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Description

A sequel in name only, this follow up to id’s 1996 Quake, is a first-person shooter revolving around the Earth-Strogg war. The Strogg alien race threatens the Earth, but Earth has launched a counter-offensive, Operation Alien Overlord. Overlord takes the battle to the Strogg homeworld with the ultimate objective of securing their capitol city and killing their ruler.

As a FPS, Quake II contains a variety of weapons including the fall back Blaster, the Railgun, and the secret BFG10K. Health, armor, and ammunition pick-ups can be found during levels, as can the classic Quake’s Quad Damage power-up. Game play involves mowing down alien opponents as the player progresses through levels, completing in-game objectives. Quake II also comes with multiplayer support for Deathmatches.

Alternate Titles

  • "雷神之锤II" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Q2" -- Common abbreviation

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The Press Says

IGN Jun 10, 2002 8.3 out of 10 83
Mac Gamer 1999 80 out of 100 80
Inside Mac Games (IMG) Jan 18, 2000 8 out of 10 80

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Trivia

This is the second time id Software has invented an alien language for use in their games (the first was in Commander Keen). Like Keen's Simplified Galactian Alphabet, the Strogg language in Quake II is a simple letter-by-letter cipher. Although no-one has ever made a Strogg font pack, you can decipher signs and messages in the game using the Strogg translator at id's Quake 4 site.


This entry was contributed by Brian Hirt (9991), Corn Popper (66169), chirinea (24579), Kabushi (48040) and Adam Baratz (1362)
 

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