/vr/ - Retro Games

Honestly, Quake feels a lot more like Half-Life than just a Doom clone. American mcgee's levels are straight up linear and focused on action, and there's a much more emphasis on pacing throughout Quake. The gameplay is a lot focused on player movement in comparison to just shooting like in Doom's levels. Strangely, Romero's levels are probably the most basic in all of Quake despite him being legendary - American Mcgee's and Sandy's are a lot more interesting in comparison and take advantage of the 3d engine.

I mean look at a level like this and say it is not aesthetically like half-life at all

https://youtu.be/6AlXwPMgpoA