Also, I can’t talk about it now, but we will have more of a progression system, and it will be very geared towards the competitive scene like we have done with our previous Quake games. But we’ve also learned a lot about the mechanics of spawning and weapons. The Champions are additive to the gameplay experience.”

Every weapon in Quake has had 20 years of refinement to become very specific to the situations you find yourself in. You have your long range precision weapons, you have your short range attack weapons, your explosives. And then there’s the very powerful, gritty weapons. It’s about getting in and out of combat by how you move in a true 3D world where enemies can come at you from any direction. It isn’t about sniping, it isn’t about hiding behind corners, it isn’t about cover…it’s about movement, as offense and defense. Tim Willits: It’s about pure skill…a pure first-person shooter.

Thankfully, Willits was as excited to talk about his game as we are to play it.ĭigital Trends: Speed is clearly an important part of the Quake experience, but what are some of the other core gameplay pillars that separate it from the competition? While we left the hands-off presentation convinced Quake‘s characters could leave even Doom’s fleet-footed space marines in the dust, we still had plenty of questions about what players could expect from the competitive multiplayer arena shooter. Willits knows Quake’s audience, which is why, along with confirming the presence of rocket-jumps and the absence of load-outs during the demo, he wanted to assure longtime fans that Champions hasn’t missed a step. The gameplay footage didn’t begin with an epic cinematic scene, explosive set piece, or eye-popping special effects display, but with a Ranger character hauling hide around one of the game’s arena-style maps. That’s what Tim Willits, studio director at Id Software, told us about Quake Champions at QuakeCon last week. A lot of multiplayer games go really fast, but, I mean … we are fast.”

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