Quake (1996) - Video Game Review

Official Score = 3 Devils

Back in the day, before Microsoft came out with the XBox series of console based video games, computer games were the only way to play games on Microsoft products... And back in the early 90s, the world of computer gamming was really starting to become a major player in the, 'gamming community'... I mean games like 'Doom' and 'Duke Nukem' were really starting to make waves... (So much so, that most of these type of first person shooters would end up being adapted for the video game consoles of the day...)

But there was one game that had grabbed the attention of me my friends, so much so that this game (at least for a while would replace playing regular video games...) That game being, 'Quake' (1996)!

A true classic!

Originally developed by Id Software, and released for the PC Computer, this awesome horrific video game would go on to be released for Mac, as well as the, 'Amiga', 'Linux', 'Sega Saturn' and 'Nintendo 64,' and would tell the story of how in the single-player game, the player takes the role of a protagonist known as Ranger who was sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". The government had been experimenting with teleportation technology and developed a working prototype called a "Slipgate"; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its own teleportation system, using it to send death squads to the "Human" dimension in order to test the martial capabilities of Humanity.

The sole surviving protagonist in "Operation Counterstrike" is Ranger, who must advance, starting each of four episodes from an overrun human military base, before fighting his way into other dimensions, reaching them via the Slipgate or their otherworld equivalent. After passing through the Slipgate, Ranger's main objective is to collect four magic runes from four dimensions of Quake; these are the key to stopping the enemy later discovered as Shub-Niggurath and ending the invasion of Earth.

This weapon sure does have some stopping power!

In the end, one of the cool  things that I have found about this game, is that it is not just with this game but with a lot of the first person shooters of that era is that they are truly the ancestors of the games that most people enjoy! Also another thing that I thought was personally cool about this game directly is the fact that this game... Well to say the least, this is one of those game that you don't want to be playing on a dark and stormy night!