Quake Live, gameplay demonstration and first impression

Some gameplay footage from the first day Quake Live went live.
So is it any good ? I've played Doom 1 - 3 and all Quake games and probably every good shooter out there. A couple of years of CS 1.6 as well, 2 of those competitive. Quake Live beats em all: reason being the browser concept actually works. And this is where it beats all other Quake installments. It's a competitive game, you've got stats, match searches, duels, awards, ladders, just name it. It's like this game comes with its own version of the CPL or ESL. On top of that, its something like back to the roots of Ego Shooters - at least for me it is. Same gameplay as Quake 3 except the movement is a little different. Which includes strafe jumping, BH and rocket jumping and aim requirements from hell. No netsettings abuse crap like in cs 1.6 or css either - interp 0.1 and lowrates anyone ? Then again, the netcode seems to be crap due to the unlag code. Highpingers seem to get some kind of mysterious hitbox enlargement bonus, they hit you where youre not standing, behind corners, walls etc. Hope the subpar netcode will be fixed. Also, no cheaters (yet). When you start the game for the first time, you do a trial run to evaluate your skill level and the game uses this info to find suitable servers for matches. So it caters to all skill levels as well. Will it run on slow computers ? Yes. I'd say 85/100 so far for this open beta, and it looks as if this game is going to replace cs 1.6 on my harddrive. It is exactly what its supposed to be. A complete package.
The current networking/server issues are what the beta is for I guess, so given an improvement on that and this game is a keeper.

Recorded at 60 FPS in FRAPS (runs at a locked 125FPS without FRAPS). I think I'll post a new vid once I've gotten used to Quake again. CS has ruined my feeling for Q3. especially because I was (am?) a low sense gamer.

/Edit
Seems like there are cheaters already, even since closed beta. Business as usual then. Have to say I haven't seen any yet though. And at least headshots aren't fatal like in CS. Oh yeah, and the Railgun seems a bit off. Its damage isn't what it used to be. Sometime you have a hit a freshly spawned player 4 times till he drops. Its damage seems to be somewhat random going by what many players are saying. But then again, its still in beta and I, personally, hope that ID will fix things in the right order.

System:
Vista x64
Cat. 8.12 hotfix
ATI 4850
Q6600 @ 3.2ghz
6GB RAM
X-Fi
MX 518

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[EntTheGod]

rail damage is 80 a slug and you spawn at 125/0, and good job promoting the game :) really appreciate it, also great choice of music :P quake 2 sound track heh

i suggest to any one reading this though if your interested go watch some profesional competition matches or exhibition matches they are very impressive, this guy seems a bit rusty and ffa isnt very impressive (no offence)

teir 4 dueler _VaeVictis_ :) see ya around

[levlobotomy]

thanks for the comment. no offense taken. was on the first day of beta release and i was rusty indeed. improved much since then. really love campgrounds redux. but yeah, interested people should go look for some proper duel videos (especially 1on1 imo), this is just a quick gameplay demonstration of what it looks like =)

[diSteMper2fun]

what program did use for a record?

[levlobotomy]

that was fraps, full screen. and then sony vegas for editing and adding audio tracks.

[lsflores531]

AFAIK? what does that mean

and u sure it wil run?

[levlobotomy]

Yop

[emj505]

is this game fun and do ppl still play it

[bialy661544897]

q live is spam. install q 3 arena cpma mod. then you'll see real good plaers

[drplbiftin]

nice dark and blurry video

[LivingdeadMetal]

What's your username on QUAKE Live? You're good!

[mega1megaman1freak]

the game is awesome. its easy to just pick it up and play. only thing that ruins it is punk buster that keeps kicking me out

[sasamsa]

Q2 music :D

[hjgfweuryfgwuyegfuyw]

this game rocks hard, and with the past of the time is gonna rock even more, already a classic that came to last