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Ughhh...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: February 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Everything about this game is terrible, which is surprising since ID used to make the most amazing games. Let's face it- since John Romero left everything has gone downhill. Rather than anxiously awaiting each level, I constantly asked myself "Will this game ever end?"
The music is horrible- repetitive generic metal songs with occasional electronic elements. The monsters are boring and overused. The levels are for the most part bland, though a few do stand out. The main character also seems to have 6 different voices.
There is absolutely no story whatsoever. It's just the same "Go to this room and get this item so you can go to next the room" type of game (Wolfenstien 3D, Doom, Heretic), poorly disguised. In fact, when you beat the game, instead of finding out what happens you get a screen which reads "THE END."
The worst part has to be the weapons, however. The Super Shotgun goes through ammo like crazy, the Machine Gun constantly raises itself when firing so you have to keep tapping the fire button or soon you'll be shooting above your enemies, the Rail Gun takes about a second to fire, then needs to recharge itself, the Rocket Launcher also has a recharge period, and the BFG takes forever to even fire! Much longer than the original took.
In short, this game was a complete letdown. I should have spent the money on a disk of Doom wads instead.

An awesome game, trust me

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 28, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I've had Quake II for over 4 years, and at one point played it for over 4 hours a day, every day. I've waisted thousands of hours on this game, and know everything there is to know about it. I was once one of the top thousand in the world. Take it from me when I say this truly is THE best game ever produced, and that's saying something since it was released in 1998. The single player mode gets old quick, but online multiplayer is so intense and down-right FUN that it can drain years off of your life. I've moved on, I haven't played it in several months. But I owe it to this game to say it really is the best and anyone assembling a PC game collection needs this game.

As for buying hints, don't buy this game for any of the game consoles, because they stink; stick with the PC/Mac version. Also, don't buy it unless you have a internet connection and intend to play multiplayer, because it will get old quick otherwise. Also, don't buy this game unless you have at least a medium-good graphics board (usually at least 16MB), along with other elements of your PC being relatively robust.

Quake II

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: September 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Quake II is a first person shooter by Id software and Activision. It is the sequal to Quake, which is the first real 3D game and one of the most important game in FPS history. The plot is you play a marine in space who crashes in an alien planet. Quake2's single player gameplay is quite dull, But compared to the orginal Quake it is much better. You need to solve mission objectives to complete a level. There are 39 levels in 9 hub levels and they are as closely intertwined as Hexen's hub layout, So you need to travel back and forth to complete one hub level. There are also lots of villans to deal with, Alien mutant creatures with guns insted of hands and many others in all shapes and sizes, Unfortunatly the enemy AI is poor. There are lots of weapons too and even the first weapon is a blaster gun with infinte ammo, No Axe here. I Played Quake2 on the default OpenGL video mode, The graphics are very good and the game runs very well, Even faster than Quake. But the charecters dont look real and the game looks cartoony. Quake2 has a very good multiplayer gameplay, The connection, maps, weapons and the multiplayer options are a great improvement from the first game. Quake2's single player game is quite bad but the multiplayer gameplay is very good.

Lone soldier is back in another mindless adventure

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: November 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The first impression you get from this game is one of awe as there is a whole cinematic prelude into the game, with a battle in space, followed by a crash landing of a lone soldier into an alien planet. You are that soldier and must gun your way through monsters and 39 levels with missions. What I mean by missions, is that in each level you have stuff to do, such as collect explosives, then place them to blow up a power grid, or realign a satellite dish. If this sounds complex, don't worry just walk up to something and it is done (quite brainless). This game is your stereotypical shooting game, you run in a first person game, with one of seven guns you can pick up and with this game you get a full 360 degrees motion with your gun, so its more than shooting straight. With other shooting games you fight against waves of monsters, in this game there are pretty much 10 - 20 creatures per level, making the levels go by quickly. This release is in a jewel case, so it does not take up much space.

A Cool Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: November 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is one of the greatest games I've ever played. It inspired me to help with Quake III and Quake IV. John Cash is a really nice guy for letting me send in ideas, and for using them. This was a great game and I used to think that nothing could beat Quake 1. If you own this game, I suggest you buy Deus Ex or Tomb Raider depending on what style your computer is.

Not as good as the first

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 09, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I was a little disappointed in this game. I love the ambience of the first Quake, and Quake2 just doesn't have that frightening, creepy aspect. Also the first Quake is much harder. I beat this game's butt in less than 2 weeks on the HARD difficulty setting. A word of advice: after installing the game, immediately download the patch from ID software. Otherwise, games in progress will be unplayable after you install the patch. Like I said, all this and I STILL beat the game in less than 2 weeks. Friend, I'd skip this one and go for Half-Life.

Creepy eerie action packed fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: April 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

IF you have a very powerful computer (for specs see a more nerdlike review) then this game is well worth the time. Don't miss any of the secret levels - you can find out how to get to them via QuakeWorld or the Strategy guide. Either way, it's very exciting bloody fun.

Thats what I call a good FPS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Quake 2 was one of my first PC games and I loved it, even after all these years I still play it...A little..

The games plot is alright in some specks...I really didn't care for the story to be honest with you but The graphics on this game were great for the year it came out.

The game play was just OFF THE HOOK. The game plays like doom but BETTER. The enemy A.I was good too....Not the best but good.
The Best part of the game is of course...THE GUNS!!!!!! The Guns just plain Kick a$$...

Also the game is fairl long...I enjoyed it..The game is pretty old..Probably 5 years old now. I doubt you can find this game but if you can GET IT! This game is not the best game ever made but it will be a solid fun filled game with top notch violence...yea the games pretty violent.

I haven't seen many FPS like Doom Or Quake 2...There great games

IF YOU CAN FIND IT GO OUT AND BUY THIS AWESOME GAME!!

Gameplay 5/5
Graphics 4/5..for its time
Length 4/5..

Over all.....4.5 out of 5

Later

Oldie but still kickin ass

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Alsome game and still holds up to todays FPS, Halo and HALO 2 are just stupid games and really are easy to beat even on legenay, now quake 2 nine years old and still very alsome, and I play it on a windows xp and no problems at all.

a quake-ing good time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

With all due respect to the PC version, I believe the Playstation One version of Quake II is the ultimate version. Yes, the Playstation version has loading times, but they're not THAT big of a deal. They're extremely short and hardly an inconvenience. Also, the rooms were more colorful and it was easier to see what was in front of you in the Playstation version.

The PC version misses out on those things, but it does make up for that by having better animations from enemies and bosses. But the controls aren't as good as the Playstation controller either (sorry, I need a controller for a video game console because that's what I've grown up with). The PC version also has some more rooms to explore, so that's nice as well.

Overall, either version is a good purchase, but I personally like the Playstation version more.

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