Although there may be times throughout the game where you will feel as though things are getting repetitive and drawn out, the play gets changed up at the right times and gives you a refreshing perspective to keep you going.
The single player campaign uses the old school twitch shooter style that is still enjoyable, but gets repetitive and is ultimately unsatisfying in these days of more sophisticated shooters.
I'm not happy with the online gaming, and watching it chunk-a-chunk on my screen at 640x480 isn't good either. But there is enough fun in the gameplay and the story is deep enough to keep you coming back.
Raven took all the good things first person shooters have been doing since Half-Life and Unreal...it works--sort of--but the end result is a bit messy nonetheless.
The Quake 4 we have is ultimately not the Quake 4 that was born of four years worth of development. There is just no way in hell. And from a developer this kind of game is appalling.
Although I love FPS, I have never been much of a fan of the Doom/Quake series (but I quite liked Doom 3 atmosphere and gameplay). But Quake IV was a real let down. I kept pushing myself through it, not having much fun at all, and wondering "Why am I doing this? Why bother?"... but I did, hoping the game would end soon. Go figure. And when I finished, I was relieved! It's not a bad game per se, it's just... meh. And hours of meh don't make for a great experience. You just run around, kill monsters, find switches, go back (a lot), kill monsters again, same old, same old. Graphics are good, but Doom 3 was way better and immersive; here there's no mystery, no atmosphere, it looks like just a lame excuse to shoot stuff. If you don't need imagination and inspiration at all, and you just want to shoot and kill stuff, then you might like it - good for you ;-)
SummaryQuake 4 is the first game to utilize id Software's revolutionary DOOM 3 technology. In the game, you are Matthew Kane, an elite member of Rhino Squad and Earth's valiant invasion force. Fight alone, with your squad, and in hover tanks and mechanized walkers as you engage in a heroic mission into the heart of the Strogg war machine. But, ...