FiringSquad have budged up their review of Quake 4, treating it with a decent 84%/100% final rating, along with their overall verdict of course.
"All of this is made all the more immediate due to the incredibly detailed game environments. There is no game that looks better than Quake 4. The only competition Quake has is from F.E.A.R., but we’ll call it a draw there. Quake’s levels are more interesting and vibrant, despite usually being brown, while F.E.A.R. has those sweet soft shadows and uses shaders and particles more liberally. In every other r.t’s a dead heat."