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You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now upgraded for modern platforms with improved visuals, new campaign content, online multiplayer/co-op, and more.
Quake II is a fps, classic and action game
developed by id Software, Nightdive Studios and MachineGames
and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Released on August 03rd 2007 is available only on Windows
in 6 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain and Russian.
It has received 9,228 reviews of which 8,821 were positive and 407 were negative resulting in an impressive rating of 9.3 out of 10. 😍
The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.88€ on Gamivo.
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System requirements
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Windows
Minimum Spec (1080p/60 HZ)
- Win 10 64-bit version
- Intel Core i5-3570 @ 3.4GHz or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X @ 3.5GHz
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 TI (2GB) or AMD HD 7750 (1GB)
- 8GB System RAM
- Minimum 2GB free space on hard drive
- High speed broadband connection required for online play
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Quake 2 has never been this good. Remastered graphics that look much better yet still look exactly the same as the originals, which is an incredible feat to pull off. Includes Quake64 campaign which is pretty good, includes all new campaign which is great. Includes some revamped enemies with new attacks in the main game which is very nice. Overall great package, made with love, runs great, best way to play this game
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This game is even better in this latest version. Great old game, still fun after all these years.
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While often criticized for being an insignificant upgrade over the first entry in the series, Quake 2 replaces the first game's oppressive, tonally inconsistent and abstract elements with something far more cohesive. It's still ultimately not very clever or ground breaking, but it's immediately more approachable. Quake 2's biggest achievement is how it's able to work around the limitations of reduced enemy counts (compared to something like Doom) and still make fights interesting. The game heavily favours constant movement, in singleplayer and multiplayer alike. Weaponry has a lot of character to it, they feel powerful and yet each weapon has its place. The game is by no means perfectly balanced, as certain inventory powerups like the legendary quad damage or the power shield absolutely trivialize any challenge the game may throw at you. The re-release package is overall excellent, as it not only boasts a new renderer supporting modern visual effects, like real time shadows, it also contains both of the original expansions, as well as the Nintendo 64 levels. While the original expansions are interesting as products of their time, the level design is often meandering and un-focussed and the new weapons feel underwhelming. On the other hand, Call of the Machine, an entirely new level pack created by Machine Games specifically for the re-release, is absolutely superb and it's very clear Machine Games has a great understanding of what makes Quake 2 work well. The gameplay of the re-release is NOT identical to the original, which in my opinion is a good thing, since Quake 2 is such a divisive title. It should also be noted, that most of the gameplay changes come from restored content that never made it to the original release, as such nothing ever feels out of place and integrates smoothly in the game, another aspect done extremely well.
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This is a suddenly-no-longer-underrated gem that's been recently overhauled for free by id games. The enemy models and wall textures/brushes have been upgraded slightly, but not so much that it looks too outside the original 1997 style. The game menus and cutscenes have been given a similar treatment, and the additional single-player campaigns AND the N64 version of the game have been added into the base game for free. Very cool! As for the game itself, this is the beginning of the fast, twitchy arena shooter style that dominated the late 90s and early 00s, only this one focuses on single-player. The sequel would do away with the campaign altogether and launch the online FPS revolution that changed PC gaming forever. But, back to Q2... This game crash-lands you (Space Marine "Bitterman") on a hostile alien planet filled with monolithic, industrial scenery and architecture. Not super far-off from Q1's aesthetics, but decidedly less lovecraftian and more... Paul Verhoeven? The enemies, known as the Strogg in-game, are a creepy collection of body-horror nightmare-scenarios, consisting of humanoids that've been "Stroggified" to varying degrees into freakish cyborgs. Some still look vaguely like people, others are so far from human they've been reduced to a brain in a vat. You'll wind your way through a bunch of not too dissimilar looking industrial arenas and corridors blasting Strogg and not much else. This game lacks even a 'use' button and is focused almost 100% on combat. Run, jump, shoot. Besides a little swimming, that's it! There's some key-hunting and switch-pressing just to pace things out properly, but not much in the way of challenging puzzles. In fact, there's none. Good stuff. While the visual style of the game is in keeping with the idea of moving thru an industrialised planet purely focused on making weapons of war, it still doesn't save it from looking a little monotonous. That said, the aesthetic of this game is something I keep coming back to and I enjoy it quite a lot. Is that a contradiction?! Yes. Yes, it is. The weapons in this game are plentiful and with just a few exceptions, VERY fun to use. Their sound design is on point, the updated weapons models look a lot better without being overdone, and the game does a good job giving you just the right amount of ammo to keep having fun without it getting into survival-horror territory, or on the other end, Serious Sam. The starting "blaster" laser pistol has infinite ammo but it's a chore to use. The story is thus: "Go to planet. Blow up alien guy. Blow up their stuff." Perfect story for this type of game 10/10 give 'em a fucking Emmy. If you're into FPS games at all, this is definitely worth playing, even just to get a good look at where a lot of the modern conventions of the genre started. This is a pure shoot-em-up experience and it's really fun even to this day. Rating: Old but GR8/10
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It's a very good, director's-cut style remaster of the classic FPS with a lot of new features and an amazing campaign by Machinegames. Seriously, just let the guys make a new Quake, id. It doesn't even have to be on the latest id Tech, put it on id Tech 2 or 3 for all I care.
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Quake II is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.
Quake II is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.
Quake II received 8,821 positive votes out of a total of 9,228 achieving an impressive rating of 9.27.
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Quake II was developed by id Software, Nightdive Studios and MachineGames and published by Bethesda Softworks.
Quake II is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Quake II is not playable on MacOS.
Quake II is not playable on Linux.
Quake II offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Quake II offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
Quake II does not currently offer any DLC.
Quake II does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Quake II supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.
Quake II is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
94
Developer
id Software,
Nightdive Studios,
MachineGames
Publisher
Bethesda Softworks
Release
03 Aug 2007
Platforms
Remote Play
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