Quake with no combat sounds heretical, but the Explore Jam 3 map pack makes for a fantastically chill time in id's classic shooter.
I first checked out the map Upright in Blue from author Recycledoj, and was surprised to find a modern urban environment with a synthy background track that was all straight out of the original Deus Ex's Hell's Kitchen. This level sees you sneaking into a cyberpunk corporate headquarters by climbing up to an open window, then scouring the various floors of the high rise for keys and clues to the company's dastardly secrets.
That other map I tried, Dream by Colossus, was an entirely different ball game. Dream is a rocket-jumping focused collectathon in a stunningly gorgeous floating ruin. Everything's textured in this pink and green marble against a gray and sandy yellow sky—it's an aesthetic I can only describe as"prog rock album art"—and it'd have made for quite a mellow, meditative experience if I wasn't constantly borking my jumps.
I've got twelve more maps to go in the Explore Jam 3, but what I've seen is already so atmospheric and surprising, I can heartily recommend checking it out. Playing it requires a copy of Quake like
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