The 26-year-old Quake 2 just got the remaster of my dreams, plus a big expansion
The 26-year-old Quake 2 just got the remaster of my dreams, plus a big expansion
This is a serious remaster, with crossplay, co-op, new graphics options, the source code for modders, and more.
I love how it still looks chunky and low-poly. They could have made it super high res and fancy, but nah, they're preserving the retro aesthetic.
Now the source is released modders will add all that and more!
I was half expecting it to use the same graphics as the latest quake. Pretty pleased that they went this direction.
These games were how I got into 3D modeling.
Making custom maps and assets and playing them for Doom 1&2, Quake 1&2, Quake 3 Arena, UT2014.These games had such great longevity because you could make your own new content or get it from others.
The game you bought was just the beginning.
Also the base games were wicked fun to begin with.
They had long longevity cause you didn't need a fucking client/gatekeeper (win only) to be allowed to use it, no DRM, was cross-platform from the beginning, was light, still light and the gameplay is simply awesome.
I still play quake and doom and hexen and heretic and a whole bunch of others. Gog.com is my favourite place to buy games if I can get them there.
I also dabbled in 3d modelling back then in 3d studio max or something. I used to love it, now I just don't have the time 🤣.
UT2014
I think you are off by 10 years there
AND! They’re giving us crossplay co-op and deathmatch all for the ridiculous total price of 10$
Edit: wording
It's a free upgrade on PC if you own the game on Steam. Really decent for them to go that route rather than a paid upgrade.
It's also free on gog if you own the original.
Update: have now played through the campaign on nightmare with my pc friend. It was a total blast - buy the game folks!
Fuck. YES.
Greatest railgun in gaming.
Quake 3 railgun FTW. Its all I used to play in the late 90's
I love seeing this stuff! I really started PC gaming around 1995, but by the time Quake 2 came out, my old 75mhz Pentium Acer couldn't keep up, so I didn't get to play Quake 2. But it does my heart good to see these classics get loving remasters.
You needed that sweet sweet Pentium II with MMX technology.
Action Quake 2 remastered?
I hope so, was my favorite mod back in the day..
Oh shit… Quake 2 CTF was my jam
CTF was epic on Quake 2. Many many hours spent on my 56k.
Same here. And look how long it's taken for grappling hooks to be reintroduced to gaming.
I used to love Quake II, I'm definitely installing since I own it on Steam.
Lost count of the amount of time I spent playing Q3 Arena though... Damn that was sweet.
Same here. Quake 3 railgun only on TDM17. Still play it sometimes for fun. I used to be crazy good at it, not so much anymore unfortunately 😞
I'm sad it doesn't work with Quake 2 RTX, I still find that to be prettier.
RTX looks incredible, but I can't forgive them swapping out the railgun and BFG models. Played through it several times and every time I hit '9' I feel a little sad.
Quake 2 is so back. Hopefully we get some awesome user made MP maps!!!! Can't wait to jump into the new expansion too!
Is the original soundtrack with it?
Oh yeah. Top-quality master too. Sounds phenomenal
Awesome! Downloading it now!
Sonic Mayhem, baby!
Yup, and they're releasing it on vinyl as a collector's edition too.
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Anybody remember the mods for this where you had a gun that would dispense bricks so you could build stuff? There was also a mini-nuke mod that you could use to blow up said constructions. It was one of my favorite things to do in Quake II and would often result in my computer crashing because it couldn't handle all the collision physics.
Played the campaign last night and got reminded of the enemies that would fall to the floor and still shoot you. That was my biggest annoyance with quake 2 and still is 😂 what an amazing game though
As someone who hasn’t played games for more than 15 years now, this makes me want to play again for the nostalgia; but I dont know where to start. I only have a macbook and an old laptop running linux. Will the remaster work on any of those? Is Steam the best way to install it?
If you happen to own the original game on steam you get the remaster for free as an update for what that’s worth
I was pleasantly surprised to find this out last night.
I'd have to see your Linux laptop specs but with proton you can run it with little hassle on steam.
Thanks. It's a pretty old laptop, but the specs are:
- i7-3630QM 2.4-GHz x 4
- 16 gb RAM
- Nvidia GK107M [GeForce GT 645M]
I was running Arch but recently switched to Mint because it was getting more unstable as the hardware got older and older. Do you think it will work? I did check out the required specs but I'm quite behind on the latest stuff about CPUs and graphics cards since I mostly run old hardware except for the macbook that I use for work.
Check out Asahi Linux on mac. Your mac is likely a better gaming machine.
Asahi is barely functional, it is cool and could be amazing years from now though.
Does it have a "software rendering" looking mode?
I always thought games of this era looked better in software rendering vs those n64 esque shaders
This may not be what you mean but it looks much better to me with texture filtering off.
They have a CRT mode and it renders the game in a low resolution. It’s pretty hideous imo though.
It's a good filter but needs more customisation options, I'd like it a bit higher resolution.
I had an orgasm just looking at the textures in HD.
AHHHH UHHHHH - FOUR STRENGTH FOUR STAM LEATHER BELT? LEVEL 18? EHHHH OHHHHH
Now this is vintage meme.
Had a quick blast on multiplayer last night, and promptly got my ass kicked while doing so - great fun though!
Just saw the tylermcviker video and it seems like an amazing rework. Like THE rework of a game.
No way I was going to rebuy this game so it’s nice as an upgrade. Use to play a bunch of years ago online by patching the demo. Could only play custom maps though because the server wouldn’t let me download base game ones.
Yup, and they're releasing it on vinyl as a collector's edition too.