- PC CD ROM.
- Action / Adventure.
- First Person.
- Shooter.
- Fighting.
Product description
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Shortly after landing on an alien surface, you learn
that hundreds of your men have been reduced to just a few. Now
you must fight your way through heavily fortified
installations, lower the city's defenses and shut down the
enemy's war machine. Only then will the e of humanity be
known.
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You've landed in an alien land only to find that your
troops have been depleted. It's up to you to fight through enemy
lines to save yourself and humanity. With smarter enemies and
longer, more challenging levels, Quake II builds on its
predecessor, Quake, for even more challenging play. A mistake in
one level may haunt you for the rest of the game.
Quake II offers its players intense sound and graphics with
real-time lighting effects. It may seem the missiles are
exploding in your living room. Plus, you can play online against
up to 32 players who may be fighting for--or against--your cause.
Parents note: Quake II is intended for mature audiences due to
the violent nature of the game.
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Review
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Quake II has been decimating employee productivity for
over two years. Now, finally, it can begin to wreak its
first-person shooting havoc on the Mac-based workforce as well.
The biggest question you probably have about this
mega-blockbuster coming to the Mac is, was it worth the wait? The
answer is heck yes! Although Activision is publishing the game
for the Mac, Logicware ported the code from the PC version, and
it seems to have done an excellent job. The original developer of
the Quake series, id Software (http://www.idsoftware.com), is
renowned for writing games to take advantage of every ounce of
speed that a computer can muster. Initially, we had some concern
that this level of optimization would be difficult to replicate
in a different computer with a different processor (despite the
PowerPC's speed, it's still different). Our fears were unfounded
as it turns out, and Quake II runs fantastically on just about
any G3-based computer, including the original iMac. It even
performs well on older PowerPC Macs that use 603- or 604-based
processors. Of course, having a 3D accelerator card makes a huge
difference in game performance. Out of the box, Quake II supports
OpenGL 3D acceleration on ATI chips, including Rage II, Rage Pro,
and the newer Rage 128. Of course, the game looks best on Rage
128 that comes in the Blue & White G3 towers. 3DFX card owners
can also take advantage of OpenGL acceleration on their machines
with the help of the Q2MesaGL drivers and a new OpenGL library
file available from the Logicware site
(http://www.logicware.com).
Gameplay is just as we've all come to expect from id titles -
fast, furious, and violent - earning every bit of the game's
Mature ESRB rating. The single player game is level upon level of
gothic corridors, grotesque villains, and powerful weaponry.
nents die agonizing deaths and explode into chunky gore when
you shoot them. Many of your favorite weapons from the first
Quake, like the rocket launcher and the , have been
upgraded for the new Q2 look. To keep things exciting, the game
has introduced a number of new weapons, the most notable of which
is the rail . This monster sends a bolt of energy at the speed
of light - it's powerful enough to take down just about any
player that isn't loaded up on armor and extra . Quake I
was often criticized because the single player levels were rather
poorly designed. Quake II makes up for that deficiency. Every
level is well thought out, with plenty of hidden booty like power
ups and more powerful weapons to keep things interesting.
At first glance Quake II appears to be just a better looking
Quake I, but the game really takes off as a whole new experience
in network play - either over the Internet or over a LAN. Quake
always was a good multiplayer game, but with Quake II, the game
introduces much faster network code and support for up to 64
players in a single game. All around the world servers are going
24 hours a day hosting Quake II death match games. Because Quake
II for Mac is a direct port of the final code for Quake II on the
PC, you're guaranteed compatibility and feature parity between
the two platforms, so you never have to worry about being left
behind by new patches to the PC version. Quake II death matching
can take place on any of the single player s included in the
game and in the special death match levels designed exclusively
for net play. While the single player levels are often
entertaining, you'll find that the net play levels have been
designed to truly exercise your death match skills in the most
enjoyable way possible.
It's too bad it's taken so long for Quake II to make it to the
Mac, but now that it finally has you can rejoice in playing one
of the best multiplayer games ever created. With Quake III Arena
just months away, you may think that Quake II is already a dated
game, but keep in mind that there is no such thing as too much
Quake. -- Rick Sanchez
Good News: Awesome net play. Good graphics. Runs on most PowerPC
Macs.
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