History YMMV / QuakeIIIArena

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', again, and to day debates still rage about which one was the superior FPS. It's a [[FriendlyEnemy friendlier rivalry]] than most though, and many of each game's players also frequent the other. While ''Unreal Tournament'' got better reviews and helped popularized certain tropes (AnnouncerChatter, CaptureTheFlag, even [[OneHitKill Instagib]] as a gamemode) and ''Quake III'' did win in the CompetitiveMultiplayer market (no wonder, with help of ''Quake Live''), neither game aged well in the long run, though ''III'', FromACertainPointOfView, got the last laugh. ''Quake'' lost its title as king of multiplayer FPS first to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and, eventually, to ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, and the attempted comeback with ''VideoGame/QuakeChampions'' didn't work as it should, while ''Unreal Tournament'' tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle-based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier, and eventually got [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament4 a failed reboot]] whose mismanagement and poor reception led to Creator/EpicGames themselves [[FranchiseKiller shelving]] ''the whole series'' and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes retiring it from all stores]]. At least ''Quake III'', ''Quake Live'' and ''Team Arena'' are still being sold.

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', again, and to day debates still rage about which one was the superior FPS. It's a [[FriendlyEnemy friendlier rivalry]] than most though, and many of each game's players also frequent the other. While ''Unreal Tournament'' got better reviews and helped popularized certain tropes (AnnouncerChatter, CaptureTheFlag, even [[OneHitKill Instagib]] as a gamemode) and ''Quake III'' did win in the CompetitiveMultiplayer market (no wonder, with help of ''Quake Live''), neither game aged well in the long run. ''Quake'' lost its title as king of multiplayer FPS first to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and, eventually, to ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, and the attempted comeback with ''VideoGame/QuakeChampions'' didn't work as it should, while ''Unreal Tournament'' tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle-based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier, and eventually got [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament4 a failed reboot]] whose management led to ''the whole series'' being [[FranchiseKiller canned for good]] and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes retired from all stores]]. At least ''Quake III'', ''Quake Live'' and ''Team Arena'' are still being sold.

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', again, and to day debates still rage about which one was the superior FPS. It's a [[FriendlyEnemy friendlier rivalry]] than most though, and many of each game's players also frequent the other. While ''Unreal Tournament'' got better reviews and helped popularized certain tropes (AnnouncerChatter, CaptureTheFlag, even [[OneHitKill Instagib]] as a gamemode) and ''Quake III'' did win in the CompetitiveMultiplayer market (no wonder, with help of ''Quake Live''), neither game aged well in the long run. ''Quake'' lost its title as king of multiplayer FPS first to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and, eventually, to ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, and the attempted comeback with ''VideoGame/QuakeChampions'' didn't work as it should, while ''Unreal Tournament'' tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle-based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier, and eventually got [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament4 a failed reboot]] whose management led to ''the whole series'' being [[FranchiseKiller canned for good]] and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes retired from all stores]]. At least ''Quake III'' and ''Team Arena'' are still being sold.

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', again, and to day debates still rage about which one was the superior FPS. It's a [[FriendlyEnemy friendlier rivalry]] than most though, and many of each game's players also frequent the other. While ''Unreal Tournament'' got better reviews and helped popularized certain tropes (AnnouncerChatter, CaptureTheFlag, even [[OneHitKill Instagib]] as a gamemode) and ''Quake III'' did win in the CompetitiveMultiplayer market (no wonder, with help of ''Quake Live''), neither game aged well in the long run. ''Quake'' lost its title as king of multiplayer FPS first to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and, eventually, to ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'', as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, and the attempted comeback with ''VideoGame/QuakeChampions'' didn't work as it should, while ''Unreal Tournament'' tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle-based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier, and eventually got [[VideoGame/UnrealTournament4 a failed reboot]] whose management led to ''the whole series'' being [[FranchiseKiller canned for good]] and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes retired from all stores]].

* FandomRivalry: With ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', again, and to day debates still rage about which one was the superior FPS. It's a [[FriendlyEnemy friendlier rivalry]] than most though, and many of each game's players also frequent the other.
** History generally records ''Quake III'' as the winner[[note]]Unreal did, however, get better reviews[[/note]]. ''Quake'' lost its title as king of multi-player FPS to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and eventually ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, while ''Unreal Tournament'' tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle-based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier.

