Instead, you'll be running full bore to join or escape the fray. That means you won't be crawling through the map or traipsing through it on a needle.
If I learned anything in my time with the beta, it's that movement is paramount to winning. You (typically) won't be camping or finding a sniper's nest in QC. But at its core, Quake is meant to be a lawless free-for-all.
An unabashed throwback to arena shooters of the 1990s and quintessential Quake gunplay, Champions wastes no time putting you back in the boots of your favorite space marine - or the other bits of QC's cannon fodder, such as interdimensional space lizards, galactic centurions, mech warriors, and more.Īfter spending about 30 hours with the beta over the past three weeks, I've basked in the glow of glory, cowered in the corner of defeat, and learned that Bethesda and id Software have remade Quake in its own chaotic image.
