Don't make fun of my old crutches. I ran through the game in a couple of hours on Nightmare - jumping enemies and their number in no way makes the game harder than it was. Running around an enemy and shooting at him makes you invulnerable - no one can hit (except rocket or BFG-10K)
I play boomer shooters on hard or above if possible, played q2 the same way years ago But this... this version f*cks my ass, had to go back to normal because i could handle it The whole remastered is just pure perfection
i didn't played the og back then (altough i played the hell out of Q3 Arena) and got the remaster on gamepass, already having my ass kicked by the 3rd level. I went "damn, the shooters back then didn't mess around huh" but knowing this makes more sense
Love how they stayed completely faithful to the original design, to the ORIGINAL artist intention.. They only added detail... Well done to those who are responsible! Well done!
This is perhaps a decent example of how you can still do late 90's style graphics with all the bells and whistles of your PSX/N64's and idTech/Unreal 1's whilst utilizing higher polygon counts (and even textures) within the same art style. As long as you stay within the same mindsets of developers from that period -- using those extra resources to just add more features and make detail levels more consistent, trying to make things look as good as you can within set restrictions.
that was because apparently they couldn't do enough number precision for the vertex locations on the old model systems, to fix it they just copied the raw animation data onto the new model format
The Gunner design has been my favorite since I was a kid. First time I encountered one and his forearm piece opened to reveal the machine gun I was like wooooooooah! That is so cool!
@@chicholino4454 lets see they are tougher than some late game enemys,they are hitscanners,they show up in almost every level how can you like them when they suck to fight. A early game enemy should not take 3 railgun shots
@@madmonty4761 Oh! I see. I think we were talking about different things. I was going more for the literal design of the Gunner. I think it looks awesome. That's all. As for how he is used in the game, you bring up some good points. I think it might be like escorting Ashley in the original Resident Evil 4 - some people dreaded it and some people didn't mind it. Personally, Gunners have never bothered me, but I get where you're coming from.
While the added/tweaked geometry is much appreciated, a small number of the original models have much better texture detail. The difference is so stark on those that there are comments on this video asking if the models got reversed. It's kind of a bummer to see.
They forgot to turn off texture smoothing in the settings of the remaster. The textures actually look perfectly fine if pixelated, smoothing turns them into a soapy mush.
@@lunarcultist6214 Once again this serves as an interesting dilemma for people working in this style today; do you keep texture filtering on or do you turn it off?
beaten it on Nightmare. Just try to conserve your ammo and shoot in short, controlled bursts. Do not use the adrenaline until you are really low on health.
The tank is the coolest enemy ever. I remember them giving me trouble when I first played Quake 2 on the N64 for the first time. They were just these big giant badass robot things that fucked me up immediately. What a noob I was back then for not being able to easily take them out.
It is basically cyborg robots mixed with animal and human flesh which are being demon possessed. It is basically like playing Doom. That is why I like it alot. Good vs. Evil.
@@davidfrancisco3502 That's a great theory if you just take Quake II in isolation. After all, who created the machines that are strogifying everyone. Should they be either present or stroggified themselves? But in Quake 4 you see some other species.
@@Dennis-nc3vw Stroggos is described to have the exact same size of planet earth, similar gravity and for some reason it has an atmosphere breathable for humans.
people here saying they should have increased the textures instead of adding 100-1000 more polygons miss the point, these models are rigged properly with a skeleton instead of having each vertex animated. no more wobbling
The original Quake 2 already have unpredictable enemy AI that feel realistic to fight against even back in 1997 that up to this day make modern FPS ashamed with their scripted fight. Now that Quake 2 remaster also updated the enemy AI much more dangerous in a solo games instead of being lazy and make Multiplayer FPS just to cheap out on making computer AI enemy in majority modern FPS
Thats what i also love about Doom (1993) the enemies don't just walk a straight line towards you- they inpredictably zig zag towards you that makes them feel more like a menacing threat
@@rgerber back when 90's studios that are proud to make "most advanced realistic enemy AI". Especially in fps games. Even at one point Call of Duty (2003) was like this, before they sold their souls to the greedy business men as they realize multiplayer death match maps are easier to make and also easy money
@@HevonCZR Yes and No. The protagonist of Quake 2 is "Bitterman". Grunt is generally perceived as the MC because he was the most popular model used for death match in Q2, which led people to believe he was the protagonist. He is as the name implies, a generic space marine grunt
@@SvenS2 Yea, you are right! I just assumed that Bitterman's model in Q3 was some kind of retcon and the Q2 grunt model was the originl Bitterman. Shame they didnt used the ncharacter model for the MP or at least I didnt record it...
