43 points

I love how it still looks chunky and low-poly. They could have made it super high res and fancy, but nah, they’re preserving the retro aesthetic.

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Now the source is released modders will add all that and more!

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I was half expecting it to use the same graphics as the latest quake. Pretty pleased that they went this direction.

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These games were how I got into 3D modeling.
Making custom maps and assets and playing them for Doom 1&2, Quake 1&2, Quake 3 Arena, UT2014.

These games had such great longevity because you could make your own new content or get it from others.

The game you bought was just the beginning.

Also the base games were wicked fun to begin with.

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They had long longevity cause you didn’t need a fucking client/gatekeeper (win only) to be allowed to use it, no DRM, was cross-platform from the beginning, was light, still light and the gameplay is simply awesome.

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I still play quake and doom and hexen and heretic and a whole bunch of others. Gog.com is my favourite place to buy games if I can get them there.

I also dabbled in 3d modelling back then in 3d studio max or something. I used to love it, now I just don’t have the time 🤣.

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UT2014

I think you are off by 10 years there

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AND! They’re giving us crossplay co-op and deathmatch all for the ridiculous total price of 10$

Edit: wording

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It’s a free upgrade on PC if you own the game on Steam. Really decent for them to go that route rather than a paid upgrade.

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It’s also free on gog if you own the original.

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7 points

Wow that’s sick. Unfortunately became an xbox user a couple of years back, but this means I got more games to play with my pc friends

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7 points

It’s on GamePass as well, if that matters.

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Worth noting that the Quake 2 RTX code is on github as well. Hopefully someone enterprising will combine the two.

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Is it just the code or does it contain the game assets?

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Update: have now played through the campaign on nightmare with my pc friend. It was a total blast - buy the game folks!

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25 points

Now if they could just remaster my faded FPS skills…

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Anyone else starting to experience hand fatigue while gaming or am I the only actual old person here?

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4 points

I’ve been thinking of using a trackball instead

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I like trackballs for general productivity but I haven’t seen one good for gaming.

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If you haven’t already, you might also consider a vertical mouse. That fixed my capital tunnel, trackball didn’t help for me

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15 points

Fuck. YES.

Greatest railgun in gaming.

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Quake 3 railgun FTW. Its all I used to play in the late 90’s

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