Quake II

Funtastic first-person shooter video game in a science fiction environment with an option of single player(story mode) and multiplayer mode. The gameplay and graphics are similar to that featured in Quake, but level are much largers and storyline is more complexed.

I've spent hours in capture the flag tournaments with this game it was almost as good as unreal tournament capture the flag.

But I have played the game through from start to finish in single player mode, in that fashion it is a lot like starship troopers even the look of the game.

In one way I favored quake to capture the flag over unreal tournament with the sheer immensity of the maps. They were gigantic. And I would always get lost or, shot two pieces on my way back to my base with the flag.

The only way it kind of lagged was that it did not have a very good sniper scope. Not like unreal tournament where you could zoom right in to an enemies skull and then watch it vanish with a headshot.

The music for the game was also great, it was not 9 inch nails though I think it was skinny puppy. But the music was very good. I rigged a way for the game to play my personal CDs in the background instead of the game music.

There is actually a sensible story when you play in single player mode I kind of miss this game I don't think I have been able to get it to work on any modern computers.

Quake-2 is a very worthy sequel to Quake. It has a few flaws and visually may not be on par with Unreal-1 but Quake-2 is certainly a game worth buying for several reasons. The most important reason is that when the game released, it had unbeatable multiplayer capability, just like the original quake. No game could touch it in that regard. The deathmatch is so good that it is still very playable, even after Quake-III, although not many really play it.

The single player experience is very balanced with effective weapons and enemies and good level design. There's also a fantastic soundtrack by Sonic mayhem. The ending is not at all satisfying though. But there are always the user made addons and the official addon paks to make up for that. Overall, Quake-2 has to be one of the most refined and polished productions in the gaming industry.

It's a sad thing that classic games such as these get outdated. Unlike some movies video games rely 100 percent on technology, therefore the older they are the worse they seem to get. For the time the game is wonderful almost perfect but now it feels undated. Elements that are key now-a-days have a story for one, and variety for two. The game just has you running around opening doors and shooting everything that moves. It's still a lot of fun but I could only handle it in tiny doses. I suppose I am being unfair but it's all true. For the time I'm sure this game was the cream of the crop, but by todays standards it does not meet in my book. I would still recommend this game to anyone though it's quite the shoot em' up fest, every gamer loves. 6/10

Rated M for Violence,Blood and Gore.

Quake 2 was the very first M-rated video game I ever got.I got the game when I was 10 years old.The first M-rated game I ever played was House Of The Dead.I sort of liked Quake 2 when it first came out but I didn't like it afterwords.I found it to be pretty hard and sort of boring.I have never played any other Quake games.For its time the game was pretty good but by today's standards Its really not good.There are better old FPS games out there like Doom,Duke Nukem 3D and Shadow Warrior.If you find it very cheap its worth a look but otherwise don't get it.

7/10