Both enemies were added in the id Vault and the Spider is included in the new campaign. Tho they didn't get updated models, despite one of them being used as mentioned.
can someone explain the warping on vertices on the original models? did half-life not popularize the skeletal hierarchy yet? and so every single vertex had to be animated manually?
OF course it is nice that models have a bit more polygons. But these are really like 1.5-2x more polys. They benefit more from higher resolution and more detailed textures, not geometries.
I wonder what it would have been like if they really remastered it. I just finished RTX-Quake2. It's a fun game. If they had really remastered, I would have bought a copy. I guess there was no money for a texture artist. Thanks for the video. If only they put as much effort in the "remaster" as you put into making this video, people would want Quake 2 Remastered. : )
No, it's a brand new enemy for Call of the Machine campaign, no such thing as being cut content, they just saw an opportunity to give him a different attack that didn't involve being your typical hitscan / blaster weapon.
@@davidchez513 The Disruptor was a weapon originally cut from Ground Zero as well...figured it was the same with the Gunner Commander because of the ETF Rifle and that they also have a Medic Commander that has a Power Shield in Ground Zero.
@@SleepyMook when they were at it- should've also added the spider thingy with the homing projectiles. I remember being scared af when playing quake. The enemy is quiet annoying but also very unique and similar outer-worldy as the shambler.
Quake II was either the first game I ever played on computer, or the second behind Ultimate DooM. Decades later, and I have cleared Quake II in the past on Nightmare difficulty (Hard+) a few times. Haven't tried it with the improved AI yet. Would people say it's worth the time?
@@leohassemer but this enemy is not in Quake 2, just Quake 1. And also not in the video. It just shows either lack of knowledge or plain lazyness, something to reconsider.
@@biancoziegler7618 man it’s in this video. And the shamblers fit perfectly to the title “quake 2 remastered” (the one on the right, from cotm) and “original character models” (the shambler on the left, from q1)
normally they run at you at 1000 miles per hour but berserkers really are just marine models aren't they? Didn't think they were that quick at strogifying the marines even with Quake 4's routine.
Many of these are new to me (PC version enjoyer), like the black widow, spider, daedalus, carrier, and commander versions of the regular units. Were they all new additions or where they scrapped / port-only content before?
The only enemy that is brand new to the remaster is the Gunner Commander, included in a few levels of the Call of the Machine campaign. The remaining enemies that you may not recognize are from the two official expansions: The Reckoning and Ground Zero. Also not included in the video, but there's also models for two exclusive enemies from the PSX port of the game, one of which is used in Call of the Machine.
@@citrusreality64 having 2 separate worlds and storylines for the same franchise is confusing already. The Strogg theme is what has been dominating for the past 4 games. If they gonna reboot it in a D00M 2016 style they gotta keep the story consistent and mainly focused on the strogg
@@Quakecon-s9r there's ways you could connect the first quake to the second, its not hard to do just get the right person to do it. Most people perfer 1 over 2 anyway. The new Quake 2 expansion did exactly that and it was cool
The lighting here isn't true to the original (not sure about the remaster as I haven't played it). Self-shadows (models cast shadows on themselves) weren't really a thing in games at the time.
The remastered graphics textures was just not enough for me. They needed to be sharper, like some lines needed to be 1-pixel wide. I know they were trying to keep a balance on holding on to the 1997 aesthetics, thus the remastered textures were roughly halfway between original & what could have been sharper image quality akin to what you see on today's games.
