Much like the previous two Quake games, there is some unexplainable quality of Quake III Arena that makes it uniquely Quake-like. As such, any action gamer should feel right at home in the sometimes dungeon, sometimes space station corridors of the game's maps. If you're good you'll chalk up 30-40 frags in just a few minutes. If you're not so good, you will be fragged 30-40 times and only accumulate a couple of kills in the same time period. Free for all games are an excellent place to improve your skills, and they also happen to be great fun.
Tournaments are basically just one on one death matches.
Team death matches are pretty self-explanatory. And capture the flag games are a challenge between two teams to steal each other's flag. Unfortunately these game types aren't especially innovative. In addition to them it would have been nice to see one or two new game types. The same goes for the weapons.