Quake II has yet to be bested by any of Id's other works. It's a fact. Quake III arena had a crappy 50ms lag, Doom 3 was a disappointment, what does that leave us with as Id's achievement of greatest proportions? Quake II my friends. Even the story engrosses me. The Stroggs' attack the human home world, and the humans plan and place a brave counter-attack on the Stroggs', at their home world. Everything proceeds according to plan (in the beautiful and awesome cinematic at the beginning of the game), then the rest of your platoon gets wiped out in an EMP blast. The blast misses you because you are clipped on the way in, and you are left as the one man army against the Stroggs', Merry Christmas. The game looks great, even today. The gritty look in this reviewer’s opinion looks cooler than Quake III's graphics. The character models look awesome, specifically the enemies. They all have a unique look and neat death animation. It feels great and well put together. I still say to this day that the Strogg Home world was one of the coolest in any Shooter. The weapons in the game, while not that out of the ordinary for a shooter, it did introduce one of the favorites in any multiplayer shooter out today: The Railgun. Adapted to the Unreal Series and some other shooters, this game was a favorite in Quake III that started with Quake II. The other weapons look great, and feel awesome but none are anything you haven't really seen before. Quake II never had a real internet feature; you have to use Gamespy or MSN Gaming Zone to play the game online, which is expected because when this game was made internet servers where non-existent. The game is a real blast on a LAN though, do yourself a favor and check it out sometime. All in all Quake II is a classic that any shooter fan should play at one point, or you are truly missing out on one of the best out there.
Quake II, at its lowest point, is an intense experience. At its highest, Quake II is simply near the pinnacle of PC gaming - an all-out assault on the senses filled with barrel-chattering action and non-stop, thrill-a-mi... Read Full Review
Quake 2 is supposed to be a sequel to quake (duH) but it does'nt have anything to do with it's predecessor,therefore,it created a whole new adventure. At the time Quake 2 was made,it was state-of-the-art,and an instan... Read Full Review
