Quake II

This game picks up (technologically) where Quake left off. The only real complaint (as with most other id titles) is a lack of a good story, though in all fairness, this is not what we play these games for.

Excellent play and graphics, not for the easily nausiated.

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.

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 successor to Quake-1 but starts off a completely new story and does not continue the story of the former game. The story now concerns an Alien invasion and the human racing launching an offensive..you get the idea. The first thing you'll notice as soon as this game loads up is the rockin soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem which sets the mood for action. With a huge arsenal at your disposal and an equally huge bunch of bad guys, the action is always frantic. The level design is mostly good but sometimes is crap. The strongest portion of this game is evident in multiplayer though. During its time, it probably had the best multiplayer experience in the world.

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.