Gamers Central heeft een preview van Quake 3 in elkaar gefixt. Gamers Central klaagt over een gebrek aan originiliteit in Q3:
The unfortunate aspect of Quake 3: Arena was the overall lack of creativity for weaponry. Although there is talk of a flame thrower being thrown in the mix, the Q3A weaponry is the same as it has always been: rail gun, shot gun, super shot gun, rocket launcher and couple more old stand-byes. Sure they look different but they do the same things they have always done