Quake II Reviews

Exactly what Quake II was meant to be! The enemies are WAY more difficult to beat with the updated AI, and the game affords you that "never-stop-moving-or-you're-dead" experience.

Back Catalog Review #4: Solid FPS. Even on normal, the last few levels were challenging. Great weapon and enemy variety. Soundtrack is a banger. 8/10

ID Software best. Amazing game touched up by Nightdive so looks and plays better on todays systems. LOVE IT Played so many times on various systems and PCs over the years.

Quake 2 though a departure from its predecessor is undeniably a must play for every FPS fan that has yet to be corrupted by fortnite. When Quake ll came out many people were understandably outraged at it not being a continuation of the critically acclaimed Quake but the first thing that you need to realize about this game is that though it shares a name and basic gameplay with one of the first and best 3D games ever made it is its own beast. The guns feel utterly blissful to shoot, the enemies are interesting bastards that you feel no remorse in committing genocide on, and the movement is as fast and responsive as you could want in a true boomer shooter. Personally, I have only played this version of Quake II and not the original but from this perhaps flawed basis I would rate Quake ll as above its predecessor, so play it, now.

It's a remake of Quake 2, with the only things changed being the graphics engine and the saving/expansion system. All the textures are the same, original res. The graphics are a definite improvement over the original hardware-accelerated version, and improve the atmosphere and playability. It helps if you know how to speed-run the levels, as this is the same old Quake 2, and could be a bit boring, as the levels are a bit labyrinthine. The saving system is pretty poor and can't handle more than about 10 saves at a time, and so it loses points on that. There's a strange update, I don't remember the weapon scrolling system. Basically, a wheel pops up and you can push the mouse to the item but it doesn't work well. Doesn't interfere with the game though and you can just play without using it. It's good to replay an old classic (if it's a bit over-simplified compared to Hexen/Heretic). It reminds you it's more about three-dimensional movement than those earlier FPS's. Quake 2 is quite a linear game, despite the recent 3D improvements of the time, and the next few were too. The graphical improvement are a major upgrade to the game, and it feels the same, and yet new.

One of my favorite "Boomer" Shooters. Classic game. I think the weapons are all far more fun and satisfying to use than in the original. The shotguns are as powerful as shotguns should be in a video game. Much more like Doom I and II than Quake I. The electronic-metal soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem is a very cool juxtaposition to Trent Reznor's ambient industrial soundtrack for the original Quake though I do like the connection between id Software and Nine Inch Nails. Quake II is easily my favorite of the Quake series. 10/10.

I've been playing this game since the age of 7 years old. I completed it hundreds, if not even thousands of times. It is my all time favourite shooter. I know every inch of every map by heart. I can't even explain how i felt when i heard of this remaster. Since it came out, i'm playing it every day, even though nothing is new to me, i still love it. And Call of the Machine is absolutely AMAZING. I love everything about this game.

Man, they really did a smashing job with "Call of the Machine". I rarely see the point in leaving reviews for old games - especially ones decades-old like Quake 2. But Nightdive and everyone involved in this remaster should be proud. Not only is the remaster itself top-notch, but the new expansion is probably just about the best Quake 2 has to offer. The maps are fantastic - huge, multi-tiered levels - all thematically different, atmospheric, and most of all - challenging and engaging (especially on Hard and above), The new weapons absolutely fit in with the original arsenal, and the newer enemy roster adds so much to the feel and flow of the game. Good job guys and gals - dare we request that Quake 4 now gets the same treatment?

This game is even better in this latest version. Great old game, still fun after all these years.

Just doesn't quite hit the same way when I'm not trying to drown out the horrible things my parents are screaming at each other. Still fun tho.