>as a game, it was dull My guess is that you only played single player. Single player Quake is indeed less exciting than Doom, largely because of lower enemy c

>as a game, it was dull My guess is that you only played single player. Single player Quake is indeed less exciting than Doom, largely because of lower enemy counts. The people correctly praising Quake as a classic played multiplayer. In multiplayer the 3D environments really matter. It's more than just an incremental improvement because full 3D gives you so many options for movement. Quake has very high skill ceiling and mastering movement is a big part of it.