QuakeCon 2022 is taking place this week from Thursday to Saturday, and with these festivities in mind, the Shack Staff have come together to discuss their all-time favorite Quake games.

Tim Willits talks about Quake's next patch, new players, and what characters would be fun to add to id's arena FPS. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Here are some first impressions of what the game is like, from the Quake II in-house editors who played. (And enjoy these screenshots from the new title.) News guy Micheal Mullen loves the feeling ...

Andrew Hushult, the composer behind Dusk and Doom Eternal's Ancient Gods DLC, provides the soundtrack, while the entire game is built on the engine that powered the original Quake. Blocky visuals ...

Quake is unusual as a series in that it lacks a single consistent vision beyond turning monsters into chunks of flesh. The original game blended dark fantasy and sci-fi with Lovecraftian horror ...

and being the worst Quake game. Developed by Raven Software and released in 2005, Quake 4 wasn't a pure arena shooter like Quakes 1 and 3. Instead, it was a direct, story-driven sequel to Quake 2 ...

I'm not bothered by the fact that the demo struggles to maintain a comprehensive grasp of a level in Quake, a game that's almost 30 years old. For me, the problem is what it's taken to generate ...

consider playing these recently launched games. ‘Quake II’ (enhanced version) Bethesda makes it feel more like the late 1990s than ever before. Along with a new “Baldur’s Gate,” fans are ...

It's like playing a video game in a dream. I've now played the AI version of Quake, and it's...bizarre, to say the least. It feels like playing a video game in a dream. Not because it's good ...

For those who have played Quake extensively, adding portals seems unnecessary, as teleporters are already a core part of the game mechanics. What [Matthew Earl] accomplishes is more of the Portal ...