When comparing Doom vs Quake III Arena, the Slant community recommends Doom for most people. In the question“What are the best PC arena shooters?” Doom is ranked 4th while Quake III Arena is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Doom is:
Doom was the game responsible for the explosion in popularity of the FPS genre. Doom was so revolutionary and influential that, for a generation, games in the First Person Shooter genre were known merely as "Doom clones".
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Pros
Pro Responsible for popularity of the FPS genre
Doom was the game responsible for the explosion in popularity of the FPS genre. Doom was so revolutionary and influential that, for a generation, games in the First Person Shooter genre were known merely as "Doom clones".
Pro Impressive graphics
Doom had impressive graphics at the time.
Pro Fantastic soundtrack
The DOOM soundtrack is classic and it'll have you headbanging through the levels.
Pro Pioneered Networked Multiplayer
Doom was pioneering its immensely popular Networked Multiplayer mode.
Pro Unprecedented support for customizing the game
Pro Worthwhile time investment for competitive play
Not many available FPS games have such a high skill ceiling as Quake III Arena, making this a great game to invest time into, for those that want to get to a competitive level.
Pro Offline LAN support
By using a LAN connection, multiple computers can facilitate multiplayer without the need for an internet connection.
Pro You can easily run the game on low end PC's
Due to the age of the title (released 1999) and the requirements of said title in the modern day, the game can easily be played on just about any PC from the last 10 years.
Pro Plenty of variation with multiple game modes keeps the gameplay fresh
Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag are the various modes that players can select within the game. This allows for enough change in gameplay for the user so that the game never gets old too fast.
Cons
Con Difficult to play online
While there may be some workarounds, the original release did no support any online multiplayer due to so few having internet back in 1993.
Con Poor quality voice-overs
Given that it is an older title and thus released when studios put little money towards quality voice-overs, Quake III Arena stands out as one of the worst of its kind, not least on account of the game announcer who is one of the main culprits.