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Essays 18 May 2022, 13:36

author: Marek Jura

Quake Champions. 13 great games that were financial flops

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  1. Release: 2017 (early access)
  2. Genre: shooter
  3. Biggest Advantages: Gameplay

Many factors affect the longevity of online games. Only one of them is sheer quality. The case of Quake Champions shows that it doesn't have to translate into financial success. In the case of the heir to the Quake series, the sales turned out to be meager. Suffice it to say that the producers decided to make the game free-to-play less than a year after the release!

Quake Champions was announced relatively late, at the Expo fair in 2016. Closed beta-tests commenced in April 2017, and by August, the game was on Steam. The dynamic gameplay and intuitive interface were appreciated, for example, at the Gamers 'Choice Awards, where the production was awarded in the category of... the public's favorite shooter.

The atmosphere of the game refers to previous installments of the series, with particular emphasis on Quake III: Arena. Multiplayer battles take place in small spaces. Players collect equipment during the game, also using special abilities. The sensational technical optimization and perfectly balanced firepower of the heroes didn't ensure commercial success, however. This could have been influenced by numerous micropayments and a high level of difficulty. It's a pity, because it remains one of the best network shooters on the market – even now, when id Software and Bethesda have mostly neglected it.

  1. Quake Champions in our encyclopedia

 

 

 

Marek Jura

Marek Jura

In 2016, he graduated in philology at UAM. Since then, he has been reviewing prose, poetry, movies, series, and video games for GRYOnline.pl. He took his first steps in the journalism industry as a newsman in a local tabloid. He ran his own company - he designed, created, tested, and sold board games. He published several short stories and is also preparing his debut volume of poetry. Trains martial arts. A feminist, vegan, fan of pineapple on pizza, cat lover, dislikes Bethesda and Amazon, likes Lovecraft, Agents of SHIELD, P:T, Beksiński, Hollow Knight, performance, abstract art, game mods and dumplings.

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