Quake

This game is a classic first person shooter with great problem solving requirements.

A truly fun FPS about stopping unholy forces and the people assisting them from trying to take over our home (I am unclear if it's Earth or this dimension but it's certainly one of them) with the use of a variety of guns.

This is one of the first, if not the first, game to to be in a truly 3D environment. It's also among the first to have music-music in a game, the soundtrack of which is made by Nine Inch Nails (with plenty of atmosphere segments). This game is also the reason we have games like Half Life and Team Fortress today, because of it's engine.
This game has flashing lights, but they can be changed in the settings. It also mutes when you alt-tab.
You have multiple different campaigns on offer, and while they CAN be played in any order, I recommend playing in the order that is displayed, as they will only get harder and harder the further down you go, regardless of the difficulty you choose. You can also play the campaigns with other people, though if you're achievement hunting, you must go in alone.
Speaking of achievements, there seems to be something a bit wonky going on with some of them, as at least for me a few did not pop even though I fulfilled their requirements.
As for multiplayer, the modes I personally played were capture the flag and a free-for-all death match with some friends, and both were fun, but very under populated, and very much meant for more people than we had. If you can get a group of 6 or more people together though, I highly recommend giving it a try.
ALSO, if you have any plans to stream this game to Twitch or Youtube, it would be wise to mute the game's music, as it will get your vod muted.

Now go, and save us from the evil forces of Quake!

I first played this in 2018 and it holds up remarkably well.

Cons:
-It's sometimes hard to tell if water is poisonous or not or if lava is blood.
-A Bethesda.net account is required for online multiplayer and add-ons.

Pros:
+Everything else.

The gameplay is responsive and fun, the music is fitting, the level design is amazing, the weapons feels great, dying to enemies is never frustrating, and the aesthetics are so charming that I wish more games looked like this so thank the modders for the endless add-ons available. This is the best first person shooter that I've played. It's better than Half-Life, Doom, and, as difficult as it is to say, Turok 1 and Unreal.

Frankly, the genre peaked here.

Quake is a historical game and one of the progenitors of the modern first person shooter. It still feels great to play, and the Nightdive remaster feels perfectly authentic, although I'm not an OG Quake player like some other reviewers. For me, the pick-up-and-play quality of this newer version is beautiful.

I'm not finished with the included campaigns but there is so much meat on the bone for the price of $10 US that I have an easy time recommending this version. The original Quake campaign is a little dry and samey for its length, but Scourge of Armagon and Dissolution of Eternity fill in when it comes to gameplay variety. I'm sure the newer campaigns made by the Nightdive folks will be on the same level once I get around to playing them. As if that's not enough, there are a lot of mods and user-created levels to delve into if you just can't get your fill of the Quake gameplay formula.

Favorite bits: epic quad damage killing sprees, rocket jumps, the Scourge of Armagon campaign, navigating bizarre 3D landscapes of yesteryear, fantastic OSTs all around

Could have been better: the original Quake campaign is too big for its roster of weapons and enemies, Quake's aesthetic isn't going to be for everyone

This remaster is frustrating. The mandatory intros and sensitivity warnings are extremely annoying. Having to search for a fix shouldn't be necessary. Okay, show it the first time the player runs Quake, but not every single time. And give the player the option to disable it in settings.

Then you have the awful Bethesda login which is a major nuisance as well.

You start a single-player game, and immediately notice the poor audio for the shotgun that has been butchered.

How is this possibly? I honestly find it incredibly disrespectful toward the masterpiece Quake is.

To new users: Download Quakespasm or FTE for the single-player campaign and make sure the CD audio works.
Since this is the only Quake release on Steam, I'll recommend it, but this is poorly executed.

The engine this port uses is not good. Movement and aiming feels horrible. Buy it for the files you need and use quakespasm, ironwail, or vkquake.

I wish there was a way to play arcane dimensions from the addon downloader thing, but this whole remaster is honestly very peak, especially because now you dont need to download the music separately.

The campaigns for the original quake still hold up in both difficulty and enjoyment. The gameplay is as tight as it always was and is well worth a play if you enjoy shooters.

Quake is the end, and Quake is the beginning. Marking John Romero's exodus from the studio, it represents the last game that ID Software made as it's iconic self. As the first truly 3D shooter, it represents the beginning of the definition of first-person shooter that continues to bless us to this day. Oh, and the port is pretty damn good too.