Includes both official expansions + Quake II 64 campaign + a brand new campaign with 6 hub levels and one final level, new enemy's behavior and AI, updated models for both weapons and enemies, id Vault which includes lots of the original dev content such as scrapped models, documents, weapons, textures, etc along with two playable E3 demos.
I never played the original. The remake is certainly fun old school action. But I was hoping for a bigger graphical update with the models and textures. No I am not expecting modern day AAA game graphics. But as a 26 year old game I was expecting a bigger jump. Compare to Serious Sam First and Second Encounters. Their remasters (also known as the HD versions) were a huge jump with models and textures. With Quake II the difference I see in these comparisons are relatively minor.
Quake 1 only _appears_ to be a bigger leap forward due to the og Q1 models having less polygons than the og Q2 models. Where Q2 shines over Q1 was the fact that they didn't just update the models, textures, and include all the campaigns plus a new one. They also restored cut content and ai behaviors. Some levels have new areas that were not present in the og games. Also if you like archived stuff, Q2 remaster includes a gallery with a lot of previously lost concept content, including playable demos of earlier builds lost in the 90s.
Would of been nicer if the game was redone with entirely modern textures but the exact same map layout and weapons and what not. Everything the same but modern realistic textures and models.
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quite overkill isn't it
The changes in the AI are significantly bigger than the polished graphics. This version is way harder than the original.
For real I thought I was trippin. Tough as nails.
Don't make fun of my old crutches. I ran through the game in a couple of hours on Nightmare - jumping enemies and their number in no way makes the game harder than it was. Running around an enemy and shooting at him makes you invulnerable - no one can hit (except rocket or BFG-10K)
Yup. The A.I. does not lay back any more. They COME AT YOU!!!
Good stuff.
I play boomer shooters on hard or above if possible, played q2 the same way years ago
But this... this version f*cks my ass, had to go back to normal because i could handle it
The whole remastered is just pure perfection
i didn't played the og back then (altough i played the hell out of Q3 Arena) and got the remaster on gamepass, already having my ass kicked by the 3rd level. I went "damn, the shooters back then didn't mess around huh" but knowing this makes more sense
The Berserker went from being the most ineffective enemy to a legit threat just with the addition of the restored leap attack.
Well, have you seen the Brains? :D
@@marcusanakondaThe "new" brains have to be one of my favorite changes in the ai
And yet, it is not even the half of the pain in the ass than the one from quake 4 is.
Love how they stayed completely faithful to the original design, to the ORIGINAL artist intention.. They only added detail...
Well done to those who are responsible! Well done!
This is perhaps a decent example of how you can still do late 90's style graphics with all the bells and whistles of your PSX/N64's and idTech/Unreal 1's whilst utilizing higher polygon counts (and even textures) within the same art style. As long as you stay within the same mindsets of developers from that period -- using those extra resources to just add more features and make detail levels more consistent, trying to make things look as good as you can within set restrictions.
Last time I heard that song was like 25 years ago or so 🥲
They add the ost again? No need a CD original anynore? Thanks lord
Sorry for your playlist.
I never had the music when I first played this game, only now 25 years later do I hear it 😂
No you didn’t. You are too young
My dad had it when I was a kid on pc but it never had any music
Basically, they looks as we remembered them, not as they were :)
So good they got rid of that weird warping of the character models
that was because apparently they couldn't do enough number precision for the vertex locations on the old model systems, to fix it they just copied the raw animation data onto the new model format
I kinda like it. Hahah.
@Juniper_Wippersnache the dude in the video is using smoothing thats why buddy
The Gunner design has been my favorite since I was a kid. First time I encountered one and his forearm piece opened to reveal the machine gun I was like wooooooooah! That is so cool!
Worst enemy in the game
@@madmonty4761 Ok. 👍
@@chicholino4454 lets see they are tougher than some late game enemys,they are hitscanners,they show up in almost every level how can you like them when they suck to fight. A early game enemy should not take 3 railgun shots
@@madmonty4761 Oh! I see. I think we were talking about different things. I was going more for the literal design of the Gunner. I think it looks awesome. That's all.
