Thats a really tough one..... Let me ask the [NASCAR 21 Ignition spotter which one I should choose.....](https://youtu.be/YoOCY9R4cUY?t=2475)
Even he cant decide......

I guess Quadrilateral Cowboy should be on this list too. It's a commercial id Tech 4 title, with native Linux support.

It's actually the only commercial/mainstream id Tech 4 game I haven't played. I even made it through Brink!

Quoting: whizseI guess Quadrilateral Cowboy should be on this list too. It's a commercial id Tech 4 title, with native Linux support.

Yes, I agree with it.
I can't edit the poll, but maybe @Liam Dawe could update it.

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderThats a really tough one..... Let me ask the [NASCAR 21 Ignition spotter which one I should choose.....](https://youtu.be/YoOCY9R4cUY?t=2475)
Even he cant decide......

Well, I have always liked Quake 4.
However, I had a hard time with my previous poll. I hesitated between selecting SOF, Kingpin, and Sin.

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Quoting: gbudny

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderThats a really tough one..... Let me ask the [NASCAR 21 Ignition spotter which one I should choose.....](https://youtu.be/YoOCY9R4cUY?t=2475)
Even he cant decide......

Well, I have always liked Quake 4.
However, I had a hard time with my previous poll. I hesitated between selecting SOF, Kingpin, and Sin.

While I ended up picking Quake 4...... It wasnt straight forward...... Quake 4 SUCKS for the first few hours....... Its not until

Spoiler, click me

Matthew Kane becomes Strogg

that the game picks up and becomes good......

Quoting: StoneColdSpider

Quoting: gbudny

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderThats a really tough one..... Let me ask the [NASCAR 21 Ignition spotter which one I should choose.....](https://youtu.be/YoOCY9R4cUY?t=2475)
Even he cant decide......

Well, I have always liked Quake 4.
However, I had a hard time with my previous poll. I hesitated between selecting SOF, Kingpin, and Sin.

While I ended up picking Quake 4...... It wasnt straight forward...... Quake 4 SUCKS for the first few hours....... Its not until

Spoiler, click me

Matthew Kane becomes Strogg

that the game picks up and becomes good......

Well, I don't think that this event drastically impacted the gameplay. However, the cinematics shows you that you are sort of the Strogg in later levels. In this case, I start to think that I play as one of the Stroggs, which change my way of thinking about the main protagonist. It's a weird illusion.

Quake 4 uses the same engine as Doom 3, and sometimes, the atmosphere is quite similar in both games. We didn't have this issue with previous versions of Quake and Doom.

Quoting: gbudnyI can't edit the poll, but maybe @Liam Dawe could update it.

I had a look, but I all I can do as an Editor is edit your post, same as you it seems.

I voted for good 'ol Doom 3. Any game where I can say that I blazed through half of the campaign in one long session must have something going for it. Very much underrated.

1. Prey
2. Doom 3
3. Quake IV
4. Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
5. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars

All were good games but I prefer single player games so Quake Wars was last. Prey surprised me when it came out. Had pretty low expectations and it blew me away.

Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: gbudnyI can't edit the poll, but maybe @Liam Dawe could update it.

I had a look, but I all I can do as an Editor is edit your post, same as you it seems.

Thank you that you checked it out.

Prey :heart:
All the others games are great too :smile:

I'll say Quake 4 as well. I played the Hell out of that in 2005, I loved those linear campaigns back then (Doom 3 as well)

I STILL play Quake 4 occasionally, though the old Linux port is no longer viable. I rebought it on Steam, and it was one of the first games I tried with Proton.

Prey for sure
DOOM 3 is decent also and Enemy Territory Quake Wars was pretty decent when it had playerbase.
I didnt really like Quake 4 tbh, It was quite dull and never played the expansion of DOOM 3

Quoting: GroganI STILL play Quake 4 occasionally, though the old Linux port is no longer viable. I rebought it on Steam, and it was one of the first games I tried with Proton.

I don't run this game on modern Linux distributions, but I know that are some workarounds.

I know that the biggest problem with Quake 4 for Linux is the fact that requires a key. Weirdly, digital versions of games create new issues for Linux users.

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Quoting: XpanderI didnt really like Quake 4 tbh, It was quite dull

I was excited when I ran Quake 4 for the first time in 2005. It wasn't the another FPS game where you only see enemies that you had to kill to get to the next level.
You almost constantly cooperate with different squads and their members, which was rare in FPS games for Linux. That was the main reason why I voted for Quake 4.

It's such a shame that they didn't release any official expansions for Quake 4.

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Quoting: gbudnyYou almost constantly cooperate with different squads and their members, which was rare in FPS games for Linux. That was the main reason why I voted for Quake 4.

It's such a shame that they didn't release any official expansions for Quake 4.

Yes, I'd have bought an expansion for that game (like Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil) if there was one.

I didn't play any multiplayer, and I tried that Enemy Territory Quake Wars thing (which really had very little to do with Quake 4... just the same engine), but couldn't get into it. It's just not my kind of game. Again, I didn't play it with actual people though. I never much cared for playing video games with other people (did it for a few years running various Call of Duty server binaries on my web server for some friends, but that was a long time ago)

Quoting: gbudnyI don't run this game on modern Linux distributions, but I know that are some workarounds.

A few years old now but I imagine it all still applies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/01/playing-quake-4-on-linux-in-2018/

Doom 3 death match for a win. Some of the most stupidest matches I ever had that had me dying from laughter were on there. This was voice chat was sort of new and my family was all over this game. Not sure why but the darkness of the maps made from some great surprise & frag sections.

Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: gbudnyI don't run this game on modern Linux distributions, but I know that are some workarounds.

A few years old now but I imagine it all still applies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/01/playing-quake-4-on-linux-in-2018/

Thanks.

I forgot that you wrote the article about it.

I see that Lutris and Luxtorpeda allow you to install the native version of Quake 4 for Linux.

https://lutris.net/games/quake-4/
https://luxtorpeda-dev.github.io/

Can someone confirm that the issue with the key is solved with these two versions?

I still use the DVD version of Quake 4.

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