Quake is a game who's importance can scarcely be understated and the innumerable (29) years since its release have added to it's throne and cemented it not only as a leap foreward in graphics & deathmatch but also as a great game & staple of the fps genre, parts of its code can still be found in almost all modern shooters because it helped lay the groundwork for every fps produced since. Gameplay wise every gun feels satisfying to use & every enemy feels amazing to gib, speed and skill will help you survive shub niggurath's minions on your noble quest to save earth from the insurmountable forces of quake.

Two annoying Quality of Life problems with this game:

1) There is a persistent, subtle jittery effect when moving and mouse-looking. It makes movement feel unsmooth and has a negative effect on game-feel.

2) The game has that annoying 90s shooter hallmark of slippery movement, like you're ice skating. It feels bad and should have been updated to more modern movement styles like in Ion Fury. Tight and responsive is always better than loose and slippery (trust me, I've dated hundreds of women).

Combine both of those problems, the strange jitteriness and the loose, oily movement, and the game felt—to me—generally unpleasant to play, almost low-grade nauseating. It's a shame, because the level/weapon/enemy designs are all top tier and worth experiencing.

Now, I am going to leave the review positive. Why, you might ask?

A really fun FPS game, even if it is just Doom in 3D (in terms of how it feels.)

The atmosphere and music are wonderfully creepy and dreadful, the monster designs (while a bit limited in terms of the roster) are neat, and while staples, the weapons had a fun spin. My only real major issue is sometimes the enemies were a bit spongy (I played on hard, so that may have to do with it), and the final boss takes a moment to understand. Otherwise I really dug the game, and it doesn't overstay its welcome, and the difficulty is overall fair!

Definitely recommend if you're looking for a classic FPS game in the third dimension!

(Edit: Haven't played the expansions yet, and will update my review when I do! :) )

Great game. The enhanced edition offers a lot of value for a small price, all the expansions, as well as a brand new one created by Machinegames.

The remaster of the legendary classics now running properly on windows, with embedded multiplayer, optional graphic enhancements and 2 brand new episodes by Nightdive Studios and MachineGames. The gameplay remained almost the same, yet nightmare difficulty was changed slightly (now the max health you can get is 50), plus broken kill counts were mostly fixed (except for the Dissolution of Eternity episode). Multiplayer now is easy to set up or just get into a random lobby. As for the new episodes, Dimension of the Past is a fine short tribute to the classic Quake levels, while Dimension of The Machine is a solid expansion that takes into the account all the experience of Quake level-building of the last 20 years and where having the graphical enhancements turned on actually makes sense. If only that expansion introduced new weapons or enemies and had an actual solid final boss. Plus, the game has an add-ons menu with a dozen fan-made expansions available to download (though having a proper mod repository would be much better), so if you are hungry for more after finishing the official campaigns, you can quench thirst/

Overall, if you have never played Quake, this remaster is a great way to do so now. Unless you are going to dive deeply into the modding and mapping scene, there is no need for you to download any other source port.

Fuck yes best fps game of all time get it and the main character is one badass motherfucker

This is without a doubt my favorite videogame / piece of entertainment.
The Art-Style and OST still holds up to this day, and you'd have to go out of your way to find a device that won't run it.
It is perfect in every way and belongs in a museum.
It even comes with a free NIN music album!

(I HIGHLY recommend you use something like "Ironwail" to run this game. It's easy to install and use)
The remastered engine is fine, but it's held down by it's lack of optimization, bethesda integration, and poor UX design.)

I just finished the main campaign and it is fun, but frankly I still prefer doom's fun sprites

Quake has always had a place in my heart since i was a kid(born 1988) if you've never played quake it's a must play one of the games the defined FPS without quake Doom and Duke Nukem, games like Cod would never be. Game play is smooth and fast run and gun and master your rocket jumps. dig deep in Quake and enjoy a classic.

Despite Quake I being so old, it's still unique and rightfully a Masterpiece.

Gameplay, Sound, Music, Level Design, Atmosphere... it's just brilliant!
This shouldn't be missing in any FPS Collection and remains a must-have :)

It's Quake. I've played it for years and the single player rocks. Multiplayer can be a ghost town though.

This game is one of the all time pinnacles of the FPS genre for a reason. While DOOM pioneered it with its great weapon variety and enemy design with DOOM 1 and DOOM 2, Quake set out to perfect it with more tight gunplay, levels that aren't as labyrinth-like but still offers a whole swathe of secrets and secret levels to find, and movement that transcends anything else with nimble bunny hopping, rocket jumping and other fun movement tech. The single-player campaign still holds up extremely well with a good sense of challenge and the weapon balance never feels like you're at a disadvantage and its up to you to perfect each encounter, and the save system is really forgiving if you want to either not make saves to crank up the challenge, or save scum if you want an easier time. This is all without even mentioning the brand new campaign expansion the remaster got too, and that there is some of the most top notch and high quality new content Qauke has ever gotten in an official capacity. And then there's the MULTIPLAYER, which Nightdive Studios did an excellent job offering dedicated Deathmatch and Co-Op to the remaster. If you can get a group of friends to play this game it becomes one of the best experiences yet. For $10 you are getting so much kick-ass in one package.

