Quake Champions goes from free to paid, with no more content updates planned

9 days ago by NanoooK to c/games

Seems like Bethesda Softworks are ready to say goodbye to Quake Champions as this is seemingly the final major update, and it's now a paid game.

mastertigurius 16 points 9 days ago

I finally gave it another go. I tried it years ago for about twenty minutes and promptly uninstalled it when all the microtransactions got up in my face. Refreshing to see a company do the right thing, but I'm sad to say that I uninstalled it again. This isn't really Quake to me. Outlines showing where your opponents are, announcer notifying the quad has spawned, the shotgun being reduced from a death stick to a pea shooter, what's up with that? The movement feels less like you're running at breakneck speed and more like you're hovering around like a friendly little ghost. Everything just felt off.

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zecg 7 points 9 days ago

Yes, it's not the same with another engine. Which is good, since I'm not giving a cent to Microsoft or the studios they own.

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kibiz0r 15 points 9 days ago

For me it went from “didn’t know it existed” to “not interested in playing it”.

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orca 12 points 9 days ago

If you want real Quake, just get Quake 3. Tons of people still play it. Or snag Xonotic.

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senslayer 3 points 8 days ago

Wow looks interesting nice req!

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0li0li 4 points 9 days ago

And yet if they just added offline bots, I would uninstall most other shooters on my PC. Instead, I play QC:DE, Q3A and Xonotic lol

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senslayer 3 points 8 days ago

I had a brief arena shooter phase but none of them really stuck, sad to see qc go down like this

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oopsgodisdeadmybad -2 points 8 days ago

I haven't played this since the time I ended a friendship over the phone while fragging.

It had nothing to do with the game, but I'm pretty sure that was the last time I ever logged into it.

Fucker literally offered me 20 bucks to convince my sister (who he had never really met outside of maybe seeing her at school) to go on a date with him.

Anyway, I fucking instantly and wordlessly hung up. I asked him to repeat it to make sure I hadn't heard him wrong or to see if he was kidding, and he doubled down on it. Hung up and never talked to him again. I knew him from high school and given when Quake Live started, (and how early I tried it) it was several years after I would've graduated college (if I ever finished it).

I hadn't even talked to him for a while, it was kind of a "hey how you been" kinda call/conversation until he brought that up. Never heard from him again. Heard a small mention of him from a mutual friend that he felt bad about it but I don't care. I wouldn't have cared if he offed himself about it, I am still just as pissed today, and if I ever have to interact with him again I will let him know exactly who I am and what I remember about him.

But given that I barely played any Quake games, this story is what I think about when QL gets brought up.

I hope he's still depressed somewhere.

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