12/26/2023 0 Comments Quake ii expansions![]() Map design here was packed but a bit messy, and at times there was no thought given to how the player would progress through an area and find health - for example, a large health pack (not Adrenaline, nothing fancy, just needed healing) was placed on a tall column near the edge of a walkway. Not enough shotgun and bullet ammo through the last half of the game - I guess you're supposed to use the heavier weapons more, but when you don't know what's coming it's nice to hoard those things. Secrets are impossible in this game - many of them seem to require the player know how to use inertia jumping to get to them. The Phalanx was pretty cool as well.Ĭons: Besides it still being Quake 2: There are only TWO trap items (unless one or two are hidden in the few secrets I never discovered) stupid new enemies (the laser-beam variation of the grunt is obnoxious and helpfully placed by level designers in sniping spots) decent-looking maps with semi-advanced features and scripting but crap gameplay. Traps also give you a good chunk of health from the destroyed enemy. Traps can kill the shielded phalanx-wielding minibosses (dunno the name, normally they have railguns, they're slightly smaller than the Strogg Tanks) instantly. Oddly, it seems you have to stack +set commands, (which may have always been the case with Quake but I didn't realize this, and couldn't find any information on that on the web regardless, so I'm giving an example):Ĭ:\quake2\r1q2.exe +set vid_ref r1gl +set game xatrix If you're having trouble with it, you need to install the OpenGL compatible version from R1CH's site. While it didn't support cutscenes (I watched a couple via Youtube just to make sure I didn't miss anything), and going to the menu doesn't pause the game (waht?!), it works. The best port I was able to find was R1CH's. Shame this one died I was digging the Quake 3 codebase and some of the other features. Quake 2 Evolved was great, except for a horrible bug that kills the save system and even prevents you from playing into some maps. I tested out a few Quake 2 ports to get this game working. Xatrix Entertainment made some good stuff while they were around, but despite the quality work, I hate this pack's maps. I played through Quake 2's expansion pack The Reckoning by Xatrix.
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