Quake Live (2014)

Lore & Background

The Quake 4 single player mode continues the story of Quake II by pitting the player against cyborg alien race known as the Strogg. The game follows the story of a Marine Corporal named Matthew Kane who is joining the elite Rhino Squad. Following the success of the protagonist of Quake II in destroying the Strogg's leader, the Makron, Rhino Squad is tasked with spearheading the mission to secure the aliens' home planet Stroggos.

Reader's Guide

Quake 4 has a stronger emphasis on single-player than its predecessor, which emphasizes multiplayer gameplay, and features a campaign that continues the story of Quake II. However, it lacks the bot matchmaking offered in Quake III without the use of third-party mods. Multiplayer modes are Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tourney, Capture the Flag, Arena CTF and DeadZone. The network code has been altered from Doom 3, allowing for larger numbers of players on each server; Doom 3 has a four-player restriction, whereas Quake 4 has a standard 16 player limit. The player movement in Quake 4 is similar to that in Quake III Arena and Quake Live, but with the additions of ramp jumping and crouch slides.

Did You Know?

• The game's budget was $15 million.
• The Xbox 360 version of Quake 4 was released at the launch of the Xbox 360 and is Xbox Live compatible.
• In 2021 the Quake 4 game DLLs were adapted for use with the open source dhewm3 engine derived from the released Doom 3 source code; this has since been used to port the game to AmigaOS.
• A 'Special DVD Edition' was released, including promotional material and the game Quake II with its expansions The Reckoning and Ground Zero.