Quake

Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 18 years (2009–2026), in 9 threads.

People raised many different problems with Quake, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.

Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.

The newest 7 complaints

3D map editing tools were too complex for a young user to figure out2026-10-24
Too many source port options and Windows-only tools make setup overwhelming2026-08-06
Cursor becomes very slow in Safari on Mac until left button held2024-06-03
Player got stuck with view locked to ceiling and didn't know how to fix it2023-08-11
Weapons are slow to fire and even slower to recharge or switch2023-06-15
Flaky tools with numerical issues forced designers to constantly rework levels to prevent leaks2022-12-17
Tilt-to-look makes it hard to keep eye contact with the display2022-09-07