Quake 3 Arena comes to the Dreamcast and holds strongly up to the PC version in every way.
You play against the computer or other players to get the most kills or capture the flag.
That's pretty much the basics on this first person shooter.
While a Story Mode would have been nice, the overall fun and replay in Quake 3 Arena is unbeatable.
The arenas are huge and there's many to choose from. There's tons of characters to choose and open that you'll be playing the one player tournament just to get all the characters.
The best feature of Q3 is its online feature. You can go online and enter arenas or Deathmatch, Capture the Flag or Team Battles and up to four players can blow each other top pieces.
The only problem I've seen online is the constant "connection interrupted" due to one of the gamers online server is overloaded. Your character will be come frozen or uncontrollable. But this is the same as lagging problems on other online games. Just quit and find new players if it happens a lot or if your the one then get offline and return later.
The Graphics in Quake 3 are unbeatable. High rez graphics that make characters and arenas look great and characters even from a far can be seen with ease.
The sound is some of the best, high intense music and sound effects really get your heart pumping even when its exploded from your body.
There's all the weapons that's been in past Quake games but nothing really new. More weapons cut then added. Weapons include gauntlet, machine gun, shotgun, plasma gun, grenade launcher, Rocket Launcher, Lightning Gun, Rail Gun and of course the BFG. Missing are the pistol, chain gun and hand grenades.
If your looking for a great multiplayer shooter on the Dreamcast Quake 3 Arena is a must own.
Connect four of your buddies and have hours of fun slaughtering each other. Or go online and go postal on complete strangers. This is what makes Quake 3 great. But if a story driven first person shooter with puzzles and bosses is what your looking for, Quake 3 isn't that game.
PUBLISHER: SEGA
GRAPHICS: 10 MUSIC & SOUND: 10 CONTROL: 8.5
SECRETS: 9 ORIGINALITY: 8 FUN & REPLAY: 10
OVERALL: 9.5