#QUAKE SERIES SOFTWARE#

Quake II involves an assault on an alien planet, Stroggos, in retaliation for Strogg attacks on Earth. Quake involves a marine traveling through alternate dimensions to prevent an invasion of inter-dimensional monsters, a storyline somewhat similar to that of id's previous game Doom.

#QUAKE SERIES SOFTWARE#

This is mostly because Quake II was originally intended to be a separate franchise (' Quake II' was a tentative title), a plan that was thwarted when most of the other names id Software had tried to use were already taken. The Quake series is somewhat unusual in that its focus changes frequently the story of Quake II has nothing to do with Quake, and Quake III Arena has little to do with either of its predecessors. They went on to create Unreal, another competitor to the Quake franchise. In the late 1990s another fledgling company, Epic Games, started business with inspiration from Quake. For example, in 1997, a group of Microsoft millionaires, led by Gabe Newell, licensed Quake technology and created Half Life, one of the major competitors to this franchise. Pretty much every first-person shooter in the market today has, in some way or other, been inspired by Quake and the series itself. It is a series that has seen millions in sales throughout the world and even today, remains a favourite among online multiplayer gamers. It has time and again, been considered the greatest video game of all time by many. It introduced Internet play, which until it came along, was a concept completely unheard of and gave the gaming world its favourite weapon, the rocket launcher. Following the success of id Software's Wolfenstein 3D game, Quake is regarded by many as the game that started it all as far as 3D games are concerned.