Oh btw, i finished quake on hard, the final boss sucks ass, the difficulty balance is fucked, most of the levels are too cramped to use explosives effectively and too dark to see anything, barely any verticality, gunplay is not satisfying at all, axe is unusable, using stock shotgun feels like pulling out your own teeth, the grenade launcher physics are wonky, i wouldn't replay this game on nightmare even at gunpoint.

Quake is a product of it's time, I love every part of it except actually playing it. The history of creation, the pioneering of 3D, the quirqy optimisations they had to use, the engine, the mods, the comunity EVERY part of this game is brilliant... except the game itself.

In 1997 I'd probably say it's 10000/10 masterpiece, but nowadays it's like 4/10 at it's best and 2/10 at it's worst (at face value as a game).

What do you think?