Quake II - Official Trailer (2023) angielski

pomodoro_longbreak, 10 miesięcy temu

I still remember watching this with my friend and saying “imagine when games look like this.”

We still say it to eachother jokingly. Good memory.

Edit: oh actually just watched the video, and I’m only referring to the first part

zer0, 10 miesięcy temu

Closed source spyware by microsoft. Just play Xonotic or Nexuiz

ezures, 10 miesięcy temu

Lmao, they actually released the source code

zer0, 10 miesięcy temu

Excellent, make sure not to use closed launchers to play this

rich, 10 miesięcy temu

Been playing Quake 1 with the pc VR mod, which was an experience. Hoping quake 2 gets the same

whataboutshutup, 10 miesięcy temu

I loved Q1 and custom maps Machinehead (devs behind new Wolfenstein) added to it, but Q2 is fucking boring. Like, really, besides the cool engine, it was just a slow and unimpressive bullshit. Not a Doom 2 level of making a comeback. What I disliked the most, besides irritating enemies, is backtracking to previous maps. It could’ve been shown as creating a consistent world across maps, but in the end it’s just bad design.

I suggest to those reading it to take Q1 instead. Surprisingly, the remastered version runs on Linux without problems. As do many engines created by fans’ community. It’s just better.

jasondj, 10 miesięcy temu

I turned 10 in 1995, and had a decent (for the time) gaming PC. Quake, and Quake 2, were a huge part of my childhood.

I’d agree that Q1 is probably the better game all-in-all, especially for single-player. But for internet multiplayer, Q2 was genre-defining. It was the fast-paced arena FPS by which literally all games were compared until like UT2003.

Murdoc, 10 miesięcy temu

Yeah I felt that while Q2 was technically superior, it just lost all the charm that Q1 had, in the enemies, the general ambience, etc. It just seemed so generic to me. Happened to Blood 1 & 2 as well. It’s much like how many movies rely on special effects instead of their story and characters.

explodicle, 10 miesięcy temu

And the Q1 soundtrack was done by Trent Reznor, even better than the (still good) Q2 soundtrack.

vd1n, 10 miesięcy temu

This is my favorite generation of graphic style. It’s simple and doesn’t get in the way of the game. I swear new games will add trash and random objects in your way just because…

In new games with up to date graphics I end up losing attention on the game and start looking at all the random objects.

Naked_Yoga, 10 miesięcy temu

Couldn’t agree more. That’s exactly what I felt like when Quake III came out… “Why is the screen so busy? So much garbage to distract from the game”.

Maybe I’m just old now, but damn I loved Q2.

Also, all of the mods were incredible. Hopefully they will work… I think I have my WOD paks around still.

Pxtl, 10 miesięcy temu

Yay, muzzle flashes! So, anybody know if old mods will be compatible? Like, can we bring back Transformers Quake 2?

steal_your_face, 10 miesięcy temu

If you already own quake ii on steam this is a free update which is cool.

Altreus, 10 miesięcy temu

I just discovered this. Insane! Not that I’m complaining. Wanted to stream it but wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get it … Win!

Gabadabs, 10 miesięcy temu

Looks awesome! Glad to see quake getting more love.

NanoooK, 10 miesięcy temu

I would love for a remake of Quake III.

whataboutshutup, 10 miesięcy temu

To populate the community, maybe, but QuakeLive, original Q3 servers and open alternatives still have people. And what I love about them more than the idea of a remaster is that they aren’t gated by software or hardware. This possible remaster may require a W10-11 and lots of powerful hardware to show all these fancy things you, by default, disable to participate in competitive Quake.

Quake Champions (or how it’s called) is what current gen have instead, while old people don’t care having old Quake 3 Arena things running.

gnzl, 10 miesięcy temu

This is awesome. To this day Rage is one of my favorite music tracks from any game.