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nice, about time. I wonder if e.g. Quake Champions would've flopped as hard as it did if it was just released on Steam at launch instead of moved there later. I

nice, about time. I wonder if e.g. Quake Champions would've flopped as hard as it did if it was just released on Steam at launch instead of moved there later. I had a ton of fun with it despite its controversial formula changes, and the soundtracks (there's two, you can pick one or both, the second one is by Andrew Hulshult) are really good.

jasonm89 5y ago
TIL that there is a new Quake. I know what I'm doing tonight.
- adamrezich 5y ago
  if you're not an über-purist and/or you haven't had some good ol' deathmatchin' in awhile, you'll have a great time. the difference between QC and Q3:A/QL/etc. is that you pick a Champion character to play as, with unique health/armor/speed stats, as well as an ultimate ability. there's no restrictions on who can pick which champion (like Overwatch for example), and it's kind of like a "Super id Bros." as far as the characters go (still no Orbb though...). I played quite a bit of the game and while I tried some of the other champions, the default Ranger feels the most "right". the music is great too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj21GFbEQog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj21GFbEQog maybe I should reinstall tonight too...
FanaHOVA 5y ago
Pretty sure QC was on Steam at launch, it was on the Bethesda Launcher only during beta. Quake games are just too hard for most people nowadays, and the new stuff pushed away some of the old players. I enjoyed it but Live was still better, and with matchmaking being dead I just stopped playing it.
- adamrezich 5y ago
  the "beta" was more of an "early access" though. completely agree though it definitely did split the difference between being appealing to new and old players and kind of floundered as a result. I had a blast though just playing Ranger.
orliesaurus 5y ago
it didn't flop hard because of the platform that launched, it flopped hard because of a gazillion other reasons, including the poor UI, matchmaking queues, weapon balance, promotion etc

jasonm89 5y ago

TIL that there is a new Quake. I know what I'm doing tonight.

adamrezich 5y ago
if you're not an über-purist and/or you haven't had some good ol' deathmatchin' in awhile, you'll have a great time. the difference between QC and Q3:A/QL/etc. is that you pick a Champion character to play as, with unique health/armor/speed stats, as well as an ultimate ability. there's no restrictions on who can pick which champion (like Overwatch for example), and it's kind of like a "Super id Bros." as far as the characters go (still no Orbb though...). I played quite a bit of the game and while I tried some of the other champions, the default Ranger feels the most "right". the music is great too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj21GFbEQog https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj21GFbEQog maybe I should reinstall tonight too...

FanaHOVA 5y ago

Pretty sure QC was on Steam at launch, it was on the Bethesda Launcher only during beta. Quake games are just too hard for most people nowadays, and the new stuff pushed away some of the old players. I enjoyed it but Live was still better, and with matchmaking being dead I just stopped playing it.

adamrezich 5y ago
the "beta" was more of an "early access" though. completely agree though it definitely did split the difference between being appealing to new and old players and kind of floundered as a result. I had a blast though just playing Ranger.

orliesaurus 5y ago

it didn't flop hard because of the platform that launched, it flopped hard because of a gazillion other reasons, including the poor UI, matchmaking queues, weapon balance, promotion etc