What is there not to love about Quake?

The guns? Fun
The enemies? Memorable and downright foreboding in design
The sound design? HRRPH HRRPH HRRPH grunting sounds while jumping and crunchy and punchy gunshots and explosions
The OST? spine chilling and ambient
The fun factor? Out of this world

**PLAY THIS GAME!!!**

literally one of the greatest games of all time. if you enjoy any modern shooter, it all started here (imo)

Best soundtrack of the decade in video game with electronic masterpieces!
My gaming begun with Quake and sentiments all these years remains, those tiny corridors, claustrophobic atmosphere, unknown and full on action keeps this game on my hdd today.

OG boomer/arena shooter. Great ambiance, great feel, great pacing

Played the shareware back in 1998.
Forever etched into my mind since then. If this is what rose tinted glasses of nostalgia do to you, I have no qualms.
For some, it was Baldur's Gate or Doom. For me, this is IT.
I am not sure you will get it if you are playing it for the first time in 2024.

Oldschool Quake with Spices. Definetly recommend to any fps player.

Played the shareware when it came out in 96? or so. It's been on every computer since then, I leave it alone for a while but I always come back. Still fun in 2024, for me anyway.

pleasantly surprised by this, kinda expected it to just be a slightly less stylish doom but in proper 3D with stuff like rocket jumping

but the game is pretty different, the balance is way better, doesn't feel like you have to do a pistol start on each level for a proper challenge. playing on hard, I always felt like I had the right amount of resources for each level, and you actually have to use different weapons (apart from the melee weapon which kinda sucks) - tbf the weaker versions of each weapon class aren't that useful, the regular nailgun especially seeming basically useless, but the regular shotgun is useful because it has less spread so works better at range, and the grenade launcher can be used to shoot around corners. and every time you start a new episode, you reset your weapons, so you have to use the regular weapons every now and then anyway.

because the game is better balanced, finding secrets actually can feel worth it, if you find quad damage on a hard section it can be a big deal. the game wasn't that hard on hard difficulty, but I imagine on nightmare difficulty you'd really benefit from knowing the secret locations.

you don't have to play it like doom where you either save scum to keep your weapons when you die, or restart the level when you die and accept the punishment of losing your weapons, but find the levels too easy

there are 4 episodes which is 38 levels I think? good value for money, wouldn't consider any of the levels 'bad', but the game can feel like a bit of a drag if you get into a meh level, because the mechanics are pretty basic. but the game has such good atmosphere, you get the unsettling dark ambient soundtrack by trent reznor of nine inch nails, which gives off doom 64 vibes, and some of the levels are really dark, I was actually lighting up some levels using my guns as torches by shooting them when looking for secrets lol

the last episode can feel a bit bs with the introduction of 'enemy that erratically jumps in your face, explodes when you kill it, and seems to either resist a ton of damage or has a tiny hitbox', but the interesting level designs in that episode make up for it

you also have even more levels for free with the expansions, only just started playing them but there's a ton of content there as well which seems well received.

got about 20 hours of playtime pre-expansion, with a decent amount of time being afk, getting stuck and obsessively hunting for secrets.

Its quake made by ID software. Great game. Just play and enjoy...

Remaster of the best boomer shooter out there. Actual peak that defined a style of fps with one of the best soundtracks in gaming.

shiver my timbers and quake my boots i'm boutta crucify christ with this nailgun

Dear Nightdive, This remaster has been a wonderful experience but I did face a few issues, firstly non resolutions like above 720p is gives me graphical issues which are not as common on the internet but have been quite common with me. I have a low end pc with a 4:3 monitor and it makes the game unplayable until I lower the resolution to LOW which makes the game not very visible. I humbly and respectfully as you to please fix this issue, as this game has become a pain to play on lower end pc's because of these issues. I have tried everything but it did not work. Once again please fix this issue as soon as you can. Other parts of this game are very good and this is a nice source port with minor issues that can be fixed. I recommend this game to others. 10/10.

