Quake 1 Story Explained | Base Game & ALL DLCs - Quake / Doom Lore

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  @Woodyisasexybeast · 1 month ago · pinned

  Amazingly, this is no longer a complete story explanation for Quake thanks to the recent release of Dawn of the Machine. It's an awesome expansion and packed to the brim with mysterious narrative moments that I'm still trying to unpack.

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  @TheKingSalty · 1 year ago

  I have been a Doom fan for a long time but the creepy, dark gothic supernatural variation Quake brings is so nice. Quake is like "horror Doom" if that makes sense.

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  @fluffypinkpandas · 1 year ago (edited)

  I like how right away by level 2 the game introduced you to the concept that whatever turned your marines and hounds, also turned knights from the past, and they too were turned into beings who feel no pain and only derrive pleasure from killing.

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  @fluffypinkpandas · 1 year ago (edited)

  going off of the multiverse theory<br>the forces of Doom and the Forces of Quake are likely the same or competing forces of conquering. Both transform, demonify, mutate, and cybernetically augment creatures of the past present and future from all over the galaxy. They also warp and merge environments they have conquered in a combined pocket dimension that simultaneously is its own place, yet connects to real 3d spaces that can be reached through traditional means. They were the OG &quot;Taken King&quot;<br><br>The reason they have their rooms all connect conveniently through a series of teleporter gates, is because these mfs spread like vines if you think about it. The gates are like treating the hotspots of invasion in 3d space like a series of tubes or vascular system in a plant. They branch from a common source. They need to connect this way to make it convenient for the head-hancho to reach the outer expanse of invasions and maintain a constant directional flow of minions outward through space and time. You using these gates to REACH the big bad is something the big bad doesn&apos;t intend for unless its a bleeding heart begging to die like the Wall Demon from the end of Doom 2<br><br>I notice &quot;all good boomer shooters&quot; have this thing going on. Why do we think half life 1 and 2 are so cool? for many reasons but this type of threat you are up against is one of them.<br><br>You are a guy who wasnt meant to survive these odds, and thats why it seems convenient that all the gates lead to you taking out the big bad. Ur the counter conqueror. Ur alexander the great cutting the gordion knot. Taking out a complex problem with a brute force and direct approach. - nobody thought you&apos;d just blast the walls of a labrynth down and hijack THEIR invasion gates because they thought you&apos;d be bones by now.

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  @Grayfox354 · 2 years ago

  Quake 2 and the others were fun, I enjoyed them, but Quake 1 was so iconic to me and will always be my favorite. The zombies used to terrify me!

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  @ArchVile98 · 1 year ago

  plot twist: the marine&apos;s mind was so corrupted after being inside that dimension and Shub-Niggurath for so long that when he returned he saw everyone else as monsters that he has to dispatch

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  @M1ss1ngN0_gl1tch · 2 years ago

  Damn, this Ranger guy is no different from DOOM guy. The story in the base game is all too similar to doom 1, how the research facility conducted teleportation experiments, how it messed up and started summoning demonic hordes, how the main character had to fight them all off in their own territory and how they lost their sanity in fighting them.

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  @smelkus · 2 years ago

  If it&apos;s true that a Quake remake/reboot/sequel is in the works I hope they keep Scourge of Armageddon, Dissolution of eternity, Dimension of the past and Dimension of the machine canon

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  @neilkennethofficial · 10 months ago

  Trivia: No matter which difficulty you pick, all enemies deal the same damage to Ranger. The only differences between Easy to Hard are the number of enemies and few traps included. Nightmare difficulty has rapid-firing enemies.

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  @deejayxcrypt · 1 year ago

  The one, and only, Quake game I remember fondly of.

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  @PurpleHEV1998 · 2 years ago

  This was very good. It was very detailed too and the inclusion of the comics is nice.

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• BL

  @blackharpy7468 · 1 year ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UZXG6XC5os&amp;t=27">00:27</a>...THE FLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD.

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