Retro Review – Quake II PC Game Review
0
49
Quake II is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and distributed by Activision. It is not a direct sequel to Quake; it merely uses the name of the former game due to id’s difficulties in coming up with alternative names. The soundtrack for Quake II was mainly provided by Sonic Mayhem, with some additional tracks by Bill Brown and one track Jer Sypult.
The next game released with the title Quake III Arena, is not considered to be related to Quake or Quake II as it is multiplayer focused, and has a dissimilar storyline. A direct sequel, titled Quake 4, was released for the PC (Microsoft Windows and Linux), and later for the Xbox 360 and the Macintosh. A prequel to Quake II, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, has been produced by Splash Damage.
#gamereviewsps4, #gamereviewspc, #gamereviewsites, #gamereviewsxboxone, #newgameanimereview, #videogamereviewsforparents, #boardgamereviews, #gamespotreviews
tags:
doom 3 doom engine first person shooters id software john ca... nine inch nails quake 2 quake 2 engine quake 2 review quake 2 walkthrough sonic mayhem
Comment(49)
Comments are closed.
Forget to mention double jump
I know this comment is kinda late but have you tried it with the berserker mod? It adds some graphical effects and some of the textures are updated as well. I managed to complete the campaign with no issues except some of the guns had this weird water ripple effect.
I need your serious opinion on this… Quake 2 or system shock 2?!
JAILBREAK MOD!!!!!
I've been debating getting this game on Steam due to the bad taste the PlayStation version left in my mouth.
if you get the chance to play this using a 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card then take it.
It seems like people don't realize Quake 2 on N64 had completely different levels. I wish someone could port them over to PC some how like they did With Doom 64 so I could play them sometime. I remember enjoying the atmosphere. In fact the OST to that was very creepy and DooM 64 like too.
i never understood, why there is no muzzle flash in quake2 ?
Freezetag mod!
Too bad they never made a real sequel to the first Quake…
Was this the last game John Romero and Tom Hall worked on before leaving id?
I've never played this before. I do like quake and quake 3 arena.
I've played this only for a few minutes but I really don't see me liking it, it does't feel right and I'm considering a refund, I payed full price btw no sales
Every time i watch his videos, I end up with another game in my library…
Are you able to do a review of Woody woodpecker raceing
Click these links for more Quake!
http://www.moc-pages.com/moc.php/429977
I 've just tried this game with kmquake mod. As a shooter its ok for mid 90s game but gets boring very quickly. Its just the same brown coridors everywhere. I gave up after first few levels
Quake 1 or 2 pls help
I hate Quake 2… I think it is one of the ugliest games I have ever played. I didn't last long playing it either as it did my head in.
Quake 1 is superior in all regards (IMHO).
Superb game, one of my favorite FPS ever.
Quake 2 is probably one of the worst FPS games of its era imo. Think of all the games that came out around the same time. Duke 3D, Half Life, Unreal, Shadow Warrior, System Shock 2 a little later on etc. Quake 2 really is so lacking in so many ways. People talk about shooters these days being too simple, but fuck me, this came out in 1997, when FPS's were changing rapidly and getting more complex and it plays like a nicer looking Doom. I really dislike this game, it's like John Romero and John Carmack just make shit when they're not working together, Daikatana and Quake 2 are perfect examples.
No, No Q2 was massive technological improvement back then – hand/guns models, poly count, size of levels, animations, colored lighting. I like Q1 more, but Q2 was a giant leap – there is a reason HL and Daikatana switched engines after Q2! The bar has been risen.
Quake 1/2/3. DOOM/DOOM 2. DUKE NUKEM 3D = Real shooters
COD. BF = Fake shooters for kids
it is a bit half-life?
Anyone still playing on Qauke II mutiplayer ?
15th time playing this game Doom is much much better
Q2 looked way better to me back then, perhaps they're more even now with mods etc.
honestly i like Quake 1 more
mainly because its feels and looks more unique with the viking/asatru style to it,unlike the rest of the series is more sci-fi themed
but that is just me
I love your reviews. keep up the good work. 🙂
Q2 CTF!
Rocket Launcher was slow as F… Hyperblaster was a lag inducing POS… But the Railgun! SS! and Chaingun were perfect.
As a bonus we got Q2DM1 …
So the strogg are cybernetic aliens that have stroggnized themselves so long ago and so many species that nobody knows what species they oroginated from?
1:57 I HATE THAT ASSHOLE SOO MUCH! i used to get scared all the time, and i did again in the video
Never cared much for Quake II other than the mods (Transformers, Action Quake II, Paintball, to name a couple). The weapons had no weight or feel to them, much like Doom 3. The levels were boring, and the whole Strogg storyline was a vast and unwelcome departure from Quake I.
20 Years
I play without the music. There's no option to turn it down and it becomes distracting.
The very first game I ever played on PC… or was it Blood2?…
Originally Quake 2 was supposed to have a different title however; Id couldn't get the trademark title they wanted and they were too far in development and had to do something so they decided to go with Quake 2. For it's time Quake 2 was still a great game I do prefer the gothic, Lovecraftian atmosphere from the first Quake, I also prefer the Trent Reznor soundtrack from the first game as well. The multiplayer was the reason to play Quake 2, all the mods it never got old.
Quake 2 to this day is on of the best fps game I have ever plaid!.Yesss its even better than new DOOM!.
I barely played any Quake II or III, I was an Unreal kid.
ah yes, q2… where you had grapple ctf, runes, the famous q2dm1, and a railgun that felt like it was a god damn artillery cannon that does 100dmg.
This game is such a huge part of my childhood.
I'm one of "those guys" who, oddly enough, prefer Quake 2 over Quake 1. I think it is mainly because of the way objective are in Quake 2. I have a mission to complete. Where in Quake 1 it really does feel like 'just another level' all the time. Said levels are great thought, yet there is a special something about Quake 2. Maybe the more sci-fi oriented theme appeals to me more. Or maybe I just prefer to explore less confusing environments. Who knows…
But both games are great in its own right.
trespassssaaaaaa
I'd love to see more games like Quake II released. The pacing, level design and deployment of enemies was just right, you could get such a good flow going in that game. Even the 'ghost town' thing didn't bother me, it meant I could look around and admire the level design !
It was also a time when graphics cards are started to become more of a thing.
Looooooooooooooooooooove this soundtrack.
An awesome game that, unfortunately, i don't enjoy…all for a simple reason:
what appealed to me about Quake 1 was the fantasy/lovecraftian atmosphere, which influenced my interests SO MUCH when i was a kid, and thanks to it (and even more thanks to Hexen, my first game ever) i grew up being the person that i am with the interests that i have (dark fantasy, medieval history, H.E.M.A, horror ecc..i even became a musician thanks to games like Quake, Unreal & Deus Ex)
and while this sequel played beautifully..i was so pissed about it being put into a sci-fi setting that i only played it for a couple of hours before losing interest.
And then, to this day, i became such a Rpg/Crpg fan that i rarely play FPSs anymore
I loved Quake II on N64 and always saw it as more an exclusive "expansion pack" of Quake II PC as Nintendo got a wholly original game compared to Sony.
Love the quake 2 sound tracks. It's what inspired me to start playing guitar.