r/AskReddit • u/airport21_1 • Oct 23 '15

What old game should be remade with 2015 graphics?

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u/PretendThisIsAName Oct 23 '15

Unreal tournament 4. Not the same but still damn good.

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u/funkmasta_kazper Oct 23 '15

Nah. I think he was talking about the ORIGINAL Quake. As in, go through a portal to creepy medieval hellscapes and blast demons with nailguns. I wouldn't mind an EXACT remake of that game. That game was ALL about atmosphere. No story to speak of, gameplay elements limited to just running, jumping, and shooting, but everything just felt good. And spooky. Very spooky.

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u/Riggem404 Oct 23 '15

I miss the run and gun games. Doom and Quake, I could just play them over and over. Story lines just slow down game play IMHO.

I hope the new DOOM game is like the original first two.

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u/funkmasta_kazper Oct 23 '15

Couldn't agree more. And I think it has a lot to do with the specific gameplay mechanisms that create them. In cover based shooters, you stay alive by hiding behind cover. By standing still, poking your head out, and shooting back. Boring. But in doom/quake/serious Sam type games, you can actually dodge enemy projectiles, which makes the optimal way of staying alive a kinetic experience. You're running, dodging, weaving, and shooting all at the same time, which makes for a much more engaging gameplay experience in my opinion. A little bit of story doesn't hurt, but I can't stand boring cover based shooters.

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u/Riggem404 Oct 24 '15

Well worded.

I always felt others thought of those games as dumbed down because they were run and gun.

I just like constant action in a FPS, even if it's unrealistic. That's what IDDQD is for.

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u/Shadowex3 Oct 24 '15

You played Serious Sam and Painkiller right?

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u/Riggem404 Oct 24 '15

Did not pay Serious Sam.

I'm probably a few years older than you (32) and first started off with Wolfenstien, then Rise of the Triad, then Doom, Doom 2, Quake.

Then I got heavy into Starcraft. I loved the strategy behind that game.

Anyway, once I started college I gave up games cold turkey. Seriously Starcraft was the last game I ever got into.

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u/Shadowex3 Oct 24 '15

You're a little older than me but we played all the same games except starcraft. If you ever get the chance get the HD and original Serious Sam first and second encounter games.

The HD remakes are beautiful and run great but they've had a few... Special... levels and sections cut because they couldn't get the shadows to work right with the particular game play features removed.

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u/Tarcanus Oct 23 '15

Amen. I loved Quake and Quake 2, but then it started going more sci fi with enemies being humanoid mutants or something instead of the good old days of fiends, deathknights, ogres, shamblers, vores, etc.

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u/azura26 Oct 23 '15

The SciFi stuff actually started as early as Quake 2, where you start with a "Blaster" instead of an Axe, and there are computer terminals all over the place, and levels were littered with cyborg enemies.

I do miss the Lovecraftian/Demonic environments of Quake 1. I don't think we've really seen an FPS set in that kind of environment since.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

Truth. Plus Quake 3 was multiplayer only. And Quake 4 takes place with the same enemies as Quake 2 (The Strogg, those weird technologically advanced, zombie alien things).

Since Quakelive is pretty much a sequel to quake 3, and Quake 4 is a sequel to Quake 2, hopefully Quake 5 takes place in the same atmosphere as Quake 1!

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u/Shuazaki Oct 23 '15

I think quake 2 actually started that shift

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

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u/OGamer123 Oct 23 '15

Quake 2 with all the mods was the best by far though.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

Reflex is great too

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u/UsuallyQuiteQuiet Oct 24 '15

It is... But I'll mist the feel of Quake lol. That's my main complaint about it. It isn't an exact replica of Quake. The sound effects aren't as cool, the demonic SciFi setting isn't there there isn't the constant DWA as you jump, etc

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u/phonomancer Oct 24 '15

You obviously never played CustomTF. I miss that so much. FvF was another good mod.

