Quake II - Enhanced Edition

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User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 101 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 71 out of 101
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 101
  3. Negative: 12 out of 101

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  1. godder
    Aug 19, 2023
    1
    Why would you give them money for a eye cancer game from 1997 (addons and console, special versions excluded). I read its a free upgrade if you own the original, well at least I have to give them that. You can tickle your nostalgia with it in 120 FPS sure, but actually seriously playing it.

    The games size is not even 5 gigs. With all the campaigns the stuffed into it! That tells you it    Why would you give them money for a eye cancer game from 1997 (addons and console, special versions excluded). I read its a free upgrade if you own the original, well at least I have to give them that. You can tickle your nostalgia with it in 120 FPS sure, but actually seriously playing it.

    The games size is not even 5 gigs. With all the campaigns the stuffed into it! That tells you it s **** lazy eye cancer game without even good res textures. And this gets praised as a "the definition of a good remaster" by Ron in the reviews? Seriously they do not even call it a remaster themselves because its NOT it. It looks better but it still looks incredibly bad and not in any way comparable to any decent looking game, it does not have to be "modern" looking but this is just painful to look at. They did the minimum amount of work and just stuffed everything that was already made with one new campaign into the game.

    This is not a nice looking remake/remaster with DOOM Eternal style graphics and modern gameplay. Its a nostalgia eye cancer game with outdated everything. Outdated graphics, outdated boring gameplay. I can not imagine anyone having actually fun playing though all the campains it offers, as its the same boring AF gameplay from AGES ago. Maybe in coop 1 point for that.

    I am also pretty sure there are open source versions of various quakes out there that feature better graphics, raytracing and stuff out there.    … Expand
  2. odysseus420
    Aug 16, 2023
    3
    As an old-school gamer (get off my lawn! lol) it is disappointing to find out that this is actually Quake 2, the second game in the Quake trilogy, and not Quake 4 the best one. It's a very ugly game from the 90s but it looks like a Playstation graphics which is an immediate "thumbs down" even for a fan of retro games like me. The art direction is basically like if James Carmack said: "makeAs an old-school gamer (get off my lawn! lol) it is disappointing to find out that this is actually Quake 2, the second game in the Quake trilogy, and not Quake 4 the best one. It's a very ugly game from the 90s but it looks like a Playstation graphics which is an immediate "thumbs down" even for a fan of retro games like me. The art direction is basically like if James Carmack said: "make everything brown and then light it with the most garish colors and particle effects you can find... pronto!" The music was pretty cool though it was on the CD-ROM and you could put it in any stereo to play it, though since this is a digital download I guess you can't do that. but it's probably on you tube… Expand
  3. leaveit
    Aug 20, 2023
    4
    The other red reviews are definitely trolling (if you couldn't tell) but I assure you this remaster is mediocre at best. As usual, NDS couldn't help but take license with everything like they've ever designed a decent game in their lives, and as such the railgun damage was reduced by 1/3, enemy behaviors that were cut for quality reasons were re-introduced like that's a good thing, menusThe other red reviews are definitely trolling (if you couldn't tell) but I assure you this remaster is mediocre at best. As usual, NDS couldn't help but take license with everything like they've ever designed a decent game in their lives, and as such the railgun damage was reduced by 1/3, enemy behaviors that were cut for quality reasons were re-introduced like that's a good thing, menus are tacked on like always, they just had to go and mess with nightmare-difficulty balance, and so on. The KEX engine renders everything as competently as the other source ports, which is to say there's no reason not to play the other source ports, and accessibility options may be helpful for a tiny minority of the tiny minority that are even going to play this. Four points for not being a total travesty at release like the Quake KEX port.… Expand

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Metascore
89

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 14
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  1. Riot Pixels
    Jan 28, 2024
    80
    This is a solid and filled with new content remaster of one of the most popular and technologically advanced first-person shooters of the 1990s.
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  2. Shacknews
    Dec 24, 2023
    90
    Nightdive’s Quake II remaster is one of the best values in a year overflowing with fantastic games. It appeals to veterans who played the original, and all the customization bells and whistles make it welcoming to players who want to experience it for the first time.
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  3. CD-Action
    Oct 10, 2023
    90
    This is exactly how legendary games should be revived: with respect for the source material, enhanced and expanded, not tarnished or turned upside down. Quake II Remastered offers the main campaign, two original mission packs, a completely new expansion and Quake II 64, and thanks to a handful of improvements plays even better that 26 years ago.
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