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.
Wow that’s sick. Unfortunately became an xbox user a couple of years back, but this means I got more games to play with my pc friends
It’s on GamePass as well, if that matters.
Yeah I’m very sceptic of the service economy so I just went ahead and bought it. Don’t mind when it’s such a great release
Update: have now played through the campaign on nightmare with my pc friend. It was a total blast - buy the game folks!
Now if they could just remaster my faded FPS skills...
Anyone else starting to experience hand fatigue while gaming or am I the only actual old person here?
I've been thinking of using a trackball instead
I like trackballs for general productivity but I haven’t seen one good for gaming.
If you haven't already, you might also consider a vertical mouse. That fixed my capital tunnel, trackball didn't help for me
thanks, I'll try both
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!
Yup, and they're releasing it on vinyl as a collector's edition too.
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.
I'm running Quake 2 on pop os linux using steam, which is based on Ubuntu just like Mint. My desktop is a i7 3770 from that era. I think you will be fine on the CPU and RAM front.
The GPU I'm less certain about. It's an old mobile GPU that was low end when it was new. But this is essentially a 25 year old game we are talking about. My advice is to just give it a try. It's $10, and Steam will refund purchases no questions asked as long as you play for less than 2 hours.
Didn't know about the refund policy. Thanks for the info! I might go ahead and try it then.
Well... I can play other games of that era on the Integrated graphics of business laptops, so I can't imagine it wouldn't crush the base game. Unless they did a full remaster with modern graphics anything with discrete graphics shouldn't take issue. If your laptop is post 2010 there isn't much to worry about.
That being said I'd hate to steer you wrong and I'm not familiar enough with the older Nvidia chipsets to know for sure. Is the display 720 or 1080p? If it's 720 I say go for it, as the minimum specs are reasonably comparable and based on 1920x1080.
Thanks! I think it should be at least 720p. I might just go ahead and try it via Steam.
No problem! If you can afford to lose the 10 bucks, full send! haha I love arena shooters, really liking Quake recently.
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.
Can try out GeForce now if you've got wired internet.
Can get 1 hour trials
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
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.
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
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.
Had a quick blast on multiplayer last night, and promptly got my ass kicked while doing so - great fun though!
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.
Just saw the tylermcviker video and it seems like an amazing rework. Like THE rework of a game.
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 🤣.
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.
Wow that’s sick. Unfortunately became an xbox user a couple of years back, but this means I got more games to play with my pc friends
It’s on GamePass as well, if that matters.
Yeah I’m very sceptic of the service economy so I just went ahead and bought it. Don’t mind when it’s such a great release
free for everyone
Worth noting that the Quake 2 RTX code is on github as well. Hopefully someone enterprising will combine the two.
Is it just the code or does it contain the game assets?
It doesn't include the game assets, you can't just compile it and start playing.
https://www.neowin.net/news/id-publishes-quake-ii-2023-source-code-on-github/
Update: have now played through the campaign on nightmare with my pc friend. It was a total blast - buy the game folks!
Now if they could just remaster my faded FPS skills...
Anyone else starting to experience hand fatigue while gaming or am I the only actual old person here?
I've been thinking of using a trackball instead
I like trackballs for general productivity but I haven’t seen one good for gaming.
If you haven't already, you might also consider a vertical mouse. That fixed my capital tunnel, trackball didn't help for me
thanks, I'll try both
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.
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:
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.
I'm running Quake 2 on pop os linux using steam, which is based on Ubuntu just like Mint. My desktop is a i7 3770 from that era. I think you will be fine on the CPU and RAM front.
The GPU I'm less certain about. It's an old mobile GPU that was low end when it was new. But this is essentially a 25 year old game we are talking about. My advice is to just give it a try. It's $10, and Steam will refund purchases no questions asked as long as you play for less than 2 hours.
Didn't know about the refund policy. Thanks for the info! I might go ahead and try it then.
Well... I can play other games of that era on the Integrated graphics of business laptops, so I can't imagine it wouldn't crush the base game. Unless they did a full remaster with modern graphics anything with discrete graphics shouldn't take issue. If your laptop is post 2010 there isn't much to worry about.
That being said I'd hate to steer you wrong and I'm not familiar enough with the older Nvidia chipsets to know for sure. Is the display 720 or 1080p? If it's 720 I say go for it, as the minimum specs are reasonably comparable and based on 1920x1080.
Thanks! I think it should be at least 720p. I might just go ahead and try it via Steam.
No problem! If you can afford to lose the 10 bucks, full send! haha I love arena shooters, really liking Quake recently.
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.
Can try out GeForce now if you've got wired internet.
Can get 1 hour trials
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
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.
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
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.
Had a quick blast on multiplayer last night, and promptly got my ass kicked while doing so - great fun though!
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.
Just saw the tylermcviker video and it seems like an amazing rework. Like THE rework of a game.