Quake 4 being re-released for PC and Xbox

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Rather odd, eh. Great game though, still have mine installed even though I finished it years ago. There's no 1920 x 1080 res, goes up to 1600 x 1200, because I guess higher definition wasn't really a standard thing back in 2005. Perhaps they'll update that. Or did they do that for the steam release?


Bethesda will re-release seven-year-old first-person shooter Quake 4 on Xbox 360 in June, it's announced.

In the US the game launches on Tuesday, 19th June with a new $19.99 price point. In Europe, it launches on PC and Xbox 360 (as has been pointed out, the game's already available here on Steam for £15. We're checking with Bethesda now to find out what its new PC re-release means).

"If you didn't pick up an Xbox 360 at launch, it's possible you might have missed out on one of the system's best launch titles, Quake 4," Bethesda said.

"With it becoming harder and harder to find a new copy of the game, we're happy to announce we're re-releasing it at a low price of $19.99."

Quake 4, developed by Raven Software in collaboration with series creator id Software for publisher Activision, launched in 2005 on PC then, later, on the then new home console Xbox 360. It was released on Steam in 2011.
 
Given how cheaply it can be picked up now, they're going to have to offer some pretty significant benefits with this relaunch.

I'm intrigued, but highly skeptical about how good it will be...
 
Quake 4. Eurgh, give me quake 3 please...

kd

Yeah, but Q4 had a single player game which was quite fun, whereas Q3 didn't. Q4 SP was a bit like doom 3, at least, game engine and general gameplay. For online deathmatch/duel/ctf and tdm, then Q3/QL no question.
 
Bethesda are getting a bad rep with this & RAGE fiasco. Quake4 on PC right now with mods looks as good as it ever can this is just a re-release so waste of time on PC it came with no DRM ID patched that disc check out years ago anyway.

I still have my original DVD (one of the early PC-DVD games). This should be a HD remake with the RAGE engine not a cheap n nasty cash-in because few bought at release (the 360 version is appalling BTW terrible FPS, screen tearing & bugs which never got fixed some are game breaking!! wonder how that got past MS QA..................).
 
Yeah, but Q4 had a single player game which was quite fun, whereas Q3 didn't. Q4 SP was a bit like doom 3, at least, game engine and general gameplay. For online deathmatch/duel/ctf and tdm, then Q3/QL no question.

This. For MP i'd take Q3, no question. But for SP, Quake 4.
 
I installed it off steam recently (as I got it when it was first released but never got very far in it) it looks APPALLING! Turned everything up to max and it looked like Quake 2 :(

Might suffer through an hour or two soon and see if it gets better
 
They need to re-release the original Quake with an updated engine IMO.

It was a great game, lots of great atmosphere and great mods. Brilliant MP (the first game I ever played MP online with) and great SP.

If it came out with updated graphics and sounds, I'd buy it, definitely.
 
I installed it off steam recently (as I got it when it was first released but never got very far in it) it looks APPALLING! Turned everything up to max and it looked like Quake 2 :(

Might suffer through an hour or two soon and see if it gets better

Interesting. I think it looks great, especially considering it's a 7 year old game. In the console I've altered these:

seta r_customHeight "1080"
seta r_customWidth "1920"
seta r_mode "-1"
seta r_aspectRatio "1"

Here's a bunch of hi-res screenshots I just took, sorry they're so big.:p

http://i.imgur.com/gLy7m.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/dG5xL.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/TRiAA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Vhchn.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vFT7w.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/qt36I.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/xa7Sk.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/NutWJ.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/09ZFI.jpg
 
They need to re-release the original Quake with an updated engine IMO.

It was a great game, lots of great atmosphere and great mods. Brilliant MP (the first game I ever played MP online with) and great SP.

If it came out with updated graphics and sounds, I'd buy it, definitely.

That I'd love to see. Quake 1 was my favourite of the quake games. The atmosphere was brilliant.
Quake 4 was my next favourite, due to the fact i don't play multiplayer. (Q2 wasn't pretty good too)
 
I installed it off steam recently (as I got it when it was first released but never got very far in it) it looks APPALLING! Turned everything up to max and it looked like Quake 2 :(

Might suffer through an hour or two soon and see if it gets better

I don't why it looked so ugly, maybe because Q4 doesn't support widescreen resolutions in the settings menu? Follow merlin5's post above to get it looking much better.
 
I would second a view that I would rather see a re-worked Quake 1 and Quake 2 than Quake 4. Presumably they have fixed the issue where Q4 wouldn't work under Vista (or Win7)?
 
What was wrong with Rage - was thinking of buying it.

Nothing really. For some reason everyone has a high res texture fetish when it comes to playing rage. So unless you like hanging around examining textures close up, it's not an issue. The game is not perfect, but with the latest patch it's perfectly playable and very enjoyable too.
 
They need to re-release the original Quake with an updated engine IMO.

It was a great game, lots of great atmosphere and great mods. Brilliant MP (the first game I ever played MP online with) and great SP.

If it came out with updated graphics and sounds, I'd buy it, definitely.

Man, Q1 did have some crazy fun mods...
 
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