As for how he is used in the game, you bring up some good points. I think it might be like escorting Ashley in the original Resident Evil 4 - some people dreaded it and some people didn't mind it. Personally, Gunners have never bothered me, but I get where you're coming from.
@@chicholino4454 I only played the remaster and their hissing sound is on my head...not as iconic as the trespasser sound
While the added/tweaked geometry is much appreciated, a small number of the original models have much better texture detail. The difference is so stark on those that there are comments on this video asking if the models got reversed. It's kind of a bummer to see.
They forgot to turn off texture smoothing in the settings of the remaster. The textures actually look perfectly fine if pixelated, smoothing turns them into a soapy mush.
@@lunarcultist6214 Once again this serves as an interesting dilemma for people working in this style today; do you keep texture filtering on or do you turn it off?
6:40 "this metal bra is so uncomfortable"
I want to believe that in another 2 years we will have quake 4 remaster
and if we're extra lucky in 4+ years we may get quake 5
Quake 4 was already bad. It doesn't need a remaster to make it even worse.
@@nifftbatuff676nah what you chatting, quake 4 easily tops the body horror element of all the games, it's definitely not a bad game
they weren't joking with the ai, feels like I finally properly played quake, play it on hard as well
beaten it on Nightmare. Just try to conserve your ammo and shoot in short, controlled bursts. Do not use the adrenaline until you are really low on health.
The tank is the coolest enemy ever. I remember them giving me trouble when I first played Quake 2 on the N64 for the first time. They were just these big giant badass robot things that fucked me up immediately. What a noob I was back then for not being able to easily take them out.
It is basically cyborg robots mixed with animal and human flesh which are being demon possessed. It is basically like playing Doom. That is why I like it alot. Good vs. Evil.
I've heard a theory that Stroggos is the planet earth from alternate universe and the strogg are its former human inhabitants.
@@davidfrancisco3502 That's a great theory if you just take Quake II in isolation. After all, who created the machines that are strogifying everyone. Should they be either present or stroggified themselves?
But in Quake 4 you see some other species.
@@Dennis-nc3vw Stroggos is described to have the exact same size of planet earth, similar gravity and for some reason it has an atmosphere breathable for humans.
I think it's impressive how the Kex engine is able to replicate the wobbly Quake 2 models on those classic versions.
people here saying they should have increased the textures instead of adding 100-1000 more polygons miss the point, these models are rigged properly with a skeleton instead of having each vertex animated. no more wobbling
The original Quake 2 already have unpredictable enemy AI that feel realistic to fight against even back in 1997 that up to this day make modern FPS ashamed with their scripted fight.
Now that Quake 2 remaster also updated the enemy AI much more dangerous in a solo games instead of being lazy and make Multiplayer FPS just to cheap out on making computer AI enemy in majority modern FPS
Thats what i also love about Doom (1993) the enemies don't just walk a straight line towards you- they inpredictably zig zag towards you that makes them feel more like a menacing threat
@@rgerber back when 90's studios that are proud to make "most advanced realistic enemy AI". Especially in fps games. Even at one point Call of Duty (2003) was like this, before they sold their souls to the greedy business men as they realize multiplayer death match maps are easier to make and also easy money
@@rgerbertbh I found the half life HECU AI more realistic due to their tactics
5:16 this Strogg is called Enforcer, not Infantry.
Makron in this video is called Jorg, and Jorg is called Makron.
Is it true that Visor from Quake 3 is basically based off the "Soldiers" from Quake 2?
Not Visor, but a character called "Grunt"
@@HevonCZR Yes and No. The protagonist of Quake 2 is "Bitterman". Grunt is generally perceived as the MC because he was the most popular model used for death match in Q2, which led people to believe he was the protagonist. He is as the name implies, a generic space marine grunt
@@SvenS2 Yea, you are right! I just assumed that Bitterman's model in Q3 was some kind of retcon and the Q2 grunt model was the originl Bitterman. Shame they didnt used the ncharacter model for the MP or at least I didnt record it...
