Editing Quake (video game) (section)

==Synopsis==
In the single-player game, the player takes the role of the protagonist, unnamed in ''Quake'' but referred to as Ranger in later games (voiced by [[Trent Reznor]]),<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sarkar |first1=Samit |title=Quake's hero comes to Quake Champion |url=https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/3/15532362/quake-champions-ranger-trailer |website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]] |publisher=[[Vox Media]] |access-date=February 24, 2025 |date=May 3, 2017}}</ref> who is sent into a portal in order to stop an enemy [[code-name]]d "Quake". The government had been experimenting with [[teleportation]] technology and developed a working prototype called a "Slipgate"; the mysterious Quake compromised the Slipgate by connecting it with its own teleportation system, using it to send death squads to the "Human" dimension in order to test the martial capabilities of humanity.

The sole surviving protagonist in "Operation Counterstrike" is Ranger, who must advance, starting each of the four episodes from an overrun human military base, before fighting his way into other dimensions, reaching them via the Slipgate or their otherworld equivalent. After passing through the Slipgate, Ranger's main objective is to collect four magic [[rune]]s from four dimensions of ''Quake''; these are the key to stopping the enemy and ending the invasion of Earth.

The single-player campaign consists of 30 separate levels, or "maps", divided into four episodes (with a total of 26 regular maps and four secret ones), as well as a [[hub world|hub level]] to select a difficulty setting and episode, and the game's final boss level. Each episode represents individual dimensions that the player can access through the Slipgate or magical portals (in the case of the latter three episodes) that are discovered over the course of the game. The various realms consist of a number of [[Gothic architecture|gothic]], [[Middle Ages|medieval]], and lava-filled caves and dungeons, with a recurring theme of hellish and satanic imagery reminiscent of ''Doom'' (such as pentagrams and images of demons on the walls). The game's setting is inspired by [[dark fantasy]] influences, including [[H. P. Lovecraft]]'s [[Cthulhu Mythos]].<ref name=CthuluQu>{{Cite web |last=Wilson |first=Mike |date=June 22, 2021 |title=Cthulu and Quad Damage: Quake at 25 |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/video-games/3663214/cthulhu-quad-damage-quake-25/ |access-date=January 28, 2023 |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]}}</ref> Dimensional Shamblers appear as enemies, the "Spawn" enemies are called "Formless Spawn of [[Tsathoggua]]" in the manual, the [[boss (video gaming)|boss]] of the first episode is named Chthon, the main villain is named [[Shub-Niggurath]] and is explicitly stated to be an [[Great Old Ones|Old One]], and the four episodes all have Lovecraftian names.<ref name=CthuluQu/>