Humanity is locked in a battle with the Strogg, a formidable alien race orchestrating an invasion of Earth. In a desperate attempt to thwart the invasion, mankind launched a preemptive attack on the Strogg’s home planet. The mission failed, but you emerged as the sole survivor. Now, faced with overwhelming odds and outgunned, you must navigate through heavily fortified military installations, engage the enemy, and dismantle their war machinery. Only by achieving this daunting task will the fate of humanity be revealed and secured.
For starters, it’s got fully functioning online modes — complete with crossplay — motion control support (so you can aim using your controller’s motion sensors), and a brand new expansion called ‘Call of the Machine’. It even includes Quake II 64, which is interesting!
The official description reads: “Enjoy the original, authentic version of Quake II, now with up to 4K* and widescreen resolution support, enhanced models, improved enemy animations and gore, improved and restored AI behaviors, enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing, depth of field, the original, heavy rock soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem, and more.”
And, if you’re looking to blast through Quake 2 with friends, it’s worth noting that this remaster supports four-player split-screen on Sony’s platforms.
As for the aforementioned Call of the Machine expansion: “A brand-new Quake II experience from MachineGames consisting of 28 campaign levels and one multiplayer deathmatch map.” It sounds like this re-release has gone above and beyond.
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