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 The arsenal contains elements from all Quake games (nailgun, rail gun, lightning gun) and the classic BFG has been replaced by the Dark Matter Gun.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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User Reviews

Did we even need a sequel to Quake 2?	Medicine Man (364)
This game puts the “whore” in “war-gasm”, because you can't spell “stupid” without “id”	lasttoblame (393)
Does nothing new, but does it good.	Dakota Bob (71)
Can we say "$hit" in mobygames?	MichaelPalin (1195)
Meh. The Best is the Enemy of the Good.	null-geodesic (235)
It just grows old very fast	phorque (141)
This game gives the Quake Series a bad name..Multi-player wasn't too bad....	DudeOfMonson (106)

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The Press Says

Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Dec 09, 1997		100
PC Action	Dec 16, 2005	88 out of 100	88
PC Games (Germany)	Oct 24, 2005	88 out of 100	88
Game Informer Magazine	Nov, 2005	8.75 out of 10	88
PC Powerplay	Dec, 2005	83 out of 100	83
Fragland.net	Dec 14, 2005	80 out of 100	80
JeuxActu	Oct 31, 2005	15 out of 20	75
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Jan 24, 2006		70
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Oct 30, 2005	60 out of 100	60
Video Game Talk	Dec 04, 2005		60