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Send in the clones

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 20
Date: December 28, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Out of the box Q3A is terrible. It's like a Q2 clone, with all the same old weapons. Q3A is like a Friday the 13th movie nothing new and the format is just plain lame. I originally bashed UT but compared to Q3A, UT is a godsend. Maybe some of the Mods for Q3A will help but they better be some damn good Mods. Hopefully TF2 will save the First Person Shooter, cause Q3A sure doesn't.

The best multiplayer shooter? I think not.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 31, 2000
Author: Amazon User

First off, this is stricktly a multiplayer game catering to the multiplayer market. It is best played with a cable modem or some other form of high-speed connection. Those of us with dial-up modems are at a sore disadvantage. Those with dial-up connections move far more slowly and are easier to hit than those lucky souls with cable modems. Also, the short single-player game included is not only boring, but is really just a way to train for multiplayer bouts online. Furthermore, the game, while a solid offering, isn't nearly as fun or a technically impressive as Unreal Tournament. Buy this game only if you don't have the cahoneys to buy the far-superior Unreal Tournament.

It's pretty good!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 28, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Although it IS incredebly demonic with crucified bodies and those little Lucifer stars everywhere, it has great graphics. If your looking for a great online game, this and Unreal Tournament definantly match the bill. But, if you need to decide between one or the other, get UT. Because Q3 is so dark, gloomy, and bland, UT is a whole lot more colorful than Q3. UT is also expandable with maps and mods galore. The only feature in this that tops UT is that Q3 has curved surfaces, but UT makes up for it with great physics and cool futuristic levels (for the most part, if you like old fashioned castle tpye levels, UT has plenty of those, too).

Pretty Fun, I Prefer UT

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Quake 3 Arena has fun deathmatch-style gameplay, but the Quake 3 engine is really quite terrible. The graphics quality is far from stunning (older games like the original Unreal look far better, even when Quake 3 has the settings all the way up). Quake 3 also has a slow engine. Even with the settings turned all the way down to help performance, framerates (specifically with smoke, but also in general) are dismal on lower-end computers, and not really all that high on the high-end ones. I should also mention that Quake 3 has netcode that can be unplayable even on broadband (bullets hitting a few seconds after firing, etc). Fun gameplay is about all that this game has going for it, but if you really want a good deathmatch and graphics aren't the main concern, go get Quake1 and QuakeWorld -- even a modem user can generally play that online without too much lag.

EDIT: I've seen some amazing graphics in recent games using the Quake3 engine. It must have just been poorly implemented in the original game.

Fine Looking

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: December 31, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Are you a new mac user(iMac)? Maybe, 2 million are. If you use a processor below a G3, I can say this is not a good game. Q3 requires a good (128bit ATI or Voodoo) video card. Now come on, its obvious that a faster and newer computer would have better graphics in complex games such as Q3. Personialy, I'm running a 400Mhz iMac DV special edition, and seems to run ok compared to a PC I've seen. If you have an older mac with expansion PCI slots, Get a Voodoo card. Apple and 3DFX(the maker of voodoo cards) are expected to make a surprising annoucement concering compatability. A voodoo card would work better. If you still don't know, download the demo, it will take a few hours but its worth it.

No Unreal Tournament, but still good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 13, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Quake 3 is a beautiful, addicting 3D shooter, with its true strength lying of course in multiplayer. The graphics are stunning, and the weapons unique. I would say however, having played both, that it doesn't hold a candle to Unreal Tournament. UT's graphics are slightly better, the bots are more intelligent, and all in all, the overall gameplay is slicker and more creative. Plus the UT single-player games, while not its strength either, have longer replay value. If you buy both games, you can't go wrong, they both are a lot of fun and in their own ways very well-done and addicting. If you're debating which 1 of the 2 to get, without hesitation I recommend going with Unreal Tournament.

Great for OS X

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 14, 2001
Author: Amazon User

If you've read my Unreal Tournament review, you know that I REALLY love UT. However, I finally got a reason to buy Quake III Arena, it runs on OS X. BEAUTIFULLY. It is still more cartoony than UT, and is harder to control (It goes WAY too fast to be believed) but it runs on OS X. even on my little iMac. You just have to download the newest version after you install the CD. And BANG your gamin'. I originally would only give this game 3 stars, but with the OS X compatibility came an extra.

Necris

kicks butt

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 16, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Cool game. Love the Mods, havn't done much playing with it on X yet, need to get the update I guess. I gave it 4 starrs instead of 5 because I play more UT mods... ( I guess they're more Mac friendly)

Nice

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: November 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

NICE! NICEEE! this is the ultimate death match and I hope they make quake 4 sooner than later.....it ran fine on my 500mhz MAC!

Quake 3 Arena for Mac Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 31, 1999
Author: Amazon User

I love quake 3 arena. its a beautiful and stunningly realistic 3d shooter than is AWESOME for multiplayer netgaming, which is what the game is meant to do. Its so cool! The network stability is great and I love the soundtrack of Nine Inch Nails and thier adrenaline-pumping tracks included with Quake 3 Arena for q3a. Buy this product. Rocks out.

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