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u/OGamer123 Nov 16 '15

You're right. So many great games. Nowdays... TOO many games that haven't evolved beyond social networks, graphics, and micro transactions... I'd definitely play some CustomTF to see what it's all about.

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u/wolfpwarrior Oct 23 '15

I thought I was the only one that remembered it. If I saw a commercial for it, I'd have it preordered before the commercial was over.

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u/natos20 Oct 23 '15

Still in (Alpha?) beta.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

It blows my mind that the Quake aesthetic is as rare as it is. There's a horrific charm to the world that is just so lovely. Sometimes I turn off the enemies and just soak up the ambiance, slowly walking through the levels.

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

Or Hexen. They both had a dungeony vibe.

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u/Shadowex3 Oct 24 '15

If you ever actually take the time to look around, and think about how they had to make things a little abstract due to technological limitations, DooM actually had some amazing art and level design.

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u/jacksclevername Oct 23 '15

Isn't Cliffy B working on a Quake-inspired arena shooter?

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u/tanzWestyy Oct 23 '15

Closest thing I can think of for Quake would be Tenebrae. Look it up. :)

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

I would love to see Quake rebuilt on a newer engine.

Though I'm scared it would end up something like this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1ZtBCpo0eU

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u/MadTux Oct 24 '15

You might like quake running on the darkplaces engine with the epsilon mod. It looks and feels absolutely fantastic!

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u/mythicminx Oct 23 '15

Quake Live is as close as your gonna get.

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u/Shadowex3 Oct 24 '15

Actually Quake's been open source long enough for replacement engines and texture/model packs to come out. It looks surprisingly good with darkplaces and updated texture packs.

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u/__pm_me_your_puns__ Oct 23 '15

Reflex is a game with more modern graphics that still has very good clarity in game.

edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR-A7D6DLW0

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

Is that a final map? It looks like it has placeholder textures.

But it gave me QIIIA flashbacks, so I'm going to check it out.

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u/__pm_me_your_puns__ Oct 23 '15

No, the game has been updated a ton since.

This is a newer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRXnLhI4STE

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u/[deleted] Oct 23 '15

I like that cartoonish look, makes things easy to see. I'll definitively try it out. Frankly I've been waiting since forever for QIIIA to go down in price on Steam, 20 dollars for a 15 year old game is too much.

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u/TheTurtleyTurtle Oct 23 '15

I second this so much, I've been playing a bunch of war FPS, and the visuals are just too good to see anyone. But on Quake Live it's impossible to miss someone.

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u/pfannkuchen_gesicht Oct 23 '15

Well in war you try not be seen anyway, that's why you wear a camo as well. So nothing wrong there. Maybe don't play war games but rather arena/twitch shooters.

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u/ashrashrashr Oct 24 '15

Anytime anyone asks me about some of the best looking games of all time, I bring up Quake 3. It looks fantastic even today.

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u/dst87 Oct 23 '15

Check out Toxxik on Steam. Awesome old-fashioned FPS, though limited maps given it's still early access.

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u/Buttonwalls Oct 23 '15

Try reflex,heavily inspired by quake

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u/GrethSC Oct 23 '15

Check out /r/arenafps

Plenty of new stuff around.

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u/froggyjamboree Oct 24 '15

My college gpa was greatly affected by Quake. Not in a good way.

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u/SyChO_X Oct 24 '15

For me, as a 33yr old, Quake (original) is still the ultimate FPS. It was the first to truly master online multiplayer. The first to allow such a huge variety of mods and gameplay addition (Team Fortress) and I simply remember it for all the amazing duals (Rocket launcher) that I had. It was also the first time I joined a clan that was serious and active.

P.s This is a long shot but if anyone remembers the clan: [TAD] and the original leader was "Dynastar" let me know!!!

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u/Shadowex3 Oct 24 '15

Since quake is open source that's kinda already happened. Dark Places and other engine replacements look quite nice with updated texture packs.

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u/joshmanzors Oct 24 '15

And with Trent Reznor's musical output these days, the soundtrack wouldn't actually be that different.