New official 30th anniversary Quake mission pack adds new maps and mechanics

《雷神之锤》30 周年官方任务包发布，新增地图与游戏机制

This year is the 30th anniversary of the launch of the original Quake by id Software, if you could believe it. To commemorate that, publisher Bethesda has released a new campaign chapter for the game, titled “Dawn of the Machine.” 难以置信，今年竟是 id Software 原版《雷神之锤》（Quake）发布 30 周年。为了纪念这一时刻，发行商 Bethesda 为该游戏发布了一个名为“机器黎明”（Dawn of the Machine）的全新战役章节。

This is part of a series of new campaign chapters, all developed by MachineGames “in collaboration with id Software.” MachineGames is best known for making the games in the relatively recent Wolfenstein reboot series, as well as Indiana Jones and the Great Circle. 这是系列新战役章节的一部分，均由 MachineGames “与 id Software 合作”开发。MachineGames 最广为人知的作品是近年来重启的《德军总部》（Wolfenstein）系列，以及《印第安纳琼斯：古老之圈》（Indiana Jones and the Great Circle）。

The Quake maps are made by a team dubbed “Quake Club,” which includes several MachineGames employees who work on Quake maps in their spare time. The ambition and scope of some of these maps is beyond what was typical for Quake maps back in the late ’90s, thanks in part to the team’s use of TrenchBroom, a newer map editor that works well on modern systems and is easier to work with and more capable than what folks were using in those days. 这些《雷神之锤》地图由一个名为“Quake Club”的团队制作，其中包括几位在业余时间制作地图的 MachineGames 员工。得益于团队使用了 TrenchBroom（一款在现代系统上运行良好、比当年工具更易用且功能更强大的新型地图编辑器），其中一些地图的野心和规模已经超越了 90 年代末《雷神之锤》地图的常规水平。

There are 19 new levels, and they have several new gameplay gimmicks, like a time loop mechanic and a disorienting-but-cool teleportation system that makes it look like the levels are changing on the fly—kind of similar to the multi-time-period levels we saw in Titanfall 2 or Dishonored 2, though in these Quake maps the time shifts happen without player input. There’s also new music and a handful of new enemy and weapon variants. 此次新增了 19 个关卡，并引入了多种新颖的游戏机制，例如时间循环机制，以及一种令人眼花缭乱但非常酷的传送系统，它能让关卡看起来在实时发生变化——这与我们在《泰坦天降 2》或《羞辱 2》中看到的多时间段关卡有些相似，不过在这些《雷神之锤》地图中，时间转换是自动发生的，无需玩家操作。此外，游戏还加入了新的音乐以及少量新的敌人和武器变体。

This is the premise of the new campaign, as written on the blog post announcing the update: As the battle-hardened Ranger, players survive a labyrinthine dimension where time folds back onto itself, creating a unique looping structure where each visit in the present reshapes the future. Collect runes to unlock previously sealed paths brimming with new routes, encounters and secrets, plus persistent health and ammunition upgrades throughout add a new layer of progression to Quake’s classic gameplay. 以下是官方博客公告中对新战役背景的描述：作为身经百战的游侠（Ranger），玩家将在一个时间自我折叠的迷宫维度中求生，这里创造了一种独特的循环结构，每一次当下的造访都会重塑未来。收集符文以解锁此前封闭的路径，其中充满了新的路线、遭遇和秘密；此外，贯穿始终的持久生命值和弹药升级，为《雷神之锤》的经典玩法增添了新的成长维度。

The new maps have been added to the campaign list in the remastered version of Quake, and like that remaster, they’re available free to anyone who already owns Quake on Steam, as well as Quake on current and last-gen PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo consoles. 新地图已被添加到《雷神之锤》重制版的战役列表中。与重制版一样，任何已经在 Steam、当前及上一代 PlayStation、Xbox 和任天堂主机上拥有《雷神之锤》的玩家，均可免费获取这些内容。

It has recently been reported that a significant number of people at original Quake developer id Software were laid off amid Microsoft’s major Xbox reorganization; however, most of that studio has been more focused on the recent Doom reboot series. MachineGames has been the primary force generating new Quake content, and that studio does not appear to have been as deeply affected by layoffs just yet—though more are expected throughout the Xbox organization in the coming months. 据近期报道，在微软大规模的 Xbox 重组过程中，原《雷神之锤》开发商 id Software 有大量员工被裁。不过，该工作室目前大部分精力都集中在近期重启的《毁灭战士》（Doom）系列上。MachineGames 一直是制作《雷神之锤》新内容的主要力量，目前看来该工作室尚未受到裁员的严重影响——尽管预计未来几个月内，整个 Xbox 组织内部还会有更多裁员。

The grim context aside, it’s good to see some classic PC games still getting new maps all these years later. Like Age of Empires II, Quake has seen something of a resurgence thanks to its remaster and more official content over the past few years. 抛开这些严峻的背景不谈，很高兴看到一些经典的 PC 游戏在多年后依然能获得新地图。就像《帝国时代 II》一样，得益于过去几年的重制版发布和更多官方内容的推出，《雷神之锤》也迎来了一定程度的复兴。