Quake is a good game that overstays its welcome. Movement and shooting feel fantastic, and I really enjoyed the tense atmosphere. Surprise enemies actually made me jump a few times. The level design is a bit hit or miss. Some of them drag on too long and make you spend too much time taking potshots at ogres then ducking out of the way (rinse, repeat), but others are spot on.

The final boss is legendarily terrible but at least I knew that going in so I wasn’t too disappointed. Telefragging a boss is at least more fun than a standard shoot it till it dies deal.

For my first outing with an Id Software game, I enjoyed myself and am excited to try more.