@@HevonCZR Yea, I used to believe that too. Bitter man's model is honestly pretty weird and it's hard for me to imagine him as the protagonist
@@RocksBlaster that explain his weird "hair" lol
Getting rid of that vertex wobbling or whatever it is called is big one for me.
when i played this new as a kid the Beserker and the Gunner I used to think that white piece was actually white hair
when really its pipes.
Yeah I also did haha just like those nobles from 18th century
But... that's Shambler from Quake I!
Yes, play the new expansion
First time in 14 years of playing this game that I notice the flyer actually has a face WTF @2:22
I'll probably be on my deathbed by the time Dusk HD finally comes out.
Why was a Shambler in this enemy roster? I don't remember ever encountering one in the second game.
6:27 robussy 😍😍😍
More polygons and rounded shapes. But strangely a few textures took a step back.
В моей памяти все модели выглядели даже лучше чем сейчас в ремастере:)))
Наверное это так
It was kind of disappointing they didn’t add the 2 new enemies from the PSX port.
Both enemies were added in the id Vault and the Spider is included in the new campaign. Tho they didn't get updated models, despite one of them being used as mentioned.
Apparently Q2PSX is coming in an update, and their models received upgrades. We may have to wait...
@@davidchez513 That’s what I meant. Really lazy they didn’t add updated models. Same as the Quake 1 mission pack material.
@@NeonKnightOA The PSX monsters didn’t get enhanced models. The Arachnid looks completely out of place in Call of the Machine. It’s pure laziness.
they kind of shat all over the PSX port by not including anything from it sadly
The background music reminds me to Batman Beyond intro theme.
Eu confesso que imaginei o som de cada um deles,principalmente o Tank/Tank Commander...dá pra ouvir de longe eles caminhando 😂
can someone explain the warping on vertices on the original models? did half-life not popularize the skeletal hierarchy yet? and so every single vertex had to be animated manually?
OF course it is nice that models have a bit more polygons. But these are really like 1.5-2x more polys. They benefit more from higher resolution and more detailed textures, not geometries.
Well, yeah. Same as with Quake (2021). They're more defined, more polished, without clashing with the game's existing art style.
After Warcraft 3 reforged, I rather prefer this approach than improving graphics just for the sake of flexing new visuals.
@@jeantoor7103Blizzard dared to release that junk 😂
you forget one crucial detail, these models are rigged to a skeleton, the original models are not. that's the true step-up in the remaster
@@lukabrasi001 Oh, indeed. They don't use wobbly vertex animation anymore.
I wonder what it would have been like if they really remastered it. I just finished RTX-Quake2. It's a fun game. If they had really remastered, I would have bought a copy. I guess there was no money for a texture artist.
Thanks for the video. If only they put as much effort in the "remaster" as you put into making this video, people would want Quake 2 Remastered. : )
I think you accidentally flipped Black Widow's biped form. The one on the right is way blurrier.
I just double checked, no it's correct the original black widow model in in fact more detailed. Go figure.
they couldn't remaster the soundtrack- because it's one of the best f*cking soundtracks ever
i do like how they bumped up the poly count, but not by too much
it's kinda like going from a DS game to a 3DS game
So I guess the Gunner Commander was an enemy that was cut from the final release of Ground Zero (seeing as he has an ETF Rifle) and put back in.
No, it's a brand new enemy for Call of the Machine campaign, no such thing as being cut content, they just saw an opportunity to give him a different attack that didn't involve being your typical hitscan / blaster weapon.
@@davidchez513 The Disruptor was a weapon originally cut from Ground Zero as well...figured it was the same with the Gunner Commander because of the ETF Rifle and that they also have a Medic Commander that has a Power Shield in Ground Zero.
Isn't the thumbnail a spoiler?
The midwives are gonna be the stuff of nightmares when System Shock 2’s remaster comes along, aren’t they?
They added more polygons but the detail is still there
This is how remaster of a game should be done not like GTA
Shambler in Quake 2?
They’re in the new episode, Call of the Machine.
It was a complete surprise seeing them.
@@SleepyMook what? i need to see this. it will be interesting
No spoilers for what happens in it, but yes they are actually in the game in some way with Call of The Machine. You should definitely check it out.
