A sublime FPS with its DNA lying dormant in nearly every major shooter to come for the next two decades. If Doom is all guts and glory, Quake is dread and disaster. The game’s aesthetic is a delirious blend of cosmic horror, swords and sorcery, and inscrutable sci-fi technology. Every gun smacks. Every episode smacks. Secret missions and Quad Damage power ups reward persistent exploration, and the hidden Nightmare difficulty is a pure shot of adrenaline up there with the best FPS campaigns of all time. If you like shooter games, you should play Quake.