Starwars The Phantom Menace
use the Force and your wits to overcome challenges at every turn. Interact with hundreds of characters as you search for the clues that will defeat the Trade Federation and their evil plot. The fate of the galaxy is in your hands!
Zero Critical
You are a special agent dropped off at Rheom 1, a small planet where scientists are working on a devising a man-made method of interstellar travel. You are to investigate the killing of the head scientist - not the first time there have been unusual occurrences at this research facility. According to the developer, Zero Critical (previously titled Satin Rift) relies on story and challenges "aimed at the older, casual gamer, who doesn't want to be insulted by poor writing, doesn't want to waste time with lengthy FMV, doesn't want to struggle with irreverent puzzles that exist merely as an excuse for poor gameplay.
Quake 3 Beta
Quake need I say more. This self made game shocked the world in 96 with its ultimate multiplayer options. Well it's back with their third title. This ones a little different then the first two. This one is going to be multiplayer only. You can still play it offline with bots(computerized players that you deathmatch with). Why would someone make a multiplayer only action game? Well, online gaming is a very popular thing in the gaming world these days. It was a few years ago, but it was not widely practiced consistently. Some people hooked up to play deathmatch with modems or a LAN, but internet gaming has really become used a lot only in the last year or two. id Software has always had a single player game, so why the switch? Well, the major success of the Quake series was deathmatch, so id decided to spend more time making DM better and not having to create enemy models, scripting, AI, and a story line. This will make Quake3 a much better online game than quake1 or quake2.
The weapons with the * beside it may be taken out or changed in the final version.
The weapons in the game all have a faster cycling rate now so you can move from the first weapon to the last weapon much faster then ever before. Weapon animation has being reduced to 6 frames and the weapon switch times will be in between quake and quake2's times. The weapon speeds will be customizable so it will depend where you are playing and it is also said that you can control the rocket speeds, its unknown if this applies to all weapons though. You will hold your gun with your right hand but it will be more centered then before. You will be able to drop your weapons and you will get a 20% speed increase. There will be muzzle flashes in the game so your machine gun will give sparks and stuff.
Items/Power-ups the items with * beside them are subject to change or even taken out for the final version
Well its a sad day when the pentagram of protection is taken out. But with all the other cool items it will be alright. Also ladders are taken out.
The levels in the game will be small and huge. There is some levels that are made for 64 people, so get ready to frag. There will be three speed classes, the light, medium and heavy. The heavier you are the more damage you will deal but you will move much slower then the light speed class. The light speed class will move at about the same speed as the quake1 guy. The medium speed class will move at the same rate as the quake2 guy. The heavy guy will move so slow I have nothing to compare him to :o). The bots in the game have very excellent AI you will seem to be playing a real human they even start making fun of you saying "You suck" and other such comical remarks. "You'll have your rookies, your smartasses, all different personalities." - Paul Steed
When you pull up the console you will automatically drop your weapons and the picture on the right will appear. Voice communication will be aloud in the game now. This is one of the features I am most excited about. A isdn or lan is minimum for what is required for it. So now you dont have to stop and type in to your team "need some help on defense" you can just scream it at them on your mic : ).
CTF will come with Quake3(or that is what they say right now...hhmm...remember quake2.wasn't that supposed to come with CTF in it?? :o). They have not told us if ctf will be any different from the one in quake2. It is rumored that there will be certain levels with places in them where only that team can go in to talk about strategy or get more ammo(*cough* TF *cough*). CTF will come with a basic tournament mode.
Quake 3 will be the goriest Quake yet with anatomically gibs flying all around. You will still be able to customize the servers like the gravity, run speeds, footsteps etc. id software will supply 4 servers with the normal options. 3D sounds is most likely not to be in quake3 they have not decided but as of now it is not in it. The music is being worked on right now by Bill Leeb.
Many new graphic options are now in Quake 3. There is now curved surfaces. They have new types of fog. They have mirrors so you can see how handsome(or pretty) you are. The game now uses LOD. LOD is level of design system of models will increase as you get closer to them. "Walls that "breathe" and other "alive" items like an entryway I saw with realistic fangs and a long, evil tongue hanging out on the floor. The tongue was moving and looked real! To really appreciate it, you must see it. " -Redwood
They have tweaked the network code. Making the game less lagy. Instead of you having to type in your rate and other commands to tweak your system Quake 3 does it for you. It automatically configures itself to run optimized on your system.
Editing has changed for the better. Now when you edit/make skins you are not limited to the old pallet. Now you can use any colors you want. Making editing skins much better. I know for I made skins for quake1 and I got frustrated at the palette you had to use. Editing quake 3 levels will not be easy with all the options added onto the game. The first Quake 3 level editor will be QE3Radiant and is supposed to be shipped with the Quake 3 : Arena CD. ANSI C has being chose for the Quake 3 programming language. The tools you need to make your own Quake 3 mod will be readily available.
Quake 3 is one of the most anticipated games of the Year. When this game comes out to be left behind. I bet this game will outsell the first two Quakes. If you are a die hard action game player or even if your a newbie action player this game is for all levels.
To download a movie of Quake3 its 23 megs and in .avi format you can get it here.