Final Boss of the new Campaign. It connects Quake and Quake 2.
@@SleepyMook when they were at it- should've also added the spider thingy with the homing projectiles. I remember being scared af when playing quake. The enemy is quiet annoying but also very unique and similar outer-worldy as the shambler.
I wished they would've done more work on adding more detail on the models and textures but it's still nice.
Didn't you put same video side by side accidently?
That there's not much difference
@@michal7x7 I agree, and the main difference is in texture resolution. Geometries are only slightly better.
It may be hard to see differences because of dat texture filtering
Some of the character models look almost identical
Every Model has a higher polygon count.
Quake II was either the first game I ever played on computer, or the second behind Ultimate DooM. Decades later, and I have cleared Quake II in the past on Nightmare difficulty (Hard+) a few times. Haven't tried it with the improved AI yet. Would people say it's worth the time?
Yes
Daedalus? I remember it being called Icarus in the manual.
They're an upgraded version of the Icarus that was introduced in Ground Zero. It has an upgraded blaster, a Power Shield, and more health.
oh@@Marc_Araujo
But why putting a quake 1 shambler into the thumbnail…
Biggest difference
@@leohassemer but this enemy is not in Quake 2, just Quake 1. And also not in the video. It just shows either lack of knowledge or plain lazyness, something to reconsider.
@@biancoziegler7618 man it’s in this video. And the shamblers fit perfectly to the title “quake 2 remastered” (the one on the right, from cotm) and “original character models” (the shambler on the left, from q1)
7:40 Makron poor president of France got captured
normally they run at you at 1000 miles per hour but berserkers really are just marine models aren't they? Didn't think they were that quick at strogifying the marines even with Quake 4's routine.
Apart from facial details, I can barely see any differences?
Maybe I am going blind or something
Unreal need Remastered
Where is the shambler in quake 2???? And why did they include it in the ID Vault
The new expansion 'Call of the Machine'...
Im glad they enhanced the Black Widows "jiggle"
Many of these are new to me (PC version enjoyer), like the black widow, spider, daedalus, carrier, and commander versions of the regular units. Were they all new additions or where they scrapped / port-only content before?
They were part of two mission packs cds: The Reckoning and Ground Zero
The only enemy that is brand new to the remaster is the Gunner Commander, included in a few levels of the Call of the Machine campaign.
The remaining enemies that you may not recognize are from the two official expansions: The Reckoning and Ground Zero. Also not included in the video, but there's also models for two exclusive enemies from the PSX port of the game, one of which is used in Call of the Machine.
wee need a new entry ala doom 2016/doom eternal
Focused on the Strogg
@@Quakecon-s9rno, a sequel to Quake 1. We already got a sequel to Quake 2 its Quake 4
@@citrusreality64 having 2 separate worlds and storylines for the same franchise is confusing already. The Strogg theme is what has been dominating for the past 4 games. If they gonna reboot it in a D00M 2016 style they gotta keep the story consistent and mainly focused on the strogg
@@Quakecon-s9r there's ways you could connect the first quake to the second, its not hard to do just get the right person to do it. Most people perfer 1 over 2 anyway. The new Quake 2 expansion did exactly that and it was cool
The music reminds me of Coal Chamber Loco
they just HAD to give the Iron Maiden a smoking hot body, just to give you conflicted feelings.
Wha? Who... whos into that?!!!
As if she wasn't hot, especially with her moans and grunts
😳
9:39
Isn't that a Quake I monster?
Yes and it's use in the new campaign.
Is funny when a quake 1 enemy appears in quake 2
You haven't played the new expansion?
Where was the shambler in the Quake 2?)
Play the new expansion and you'll understand
final boss from new episode call of machine
Ah hello quake 2 its good to see u.
i always called him Le Shark
The lighting here isn't true to the original (not sure about the remaster as I haven't played it). Self-shadows (models cast shadows on themselves) weren't really a thing in games at the time.
So what are you saying? This is footage of the remaster
@@sebastianvargek3499 I think the same lighting model is used in whatever these models are being displayed in.
