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Game entry

Quake

1996 · FPS, Horror · PC, Mac, Linux, DOS, Saturn, Amiga, Zeebo, Legacy Mobile Device · MacSoft Games

Quake holds position no. 516 in the world ranking on GameForever, with 1,687 ELO points and 69% of duels won out of 274 played. Of the 5 duels that pitted it against Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, it has won 2 and lost 3. Its best rank by family puts it at no. 10 out of 56 (1996).

World rank

no. 516

ELO score

1,687

Wins

69%

Duels played

274

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About Quake

Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons.

The community says

Anyone else remember playing this at a friend's house without really knowing what horror games even were yet?

ELO progression

Score moved from 1,500 to 1,687 ELO points over the last 170 days.

Head-to-head

Direct record on the most played match-ups.

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Around this spot

The games Quake sits between in the world ranking.

  1. 513 Rage 1,688
  2. 514 The Elder Scrolls Online 1,688
  3. 515 The Walking Dead: A New Frontier 1,687
  4. 516 Quake 1,687
  5. 517 Luigi's Mansion 1,687
  6. 518 Valheim 1,686
  7. 519 Dead Island 1,685

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The standing

Where Quake ranks

The world rank mixes every family of games. Here is where Quake stands in each of the ones it belongs to. Its best standing, all families considered: 10 out of 56 (1996).

Where Quake ranks
Ranking Position Games competing
World ranking 516 5,035
FPS 59 451
1990s 92 659
1996 10 56

The community

The debate

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  1. BossRex

    Anyone else remember playing this at a friend's house without really knowing what horror games even were yet?

    IrenePlayer

    Yo también lo descubrí sin saber bien qué esperar, y comparado con lo que jugué después en el género, esto se siente más crudo, más directo.

  2. SammieDragon

    People keep comparing it to Call of Duty 4 like it's a fair fight, this thing built the genre those games live in, you know?

    Nova_Pagan

    Construir el género no debería valer para caer siempre contra Call of Duty 4, ¿no les parece raro ese resultado?

  3. Rudolph_2

    The level design still holds up better than people give it credit for, the layouts feel deliberate instead of just a maze with monsters in it

    SilviaAce

    pienso que sentó bases, sí, pero puesto al lado de shooters más modernos el diseño de niveles se siente muy de su época, no sé si es justo compararlos igual

    Gamboa25

    Uy, a mí me pasó algo parecido, ¿tú también en compu ajena o ya tenías la tuya?

  4. Hoppe54

    I still remember the first time I heard the music kick in during a fight, it changed how I thought a shooter could feel (I wasn't even into metal back then).

    Cosmo_Corrales

    esa música me marcó tanto, aunque contra Half-Life 2 casi nadie la recuerda igual

  5. LuckyByte9

    Lo instalé de nuevo hace poco esperando revivir algo y me aburrí a la hora, prefiero quedarme con el recuerdo que tenía antes de comprobarlo.

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