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All they need to do is align the crosshairs correctly, fix the ai, and add fast weapon switch and the game is perfect as is.
it also has a thing where physics will drag you slightly towards the zero point of the map during things like jumps
Is that really a thing? I never knew that
https://people.freebsd.org/~danfe/Quake%2520II%2520Physics.pdf
>Fix the AI
>Fast weapon switch
Just play with the 25th aniiversary unit mod and you've got what you want already.
What if I already own Quake 2?
Maybe it'll just be patched over the original like Quake 1? That's what I'm assuming anyway
Why does Q2 get so much hate? it's a massive step up from the original
Revisionist zoomies that wanna fit in.
Q2 was all the rage back in the day. Every computer with windows 98 had it installed.
>Q2 was all the rage back in the day
Thats because it was HEAVILY hyped as the new go-to online shooter that was going to be easier to access than quake 1, when in actuality it was rushed out.
>it was rushed out.
so was Q1.
Yeah but it hit its major beats perfectly fine. The CORE of the game was fun, and ultimately thats the derivative of all the "boomer shooters" and nu-boomer shooters
Q1 wasn't even supposed to be a shooter, it ended up as one because romero cound't stop fricking it up and they had to made it into one as a compromise cope.
Happy accident then i'd say, look at how much its contributed to the shooter genre, and 3d movement in video games in general. And even the quake engine itself was massively influential
>Revisionist zoomies that wanna fit in.
people have been saying quake 2 sucks since 97 you fricking moron
Who are these "people" and why do they all look like (You)?
It was very generic. Doom? Beings from hell, with some creative demon designs. Quake? Eldritch horror and all sorts of crazy level design. Quake 2? Tech bases and body horror, but besides the Sonic Mayhem soundtrack it was all weapons, level tropes and stuff that Doom and Quake already did with a thin war mission story put on top. It was impressive for being an interconnected series of hubs and level design, but it was held as generic and kinda dull even then.
Really great graphical showcase, though, and the mods were great.
it's a good game but has less variety than the original which changed it up level to level
q2 had that seamless level transition so the whole game just felt like a technobase themed quake level
overall the worldbuilding, style, weapons and enemies are pretty uninteresting but the game is solid
boring maps, ugly aesthetics, no atmosphere, Q1 is billion times better
>it's a massive step up from the original
No.
But it's still a good game despite of that. People would probably look at it more favorably if it wasn't called "Quake 2".
It's fricking boring.
Removed what made Quake special and instead you get a game that is neither here nor there. It is SOVLESS. Tom Hall and Romero where not completely wrong, Anachronox is genuinely a better game, like also every other Build Engine game of the time.
Seriously would you rather play Quake 2 over Blood? For real?
worse guns, speed, physics, levels and music than the original. the only thing quake 2 has is more interesting enemy variety and thats about it. still a good game though but worse than 1 and 3.
>Worse guns
the shotguns and machinegun equivalents in Q1 are far worse
>it's a massive step up from the original
It's not. It shouldn't be called Quake in the first place.
Sheep mentality.
>Actually finished unlike Q1
>Actual good MP from day 1, not some fricking "quakeworld" patchwork
>Godlike soundtrack and not some shitty grunge "atmosphere" bullshit
>Consistent presentation and narrative, not random ideas thrown together last minute
>Parents probably saw pic related in Q2 and a bunch of kids got banned from playing it. Now they just hate Q2 because of it.
I honestly tried it, was boring as frick compared to quake 1
same as why zoomers claim that fallout 1 is better than fallout 2: they never played it back in the day.
Quake 2 is a great game, and a massive leap in technology (which you can't observe from the modern perspective)
It threw the cool gothic lovecraftian setting and vibe in the bin for generic sci-fi.
This is the biggest turn off for me. Almost as bad as what they did to unreal tournament with 3
totally agree
quake 1 is generic
quake 2 is cool as frick
you no taste
>you no taste
i just like games with more substantial gameplay than being dazzled with jangling keys.
quake1 does that too
Quake 2 is slow and boring.