@@edonslow1456 That's because it is the Remasters new lighting engine. It can not be disabled afaik unless you tinker with console commands
compagnies, this is how you make a remaster
Higher poly count and some texture tweaks here and there.
I wish WC3 had that kind of remaster and not a poopforge we got
Shambler. Fur or maggot skin?
Fur! No?!
looks as if it has AtiTruForm on
an early tessellation tech
It seems impossible to redo the 3D model, but I won't spend money to buy it again.
If you already have Quake 2 og on steam, then you got the remaster update for free. But don't worry, you still have the option to start up og Quake 2.
@@CritStanley I hope a company can truly release a reset version.
@@martjay Wtf does that even mean? ...
Definitely no motion capture here lol😂
animations aren't this laggy tho, he needs to fix his recording stuff or something.
Doesn't look that much different to me.
The remastered graphics textures was just not enough for me. They needed to be sharper, like some lines needed to be 1-pixel wide. I know they were trying to keep a balance on holding on to the 1997 aesthetics, thus the remastered textures were roughly halfway between original & what could have been sharper image quality akin to what you see on today's games.
I think the models should have been given much more polygons to make the textures to be more differentiated.
Just play Quake 2 RTX
I don't understand why this remaster for if there is quake 2 rtx
Includes both official expansions + Quake II 64 campaign + a brand new campaign with 6 hub levels and one final level, new enemy's behavior and AI, updated models for both weapons and enemies, id Vault which includes lots of the original dev content such as scrapped models, documents, weapons, textures, etc along with two playable E3 demos.
Iron Maiden 😍😍😍
😳🫣
whats the point of that remaster? I hardly see any difference.
Shambler ? ? ?
I never played the original. The remake is certainly fun old school action. But I was hoping for a bigger graphical update with the models and textures. No I am not expecting modern day AAA game graphics. But as a 26 year old game I was expecting a bigger jump. Compare to Serious Sam First and Second Encounters. Their remasters (also known as the HD versions) were a huge jump with models and textures. With Quake II the difference I see in these comparisons are relatively minor.
agreed. I expected textures to have a quality similar to the RTX version.
Iron maiden 😍
why even bother doing it like this or showing it when its built into the game?
thats bS we need new gen graphs
Black widow is well fit.
I wish they would've had a mode that you could switch on the fly that used higher res, more detailed, totally redone models.
I'm in minority, but... to me it's underwhelming. Q1 remaster was a bigger leap, this is just a slight facelift.
Quake 1 only _appears_ to be a bigger leap forward due to the og Q1 models having less polygons than the og Q2 models.
Where Q2 shines over Q1 was the fact that they didn't just update the models, textures, and include all the campaigns plus a new one. They also restored cut content and ai behaviors. Some levels have new areas that were not present in the og games. Also if you like archived stuff, Q2 remaster includes a gallery with a lot of previously lost concept content, including playable demos of earlier builds lost in the 90s.
Nightdive Studios has done it again!
where is the difference??
Infantry's real name is Enforcer*
More port than a remaster in my opinion.
Am I the only one who doesn't see the difference?
They look pretty close for my taste. I won't pay extra money for the remastered version.
It's free if you already own Q2 on PC.
@@DecomposingPete thx for info. But it is not on Steam yet.
@@mkatakm It'd the default version on Steam now.
@@DecomposingPete wow, thx again. Since I didn't have any hope for it to be free, I didn't check for that!
@@mkatakm Yes it is. It's an automatic update if you already own Q2.
DOes any of this affect Quae 2 RTX?
no, completely separate engine
Would of been nicer if the game was redone with entirely modern textures but the exact same map layout and weapons and what not. Everything the same but modern realistic textures and models.
Quake 2 RTX is exactly what you're looking for then
Uuuuffffff nice
и в чем разница?
Indont see noting specjal
Так они же ничего не сделали. В чем ремастер?
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Ну это ведь не ремейк. Тут небольшие изменения) Улучшена стабильность, текстуры и ещё немного чего!
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I hate gladiators so much
remastered???? no.
not much of a change. Poor textures.
No difference, only little graphic improvement. 👎