Talk:Quake 4

Name

I've started to see more and more that people referring to this game as "Quake 4" with the number instead of "Quake IV" with the roman numeral. Should the page be moved or should we wait until the official title and logo come out? Thunderbrand 16:16, May 1, 2005 (UTC)

I say the latter, myself. We dunno what's official, yet, now do we? --Shadow Hog 19:21, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Okay, see GameSpot: it's 4, not IV. --Shadow Hog 02:15, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

Yeah, I've noticed most web sites use the number now. But we should wait until E3 I guess when its confirmed. Thunderbrand 05:26, May 14, 2005 (UTC)

Okay, the E3 trailer has "Quake 4" at the end. http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/740/740717/vids_1.html Thunderbrand 04:28, May 18, 2005 (UTC)

Speaking of which, I find it highly unfair that sites say that one must be 17 or older (which makes sense, since standard ESRB ratings say quite clearly that an "M" rating means 17+) to view these videos, yet when I put my birthdate in, they claim I'm underage (when I'm certainly not)... Meh. --Shadow Hog 05:00, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

Requested move Quake IV → Quake 4

• The official name of this game is Quake 4, not "Quake IV" anymore. "Quake 4" is currently a redirect

Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one sentence explanation and sign your vote with ~~~~

• Support Tony Sidaway|Talk 16:47, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Support Shadow Hog 20:42, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
• Support, Heh, guess I forgot to support it! Thunderbrand 02:19, May 20, 2005 (UTC)

Discussion

Good job with adding everything guys -omikron

Release date

The only official date for Quake 4 is "When it's Done", according to Id chairman Todd Hollenshead. This is common for Id's games, as it's their company policy when it comes to release dates, dating all the way back to the first Quake.

The game has been officially released and is available for purchase. Xnolanx 22:27, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Quake 1/2

It is not known at this time whether this game will bridge the continuity gap [...]

Actually, I believe Quake 2 was named just that because all the other names (or similar enough ones) they wanted to use were already taken/copyrighted/whatever, and since Quake was already a known title and so on, that's what they used. Therefore, I'd like to think that it is known whether it will bridge the gap or not (and it won't, because technically there is no gap). Confirm/deny. --213.66.39.247 23:54, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Along these lines, the following sentences are contradictory: "The story of the series continues from Quake II, because Quake III Arena has an unrelated plot to the former, focusing on online multiplayer and a very limited single player mode that is essentially the multiplayer played against computer controlled bots. Quake 4, like its immediate prequel Quake II, is not related to the first Quake in any respect other than the name and the logo." Quake 4 continues the story from Quake II, to which it is not related in any way? --Clconway 03:52, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Sorry, I mis-read that. So Quake 4 is a proper sequel to Quake II, but neither game has any relationship to Quake or Quake III Arena? (Or Quake III Arena is related, but it didn't have any meaningful plot?) This paragraph could be improved. I would also question the relevance of plot to the Quake games. --Clconway 03:56, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

Minimum specs

Can someone add the minimum specs required to play the game to the article please? Thanks! --Rebroad 18:46, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Matthew Kane not the first named protaganist of Quake

Wasn't the hero of quake2 named Bitterman? As such, that would not make Matthew Kane the first named hero.

I think you're right about the marine in QII being named, but (at least in the PS1 version) the intro and outro movies refer to the character as "Stepchild". Can anyone else confirm this? - Raven_1959 20:11, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

The guy in Quake 1 was Ranger and Quake 2 Bitterman. If you start a new game of Quake 2, and look at your pod, it says Bitterman. ZuljinRaynor

Minimum specs are out of place

The specs given at the top of the article are out of place and look terrible. Move it into a subsection.

-- Some guy before me...

porco dio

It also makes them annoying to edit. The GeForce 3 was missing from the list, so I have added it, and I removed the Ti from the end of GeForce 4 since it runs on all GeForce 4 hardware. (You can check this on the box)

Interestingly GeForce 256+ class cards will run the game, but I didn't add them because they are old and give quite poor performance. There is an nv10 render path (r_renderer nv10 at console) which uses a lot less of the fancy effects and replaces them with some simpler hacks. Coupling this with turning off the shadow and lighting options, and reducing the res below 640x480, makes the game run acceptably well on a lot of machines. I have heard of it running bareably on a 733mhz Pentium III with a Radeon 9200 for instance.

-- Jheriko, 12:54, 11 January 2006

This game can also run with a Radeon 9600, but I get the feeling it's my CPU bearing the brunt of it - Some sections drop to 5FPS at 1024x768, so it's not recommended. JaffaCakeLover, 15:36, 30 August 2006 (GMT)

Weapon Bug?

I have observed that the Dark Matter Gun is NOT as powerful as BFG10K,in fact,it doesn't even destroy enemies except the lowliest grunts.It just paralyzes them.And no enemy was even vaporized by its shot.Trust me,and go try one.Please anyone reply soon.--85.102.76.88 10:26, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

German version

List of banned computer and video games says this was heavily censored in Germany. We should have details here. Ace of Sevens 05:00, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Weasel words

and some fans have reacted negatively to it

"Some" fans? Really, who? Unless someone can produce a citation, perhaps from a professional review, this will still be seen as an attempt to insert POV. --OneTopJob6 22:55, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Quake 4 Maps/Levels

I noticed the article lacked a list of the levels the single player campaign proceeds through. Therefore I noted down every level you play through, and hope you agree these should be put up on the main article [after weapons]:

1. Air Defense Bunker

2. Air Defense Trenches

3. Hangar Perimeter

4. Interior Hangar

5. MCC Landing Site

6. Operation: Advantage

7. Canyon

8. Perimeter Defense Station

9. Aqueducts

10. Aqueducts Annex

11. Nexus Hub Tunnels

12. Nexus Hub

13. Strogg Medical Facilities

14. Construction Zone

15. Dispersal Facility

16. Recomposition Center

17. Putrification Center

18. Waste Processing Facility

19. Operation: Last Hope

20. Data Storage Terminal

21. Data Storage Security

22. Data Storage Terminal

23. Tram Hub Station

24. Tram Rail

25. Data Processing Terminal

26. Data Processing Security

27. Data Processing Terminal

28. Data Networking Terminal

29. Data Networking Security

30. Nexus Core

31. The Nexus

Yes, there are duplicates, but these are taken directly from every new loading screen.