The interconnected level design is pure cancer.
Difficulty is completely broken, you have an item that basically makes you invincible and makes Nightmare difficulty a joke.
That starter pistol is one of the worst weapons ever made in all games.
The level design of Quake 2 is its best part. I'd love to play an actual well-designed game with that kind of setup.
Funny how you always bring up the blaster when the Doom pistol is even worse
At least Doom's pistol is hitscan based, so you can consistently and quickly take out the zombieman at any distance if for some reason you need to.
The Quake 2 blaster isn't even good for killing low tier enemies, it's useless, it actually looks like a toy, a tool for kids to play with fireworks safely as it doesn't hurt anyone.
The blaster is problematic because it's the first contact you will have with this new shooter and you immediately realize that it is a non-functional weapon, a weapon that is ugly as frick, that is not pleasant to use in any sense, that doesn't even look like a weapon in the first place, and that makes anyone suspicious about the ability of those designers to make a decent game right away.
>The Quake 2 blaster isn't even good for killing low tier enemies
Blatant lie. The Blaster does 10 points of damage. Light Guard, Shotgun Guard and Machine Gun Guard have 20, 30 & 40 HP respectively. Not only is the Blaster good for getting rid of smaller enemies, but it can be used in case you were running low on ammo.
The only reason why someone would think the Blaster is useless is that they can't aim for shit.
To go on a bit of a side note, unreal at the time had the dispersion pistol as a blaster analogue that was much more useful, had upgrades and was actually useful on the higher difficulties.
Not really, it's good at being a flashlight, killing light guards (because the others can hurt you if you don't kill them fast enough), finishing off enforcers if you only have a shotgun and sniping enemies if you don't have good weapons
You should see the one in Unreal Evolution, turns into a rocket launcher with upgrades
So it does its job well.
Hope they add local co-op. Enjoyed playing Q1 remaster with my buddies with it.
>One item makes you invulnerable for a small period of time
>This is enough to break the difficulty of a game which lasts hours
The energy armor might as well be invincibility.
Yeah, the developers didn't really balance the game around it properly. By the end of the game you have like 17 powershields in storage if you find all secrets. The mappers thought they were like consumables or something. It's best to just not use them.
Using items in combat or powershield is only for noobs
He's talking about the powershield, absorbs like 70% of all damage in exchange for cells. It's like having 2-3 body suits on.
good quality bait
Nice. Will it be a free upgrade for current Quake II steam owners like they did with Quake?
>Why does Q2 get so much hate?
It didn't at release. This is some retrospective thing where it's cool to hate on it. I do prefer the OG but Q2 is not a bad game by any means.
Welp, the Doom phone game currently has a Quake 2 themed event, which also features a Quake con exclusive figurine on the splash screen
>which also features a Quake con exclusive figurine on the splash screen
Doom Eternal got two Quakecon skins previously, it only got the Ranger themed skin with the release of Quake Remaster.
>Mfw a Quakecon will actually get Quake content instead of just being literally Bethesdacon
something tells me there will be no 64 campaign this time
>pirate original
>download one of many free sourceports that works perfect
>play the game
easy, no need to wait for Kaiser's trash sourceports
>b-b-but nightdive GOOD Kaiser's sourceports GOOD
silence, shill
>silence, shill
I own the game on Steam already though, and if it's like Q1's remaster, I get Q2's for free. So don't really need to shill if I don't need to pay a second time.
>i ate shit but at least it was free!
silence, shill
>shill shill shill!
is that your only argument lmao
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i hope you are right, and i really hope you are also slightly wrong, because i dont want quake 2 remastered, i want quake 2 64 put on pc
Arcane dimensions > Quake II > Quake
i think arcane dimensions looks really nice but i dont think it actually plays very well. i dont think its nostalgia because i played and beat quake 1 when i was an adult. something about ad feels like a slog and i cant put my finger on it. i guess it somehow manages to have less enemy variety on a level basis since they are more heavily themed, and the levels themselves while pretty dont feel very well designed
You want a slog? Play through the more recent mod campaigns like Dwell. That zoomer circlejerk currently infesting the community don't know the concept of restraint.
