Games

Quake

id Software

1996•Shooter•ESRB T•About 6 hours

Taste attributes: actionhorrorscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalmusic/dancerobots/ai/spacefastunsavouryheavyimaginarysimpleall consuming questfighting evilfish out of water/culture clashhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, dark shooter: simple and pacy. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

82 / 100

403 ratings

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About This Game

Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The player takes the role of a protagonist known as Ranger who was sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". The government had been experimenting with teleportation technology and developed a working prototype called a "Slipgate"; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its own teleportation system, using it to send death squads to the "Human" dimension in order to test the martial capabilities of Humanity.

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionHorrorScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalMusic/danceRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questFighting evilFish out of water/culture clashHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardy

Keywords

AliensArenaBloodyMedievalPvpDeathVoxelOpen-source

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Details

Developer: id Software
Publishers: MacSoft Games, Sega, GT Interactive Software, Pulse Interactive, PXL computers, id Software, clickBOOM
Released: 22 June 1996
Series: Quake
Platforms: Zeebo, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, DOS, Amiga, Sega Saturn, Legacy Mobile Device
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 4h rushed, 6h normally, 15h complete
Age rating: ESRB T
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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