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>>14178082

Dunno what's a "custom game" but it was suggested that there won't be any kind of modding support (https://www.finder.com.au/no-snapmap-or-mod-support-for-quake-champions), one of the reasons to which being that it's not even powered by the id Tech 6 engine.

The biggest problem with QC, in my opinion, is that it's a game for nobody. id Software wanted to pander to the mainstream audience neglecting the fans of the original games in the process. But as it turned out, the mainstream audience is too busy playing Overwatch to care about QC, and the ignored fans just continued to play whatever version of Quake III they were playing. Of course, unless you count all the (((professional))) players. But these people will play literally anything as long as there's at least a small chance to earn money.

Serves you right, nu-id. Not even paid shills like Rocket Jump Ninja will save your unwanted by everyone failure of a game.

I remember saving up my allowance and buying Quake in '96 even though my parents explicitly told me I wasn't allowed to play it. They were apart of that crowd who believed video games caused violence.

I remember being so hyped for it after hearing Trent Reznor was going to do the music, I still have my old copy of Pretty Hate Machine my older cousin gave me - another thing my parents didn't want me to have.

I could only play it if my parents were gone or if I stayed up late. When I first popped it in and heard that sick industrial theme blaring I couldn't wait to play it.

It blew me the fuck away, it became my new favorite game. There was something about it, everything just clicked together so well.

The effort that went into it, the love and care, the sheer passion that was poured into the game shined through.

This was a game made by people who loved games, this was a game made by people who wanted to play the game they were making.

Fast forward to 2018, we have a cynically made piece of shit latching on to that game's name for some cheap brand recognition.

None of Quake's devs are working on it.

Trent Reznor, Sonic Titan nor any other cool artists are making the music.

Half the devs probably never playtested the game, let alone plan to throw LAN parties with other devs after it's done.

A large portion of the devs without a doubt have never played a single Quake game before in their entire lives.

What we have is a cashgrab trying to get a piece of the CRAPCUNTS pie and will probably fail just as hard as all those other shitty soulless cashgrabs like Paladins and Lawbreakers.

Everything I love turns to shit.

I'm not even opposed to the idea of champions or heroes in a game like Quake. It could add a lot in the way of alternative playstyles, fuck with the meta in a lot of interesting ways, and mess with the traditional short-term and long-term strategies for Duels in favor of something unexpected. It's not like having a character roster ruins the balance in fighting games, and I don't think I need to say anything about the competitive fighting scene.

That said I'm no fan of how Champions treats it heroes and their abilities, their abilities being the equivalent of an Ultimate or Trap Card where you're practically always forced on the defensive when one is used against you, or it just doubles as some kind of speed boost for whoever uses it. The only exception being Ranger's Dire Orb because it's not a straight up bonus when used as all it does is teleport you, and actually adds a lot in the way of psychological warfare.

I could foresee a lot more interesting abilities like devices you can place which permanently freeze item spawns until you are killed, hologram decoys, being able to vomit slipping gel which makes it feel like you're walking on ice when walking on it but also lets you build up speed to crazy extents, gravity spheres which cause projectiles to bend around them and move in strange directions, and so on. However, heroes in Champions need to be suitable for every game mode, so stuff like locking down item spawns is fairly useless in DM and some heroes are conversely more useful in team modes than Duel. Bethesda wants to push the team sport angle for QC because it's team e-sports which are the most viewed and generate the most revenue, but it won't work because almost nobody plays Quake for teamplay, those who do play Unreal Tournament instead.

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>>14183590

shut the fuck up

>>14183515

We need to set up a game night when this thing drops. It looks fun.

>>14183515

Looking good, first Hunters Moon, now this.

Industry is so shit its stimulating the community to make a alternatives to the official, even before the final release, and better.

>>14183515

It's beautiful. I am definitely down for a game night when this drops.

>>14183515

This is on Doom, of all things?

>tranny sorlag

>tumblr hair nyx

>doomguy and bj in the quake universe

Why couldn't at least get the #forthecasuals DOOM treatment and have a modern Singleplayer game? Why does it have to be Bethesda holding the IP? Why has every Quake singleplayer since the original not deployed medieval architecture, weird af monsters, kick ass Lovecraft vibes and handheld torture weapons?

>>14185660

Dirty Bomb is basically Overwatch but with more tactics in it and it's still a fun game. (Like if Overwatch and Rainbow Six Siege had an autistic love child… that was born years before they were born) Again, it's free and not overhyped trash like Overwatch. Also Dirty Bomb has better visuals and humor than Overwatch does. Granted, yes, this is just opinion.

>>14187031

>It's my own problem born from fucked up associations, but I'd love a direct sequel to my Quake head canon.

It is not just your own, anon.

I have such fond memories of playing Quake beta multiplayer at one of the U of MN libraries in the middle of the night. Eventually moving on to the QuakeWorld client, and competing in huge ThreeWave CTF tourneys… Then later Rocket Arena (I guess lost, and replaced now by Clan Arena).

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