I miss playing Quake Live with Ganker
i still play every now and then. even after all these years, quake 3 manages to be more fun than anything else sometimes. duels are special and the movement is addicting. strafejumping >>>> bunnyhop
I'm glad they didn't kill the game completely when they stopped supporting it. It would have been easy to just take the servers down and let it die. They also grandfathered in anyone who had it in their Steam library when they made it buy to play instead of trying to make the current playerbase pay up.
i would absolutely pirate that and buy later it if there was no woke shit after beating the game
It's Quake 2, you have cyborg ladies with huge heaving breasts that moan when you shoot them. Woke is something Quake 2 most certainly is not.
i believe it when i see it. it'll be zoomers involved in making the game. there's no reason they don't think the design of the enemies are inclusive enough or the campaign have 51% female soldiers.
quake is the most guy game ever made. its just about shooting shit until the blow up into guts while metal is blasting in your ears. they would have to legitimately increase their workload twofold to include anything resembling 'woke' in the game
Will it include the N64 version as well?
Who cares when we got Quake 2 RTX and other mods to improve visuals.
This is just for consolegays
I don't give a shit about quake
ENTER
Who the frick asked for this abomination?
Is it going to be a free update like Quake 1 or are they going to force people to buy it?
>Developed by Nightdive & iD
Rise of The Triad Bros, this was supposed to be our month!
>remaster
It's a fricking linear first person shooter. Might as well just make a new game entirely like they did with the new Doom games. Nobody's going to play this and think "oh wow i remember this empty factory level where you press the button to activate the conveyor belt! it's beautiful!"
A new unit?
By machine games?
Will it have curated mods? Like doom and quake remaster? Will it have updated models? Will it include the expansions?
make the game play like quake 1 and it might actually turn into a good game.
Yes
>remastering an open source pc game that nobody likes
wont happen
These releases are mostly for consoles.
Doom 64, doom 1/2, doom 3, quake 1 and now Quake 2.
yeah i bet all the zoomers out there just cant wait to play quake 2 on a controller lmao.
I play Quake 2 on a controller all the time.
boomer shooters are popular with gen z and they are curious about it, stupid fricking muttlennial homosexual. rather they get an interest in this shit than fricking gaynite and league of gayends
It's the millennials who play on consoles.
PC is now more popular than ever.
Anyone here remember the Xbox 360 port of Q2 that came on a bonus disc with Quake 4?
Good port from what i remember
would be nice if they'd throw Quake 4 in there as well. haven't played it but the once back on 360 like 15 years ago.
>Developed by Nightdive
Aaand ignored.
Q2 gays are the most delusional
>bulletsponge
>weak gunplay
But enough about Quake 1
even more ridiculous considering you can railgun unaware enemies for a free 150 damage, enough to 1-shot most enemies
if you're such a b***h about bullet sponges you can just use your quads but your hyperblaster/minigun/RL/BFG already do a lot of damage
it's only an actual problem if you try to kill everything with your blaster or normal shotgun
>Wow thanks for saving us Romero!
>But what will we play now
>Heh, try this
>slides you a copy of Daikatana
>You've been made his b***h
patched Daikatana is unironically better than Q2
even the engine license didn't produce a single great game
Patched Daikatana still has broken as frick partner AI though.
Only decent thing about Daikatana was those ancient Greece levels. Kinda fun to throw the discs
If Q2 is so good, why doesn't have people making maps for it today like quake or doom?
Idk, but we had at least something this year with 25th anniversary
Q1 and Doom are simply that much more popular, maybe Q2 lacks good map maker tools/tutorials
>quake 2 remaster
>not quake 1 remaster
FRICK YOU FRICK YOU FRICK YOU FRICK YOU FRICK YOU.
that came out last year already
that came out already, (fake fan.), and runs worse than any source port
..... i tought it said remake not remaster.....
