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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: 90snostalga on October 22, 2013, 06:32:34 pm
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I have never played Unreal Tournament or any game from the Quake series. I wanted to go back and play all these myself, and play them with friends for the multiplayer features. Which one of the two would you say is better, and for which console to play each one, or is it better to play them on the PC?
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I know that games are typically better on the pc, but if you could choose a console for these games, which console would it be?
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For console releases, Quake 1 & 2 had great ports on the N64. If you can't stand the N64 controller (like myself), then there's a port of Quake 1 on Saturn, and Quake II on PS1. Obviously the graphics aren't as good on those ports, though.
Quake III: Arena was released on Dreamcast, which I enjoyed. But there were also later ports and versions on PS2, so I'm not sure which is better. And I know nothing on Quake 4 other than the fact it's on XBox 360, I don't know how good it is.
As for Unreal Tournament, there's a very fun version on Dreamcast. But they released Unreal Championship for later consoles, too. So you probably want to go for that (but I haven't played Championship, personally).
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For console releases, Quake 1 & 2 had great ports on the N64. If you can't stand the N64 controller (like myself), then there's a port of Quake 1 on Saturn, and Quake II on PS1. Obviously the graphics aren't as good on those ports, though.
Quake III: Arena was released on Dreamcast, which I enjoyed. But there were also later ports and versions on PS2, so I'm not sure which is better. And I know nothing on Quake 4 other than the fact it's on XBox 360, I don't know how good it is.
As for Unreal Tournament, there's a very fun version on Dreamcast. But they released Unreal Championship for later consoles, too. So you probably want to go for that (but I haven't played Championship, personally).
Thanks for the information Doom. Looks like this might have to be a trial and error kind of thing. I do like the N64 controller but I like the Saturn system as well. I love Dreamcast. I guess I'll just have to try them all and find out the hard way ;)
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Trial and error can bite the dust on this one. I have played all the versions.
Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition on PC is simply the best.
Unreal Championship added new exclusive weapons and scemarios.
Unreal Championship 2 introduced third person perspective and exclusive arenas supporting vertical combat.
Unreal Tournament 2003 introduced expansive outdoor arenas.
Unreal Tournament 2004 Editors Choice Edition introduced Onslaught mode and hoverboards, along with a modding kit with insane options.
2003 and 2004 never saw console release.
Quake 1 was awesome on PC. N64 was indeed the best console port.
Quake 2 introduced a solid story and has an insane modding community and options.
The best port of this one is bundled with the storied sequel on Xbox 360, Quake 4.
Quake 3 is simply great on any platform and now can be streamed right from iD software as Quake Live.
Quake 4 looks and plays great on either PC or Xbox 360
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is structured like Warhawk in gameplay. Available on PC, PS3 and 360.
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Trial and error can bite the dust on this one. I have played all the versions.
Unreal Tournament GOTY Edition on PC is simply the best.
Unreal Championship added new exclusive weapons and scemarios.
Unreal Championship 2 introduced third person perspective and exclusive arenas supporting vertical combat.
Unreal Tournament 2003 introduced expansive outdoor arenas.
Unreal Tournament 2004 Editors Choice Edition introduced Onslaught mode and hoverboards, along with a modding kit with insane options.
2003 and 2004 never saw console release.
Quake 1 was awesome on PC. N64 was indeed the best console port.
Quake 2 introduced a solid story and has an insane modding community and options.
The best port of this one is bundled with the storied sequel on Xbox 360, Quake 4.
Quake 3 is simply great on any platform and now can be streamed right from iD software as Quake Live.
Quake 4 looks and plays great on either PC or Xbox 360
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is structured like Warhawk in gameplay. Available on PC, PS3 and 360.
Great breakdown! I'm going to save this response. Thank you for the details brunauss
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Wow... I'm not even gonna try after that brunauss. Haha good stuff.
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I've actually always preferred the Quake series, the first one on PC is the best, but if you want a console port get the N64 version because it feels the most like the PC version. I too really don't like the N64 controller but if I remember correctly the controls are customizable. I don't recommend the Saturn version at all, I mean its neat that they were able to pull it off on the Saturn but it runs on a different engine and doesn't have as good of a frame rate as the N64 version.
While you're at it also pick up Doom 64, that game is so awesome. A buddy of mine and I recently played through it and it's really is a lot better than I remember, the music alone is fantastic.
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Wow... I'm not even gonna try after that brunauss. Haha good stuff.
Thanx, did it all on a andoid tablet at that. I did leave out the most recent Unreal Tournament III, because it didn't bring anything new to the table aside from upgraded engine and brilliant graphics.
