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Not even worth it

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 14
Date: January 03, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I bought this mainly from all of the good comments here. I was sadly dissapointed when I played the game. All it is is running around shooting things with pretty lame weapons. There's nothing to really figure out and there's not even anything really interesting to look at. There's only one path through the game.. how stupid is that? One person likened it to Metal of Honor which I also have... it is NOTHING like Metal of Honor... that's actually a very good game with alot of thought behind it... this thing looks like it was slapped together in a few hours by the developers... In other words - don't buy it... get Metal of Honor instead... you'll be glad you did.

Pretty good, but too short.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: January 22, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've always liked first-person games, going all the way back to Tunnel Runner for the Atari 2600, and have several for various videogame systems. This game was pretty good, but I conquered it in just over 2 weeks. I expect much more longevity. I got much more gameplay from Doom and Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown.

Multiplayer Carnage

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

The first time I ever played this game was at a friends house. After a couple of matches of struggling with the controls I was good to go. Ever since then my friends and I would wire in for 4 player tournaments. Not many other games use the multi-player tap, but this one uses it and that makes the game in my eyes. Amazon carries it for around 25 bucks and if you have at least 3 other friends and 4 controlers between all of you...it is a must. The one player game insn't bad. It's challenging with all of it's hidden rooms. If you can beat the game on hard it gives you a multiplayer unlock which enables you to utilize hidden controls for multiplayer such as unlimited ammo, one shot kill, players start with all weapons, and many more. I gave this game a 4 because I would say that it is an awesome game, but after virtually mastering multiplayer it just dosen't hold the same challenge. Also I would rate the one person player game at a 4 star. Either way this is an awesome game especially if you have the multi-tap and at least 3 friends to plug in with.

Four player action... This is the future!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: April 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is great if you want to talk trash as you blow away your buddies. Take off the gravity and you can really jump. Companies who produce games for the playstation need to produce more of these types of head to head to head to head 4 player games. This is the future of gamming. At $26 dollars this game is a steal on Amazon. Get all four contolers and four buddies and put on your seat belt. The only reason I gave it 4 out of 5 stars is I really am not interested in playing the single player game. I am not one of those dudes who can play with himself for hours and hours... I hope you will enjoy!

A great bit of fun on the good 'ol PS1

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: December 13, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When Quake 2 originally hit the PC, it's unabashed violence and surprisingly addictive gameplay not only outshined it's predecessor, it killed it before it hit the ground. The PS1 and N64 conversions took much longer than expected to be released, and fans of the PC game anxiously awaiting the home versions were a little worried about the quality of the home system versions. When Quake 2 hit the PS1, those fears were dead in the dirt. Activision, Hammerhead, and Id all did a fantastic job bringing Quake 2 to the PS1 while keeping a surprisingly smooth frame rate (although the graphics aren't as good as its PC counterpart, but that was expected) and the unabashed violent addictive gameplay remains intact. The game makes excellent use of the PS1's Dual Shock controller; the controls are easy and every button is to be used. While some parts can be frustrating and the game has a rather steep learning curve, Quake 2 is still undeniably fun. Those still holding on to they're PS1's can find this bad boy at a rather cheap price and have a great time with this near classic FPS.

