Because the player sounds are so similar to the Grunt's sounds and the model is almost identical, I grew up believing you play as a Grunt who has gone rogue, turning against his fellow Lovecraftian abominations

Should have read the manual. :)

Even Doom and Heretic had special skin for player.

Ranger is the only one left uncorrupted by the evil forces. Ranger is basically putting his old brothers in arms out of their misery.

Quake has the potential to be a great Lovecraftian fps horror game

They should have added the manuals for Quake and Dooms in the remasters, as something viewable in game. It's a pity the backstory is lost now, preserved only on fan websites.

potential?? lmfao

Yeah? It has potential. Its based on Lovecraft and those are some of the greatest horror stories ever.

Why wouldn't it have potential?

It needs to not switch Genres and stay a boomer shooters.

At this point I’d add a little Level up feature that just a number beside your name and a fully fleshed out competitive match series.

Wouldn’t have to change anything really and the selling point could be “what level are you in quake?”

Or watched the Seal of Nehahra

I think they mean it's already achieved that status.

this

The grunts are proto-strogg. If you read the manual, that's clear.

But then I wouldn't have this compelling headcanon!

It's so compelling, you should totally make a Quake episode/mod about it.