The original is better than this. But its Quake1, can't leave a bad review. I do like them making new modes and content for this game. Game needs to be 16 player multiplayer like back in the days. This game not as good as the original its too 2024, and it removes the good aspects of the original Quake1.

Quake may not seem like much, but don't be fooled by it's simple looks and gameplay. This game was a big, BIG deal at the time, not only cementing itself as a major landmark in gaming history, but also being the main reason as to why video games even have 3D graphics today.
Your favourite video games might not even exist if this game never released.

Sure, the levels are short and the gameplay is simple. But those factors are the game's strongest benefits as it's incredibly fast pace, unique artstyle and fun weapon roster will keep you coming back for more.

it required ironwail for me to actually play the game after being remastered, but honestly that inconvenience was worth it, especially for the ingame mod downloader which while limited, includes BOTH MISSION PACKS if you were wondering about where to get those

the shambler made me came in 3 second.. trust the ads, game is amazing and you will not last 5 minutes ,,

Back in the day this was The Game. So many fun hours playing this multiplayer with my friends on the company LAN. Today? It's nostalia but back then? there was nothing better.

Terrible. Most of the combat is close range, which means you can effectively only use the shotgun, because the rocket launcher has splash damage and the nail gun will be out of ammo. And the shotgun isn't powerful enough to deal with that. Chucking granades is also a very clumsy and ineffective form of combat.

I have loved Quake since the moment I got acquainted with it. Never have I ever come across anything else like it; for Quake is love, Quake is life. Where Doom is the oasis of loving marriage in the life of the player, Quake is the incomparable, supreme pleasure of submitting to the dominant lover under the acceptance of the significant other; the latter could never be without the former.

I remember watching televised matches being played in my youth in a show called "Tilt!". The host was an attractive and respectable lady, who would then closely observe as young yet true men would boldly and courageously battle and thus test the mettle of each other under the unyielding gaze of her exquisite eye. You can try to imagine how the winner would then be rewarded...

Our closing hymn, Vallasherra Dance.mp3, summarizes the message as well today as the day it was composed. Let us rejoice in its timelessness!

Fun game on it's on merits with the approved addons included, QOL settings, and multiplayer... But don't be fooled by the reviews claiming "thousands of hours of mod material!" since you'll need to procure those outside the game.

Sure, there are tons of community mods but no one is telling you how annoying it is to get them installed. Most mods prefer different versions of Quake or specific ways to install each mod. Some mods need or prefer things like QS-Spike Engine, Darkplaces, MarkV, QuakeSpasm, or some other arbitrary addon to make everything function.

Am I saying it's impossible? Not at all, but don't believe it'll be a cake walk. I'll say, don't buy this version if you just want single player and community mods. There are other places to get Quake for free to install these mods. This Steam version is better suited for multiplayer co-op with friends or deathmatch.

One of my favorite games of all time, I love the level design and the way the game urges you to use different weapons for different enemy types, it keeps the game fresh and engaging, especially on higher difficulties.

10/10

This game is a classic. Everything that made the original version great is here. It runs so smoothly. It brings back memories. Definitely worth a play.

Quake didn’t just drop into the gaming world; it kicked down the door and brought hell with it. This beast from id Software is raw, fast, and unapologetically brutal—a game that demands respect and punishes the weak. With its revolutionary 3D engine, Quake catapulted players into a nightmarish dimension filled with grotesque monsters, fiendish traps, and levels so twisted they feel alive.

I was a bit too young perhaps to play these kind of games back in the day.
Our PC had Quake pre-installed, so I got to try it but wasn't my cup of tea it seems at that age.
Now fastforward some 25+ years and it turns out I missed quite a gem.
Really entertaining for what it is. A game that very much stands the test of time with the remaster treatment at least.
I see now where all the "boomer-shooters" I play hail from..
That pretty much sums it up!

Quake hasn't aged very well, but it's worth a try if you like that genre of games.

It's a rather old game, so it's somewhat monotonous, but I've completed 3 out of 4 zones so far, and I intend to finish the game. I'm interested to see what the sequels offer.

Incredibly fun game. Quake is basically a religious artifact and a piece of history at this point and the Remaster makes it better than ever. All the guns feel and sound great, enemy and art design is unique, an overall great time.

Loads of missed potential but still amazing for what it has

Got stuck on a level for 4 days(ragequit and came back), finally beat it. Got further in the game, forgot to save and now i'm back at the level i was stuck at.

It’s the right evolution of the Doom game: it has darkness, it has fear, you can choose your path, there’s atmosphere... it has everything you needed at the time. And, like all the best, it can say, “I am your father.”