Ballistics Report

Pros

Graphics
You will not find a better-looking game outside of F.E.A.R. Quake 4 is stunning and offers, at times, even more than the regular red and brown environments. Monsters are highly detailed, smoothly animated and have some of the best ragdoll physics around.

Sound
Crisp weapon effects, good voice acting, excellent music.

Singleplayer
I was surprised at how good the singleplayer game is. I’m certain that other people bash it just because it’s traditional to bash Quake singleplayer, but give it a fair shot and you’ll see how well-done this is.

Cons

No improvement in multiplayer
Don’t get me wrong, I deathmatch. I dream of rocket launchers and rail guns and the red armor, but damn, Raven and id, this is almost 10 years after the original Quake and 5 years after Quake III. Get with the plan baby.

Server browser
The server browser is concentrated, distilled and filtered cess. I have harsh words and will fart in the general direction of whoever thought that the current filtering scheme was a good idea, and don’t even get me started on the inability to scroll through the list with the mouse wheel!