I always liked the way that q2's railgun looked as opposed to q3's. The large model, massive recoil, slow reload and awesome shape created the impression that this was indeed supposed to be some kind of artillery weapon, not designed to be shot from the hip in close combat, you actually felt like you were using some anti-tank weapon.
quakers don't give a shit about the grahpics (= they like a game for it's gameplay and physics, the need for quick reactions and thinking in a first person shooter (= even 16 years later since the release of quake 1 competitions are still going and it's just a recent thing that q1 up to q4 has made the transition to quakelive.
If I post video proof will you post a video of you printing off your post here on a sheet of paper and eating it? Even quake ONE looks better than this have you ever played a single quake game?