Pretty damn cool

User Rating: 8.8 | Quake II PC
When i first heard of Quake, it didn't really appeal yo me as I was still in my Sim City phase. Yet, I have come to like the Quake series, and number two definately lives up to the name. Solid gameplay, sharp graphcs and excellent sound all come together to make a very violent, but entertaining game.

The graphics here are nothing special, but they are very sharp and help make the game playable. Some parts of the game can get a bit annoying as their too dark, and you easly get lost and start back tracking. While that can get annoying, you can still find your way around it with patience. The guns look pretty good, again, nothing special. The shotgun looks pretty good, as does the rest of your arsonal. The water actually looks really good for a reasonably old game.

The gameplay is great, the levels are big and spread out, there are a lot of secret areas to find and there are plenty of side missions to keep you busy. Depending on what difficulty you choose, there will be varying amounts of enemies trying to kill you. One thing i noticed about the enemies was, they have a few different death animations, and most of the time, they will still shoot you even with their head blown off.

The sound is definately the best part of this game, there is heavy rock music to keep you in the killing mood, and the weapons sound really sweet. Most of the enemies will grunt at you, but thats okay, i didn't expect them to recite the ten commandments or something. Everything sounds really really good, the water splashes, the enemies groan when they're down, and there's a great musical score to with it.

The game has a multiplayer option with it to keep it interesting. But other than that, theres really not that much other than the great story mode. Everything in this game comes together to make for an entetaining ride to say the least. It definately shouldn't be looked over for a second.