Compare Quake 3: Arena for Windows to Age of Empires III: Gold Edition for Windows

As in its dozens of first-person shooter ancestors, id Software and Activision's Quake 3: Arena transports players into a violent, virtual world filled with deadly weapons, impressive power-ups, and intense combat. Players compete on 26 maps in either death match (free-for-all or team play), with goals to rack up as many kills as possible; or capture the flag, a team-oriented game with scoring based on the number of enemy flag captures. Though presenting the best death-match experience around, Quake 3 's two game types lack the variation and originality of a similar game, Epic's Unreal Tournament . Although you'll need the latest video card and computer hardware, it's impossible to dispute the sheer beauty of Quake 3 's 3-D engine. The 26 maps are filled with exquisite architecture and impressive special effects; further, Quake 3 provides dozens of highly detailed player models to choose from. If you've played other id Software first-person shooters, the weapons should all look familiar: mac Less

The Age of Empires III: Gold package includes the complete Age of Empires III game and its first expansion pack Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs. In Age of Empires III players choose to guide one of eight Old World powers, and manage their empire from a European home city, while all of the base-building, battles, and conquest take place across the sprawling untamed wilderness of the Americas. Age of Empires III: The War Chiefs adds enhancements and introduces three civilizations. Less