# Quake 4 - Why should I like this game?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [December 25, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634 "2008-12-25T07:30:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![solkoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/919ad9/32.png) [@solkoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solkoe)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634/1 "2008-12-25T07:30:15Z")

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I thought I got a deal when I saw Quake 4 at a flea market for $10.  
After playing it, I’m wondering what the bargain is. It’s tedious to play with boring graphics, boring weapons and a unimaginative story line.  
Am I missing something? Is my $10 a rip off?  
P.S. - I am not a gamer.

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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2008, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634/2 "2008-12-25T16:19:20Z")

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You see, to me, video games are like porn.

There’s a plot? Who knew? Just fast forward to the action and get on with the killing.

Apparently Quake 3 was the pinnacle of the series. Quake 4 is apparently the same game with beefier graphics and with a slightly gimped multiplayer.

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**Author:** ![Dead\_Badger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/848f3c/32.png) [@Dead\_Badger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Badger)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634/3 "2008-12-26T01:31:45Z")

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No, Quake 4 was absolutely bleeding rubbish. No redeeming features noticeable. Maybe just about value for money at ten bucks, but only just. Sorry.

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**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634/4 "2008-12-26T01:52:24Z")

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I enjoyed it. I stopped playing once the game dropped me into the standard “alone behind enemy lines and omg there’s monsters” setting, but much of the beginning was entertaining as hell. I do really like it when a game makes me feel like I’m in the front lines of a war, and Quake 4 did that pretty well.

I don’t know if I’d call it a ground-breakingly awesome game, but I found it quite entertaining and fun to play with some neat scripted events, certainly worth $10.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quake-4-why-should-i-like-this-game/478634/5 "2008-12-28T18:18:21Z")

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Well I liked it. As another poster said, Computer Games are like Porn. You’re not supposed to be intellectually stimulated by them. They are to stimulate more primeval urges - in this case wasting monsters.