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check out this doom, quake and wolfenstein lot on ebay. pretty sweet collection but expensive:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MASSIVE-id-Software-DOOM-QUAKE-WOLFENSTEIN-3D-COLLECTION-125-Game-BIG-Box-/261313435633?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3cd77e97f1
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Wow... I'm not even gonna try after that brunauss. Haha good stuff.
Thanx, did it all on a andoid tablet at that. I did leave out the most recent Unreal Tournament III, because it didn't bring anything new to the table aside from upgraded engine and brilliant graphics.
lol i do all my stuff on a laptop lol. i don't have a smart phone ;)
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Wow... I'm not even gonna try after that brunauss. Haha good stuff.
Thanx, did it all on a andoid tablet at that. I did leave out the most recent Unreal Tournament III, because it didn't bring anything new to the table aside from upgraded engine and brilliant graphics.
lol i do all my stuff on a laptop lol. i don't have a smart phone ;)
No smartphone here either. Was forced onto tablet when internet computer died months ago. Wasn't about to try the new Windows and currently getting rest of household switched to Macs running Ubuntu 12 LTS.
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Wow... I'm not even gonna try after that brunauss. Haha good stuff.
Thanx, did it all on a andoid tablet at that. I did leave out the most recent Unreal Tournament III, because it didn't bring anything new to the table aside from upgraded engine and brilliant graphics.
lol i do all my stuff on a laptop lol. i don't have a smart phone ;)
No smartphone here either. Was forced onto tablet when internet computer died months ago. Wasn't about to try the new Windows and currently getting rest of household switched to Macs running Ubuntu 12 LTS.
Ahh sounds good. My basic phone works miracles :) Do you do gaming on your computer?
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Done gaming on everything but Ouya and Onlive.
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Done gaming on everything but Ouya and Onlive.
Ok, but why announce this on the Unreal and Quake thread? ???
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I think cause it got off topic about phones. haha
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I think cause it got off topic about phones. haha
I'm not even sure what Ouya and Onlive means lol. I'm under a rock when it comes to most technology
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Done gaming on everything but Ouya and Onlive.
Ok, but why announce this on the Unreal and Quake thread? ???
Oops, that was meant to be an actual reply. But it is getting off topic. Just send me a PM 90snostalgia if want to chat some more about Ouya and Onlive.
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I got a quake collection off steam for PC As well as "Unreal Tournament" for PS2 and "Unreal Tournament 2" and "Unreal Championship" for OG Xbox I love the Unreal series it's fantastic!! even though I got nobody to play with it's still fantastic in my opinion the Unreal Championchip game is a game I would recommend for any OG Xbox collector that can still obtain a copy of it :)
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Here is my history for each that I can remember.
Quake was the reason I had to upgrade PCs twice. The first game which I played with the KQP (which seems difficult to find) which was originally downloaded from some BBS in the 90s. I played GL Quake using a Voodoo Rush 6 MB card. I did not play any of the expansions yet.
Quake II I first played at college but just multiplayer including the co-op. GL Quake II at home when I bought it, but did not play MP at home. Did not play the expansions yet.
Quake II on N64 I had tried but it was not a good experience because of the controller.
Quake III on PC was something I played in many places. Sometimes at work, or at LAN parties. I even had played it on a projector. Single player I finished the 4th difficulty on all maps and the 5th diff on all but 5 or 6. I had run my own dedicated server on a Win98 PC, then later had run one on someone else's host (also had Red Faction server running as well). Used to run a full uncompressed version at one point and modded the game as well as tried to make my own maps. After my clan fell apart I ended up playing on instagib servers and was asked to join the Morbid Angel clan but didn't end up doing it. Played Superheroes for a time, then Urban Terror, and then ended up on Vogon speed servers. Played there for some years, was an Admin for awhile. Finished 2nd place in a tournament. Still check in on things once or twice a year.
Quake III Team Arena was something that was checked out but didn't have much staying power.
Quake Live: played the original version that ran in Internet Explorer browser. Was too slow. Did not play the non-IE version.
Quake Champions: I had gotten access during beta but the servers were bad or no players. Once the game launched, I had some glitch where I couldn't leave the tutorial area, so I never got a good chance to play it.
Unreal Tournament: I had only played this version that I am aware of and it was during the time of Q3 on LAN parties. I liked the pistol the most. I remember when I worked at Iomega I beat the first level on a Windows 2000 PC, 16 MB RAM, no video card, idk CPU (it was below requirements) which ran at 10 FPS.
I did not play Enemy Territory for Quake but did for Wolfenstein.