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Developed by id Software in 1997, Quake II is a critically acclaimed first-person shooter that introduces an entirely new science fiction narrative and setting. Now, experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of the original.
Features
Experience the Military Sci-fi FPS, Enhanced
Get the Original Mission Packs: The Reckoning and Ground Zero
Play the All-New Expansion “Call of the Machine”
Get Quake II 64 for Free
Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer/CO-OP
Play Together with Crossplay
Get the Original & Enhanced Versions
Experience the Original Game, Enhanced
Enjoy the original, authentic version of Quake II, now with up to 4K* and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, improved enemy animations and gore, improved and restored AI behaviors, enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, the original, heavy rock soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem, and more.
Play the Intense Military Sci-fi Campaign
Mankind is at war with the Strogg, a hostile alien race that attacked Earth. In response, humanity launched a strike on the Strogg homeworld...it failed, but you survived. Outnumbered and outgunned, fight your way through fortified military installations and shut down the enemy's war machine. Only then will the fate of humanity be known.
Get Both of the Original Mission Packs
Quake II includes both original mission packs: “The Reckoning,” featuring 18 campaign levels and 7 deathmatch maps, and “Ground Zero,” featuring 15 campaign levels and 14 deathmatch maps.
Mission Pack: The Reckoning
In the first official expansion pack for Quake II, you are part of an elite commando force that must infiltrate a Strogg site. Once inside, you must scour industrial landscapes, crawl through waterways and air ducts, navigate treacherous canyons teeming with vicious mutants, stow away on an alien spacecraft, and destroy the enemy's secret moon base.
Mission Pack: Ground Zero
In the second official expansion pack for Quake II, you, and a few marines are the lucky ones. You've made it to the surface of Stroggos in one piece and are still able to contact the fleet. The Gravity Well, the Strogg's newest weapon in its arsenal against mankind, is operational. With the fleet trapped around Stroggos, only 5% of ground forces surviving, and that number dwindling by the second, your orders have changed: free your comrades and destroy the Gravity Well.
Play the All-New “Call of the Machine” Expansion
A brand-new Quake II experience from MachineGames consisting of 28 campaign levels and one multiplayer deathmatch map. In the depths of Strogg space lies the Machine, a singularity capable of collapsing the fabric of reality. Fight across time and space to find the Strogg-Maker, destroy it, and change the destiny of man and machine.
Get Quake II 64 for Free
Enjoy all 19 campaign levels, 10 multiplayer deathmatch maps, and an additional, original soundtrack in this release of the original Quake II version for Nintendo 64.
Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer and CO-OP
Fight the hostile Strogg through the gritty, military sci-fi campaign and expansions in 4-player online or local split-screen co-op, and compete in pure, retro-style combat with support for 16-player (online),*4-player (local split-screen), or *8-player (local split-screen) matches. Bot support for offline and online DM and TDM modes included.
Play Together with Crossplay
Play the campaign and all expansion packs cooperatively or go toe-to-toe in multiplayer matches with your friends regardless of platform! Crossplay is supported among PC (controller-enabled), Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch.
Get the “Original” and “Enhanced” Versions
Play whichever version of Quake II you prefer. Ownership of Quake II gives you access to Quake II (Original), the fully-moddable, untouched version of the game that has been available for years, and Quake II (Enhanced), the recently released version of the game with improved visuals, all-new campaign content, enhanced multiplayer support, crossplay, controller support, and more.
*Maximum display resolutions vary by platform.
*Supports 4-player local split-screen multiplayer.
*Supports 8-player local split-screen multiplayer on PC.
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Posted on: December 23, 2019
ghost_x_shell
Verified ownerGames: 55 Reviews: 1
Amazing game, here's the music patch :)
Just apply to your Quake 2 folder and replace as asked; you're welcome. https://gamebanana.com/gamefiles/download/2919
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Posted on: November 28, 2015
begoggled
Games: 276 Reviews: 4
Great atmosphere. All the hate you want.
Still one of my favorites, I played it first right when it came out. I like the atmosphere of hate throughout the game. I only do single player. Running around in the same map all the time with only other marines without monsters is not my thing. The monsters are good, here and in the add-ons. The all have their strengths and weaknesses, just like in Doom and Quake I. Take the mighty Gladiator: from a distance he will rail you with his railgun. If you get close he will hit you with his claw arm. If you get close but at the right distance he will miss you with his arm, and cannot shoot you. That makes it extra fun, because it is tricky to keep the right distance. AI is not that bad, I find myself trying out different strategies in tight spots. It is possible to trigger in-fighting: try to make the monsters shoot each other. Always fun to watch, and it saves a lot of ammo. One reviewer said "monsters duck right in a spacious area". The don't duck to hide, they bend over because of the pain! They can't move for a short while when being shot. Just like in Quake and Doom. Sounds in the game are very good. The Add-ons have some interesting new weapons and annoying new enemies. Some say the weapons are standard, but before Quake 2 I never saw a railgun in a game. Love the hate, get Quake 2.
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Posted on: October 27, 2024
ThatRadioGeek
Verified ownerGames: 351 Reviews: 27
A Remaster Done Right
This is the way you do a remaster. A whole new episode, Quake II 64 (which was essentially a whole different episode in its own right), fast and smooth performance, and it looks incredible, all for the price of a burger and fries. Other developers need to take note. Nightdive knocks it out of the park yet again.
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Posted on: August 11, 2023
undergog
Games: 290 Reviews: 4
Free Enhanced Edition Update?! Amazing
God-tier move to provide this Enhanced Edition to all existing owners of the classic. Can't say enough good things about EVERYTHING about this.
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Posted on: October 14, 2015
NateJennings75
Verified ownerGames: 921 Reviews: 130
Not As Good As the First Quake
The first Quake game combined a great sense of atmosphere, fluid gameplay, and excellent pacing. Quake II excels in atmosphere and gameplay, but falters a bit in pacing. PROS: Fluid controls, great atmosphere, diverse enemies, multi-tiered environments with lotsa' twist-n-turns, solid multiplayer. CONS: Pacing can get dull at times, techno-industrial aesthetic grows tired after a while.
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