Quake III: Gold (2001)

Quake III Arena

Welcome to the Arena, where high-ranking warriors are transformed into spineless mush. Abandoning every ounce of common sense and any trace of doubt, you lunge onto a stage of narrowing landscapes and veiled abysses. Your new environment rejects you with lava pits and atmospheric hazards as legions of foes surround you, testing the gut reaction that brought you here in the first place. Your new mantra, fight or be finished.

Quake III Team Arena

You entered the Arena alone. Now it’s time to share the glory. Create an alliance of forces where teamwork is the only method to achieve total dominance. A distinct games test each troop’s synthesis and strength to exacting degrees. Co-operation is the only course of action. And war…. the only alternative. Soldiers, once alone in their struggle, now face the arena as one.

Gameplay

Unlike its predecessors, Quake III Arena does not have a plot-based single-player campaign. Instead, it simulates the multiplayer experience with computer-controlled players known as bots. The game’s story is brief – ‘the greatest warriors of all time fight for the amusement of a race called the Vadrigar in the Arena Eternal.’ The introduction video shows the abduction of such a warrior, Sarge, while making a last stand. Continuity with prior games in the Quake series and even Doom is maintained by the inclusion of player models and biographical information.