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Quake 1 and 2
Talking about alice got me thinking.... I miss Quake. That is the game to end all games for me. It got me started. i had played Doom all the way through, but Quake left a lasting impression on me.
Quake was very much a living, breathing world to me. For some reason, the design of the world along with the creatures living in it just seemed to have a logic to them that was natural.
It also was the first game to have a soundtrack that i would listen to outside of the game (and i still do).
It was also the first game to really scare the shit out of me. There are few things worse in a game than having a Fiend tearing ass after you down a dark hallway with strobe-lights....
And while Quake 2 wasnt quite as scary or ground-breaking, it was still an awesome game. It introduced the Railgun. It had 3d explosions (they were kinda cheesey, but they fit the feel of the game).
I was always kind of thankful that they came up with a new story for the second one: Alien Cyborgs as opposed to Demons from Hell. Hopwever, i would love it if quake 4 (in production by Raven, the same guys that made Soldier Of Fortune, I think) was a blend of the two... Could you imagine an ogre with a chainsaw built into his arm, or a cyber-fiend? holy shit, that would be cool....:)
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