/vr/ - Retro Games

Did you know that they couldn't program bots for Quake 3 until quite late in the development when they just said fuck it and hired the guy who made the Gladiator bot for Quake II.

The character Xaero is a reference to that, since Zero was the strongest bot in Gladiator. Quake 3 Xaero's accuracy and reaction speed are set very close to the bot's limit, making him a ridiculous challenge on Nightmare, since his arena is mostly an open environment and he picks up the railgun immediately, potentially killing you instantly if you don't keep on bunny hopping.