A classic FPS in a hero shooter wrapper.
What do you want from a new Quake game? Originally, I thought that my answer was an old-school arena shooter with twitch combat, breakneck traversal, intricate map design, satisfying gun feel and big, chunky gibs flying all over the place. And the good news is that Quake Champions is all of that. It feels like Quake.
Having played for some time during the beta, I’m not sure that’s all I want from a new Quake. Despite everything it does to recapture that late-’90s feel, Quake Champions is a modern multiplayer FPS, and it comes loaded with everything that has come to mean. Instead of a server browser, for instance, you enter a matchmaking queue that tries to place you with similarly experienced players.
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