Id Publishes Quake II 2023 Source Code on Github
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Source code for Quake II's 2023 rerelease is now available for all. The classic gameplay brings modern updates and is as modder friendly as Doom. The code is GPL-licensed and on Github now.
    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 English
      1·
      2 days ago

      I never quite liked it as much as 1 or even 3, but it was genre defining back when it was new. People give a lot of praise for what Half-Life did for FPS, but Quake 2 did a lot of what Half-Life made popular, before Half-Life (by a year). It was also the first game, IIRC, to introduce reloading as a mechanic.

    • 7StJcS7I3TMNM3i2qf1C@infosec.pub
      12·
      2 years ago

      I wish I could go back and play it again for the first time. It was one of the first games I played after getting my first voodoo card. It felt like I was experiencing the bleeding edge of tech.

      Thinking about it, i can’t remeber a time in the last decade that a game made me feel that way. Crysis was probably the last time.

      More on topic, yes everyone should own it. I think I bought a steam or GOG bundle and got all the doom and quake games for like $5-$10 or something like that.

      • Tatters@feddit.uk
        3·
        2 years ago

        I remember getting a Voodoo card specifically to play Quake II as one of the first hardware 3D games. Isn’t it the one where at the beginning you get out of a crashed rocket or something like that?

      • beefcat@beehaw.org
        3·
        2 years ago

        Thinking about it, i can’t remeber a time in the last decade that a game made me feel that way. Crysis was probably the last time.

        Some games that did it for me recently:

        • Cyberpunk with its new RT Overdrive features.
        • Portal RTX
      • cambriakilgannon@beehaw.org
        2·
        2 years ago

        Messing around with VR gave me that sense of wonder again for a while. If you ever get the chance to play around with it i recommend it

    • makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml
      9·
      2 years ago

      II is epic. It’s a total must if that’s your thing. It literally set the standard. Ok, well Q1 did, but II, what a treat.

    • ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.eeEnglish
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      2 years ago

      I don’t like it nearly as much as the first but it’s definitely worth a pickup. Still better than the vast majority of boomer shooters that have come out in the past 8 or so years. The remaster is well done.

  • Hot Saucerman@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 years ago

    I wonder if mods still work with the remastered version.

    Oh the days of deathmatch on Lithium II servers.