One of the most extraordinary games that defined multiplayer games was re-released on Tuesday. Quake Live is an action-packed game that can be played through our web browsers. The game is a new, but relatively similar edition to the acclaimed first person shooter called Quake III, released by id Software back in 1999. Although I understand this piece of news is closer to the Entertainment section than Science and Tech, however, I think by launching Quake Live id Software contributed to the already fast development of web games. And besides, in my opinion never before did a web game have such amazing graphics.
The only thing a user needs to do is to install the plug-in for his or her browser after loading the site. No fees need to be paid; everything is for free of charge. Detailed explanation is given on how to play the game; all of our questions will be answered if we take a tour on the site. The three main characteristics that id Software uses to highlight Quake Live’s advantages are: safety, an easy way to join the community and the short time it takes to start playing the game. However, as the site enjoys an extremely high popularity the last advantage does not really exist anymore: especially late in the afternoon one has to wait for at least an hour to be able to start shooting some enemies or looking for the flag that needs to be captured.
Id Software, the company that created the first person shooter a.k.a. FPS genre back in 1994 by publishing Doom, certainly did not expect that Quake Live would be this successful and would attract so many players or as the fans of genre are often referred to, shooters. You only need a valid e-mail address to validate your signing-up and after logging in you can start looking for the opponents suitable to your needs. Note that only Internet Explorer and Firefox browsers are supported, the support for other alternative browsers are in progress as we speak. The same applies for the operation systems: Mac and Linux users have to wait for a while until they can relive memories created 10 years ago.
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