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 The arsenal contains elements from all Quake games (nailgun, rail gun, lightning gun) and the classic BFG has been replaced by the Dark Matter Gun.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 spelling (simplified)
"Q4" -- Informal abbreviation

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Quake 4	Windows	$2.03
	Quake 4	Xbox 360	$0.75
	Quake 4 (Mac)	Macintosh	$14.69
	Quake 4	Linux	$2.03
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User Reviews

Did we even need a sequel to Quake 2?	Windows	Medicine Man (366)
This game puts the “whore” in “war-gasm”, because you can't spell “stupid” without “id”	Windows	lasttoblame (393)
A fun, violent yet dated FPS.	Xbox 360	AkibaTechno (228)
Does nothing new, but does it good.	Windows	Dakota Bob (71)
Can we say "$hit" in mobygames?	Windows	MichaelPalin (1195)
Meh. The Best is the Enemy of the Good.	Windows	null-geodesic (235)
It just grows old very fast	Windows	phorque (141)
This game gives the Quake Series a bad name..Multi-player wasn't too bad....	Windows	DudeOfMonson (106)

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The Press Says

Gamigo	Windows	Oct 23, 2005	8.6 out of 10	86
Kombo.com	Xbox 360	Nov 27, 2005	8.4 out of 10	84
PC Powerplay	Windows	Dec, 2005	83 out of 100	83
AppleLinks.Com	Macintosh	May 29, 2006		80
TTGamer	Windows	Oct 21, 2005	8 out of 10	80
XBox Evolved	Xbox 360	Dec 01, 2005	7.9 out of 10	79
Game Informer Magazine	Xbox 360	Jan, 2006	7.75 out of 10	78
Armchair Empire, The	Xbox 360	Dec 29, 2005	7.5 out of 10	75
JeuxActu	Windows	Oct 31, 2005	15 out of 20	75
Playfuls	Windows	Oct 25, 2005	7.4 out of 10	74

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Trivia

The German version of Quake 4 is intensively cut, particularly bloody scenes (Strogg Medical Facility, as marines are going in the cage), some bodies, body parts are deleted or blacked out. This cut version feels sterile and there is no atmosphere. You cannot fire at your team members.

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