Pretty good

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: October 02, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Yes, Quake II, the game PC owners have been enjoying for a long time, has finally made it to the PlayStation. Being a fan of PC first-person shooters, I was less than excited. I mean, I've already played the single-player to death on the PC, and multiplayer FPS games on a console are usually quite pathetic. The N64 version was pretty good, provided that you could look past the flaws that most fans of the PC version would notice in the first 20 seconds. The PlayStation version has many of these same flaws, but given the PlayStation's rapidly aging hardware, it's easier to overlook these flaws. While you may not remain interested in the single-player mission to see it to its completion, the four-player multiplayer in Quake II will make you glad you had picked up a multitap and three extra Dual Shocks. The storyline is your typical hostile alien sort of thing. You, as a space marine, land on the planet of Stroggos with the intention of blowing up everything in sight. Unfortunately, you get separated from the rest of the marines and are forced to go it alone. So now you must run all over this planet, collecting keys, opening doors, taking elevators, and wiping out various alien monsters before they tear you in half. To wipe out these aliens, you'll have to find weapons - your wimpy default blaster simply won't cut it. You'll find a couple shotguns, two types of machine guns, a grenade launcher, a rocket launcher, and two types of energy weapons - one of which is the almighty BFG, a gun that spits out a huge power ball and wipes out just about anything that gets near the blast. You'll also find a great deal of ammo, armor, and health scattered about the levels. A game like this really requires a good control scheme to succeed. Thanks to excellent use of the Dual Shock controller, it has one. In the default setup, you use the left stick to look around and the four buttons on the front of the pad to move in any of four directions. You can also configure the right analog stick so you can use it in much the same way. The R buttons handle firing and jumping, and the L buttons let you cycle through your weaponry. You can play the game on a standard controller, but trust me - you wouldn't want to. The game also supports the PlayStation mouse, but if you're already used to using a mouse to control your first-person shooters, then you probably have a PC and you've been playing the PC version of Quake II for ages, making this game mostly useless.Graphically, the PlayStation really does a decent job. The textures may look a little washed-out, a few models may have been simplified, and a few frames of animation may have been chopped here and there, but overall, the game runs at a very playable speed. The tradeoff is that the game has much more frequent loads. Most of the level modification between the PC and PlayStation versions is in the addition of many more small, closed-off hallways that serve as little loading areas. At first it's not a big deal, but when you've got to go back and forth between different parts of a level to accomplish various tasks, loading every 20-30 seconds is enough to make you crazy. The game's sound effects and music are taken directly from the PC version, and overall, the sound is great.
The multiplayer mode is where this title picks up most of its value points. Sure, a few of the multiplayer levels are a little on the weak side, but there are enough good ones that it doesn't really matter. The three modes in the game are standard deathmatch, team deathmatch, and versus. Versus mode is a last-man-standing affair, where you and up to three friends duke it out until only one of you remains. The coolest multiplayer option is the gravity slider, which lets you turn gravity way down for some really high-flying action, or turn it way up to keep people from hopping around like lunatics. Sure, it's not as versatile as being able to program your own modifications to the game, but it's a nice touch, and it manages to breathe a bit of life into the game. In the end, the PlayStation version of Quake II falls under the same disclaimers as most other PC-to-console first-person shooters - if you own the PC version, don't waste your time. But if you're looking for some good split-screen shooting action with a decent single-player mode to back it up, this version will make your day.

arrrggghhh

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: January 28, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I thought the game was a lot of fun and the graphics were alright for the time it was released the only problem i had with the game was that it pauses for about 5 seconds when you enter a different room but that cant be helped i totally enjoyed this game byeeeeeeee!

sooooo cool

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: October 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

If you like action games that are 1st person then get this. There are so many levels it seems as if this game never ends. You wont get board with it. It has a 2 player mode that is really awesome. I think you should buy it. Dont let the screenshots fool you the graphics are much better. You may think this is an old game but it still is awesome. BUY IT!

Hell of a hellishly good game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I went through my old Video games, weeding out those destined for trade in at Bookman's. I saw this one and remembered liking it, so I threw it back in and played it through. I forgot how much fun this game was and highly recommend a re-try to those FPS freak out there. I mean, you can get this game dirt cheap now, and it is a total blast!!!

My only beef is, you have to play it through in order to use the cheat available and many of us play a game once and that's it.

Other than that, not a single complaint. This game freaking rocks! Tons of different monsters/foes, tons of cool weapons, level upon level of varying backgrounds. Too me back to the old days of all the Doom games.

So, if you're feeling nostalgic and want to play an FSP that doesn't require you to evolve three extra fingers on each hand, dig this one back up or buy it dirt cheap here on Amazon. You won't regret it.

Great port, great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: November 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

For anyone who was disappointed by the N64 port of this PC game, do not dismay, it is now here for the playstation and it is great. The graphics are stunning and the gameplay is just as difficult as the origional. Maybe one of the best features is that the whole game seems darker than the PC version, in essence making it scarier. This makes it a lot of fun to play and a lot scarier when you aren't expecting a gernade to the face. Multiplayer is fun as well, but the options that a PC provides just isn't there. Of course, you don't have to pay for internet fees to play on the playstation... Overall, this is a great game, just not for those easily grossed out by blood and whatever else these monsters may excrete. Some of the fun things from the first game are missing: creatures such as the Shambler and weapons such as the super-nail gun, but the basics are still around, and every other aspect has been improved on. This is one great game.

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