Quake Champions

xzi

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Got my invite, installing right now and fully intend on playing this the entire weekend. There's an NDA unfortunately but it is a closed beta, I'm not surprised!
 

Mick

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So is this just an updated version of quake live or is it something else?
 

xzi

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default weapon is not good, never really has been

also next closed beta is april 13th-16th, not sure if they're sending out more invites or not but worth to check for anyone that hasn't gotten one
 

xzi

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Really? One of the primary things for me in this game vs say Quake Live are that it does have that medieval lovecraftian influence like the original quake did, nailed aesthetics but that's just my opinion
 

Captain Suave

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Dunno. Something between the sound, animations, and physics engine feel floaty and etherial to me, without the visceral punch I'd normally associate with an id (derivative) game. Maybe I'm just old with a bad memory.
 

Dandain

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I think its you/bad memory. It very much feels like Quake, in movement and weapon profile.
 

xzi

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Do you like quake? It's sort of like a mixture of live and Q3Arena. Of course not breaking NDA cause you can see that in videos :p
 

Slithum

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beta keys for those that want

QMU8-F68H-G2PR-6Y6K-H83B

RMU6-E79U-Q9EF-2M6P-N49A

EYP4-H74D-F6BB-8U4M-R36G
 

gogusrl

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Used the last code (thx), redeemed it to my bethesda account but the game is not showing up in the launcher thingie.
 

Dandain

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The server's aren't up right now, I'm not sure if that impacts visibility or not in the launcher.
 

Tuco

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So:
Nostalgia-driven cash grab or rebirth of the arena shooter genre?

I'd love to get *really* good at an FPS again, it's been a while and I'm tired of low-skill cap FPS.
 
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xzi

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It should be noted there are microtransactions but unnecessary if you don't want them. Learned in an interview a while back all heroes can be unlocked through playing and won't take long or you can just drop like 30$ and have everything in the game unlocked which I'm likely going to do anyways.

It genuinely feels like the next logical step and one last huzzah for arena shooters. Under NDA and you can see all this through clips and interviews so not breaking any rules.

I can say I've been playing it all night every night for the last 4 or 5 weekends
 

Dandain

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Its Quake, a couple things I would want different. I don't think its one last hurrah, its the first modern arena shooter with the right infrastructure behind it. Namely matchmaking and dedicated servers. Any PvP only game revolving around a high skill cap is dead in the water if it doesn't have the above. Rocket League, Dota, League, overwatch etc.
 

skrala

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NDA dropped. I've really been enjoying the betas, as someone who grew up with the first 3 Quakes and played an ungodly amount of Q1DM3 it feels very familiar. Netcode still needs some cleanup but I love the speed of the game.
 

Araxen

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Wow, the netcode is BAD. I'm usually one to never bitch about netcode either, but it's that bad.