Quake needs to be very special to live up to the hype. Going on the primitive deathmatch beta id recently released, things are looking good
Few words stir a gamer’s heart like Quake does. Having conquered the world with Doom, id Software have been busy lads of late, alternating between taking phone calls from their Ferrari mechanics and knocking up another masterpiece. Great expectations have been placed on id, but whatever form Quake takes, it will surely disappoint some, just as it will unconditionally please must of the rest of us.
A visit to the action games newsgroup on the internet shortly after ANY new 3D game is released shows heated debate. All new games are compared to Quake, despite the fact that until recently nobody outside id actually knew anything about it. This ridiculous situation reached new heights after the Duke Nukem 3D demo appeared, the Duke vs. Quake threads ran for many screens and were largely composed of meaningless and parochial posturing.
Then, two weeks later, id blew everyone away by releasing an unusual form of demo onto the net...
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