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Ikagura Feb 15, 2019 @ 7:37am
Differences between Quake 3 Arena and Quake Live?
I mean both games looks the same but that one seems to be more "classic"
Last edited by Ikagura; Feb 15, 2019 @ 7:38am
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Captain n00by Feb 15, 2019 @ 4:05pm 
Quake Live is basically "Quake 3 Ultimate". There are differences though, and I feel both games are worth playing.
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Phoenix Feb 17, 2019 @ 8:46pm 
Quake Live has bright skins, Team Arena weapons, CPMA physics, and no gibs.
Q3A has Q3A and mod support.
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Ikagura Feb 19, 2019 @ 5:39am 
Originally posted by Phoenix:
Quake Live has bright skins, Team Arena weapons, CPMA physics, and no gibs.
Q3A has Q3A and mod support.
Why did they remove gibbing? I could understand if it was for competitive play but casually?
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Bailiwick Feb 19, 2019 @ 10:04am 
Originally posted by Ikagura:
Originally posted by Phoenix:
Quake Live has bright skins, Team Arena weapons, CPMA physics, and no gibs.
Q3A has Q3A and mod support.
Why did they remove gibbing? I could understand if it was for competitive play but casually?

I think (don't hold me to it) it was to make the age rating lower.
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Ikagura Feb 19, 2019 @ 12:14pm 
Originally posted by Bailiwick:
Originally posted by Ikagura:
Why did they remove gibbing? I could understand if it was for competitive play but casually?

I think (don't hold me to it) it was to make the age rating lower.
If it was because of the age rating it's a little bit stupid, I mean most people who would play Quake Live were already a teen during the Quake/Doom days...

Also I think that most ~12 year old are rather playing mp on CoD rather than a DM on Quake Live...
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Captain n00by Feb 19, 2019 @ 3:58pm 
Originally posted by Ikagura:
Originally posted by Bailiwick:

I think (don't hold me to it) it was to make the age rating lower.
If it was because of the age rating it's a little bit stupid, I mean most people who would play Quake Live were already a teen during the Quake/Doom days...

Also I think that most ~12 year old are rather playing mp on CoD rather than a DM on Quake Live...

Game was F2P for quite some time, it was trying to reach a wider audience than the usual "basement metal head geeks" (yeah, I'm stereotyping) who enjoy Quake franchise.

You can mod gibs back in QL and the MP player populations are a bit bigger than Q3:A.
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Ikagura Feb 19, 2019 @ 4:28pm 
Originally posted by noobean:
Originally posted by Ikagura:
If it was because of the age rating it's a little bit stupid, I mean most people who would play Quake Live were already a teen during the Quake/Doom days...

Also I think that most ~12 year old are rather playing mp on CoD rather than a DM on Quake Live...

Game was F2P for quite some time, it was trying to reach a wider audience than the usual "basement metal head geeks" (yeah, I'm stereotyping) who enjoy Quake franchise.

You can mod gibs back in QL and the MP player populations are a bit bigger than Q3:A.
I've also gotten the old announcer back
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Phoenix Feb 19, 2019 @ 7:04pm 
The removal of gibs was done to make it "family friendly" when it was still a browser-based game. They just used a teleport effect in place of the gibs. I think they got the idea from Elite Force's "Holomatch" mode. I just can't stomach a deathmatch without blood and gore so it was always a turn off for me.
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Ikagura Feb 20, 2019 @ 4:20am 
Originally posted by Phoenix:
The removal of gibs was done to make it "family friendly" when it was still a browser-based game. They just used a teleport effect in place of the gibs. I think they got the idea from Elite Force's "Holomatch" mode. I just can't stomach a deathmatch without blood and gore so it was always a turn off for me.
It's kinda how Id software, a company known for their overal violent and bloody game (that got several mediatic events because of that) wanted to make a more "family-friendly" game...

This tells a lot about the evolution of the videogame industry...
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Captain n00by Feb 20, 2019 @ 3:00pm 
Well, id did make "family friendly" games, too, for example Commander Keen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_Fr7Ug7b4

They've been more into the violent/gory type of games though.
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Ikagura Feb 20, 2019 @ 3:27pm 
Originally posted by noobean:
Well, id did make "family friendly" games, too, for example Commander Keen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ_Fr7Ug7b4

Oh that one, Carmack made that game with an engine made for the prototype of an eventual DOS Super Mario Bros before Nintendo said "NO"

Originally posted by noobean:
They've been more into the violent/gory type of games though.
Id Soft is well more known for their more mature game overal

(Kinda like how Rockstar North also made more familly-friendly games before they made Grand Theft Auto)
Last edited by Ikagura; Feb 20, 2019 @ 3:27pm
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Ikagura Feb 21, 2019 @ 12:01pm 
Okay then, Quake Live is basically Quake 3.5 in a way
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adz Feb 22, 2019 @ 4:24pm 
QL with no gibs is not that bad, i feel like Quake live is known as Quake 3 arena remastered..
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Ikagura Feb 24, 2019 @ 3:47pm 
Originally posted by adz:
QL with no gibs is not that bad, i feel like Quake live is known as Quake 3 arena remastered..
Someone told me that the concept name for this was "Quake Zero" (which may explain the logo of the game) but yeah, it's basically a remaster of Q3A with a new coat of paint.

And yeah the lack of gib isn't the worst thing to be honest (especially compared to it becoming a paid game)
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Phoenix Feb 25, 2019 @ 5:50pm 
Yeah, it was called Quake Zero for a while, the Zero meaning free to play when it was still browser-integrated.

I'll never give up my gibs.

Never.
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