Im looking forward to hearing about Q2 remaster because it will also mean that SiN Reloaded is around the corner, and man how long i waited for that.
hope you get raped irl homosexual mass replying frick
Cooooom brainnnn
You're fat aren't you?
Over six foot, strong jawline, blue eyes, ex model, chad PC enjoyer, here longer than you
i had a really cool poster of a Grunt that came in an edition of Hyper magazine. i wish i still had it
I wasn't too young to play quake 1 but i distinctly remember being more blown away by 2. i think the intro cutscene added so much to the overall experience, like the game had a story and everything.
not to say the first quake didnt , but you know
>Quake 2 remaster
but it exists already?
reminds me of those early-mid 2000s doom sourceports
>Be Quake fan
>Playing for over 20 years
>See iD and Bethesda make fun Doom games
>They're closer to Quake than Doom in gameplay and design
>Pumped and hopeful for a Quake continuation in the same vein
>Announces yet another remaster of 2 instead
Thanks dickheads
Quake 2 was one of the first FPS games I ever saw let alone play, the other being the original Unreal Tournament. Even though it isn't the most compelling game in the world gameplay wise, I still really enjoy running though this game every so often, killing all the enemies, finding secrets and listening to this game's soundtrack.
I should probably get the Steam version before it doubles in price again.
cd keys for it are dirt cheap go get one bro
i`ll play it for a bit in multiplayer. Wish there was proper remake though.
I assume this remaster comes with a healthy layer of Vaseline as is the standard for modern games?
Quake 2 was the historical milestone that aged poorly.
gays shitting on it dont understand - it was massive step up in graphics and technology when it released. There was nothing like it and were none until Half-Life, Sin maybe. Unreal looked more fancy, but in other aspects lost to Quake 2 still.
Quake 1 wasnt as popular as 2 since, Q2 was actually great on lan/online play while Q1 was meh. And by the day standards, Q2 graphics were simply amazing.
Honestly, the only meaningful way for ID to return Quake 2, is make a super high specs graphic tech demo that needs 2 4090 in SLI to run on mid settings. Remastering or remaking the game in original state makes no sense.
Hopefully they release the N64 version just like they did with the first Quake
I want Quake 3 Remastered and I'm not talking about Quake Live.
>buy a "drive a Testarossa for an hour" package
>think Clarkson is exaggerating about it being one of Ferrari's worst
>it's the jerkiest and most uncomfortable car I've ever been in that handles like a panini press and revs like a supercharged cement mixer
Don't meet your heroes
We know
https://www.eurogamer.net/previously-leaked-quake-2-remaster-reportedly-getting-a-quakecon-reveal-next-week
If you think about it
If you REALLY think about it
We already have a Quake 2 remaster, Doom 2016
Think about it though
Makes sense that Hulshult already has q2 track covers on youtube.
Mick never ever.
What about new Quake form id?
>nightdive
I'm perfectly ok with this.
Also, as much as I loved Quake 1 as a kid, I always prefered the fricked up stroggs from 2
I like Nightdive
I know some remakes weren't great but they still do justice to many old games
and SS1 was good I hear
Generally Nightdive are great but they fricked up Blood unfortunately. Doesn't matter cuz we got NBlood and GDX ports around the time of its release. I wish we could play NBlood with a Fresh Supply feeling mouse though. KEX engine always has an excellent mouse feel.
>but they fricked up Blood
They also fricked up Bladerunner while having it delisted from GOG on release.Probably wouldn't be back if not for backlash over the technical state of their remaster.
>quake 2
dont care. give us a fricking doom remake already you wienersuckers
>ill feature new campaign, and a development history section
No co-op? Who cares then
nothing is confirmed but to me its a safe bet we will probably get coop in it aswell
in games like quake and dukenukem you could just connect to somebody's single player session and play "co-op" with all your friends if you wanted to. would be nice if they weren't like every other shitty company today and allowed people to type in IPs to connect to.
quake reboot??
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