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The greatest warriors of all time and space have been summoned to battle for the amusement of an ancient alien race. Wield a variety of guns and power-ups as you fight for glory against ruthless combatants in this fast-paced single-player and multiplayer FPS.
Quake III Arena is a fps, arena shooter and classic game
developed and published by id Software.
Released on August 03rd 2007 is available in English only on Windows.
It has received 3,753 reviews of which 3,600 were positive and 153 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.2 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam with a 60% discount.
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3-D Hardware Accelerator with full OpenGL® support, Pentium® 233 Mhz MMX®processor with 8 MB Video Card or Pentium II 266 Mhz processor with 4 MB Video Card, or AMD® 350 Mhz K6®-2 processor with 4 MB Video Card, 64 MB RAM, a 100% Windows® XP/Vista compatible computer system (including compatible 32-bit drivers for video card, sound card and input devices), 25 MB of uncompressed hard disk space for game files (Minimum Install), plus 45 MB for the Windows swap file, 100% DirectX 3.0 or higher compatible sound card, 100% Microsoft-compatible mouse and driver, joystick (optional)
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It's Quake III Arena, the legendary arena shooter from 1999, which melted graphics cards and raised internet bills back in the days. There's not much to say here other than it's pretty deserving of it's fame, they really nailed the weapons, maps and characters here. Compared to Unreal Tournament, a now abandoned rival arena shooter, there's less game modes here, and less creative map designs and weapons, but this version here comes with the expansion "Team Arena", which added more stuff to the game. It still works like a charm too, but you have to do some manual config tweaking to get the best of it. The game was since superseeded by Quake Live, an updated version of Q3A with more maps, settings, more active players, etc., however, Q3A still has it's own charm and is a good way to practice against bots, or to try out some of the numerous mods that were made for it. Although I'm not holding my breath for an official remaster due to the existence of the above-mentioned Quake Live and the fact that Q3A never had a proper single-player campaign, I would still recommend the game to newcommers, as well as enthusiasts, of the arena shooter sub-genre.
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Still the absolute king of the atrociously forgotten Arena FPS genre. Bethesda you better port this game next quakecon instead of releasing another mediocre doom port or I swear to John Romero I'm going to sh*t in a box and ship it to your headquarters-
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Played this in 2000's with friends on Lan party. I can't believe its been over 24 yrs this game still rocking. I wish ID Software devs remaster this game with the latest gen graphics. I highly recommend this game if you really like fast pace multiplayer shooting game.
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Welcome to the Arena. Dennis Fong won John Carmack's Ferrari 328 as part of a Quake 1 MP championship in 1997, ID knew how fun it was to run around in Doom MP, they made Quake more fast and more vertical, when developing Q3A they decided to focus fully on MP and as a result, arguably created the competitive FPS genre or at the very least propelled it, trailblazing with the id tech 3 engine, which was used for Call of Duty, Wolfenstein Enemy Territory, and had a lot of code which Valve's goldsrc used - that's right, HL1, CS, and COD owe a lot of their success to the blueprint that ID discovered and crafted. Carmack has said in later years that Q3A was never designed to be this brutal game that is very difficult to learn, it just worked out that way, just like in Chess if you fail it's really your fault, there isn't anything to get lucky with aside from some great prefires or spam or happening to run into someone, but there's no artificial way to take the lead, you just have to be better than your opponent, and as a result, if you're interested in proving who the best player is, Q3A offers one of the most balanced experiences for a real fair competitive arena. It's really hard to overstate how profound Q3A was for the time it was released, it took an absolute beast of a PC to run at good FPS - back then almost no one was sitting on 200fps and almost no one was above 75hz or 100hz on a CRT. The atmosphere was moody, the game was dark and intimidating, but at the core of it, as a player, it never feels like the game is against you or punishing you, it is FAIR, brutally so, there is no "escape" button to save you, the character designs are kinda wacky, the bot DM maps and bosses ease you in - starting from Q3DM0 the first map against Crash, a very small hallway with only one or two weapons and two opposing spawn points - this is amazing game design - teaching you everything you need to know to get started before throwing you into a deathmatch with multiple bots. As a kid I gained my skills in those offline deathmatches, and I went online and got blasted, I sat in awe of the skill that some players seemed to have, instead of being discouraged I wanted to live in the world they did - where they were able to put the game on and dominate. So many iconic memories of playing on maps like The Longest Yard - a map where you have access to a railgun, multiple opponents, and almost zero hiding spots and cover, if you had good aim (most people were using rollerball mice pre 2006!) you'd be able to pick players off while hearing that reassuring "IMPRESSIVE, EXCELLENT" driving the dopamine home, iconic. ID were a bunch of guys who were having fun making the games they thought were great, they had no business blueprint to achieving annual ROI, they had no formula to follow, they operated in a free creative arena and as a result created one of the most fun and balanced competitive arena shooters of all time, dare I say the best, still, because in my eyes, yes it is dated but which modern title can I say is crafted better, overall? Thanks for reading!
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Highly recommend this game (specially when the sale is active), so much nostalgic memories like back in the days as being a very young teen taking a version of Quake 3 on a flashdrive to school and all of a sudden the whole class is playing a multiplayer lan party against eachother. and teacher even didnt gave a damn about it. the only thing he asked was why i went to every pc with my flashdrive, those are some nice memories of the teenhood. the game is already over 20 years old and it still runs amazing on modern systems as Windows 10 no need to have to use dangerous 3rd party programs to make it running, just install and play ! QUAD DAMAGE ! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠩⠭⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣷⣮⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣾⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣶ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⢸⣧⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣽⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠈⠫⠂⠀⠀⠊⣿⢿⣿⡏⣿⠿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠿⠿⣿⢸⣿⣿⣿⠛⠋ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠱⡀⠈⠁⠀⢝⢷⡸⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⢣⡿⡙⠀⠉⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠇⠀⠀⢀⣾⣦⢳⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⢟⣼⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢀⠎⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⡇⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡾⣼⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀ ⠀⢀⡔⠁⠀⢠⡟⢻⡻⣿⣿⣿⣌⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢘⣠⣿⣿⣿⢟⠇⠀⠀ ⢀⡎⠀⠀⠀⣼⠁⣼⣿⣦⠻⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⢏⣴⣿⣇⠀⠀ ⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⡟⢰⣿⣿⡟⠀⠘⢿⣿⣷⡀⠀⢠⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⢿⣿⣿⠀⠀ ⠈⠳⠦⠴⠞⠀⢸⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⡧⠀⣾⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡇⠀⢿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣽⣿⡄⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠇⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡇⠀⢸⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡟⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣧⠀⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣧⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠏⢿⠄⠀⠀⠀⠐⢸⣿⠀⣿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⡿⠋⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠁⠀
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Frequently Asked Questions
Quake III Arena is currently priced at 5.99€ on Steam.
Quake III Arena is currently available at a 60% discount. You can purchase it for 5.99€ on Steam.
Quake III Arena received 3,600 positive votes out of a total of 3,753 achieving an impressive rating of 9.21.
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Quake III Arena was developed and published by id Software.
Quake III Arena is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Quake III Arena is not playable on MacOS.
Quake III Arena is not playable on Linux.
Quake III Arena offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Quake III Arena offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Quake III Arena does not currently offer any DLC.
Quake III Arena does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Quake III Arena does not support Steam Remote Play.
Quake III Arena is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Multiplayer
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34
Developer
id Software
Publisher
id Software
Release
03 Aug 2007
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