Release Date: December 7, 1997
The sequel to the groundbreaking first-person shooter by id Software that, just like its predecessor released the year before, set new visual standards thanks to the enhanced idTech 2 engine. The action of Quake II takes place in the distant future where humanity established with a biomechanical race of the technologically advanced Stroggs.
The original Quake from 1996 was a loose conglomeration of ideas that was practically devoid of plot. Nevertheless, it proved to be a huge financial success and id Software almost instantly began to work on a new project. Quake II for PC, X360 and StOS is not a classical sequel, though. The developers kept the brand name because of difficulties connected to registration of a new trademark. Fans of Quake didn’t mind at all since they received a better, more polished game.
Plot
The action of Quake II takes place in a distant future. The humanity established with a technologically advanced biomechanical alien race called the Strogg. Initially, both races lived in peace. The situation changed when it came to light that the Strogg plan to conquer Earth. Forestalling their move, humans prepared a desperate attack. An elite unit of space marines were sent to the Strogg homeworld but was crushed. Most soldiers died and the remaining few were taken prisoner. Only one of them managed to get away. The success of the Operation “Overlord” as well as the deliverance of Earth depends on him. As you might guess, the player assumes the role of a commando named Bitterman, the humanity’s last hope. He has to wade through hordes of Stroggs and kill their leader, the Macron.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Quake II for PC, X360 and StOS is characterized by high dynamics. Contrary to its predecessor, the developers decided to introduce a number of missions that form the basis of the single player mode. While controls are very similar in both titles, the weapon arsenal of Quake II underwent significant changes. Only the shotgun, super shotgun, grenade launcher, and rocket launcher remained from the original. Some weapons—such as the axe and the nail gun—were replaced by more futuristic ones, including the blaster, hyper blaster, railgun, machine gun, minigun, and BFG 10K borrowed from the Doom series. Instead of dark dungeons and caves from parallel, hellish dimensions, the players traverse military bases, warehouses, and factories, facing hordes of various kinds of cyborgs.
The multiplayer mode bases on the solutions of Quake. The available modes include Free-for-all Deathmatch, One versus One, and Capture the Flag, among other things. The single player missions can also be played in cooperation with another person.
Upon launch, Quake II for PC, X360 and StOS was considered a masterpiece in of visuals. The graphics engine allowed to fully utilize the capabilities of contemporary graphics cards which had an impact both on texture quality and animation smoothness. Suffice it to say that the same engine powered dozens of other games by various developers. The soundtrack of Quake II was composed by Sonic Mayhem and Bill Brown. Apart from three official expansions— Ground Zero, and Netpack I: Extremities—the production received two unofficial ones, namely Juggernaut (Canopy Games, 1998) and Zaero (Team Evolve, 1998) as well as three huge fan-made mods: Action Quake 2, Rocket Arena, and Weapons Factory.
Platforms:
PC Windows December 7, 1997
Xbox 360 November 18, 2005
PlayStation 1 October 5, 1999
Developer: id Software
Publisher: Activision Blizzard
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Adrian Werner
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June 23, 2023
Next week, the online event QuakeCon at Home will take place. During the event, we will get the opportunity to get the full versions of classic FPS titles, Quake and Quake 2, for free. .
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Adrian Werner
August 2, 2020
Nvidia has published the hardware requirements of Quake II RTX, a refreshed version of the iconic FPS from id Software, enriched with for ray tracing technology. The title will be available on June 6.
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June 4, 2019
Nvidia presented Quake II RTX - a new version of id Software's game from 1997, ing ray tracing. The game will debut in June and require a GPU with hardware-based ray-tracing . Three single-player levels will be made available for free.
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System Requirements for Quake II (1997) Video Game:
PC / Windows
Recommended System Requirements:
Pentium 133MHz, 32MB RAM, graphic card.
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Expansion
August 31, 1998
Action
The second official expansion pack for Quake II, created by Rogue Entertainment - authors of the Doom-based shooter Strife and one of the expansions for the first Quake. Ground Zero takes the potential of the Quake II engine to the limit, offering fourteen single player levels and ten multiplayer maps. The expansion adds all-new power-ups, five new weapons and gadgets, and an equal number of unprecedented enemy types, including the final boss, the Black Widow, who spits out new and troublesome arachnids at incredible speed.
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Expansion
May 31, 1998
Action
Developed by the sudia Xatrix Entertainment team, the official expansion to id Software's cult first-person shooter Quake II. In The Reckoning, we play as a member of an elite reconnaissance squad that has been dropped onto the Strogg planet to investigate one of the cities there. The player's task is to get through the rocky labyrinths, exterminate the enemies inhabiting the city and then steal the alien ship and destroy their moon base.
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