I've been playing the quake series since Quake 3 arena, and played a lot of Quake 4 and QuakeLive, while also sometimes playing Q2 and Quake World.
I was very much looking forward to Quake Champions but so far massively disappointed with what they've done to the franchise. It is still enjoyable because it's something new but I would say it's probably the least enjoyable of all previous quake games unfortunately. I get bored after 2 or 3 games, while I can play the other quake games countless hours.
I was a bit worried they were going to fuck this up. So far I can proudly say that if you loved Quake 3, you are going to love this. It is basically Quake 3 on steroids with some new abilities thrown in.
Please don't compare Quake Champions to Quake 3 or Quakelive, it's nowhere near the same standard. It is not "like Quake 3 on steroids". Quake Champions is a dumbed down version of quake games on a clunky engine and with some abilities like in Overwatch, which is not what quake is about.
There is also no console or cfg files and they're not planning to release that.
I highly recommend playing QuakeLive which is available on steam and is un upgrade of Quake 3 and you'll easily notice the difference in smoothness, movement, balance and fun.
It seems pretty good, I'm hoping to get to play some other modes. I love me some CTF.
My favorite characters so far are Nyx and and Scalebearer.
They've released FFA, TDM and Duel so far and will release 3 other gametypes which will very likely be CTF, Clan Arena, and something else.
iCTF (instagib capture the flag) is my all time favorite FPS game. I hope it comes back with the new Quake.
Unfortunately I doubt you'll see any instagib in Quake Champions, let alone iCTF. Also would you really want to play instagib with the rail of QC? It just doesn't feel right.
Did they leave in strafe jumping and rocket jumping?
They kind of did leave the strafe jumping but it feels different to previous quake games and each character has a different movement and strafe jumping ability...
The rocket jumping is also still there but nowhere near the same, it doesn't boost you so much forward and high in the air and takes a lot of damage off you, it's almost unusable.
Yes. Movement feels very much like Q3.
Not really unfortunately.
Meh, Im a Quake 1 guy. Unless they bring back the O.G. grappling hook (yes I lnow it was not with the original game) I sitting this one out.
Edit: I got into the closed beta, and it was a lot of fun, I liked the maps. But is is worth $60.......no, I would say more like 35-40 bucks.
The grappling hook wasn't present in any of the other quake games apart from Quake 1 and there isn't really a need for it.
Also the game will be free on release (not $60) and you can pay to unlock characters, skins etc. which is optional as you can unlock them by playing the game lots.
