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 . (129)
Not just an engine! A Real Game!!! *gasp!*	Zovni (9141)
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
Electric Games	1998	92 out of 100	92
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Jan, 1998	92 out of 100	92
GameSpot	Dec 19, 1997	9 out of 10	90
Game Revolution	Jun 05, 2004	B+	83
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

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.