Quake 4 is the true sequel to Quake II, continuing the Strogg vs. Humans storyline from the point where Quake II ended. The Strogg is an alien cyborg race which, much like the Star Trek Borg race from which they seem to be partly inspired, wander the galaxy conquering planets and wiping civilizations. Their sole purpose is to collect organic body parts with which to swell their ranks. After a prolonged war, the united armed forces of Earth decided to launch a desperate counter attack on the home planet of the invaders, Stroggos. By some twist of fate a sole marine was able to disable the Strogg main planetary defense (aka The Big Gun) and kill Makron, their leader. That was the end of Quake II. The second wave of attack is meant to land on Stroggos and take advantage of the brief disorder, ending the threat of the Strogg forever. Of course it will not be that easy...

This time the lone soldier theme (of Quake I, II and the Doom series) is replaced by a war. Not as large scale as a military FPS or even Halo, but close enough. There are squad mates, some of which are important to protect, some vehicles (a hovertank and a mech) and frequently changing objectives to achieve. The arsenal contains elements from all Quake games (nailgun, rail gun, lightning gun) and the classic BFG has been replaced by the Dark Matter Gun. Weapons can be improved later in the game, making them much more effective. The game uses a somewhat improved version of the Doom 3 engine to good effect. Multiplayer options are rather limited, offering only the standard Deathmatch modes and CTF.

Quake 4 was developed by Raven under the guidance of id Software.

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Alternate Titles

"雷神之锤4" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"Q4" -- Informal Abbreviation

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User Reviews

This game puts the “whore” in “war-gasm”, because you can't spell “stupid” without “id”	Windows	lasttoblame (392)
A fun, violent yet dated FPS.	Xbox 360	Andrew Pine (14)
Can we say "$hit" in mobygames?	Windows	MichaelPalin (826)
It just grows old very fast	Windows	phorque (142)
Meh. The Best is the Enemy of the Good.	Windows	null-geodesic (228)
This game gives the Quake Series a bad name..Multi-player wasn't too bad....	Windows	DudeOfMonson (108)
Does nothing new, but does it good.	Windows	Dakota Bob (71)

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The Press Says

Game Informer Magazine	Windows	Nov, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
Gamers.at	Xbox 360	Dec 05, 2005	81 out of 100	81
IGN	Xbox 360	Nov 21, 2005	8.1 out of 10	81
ActionTrip	Windows	Oct 25, 2005	81 out of 100	81
GamePro	Xbox 360	Nov 21, 2005	4 out of 5	80
XBox Front	Xbox 360	Dec 09, 2005	78 out of 100	78
Armchair Empire, The	Xbox 360	Dec 29, 2005	7.5 out of 10	75
Video Game Talk	Xbox 360	Jan 12, 2006		70
Game Revolution	Windows	Nov 11, 2005	C+	58
Game Freaks 365	Xbox 360	2005	5.6 out of 10	56