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QUAKE

Developer: id Software

Publisher: Bethesda

Retro
Shooter
Budget
Action
  • Price: $9.99
  • Release Date: Aug 19, 2021
  • Number of Players: 1 - 8
  • Last on Sale: Nov 1, 2024 [$3.99]
  • Lowest Historic Price: $3.29
  • ESRB Rating: M [Mature]
Reviews:
  • OK, so I don’t think anyone needs to tell you that Quake is one of the most influential first-person shooters of all-time. Sure, id and 3D Realms originated the genre with the likes of DOOM and Duke Nukem but Quake brought the genre screaming into the full 3D space for the first time full of intensity, a killer soundtrack, revolutionary multiplayer, and quality level design that even holds up reasonably well today. As for the port itself to Switch I’ve never really played the game looking and feeling better. Visually it’s crisp and clean, the action is fluid and pretty well flawless, and aiming using the dual sticks feels almost as accurate as my old school preferred mouse (well, in my case a trackball) and keyboard. My one complaint may just be that I wish the music was more raucously loud to help fully transport me back in time, but that’s obviously incredibly minor. I did debate whether or not this could even remotely be considered an “indie” title but with it being thoroughly and lovingly retro and showing up on the eShop at all of $10 full-price I’ve made that call and will stand by it. If you consider yourself a FPS nut, or even have a modest interest in the preservation of cornerstone titles in the history of video games this is absolutely worth owning and appreciating.


    Justin Nation, Score:
    Nindie Choice! [8.0]
2024

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