As graphics technology improves in leaps and bounds for the next
pc generation, more and more gamers expect, and more or less
demand, new and innovating concepts to blow their minds.

However, there are some games out there that simply stand the
test of time for pure entertainment.

One of these games is Quake III Arena from ID Software.

This game still remains, after half a decade, as one of those
games that never seems to fade in appeal when it comes to going
one-on-one against a fellow gamer over the age of fourteen. (The
graphic nature of the game is not suitable for children.)

Whereas there is the impending release of Quake 4, which will go
more towards a storyline, Quake III Arena remains simple:
Deathmatch - Hunt down and kill your opponent. This is your only
task.

The game is a First-Person Shooter that takes place in a
futuristic world, with gameplay featured on a couple dozen core
maps. Your weapons, ranging from real to fantasy, deal out
devastating damage. Powerups throughout these maps give you more
speed, damage, etc; and each map is usually multi-levelled and
reachable by various bounce pads, stairs, and elevators. You
just have to watch around the corners, as you never know who’s
going to be camping there waiting to blow you away.

Now, whether your opponent be your best friend, your neighbor,
your teenage kid, or your wife; the joy of chasing them down and
eliminating their ability to exist as a whole entity will
continue to bring a smile to your face over and over again; and
if no-one wants to play against you anymore because you’re too
much of a savage, you can always play against bots.

The engine this game runs on is good enough to enable a
relatively intense dispersal of body parts from the shot gun
blast you administor to your victim, and yes, produces blood
splatter on walls and screams of agony. A midrange system can
handle all that the game offers.

The extra staying power of the game revolves around the creation
of new maps and bot models by gamers themselves; which can be
found for download at places like LvLWorld and Polycount.
Thousands of maps and hundreds of bots can bring a whole new
dimension to the game, and the creations continue to this day.
Take on Homer Simpson, Darth Vader, or the creature from Aliens
in maps ranging from being inside a computer tower , where you
are about two inches tall; to rampaging through a city, where
you can leap from the top of each building in a single bouncepad
… all the while trying to evade a plasma gun, rocket launcher,
or flamethrower.

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