Quake Enhanced Vs Original Graphics Comparison (Quake 1996 Vs 2021)

WOW!
Great changes!

Nice

Quake enhanced is how you remembered playing Quake.
Original Quake is how it really played

This is how you do remasters. Little enhancements that make the game look as good as you remember it looking

A bit of a dishonest comparison when using software renderer Quake set to low resolution as the base. The "enhanced" version looks no better than GLQuake from 1997.

Friend, this is not the original Quake

This isn't exactly the best comparison. GLQuake was an official release by Id Software in January 1997. And the graphics between it and the software rendered "Vanilla" Quake are pretty staggering. And by 1998, I'm not sure if anyone was actually still running Vanilla Quake, as opposed to the OpenGL variant, which provided much improved graphics and larger resolutions. A better comparison would be the OpenGL variant vs this new Vulkan version. Still, it would be a huge leap. But a comparison between this Remastered version, and the "last official version" is a more accurate comparison to what players saw at the time.

at least set the resolution the same for fuck's sake. lol Dos Quake would go higher that 320-240... 🤦‍♂️😒

720p
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Did it really look that pixelated originally lol?

lol thats not even the original. Its just "low" graphic settings from the remaster. That isnt the "original". The original is the one you'd buy on steam & booting up the DOS port. At least put some effort into it.

What is this shit? I had much better graphics 15 years back with tenebrae mod
Athlon 64 3500 + 7800GT

Quakespasm looks the same and doesn't have a ton of inaccuracies and bugs. Nightdive have a good reputation amongst casual fans but look at any forum discussing their games and that's are always hundreds of complaints they never address. They give up on projects once they pass the "will enough casual players think this is the same?" test.

Still looks like total garbage compared to Quake Epsilon

lol you didn't even use the original quake to compare. what a shit video.

its only 10usd on steam. I got it free since I already own Quake but its very much worth it. I find it annoying the people complaining because the only major complaint is 100% mod support to reach parity with source ports. Otherwise they're small changes to the Kex Engine by Night Dive to change which did a FANTASTIC job. I am cynical of Bethesda usually but this port was obviously handled with care and most likely as dipping their toe to see if people would like to see a more lovecraftian quake. They did a stellar job and the free new canon mission pack is varied and interesting. Machine Games did a really solid job. I want them to make a new Quake like they did to doom but it would be darker and more brooding which q1 to this day still emits great atmosphere thanks to NIN. It would be nice to find out Reznor retook that position to score a new quake and also do all the new sound effects.

so um...did you just turn all the graphics settings off for the comparison?
Lol

what's with the pompous "saving the world" music?

Try original on a source port!

nah - I like 1996 better

I tried it out one night, out of boredom just for the good old days sake.
I just could not stop.
it's incredible how well it stands compared to most games nowadays.
don't mean to be the annoyin boomer who complains about modern kidz with their modern gamez and all that bullshit,
but for sure there is something to be learned here.
as often happens, technical limitations force great minds to find great ways to do great things and quake's level desing is ABSOLUTE PERFECTION.
intuitive fast paced violent, mysterious,, rich, fun, compelling. It has it all.
there is even some interesting visual storytelling.
PLAY QUAKE GUYS AND SEE THE GENIUS IN ITS PERFECT, COMPLEX SIMPLICITY.
it's like a masterclass on what actually makes a game great

Quake franchise is ETERNAL

Tenebrae Quake is a OpenGL 2 with light map, shadow, bump map, fog, particles but the Pentium 3 and sVga 3D ATI 9000 or nVidia FX5200 is necessary

I really hope this remastered goes down in history as one of the greatest remasters of all time because it is

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