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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.

Amazing Value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I have been a Duke Nukem loyalist for years. Quake II gives Duke a run for his money. My 4 yr. old plays this game up to the third level. Sometimes I forget some of those parts and he tutors me on how to get around. This game consumes my interest. Now it is available for under $1? I'm not ready to upgrade anytime soom to Wii or others....

Best online multiplayer game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Yes this game is old..1998 I believe. However this PC classic still holds its on with the games of today..better some say. Quake 2 was the next step in the Doom/1st Person evolution and brought online multiplayer to the masses. The grahics are still superb even today. The weapons offer a perfect selection, achieve almost perfect parity with one another, and as fellow Quakers can atest are incredibly fun to use. As I heard another reviewer mention, Quake 2 can definitely steal your day or weekend before you know it. For the younger folks out there - I urge you not to turn your nose up at this one - get this game and you will be pleasantly surprised. I can promise that.

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.

Best First-Person Shooter of All Time!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Quake 2 was unbelievable to me the first time I played it. I could not believe how good the graphics and sounds were in the game! The only first-person shooter I had played prior to Quake 2 was Doom 95. I think Quake 2 came out in 1998, but I didn't know anything about it until 2000. You should purchase The Reckoning mission pack for this game. It is truly a masterpiece! The graphics in The Reckoning are astonishing, and the artificial intelligence is remarkable! The Reckoning mission pack will also upgrade your version of Quake 2 to the latest version. In the game, you play as a tough space-marine who must eradicate the Strogg before they take every human on Earth captive and use their body parts to make more Strogg. You are a one-man army, and you must kill or be killed. You will jump, swim, and solve complex puzzles to locate the keys to open the doors that will lead you to the main boss known as the Makron. Be sure to use the Power Shield! I played the game for about a month without knowing how to use it, and I kept getting killed because I didn't have enough armor. The Strogg are crafty, especially the ones in The Reckoning. They will hunt you down wherever you hide!

Quake 2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 10
Date: July 05, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The transaction was quick, shipped in two days and the product works great. My kids and I are having a blast with it.

Is Q2 really a sequell?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: June 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

QUAKE 2 ROCKS!!!!! It really has nothing to do with Quake 1, so I don't know how it's a sequal. The whole objective thing is a lot more fun than "kill anything that moves".

If you are really squemish when you see guts fly, you still could probably get this, as the gibs don't compare to Quake 3 Arena

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a new classic for me

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm one of these guys that has a penchant for getting into old classic games way way after they have been released and longer after they have been considered current. I got Jedi Knight for the first time in 2000 and was addicted to that for months, and recently a friend of mine gave me a copy of Quake 2, which is one of the best shooters I have had the opportunity to play
It's definately following the classic DOOM formula, and no matter what "storyline" they attach to it or other DOOM clones the point is the same, you are a nameless soldier deserted in enemy territory with a single blaster, turning slowly into a one-man army and getting a huge arsenel in no time at all. The graphics, for a game made in 1998, are phenomenal, much better than Jedi Knight which came out around the same time. The weapons are all a blast to use, and the gameplay is very challenging but rewarding. Not to mention the enormous triumphant death kick of of those giant guys who swing hammer-arms at you is absolutely hilarious! Can't wait to play this online, but it's worth a buy or a burn. Great game!

Best shoot 'em up for a Pentium III or less

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I resorted to purchasing older video games, like this one, because my computer can't handle Quake III or the other new ones that ask for a Pentium 4 and a fancy graphics card.

I don't mind the age of this game one bit. It's great fun and brings me back to the good old days of Doom II, except this is better, graphics-wise. Extreme value for the money (I paid about $9 for a used copy from a third-party seller). Why buy new games at all?

I had to tinker with Quake II's video options for a few minutes before arriving at an optimum setting. It does not auto-detect your setup, unlike modern games.

Great, but impossible to fix technical problem

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 12
Date: September 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

The game is exellent! BUT After I upgraded to the worst operating system... Windows XP...
The game did not work very properly anymore. Activision's technical support is pure s-. I contacted the fourms at Planetquake and I still did not got a reply from them... If you have Windows XP... YOUR OUT OF LUCK. The error you will get if you have XP is... ERROR:GAMEERROR:Function pointers have moved.
That occurs when I try to load the game... So do yourself a favor and buy a old machine with Win 95, NT, or 2000 to run this game properly.

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