Quake Live 'Premium Pak 4' update adds new maps, new server settings
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Browser-based frag-em-up Quake Live keeps chugging along, as id's gone and announced the addition of some new premium content. Through "Premium Pak 4," players can access two new maps (Evolution and Three Story), along with 20 new premium awards and some advanced server mechanics, allowing players to customize matches by setting certain modifiers on or off -- runes, gravity, weapon switch speed and more. Finally, the introductory match against Crash has been removed for new players, who will instead be "placed in an assessment period before skill matching begins to take place." We're sure Crash is most happy about that new feature.
If you're lost on all of this talk of "premium," then you likely missed out on the new subscriptions. Read up on that here and be sure to hit the link below if you're looking for the full patch notes. Or just hit up Quake Live if you're looking to shoot some stuff. Don't be embarrassed: we all feel that way every now and again.
If you're lost on all of this talk of "premium," then you likely missed out on the new subscriptions. Read up on that here and be sure to hit the link below if you're looking for the full patch notes. Or just hit up Quake Live if you're looking to shoot some stuff. Don't be embarrassed: we all feel that way every now and again.
Reader Comments (4)
Posted: Nov 17th 2010 9:12PM PR0F3TA said
i remember playing Quake 2 on a Win95 computer with something like a Pentium II @ 233MHz and 500 megs of memory. i was pimpin'
Posted: Nov 17th 2010 11:50PM wcarnation said
Subscriptions make me a sad panda
Posted: Nov 18th 2010 6:41AM mau64 said
I stay away from these games. Those kids are way more hardcore than I will ever be.
Posted: Nov 18th 2010 3:23PM Peretz said
@mau64 Normally, I'd agree. A game's age is inversely proportional to the percentage of casual players. Put another way: A newcomer to an older retail game (for example, Counter-Strike 1.6) probably isn't going to have much fun because he or she will probably get steamrolled by expert players.
But with Quake Live being free to play and with Skill Matching, the game is actually fun to play even for someone (like myself) who hadn't played Quake 3 in years.
I don't expect to end the round at the top of the scoreboard, but I don't expect to get obliterated or land a the bottom, either. Since it's free and (last I checked) adware-free, the only thing you stand to lose by trying the game is time and bandwidth.
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But with Quake Live being free to play and with Skill Matching, the game is actually fun to play even for someone (like myself) who hadn't played Quake 3 in years.
I don't expect to end the round at the top of the scoreboard, but I don't expect to get obliterated or land a the bottom, either. Since it's free and (last I checked) adware-free, the only thing you stand to lose by trying the game is time and bandwidth.
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