Customer Reviews
Best Quake Yet 
2007-06-01
I was concerned about getting a graphics based game for a Mac (traditionally not a gaming machine), however the Intel chipset and Universal software made for a great gaming experience.
id software got it right 2007-04-19
Those of us who are fortunate enough to have a mac, and have ever played Doom 3 on it will know that Doom 3, id softwares last games was horrible. No plot, monsters jumping every which way out of closets, and who knows where else. Let me get this striagh, this is totally different. No dark hallways where you can see the gun in front of you, no more ambushes by zombies and demons and whatnot, Quake 4 is an awesome, incredible shooter. The voice acting and constant action combine to make a gaming experience that no other game can match. If you have a Mac, this is a game you must get.
Quake 4 great game 2006-08-23
If you have a computer able to run it, get it. some of the boss' are pretty tough, but it is a good game. If only Marathon ran on OSX.
Killer Graphics on a Mac! 2006-08-05
Great Graphcs very fast game play they got it right with this one!
I had to update all my computers Mac and PC's to get teh very best out of this game bet it was well worth it!
This game looks great on my new 20" G5 iMac WOW!
I was one of the best in New York City I ran my own server (Technoinnuendo)
"B___h in a body bag" was my players name. I just got a new server and will be back up and running soon to kill all that dare enter!
LOL... Frag ya later!
Love the game...
End of an era. 
2006-06-30
I owned Wolfenstein 3D on my 486, back in 1993. I like first person shooters.
I barely played through the introductory level of Q4. Graphics performance is consistently crappy on both my MacBook Pro 17 and my dual G5 2ghz; what systems are they testing?!
Big disappointment.
If you loved Quake 2's single player, you will love Quake 4 
2006-05-03
Quake 4 takes you back to the front as you fight against an unrelenting alien enemy. Armed with advanced weaponry and vehicles and aided by an elite squad of marines, you take the battle to the heart of the Strogg home planet and become Earth's only hope for victory. They're regrouping but with their planetary defenses ruined, you have a chance to deliver a full and final assault. You are Matthew Kane, an elite member of Rhino Squad, and part of Earth's next invasion wave. With the Makron assumed dead, your squad is taking part in an operation to take advantage of the disarray and mop up the rest of the enemy forces on the Strogg planet. But your drop ship gets hit and comes down hard, killing a large chunk of your squadmates at the opening of the game. From there, you'll pull yourself up out of the muck and get down to business.
If you own a Intel Mac, WAIT FOR THE PATCH! 
2006-04-28
I bought this game because it was the first Universal Binary game that I actually want to play (besides Enigmo 2), and when I got it installed I was puzzled as to why I could not play it on high-quality graphics in full (wide) screen mode. I tried all I could to get it to work and unfortunately it will only play in 4:3 mode and that leaves nearly 1/3 of my screen not being fully utilized. I contacted Aspyr tech support, and was told that they are aware of this being an issue with the Intel Macs and that they are working on a patch to resolve the problem. Well this means that I cannot really enjoy this game until the patch comes out, however long that will take.
I am very happy that I bought this game, and once this has been resolved I will replace this review with a more accurate description of Quake 4. But in the meantime, don't go out and buy this game if you don't want to get full use out of it!
great game, but needs a fast CPU and video card 2006-04-21
I got it yesterday, played it for hours. My mac does not meet the min. requirements for CPU:
1.47Ghz G4 (upgraded Digital Audio G4 powermac)
Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB (PC version flashed for mac)
1.0 GB PC133 RAM
RAID 0 Array w/2 7200rpm drives
I think my Radeon 9800 makes up a little bit for the missing CPU mhz, but this game is making me want a G5 or Core Duo mac a lot more. Too bad they cost so much.
I play at 800x600, low quality, shadows off. Very playable in the indoor levels, very slow in outdoor large-scale battles. Framerate goes as high as 60 fps indoors, as low as 8 fps during heavy fights in/outdoors. Id says a patch (v1.2 ?) is coming soon "that will increase framerates at lower resolutions" which means on my computer :)
Good news: online multiplayer is FASTER than single player mode IF you have 6 or less opponents online with you. It's great, like Q3A was.
4 stars overall, -1 from 5 for the heavy hardware requirements.
