Last one to post wins

[Goonstalf]

TIME TO DO SOME MOTHER FUDGIN' HOMEWORK. ISN'T THAT RIGHT, SHUB-NIGGURATH?

[Abc1230]

So... Uh... Is there a plot in Quake? :???:

[Goonstalf]

The player takes the role of an un-named protagonist sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy code-named "Quake". Previously, the government had been experimenting with teleportation technology, and upon development of a working prototype called a "Slipgate", this enemy has compromised the human connection with their own teleportation system, using it to insert death squads into the "human" dimension, supposedly in order to test the martial capabilities of humanity.

 

The sole surviving protagonist in Operation Counterstrike is the player, who must advance, starting each of the four episodes from a human held but overrun military base, before fighting through into other dimensions, traversing these via slipgate or their otherworld equivalent. Once passing through each slipgate, the player's main objective is to survive and locate the exit which will take him to the next level, not unlike that of id Software's previous hit, Doom.

 

The game consists of around 28 separate "levels" or "maps", grouped into four episodes. Each episode represents individual dimensions that the player can access through magical portals (as opposed to the technological Slipgate) that are discovered over the course of the game. At the start of each episode, the player is deployed in a futuristic military base and he has to find a slipgate that will take him to the alternate realm. The various realms consist of a number of gothic, medieval, as well as "fire and brimstone"-style caves and dungeons with a recurring theme of hellish and satanic imagery reminiscent of Doom (such as pentagrams and images of demons on the walls). The latter is inspired by several dark fantasy influences, notably that of H. P. Lovecraft; most notably, Dimensional Shamblers appear as enemies, the "Spawn" enemies are called "Formless Spawn of Tsathoggua" in the manual, the end boss of the first episode is named Chthon, and the final boss is named Shub-Niggurath (though actually resembling a Dark Young[3]). Some levels have Lovecraftian names, such as the Vaults of Zin and the Ebon Fortress. Originally, the game was supposed to include more Lovecraftian bosses, but this concept was scrapped due to time constraints.

 

It should be noted, however, that by the time the game was released the specifics of the story had become relatively unimportant and somewhat disorganized.[citation needed] This is mainly due to a last-minute mix of two different game designs: lead level designer John Romero wanted to make a dark fantasy hand to hand combat/RPG hybrid game, while level designers Tim Willits and American McGee wanted to make a more futuristic, Doom-like game.[citation needed] Ultimately the Doom-like mechanics were implemented and many of the dark fantasy design elements were incorporated into the graphics and visual effects of the game.

[Abc1230]

I vaguely remember playing Quake a few months ago. Do they mention the story in-game at all?

[Goonstalf]

Not really. There are little snippets after you beat a boss.

[acenator]

I can't view dat vidya through mah proxy >.> What does it be?

 

Edit:

While ace is here, I guess I'll ask now... What is a good proxy that doesn't suck and stuff? :/ I mean liek is there a proxy that will let me view youtube videos and play flash games and stuff?

Sorry for the late reply (I was still trying to catch up on all the spam that I missed from before page 1000), but unfortunately for you, I have never used a proxy, so I don't know of any good ones.

 

 

 

On a much more awesome note, I finally got a wireless repeater that actually works... :ugeek: :thumbsup: ... third time's the charm. :wall:

[Abc1230]

-_- tiem

[Death]

-_- tiem

-.-

 

You have an editing problem.

 

I'm off too.

[Goonstalf]

@abc: But what about your Fibonacci break through?!

 

G'night you crazies.

[H2PM]

[Goonstalf]

HAY HALOS

[H2PM]

HAY HALOS

HAY GOON

[Goonstalf]

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHP?

[H2PM]

NOTHING MUCH

JUST GOT BACK FROM TROLLING ON MW2

 

ME AND A BUCN H OF GUYS WOULD CAMP WITH RIOT SHEILDS AND BLAST SHIELDS AT THE BOMBS FOR LUZL

 

THEN WHEN WE ATTACK WE ALL HAD MARATHON LIGHT WIEGHT AND RUSHED THE BOMBS

 

 

IT WAS FUN

 

 

 

 

 

HUEAHUEAHUEAHUEAHUEA

[Goonstalf]

I DUN KNOW WUT ANY OF THAT MEANS

 

BUT IT SOUNDS FUN

 

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

[H2PM]

I DUN KNOW WUT ANY OF THAT MEANS

 

BUT IT SOUNDS FUN

 

LOOOOOOOOOOOL

[Jaffy1]

Been ages since I looked at this thread.. Shame on me. :(

[Goonstalf]

Hiya. :)

[H2PM]

Been ages since I looked at this thread.. Shame on me. :(

[Monk]

Been ages since I looked at this thread.. Shame on me. :(

 

[SeanyTheSailor]

poast

[Tesset]

Been ages since I looked at this thread.. Shame on me. :(

...

 

Boobs.

[Iconic]

So erm yeh.....

[Tesset]

Been ages since I looked at this thread.. Shame on me. :(

...

 

Boobs.

Repost for sake of new page.

[Iconic]

Boobs.