** History generally records ''Quake III'' as the winner[[note]]Unreal did, however, get better reviews[[/note]] although neither franchise has aged well. ''Quake'' lost its title as king of multi-player FPS to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and eventually ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, while ''Unreal Tournament'' tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle-based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier.

* NightmareFuel: Picking the (aptly enough) "Nightmare" in the difficulty select screen (not the skirmish screen) is pronounced with the sound of [[HellIsThatNoise a spooky demonic groan]].

* AuthorsSavingThrow:
** First and foremost, the decision of making the game multiplayer-oriented, as opposed to the two previous titles. Also reducing the weapon count to weapons with established roles, as well as fewer powerups and items than the other series. These decisions played a huge role not only in the game's reception but also in its [[TournamentPlay longevity]].
** The first two ''VideoGame/{{Quake}}'' games had nothing to do with each other at all. To rectify this, ''Arena'' establishes that both ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' and ''VideoGame/QuakeII'' [[CanonWelding exist in the same universe]] by incorporating characters and elements from both titles.

* SugarWiki/DevelopmentHeaven: For a multiplayer-oriented game, there's a lot of effort put int it to make the game as enjoyable as possible.
** The bots are only there if you don't have enough humans to play the game properly, and they're made for fighting rather than talking, but they will still chat at great length about anything, particularly if prompted by the player. They'll sometimes seem to make sense, rarely repeat themselves and never say anything less than true to their individual characterization. And there's thirty-two of them.
** ''Live''[='=]s Training map has Crash taking you into a course, for a latter fight against her. There's even voice acting and all.

** The Dreamcast version is often considered to be the best among them, with there even being servers for that version up to this day. With the right patches, it's technically even crossplay compatible with PC players altogether, albeit at obvious performance handicaps and PC players having far better controls.

* SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove: The main criticism of ''Quake Arena Arcade''? "Not enough people is playing it". In many reviews, it's even the ONLY criticism of the game.

** The Dreamcast version is often considered to be the best among them, with there even being servers for that version up to this day.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: [[ArtificialLimbs Visor]], [[CyberPunk Anarki]] and [[RollerbladeGood Slash]] are some of the most used characters in the game, to the point where all three of them make a return in ''VideoGame/QuakeChampions''.
** Orbb is popular due to his unique design, one of te main reasons he's quite requested for ''Champions''.

** History generally records Quake 3 as the winner[[note]]Unreal did, however, get better reviews[[/note]] although neither franchise has aged well. Quake lost it's title as king of multi-player FPS to ''VideoGame/CounterStrike'' and eventually ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'' as the realistic modern warfare trope started to develop, while Unreal Tournament tried to reinvent itself as a ''VideoGame/{{Battlefield}}'' style vehicle based game but didn't get anywhere near the popularity of ''VideoGame/Battlefield1942'' which was released several years earlier.

The Scout rune favors HitAndRunTactics, especially in non-frag based gametypes. Not even the fact that it doesn't allow armor carrying will stop a very smart player who can and will steal flags before the defense knows there's an attacker on their base.\\

* ThatOneBoss: Xaero. To summarize, he takes the Railgun and [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard ALWAYS HITS]], and if he's close to you, he can simply waste you with the {{BFG}} or the Rocket Launcher. Oh, and did we mention that he's hard to hit? Try playing in Nightmare.

** The {{BFG}} being changed from a slow firing super weapon that does massive damage with each hit to basically a souped-up plasma gun was disliked by many, which is likely why all the future incarnations of it (such as in ''Videogame/Doom3'' and ''Videogame/Doom2016'') it was changed back to it's original functionality.

** First and foremost, the decision of making the game multiplayer-oriented, as opposed to the two previous titles. Also reducing the weapon count to weapons with established roles, as well as fewer powerups and items than the other series. These decisions played a huge role not only in the game's [[WinTheCrowd reception]] but also in its [[TournamentPlay longevity]].

*** Also, each weapon sound [[IncrediblyLamePun four times beefier]] when you collect this powerup. This was intentional.

* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: Every weapon sound.

* ThatOneBoss: Xaero. To summarize, he takes the Railgun and [[TheComputerIsACheatingBastard ALWAYS HIT]], and if he's close to you, he can simply waste you with the {{BFG}} or the Rocket Launcher. Oh, and did we mention that he's hard to hit? Try playing in Nightmare.

** Orbb is popular due to his unique design, which is A factor as to why He is also A highly requested character for "Champions".