Quake 3

Quake 3 is a first person shooter and is quite an old game now, but never the less a very accomplished franchise of games. The first game of the series was released in 1996 by id Software and was developed off the back of their highly well received game Doom.

The gameplay elements of this game are very simplistic, which in a small sense adds to the charm of the actual game. The basic premise of the game is you spawn, look for a weapon, and kill everything in line of sight of you. It really is that simple of a game, with standard deathmatch modes. I believe that this game shines through the mould of most shooting games nowadays, because it is not too complex, the game just involves "find a gun, kill things" and this surprisingly can give you hours on end of fun if the things you are killing are some of your friends!

The graphics of the game are kind of hard to judge considering the game was released back in 1999. The HUD is very simple as in it uses some sort of Word Art style font for your health and armour, which isn't set apart from the rest of the screen. They are just... There. the character models are rather Average for its time, it is nothing ground breaking that caused a stir they just kinda kept the games head afloat during the following years until its sequel.

The Audio found within the game is very subtle, as in you don't notice too much during all of the fighting! The gun sounds are deliberately loud to draw your attention into the fighting and the keep you focused which i believe is a nice touch. Apart from that there are no real outstanding audio features to comment on.

The funfactor, is the whole reason you play this game. The fun factor of this game is of its mindless fun! There is no deep and interesting storyline in which you must travel untold planets to save the queen. No, you just kill. There is a small story that they have put in place to satisfy those with the need for it which is, that you are a group of the most elite fighters in the universe and you are fighting to the death to satisfy the needs of an alien race. For everyone else though, this is mindless shooting and killing which without question is an amazingly fun combo!

Finally the replayability of this game is in the fact that it is entirely mutliplayer. Multiplayer in my opinion is the corner stone of every game and it is what keeps it alive for the longest. The fact that Quake has no proper single player and instead has singleplayer games vs AI controlled enemies in an arena styled like its multiplayer is the reason this game performs so well. So as for the replayability of the game, I would say it is very high as long as you have a good group of friends (Soon to be enemies).