Windows

Quake II

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

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: id Tech 2
• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Games with Dopefish
• Quake series

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User Reviews

A bad sequel to Quake? Definitely not!	Steve . (130)
Not just an engine! A Real Game!!! *gasp!*	Zovni (9138)
A let down	D Michael (221)
Absolutely KILLS Quake 1 and 3...	Mr. Me (36)
Just another Doom sequel; nothing to see here, move along.	Rick Jones (108)
Tight As A B!	Classic Nigel (145)
More of the same. Good, but needed?	Geraldo Falci (13)
A blitz of near non-stop action, Quake II is an old school classic.	Steelysama (106)
A good, solid game I find inferior to the original Quake.	Tomer Gabel (4476)
An excellent addition to the Quake series!!!	James1 (248)	unrated

The Press Says

GameGenie	1998		100
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Dec 09, 1997		100
PC Zone	Aug 13, 2001	9.7 out of 10	97
Gamezilla	Feb 03, 2001	94 out of 100	94
MikroBitti	Jan, 1998	93 out of 100	93
Electric Games	1998	92 out of 100	92
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Jan, 1998	92 out of 100	92
PC Player (Germany)	Jan, 1998	83 out of 100	83
Computer Games Magazine	1997		80
All Game Guide	1998		80

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Trivia

The UK Windows Version Quake II CD has the following printed on it:

"This product is intended for sale outside North America only and will not function on North American operating systems."

Upon testing this seems to be a lie, it works on every North American version of Windows I've tried it on.

I assume this was to prevent people importing the CDs from the EU and selling them in the US.