16:49
Hell yes it is! 😀
HairyEwok
August 5, 2016 at 08:45
Look like Doom’s bastard child.
Deceased
August 5, 2016 at 11:17
And I love it!!!
Admiral Chief - Check
August 5, 2016 at 08:48
Creepy eye
Ottokie
August 5, 2016 at 08:54
I wonder why the eye is chained down. It’s not like it’s going to sprout legs and run off xD
HairyEwok
August 5, 2016 at 08:55
Team this round room seems… empty, we need to fix this, any ideas… AHH MY EYE! That’s brilliant we’ll place an eye there!
Admiral Chief - Check
August 5, 2016 at 08:48
I recognize one of the maps from Q3
Ottokie
August 5, 2016 at 08:55
I don’t. Since everything was moving left right left right too much 😛
Admiral Chief - Check
August 5, 2016 at 08:56
q3dm6
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 5, 2016 at 09:04
I recognized that you best learn the maps by hand so that you can run backwards through it onto jump pads, just like previous Quake games
Admiral Chief - Check
August 5, 2016 at 09:07
Love it
Ottokie
August 5, 2016 at 09:12
xD
Guava_Eater
August 5, 2016 at 09:34
I think I just creamed myself!
Should have had it rated NSFW…
Deceased
August 5, 2016 at 11:17
MULTIPLE UPVOTES!!!
Deceased
August 5, 2016 at 11:16
Oh sweet GEEZUS!!!
They might pull it off…
THEY MIGHT ACTUALLY PULL IT OFFFF!!!!
~wipes the drool from it’s face~
Guild
August 5, 2016 at 12:41
I had no interest when they first announced it and was skeptical but damn that looks amazing.
Remi Abrahams
August 6, 2016 at 15:05
I’ll gladly choose this over Overwatch. OMW can’t wait