I'm not exactly new to FPS having played them since the Quake days - I remember being totally in awe of clan9 when they destroyed Death Row , but that's another story.

This journal is about my impression of Quake 4 and how difficult I think it is for someone who is new to the game to actually play the game and watch demos because of missing content.

Let's face it Q4 out of the box is not going to let you play on many servers or watch many demos because you always end up missing something be it maps or mods like q4max. For someone like me who doesn't have a lot of time to spend on his gaming this is very frustrating especially since there does not seem one place where you can get everything you need from (please correct me if I am wrong on this count)

I still dabble in Q4 but to be honest it is too much hassle at the moment which ends up in me playing other games. I'm not alone in this either, many of my friends who just play the odd game have said the same thing.

By comparison games like ET allow you to download missing content from the server via direct download or http redirect - much more newbie friendly.

I hope I'm not going to get flamed too much for this ... I'm just pointing out a few barriers that are there which are stopping Q4 from crossing over to mainstream gaming ....