Buy it if you like
- Combat: 24 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 18 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Performance: 9 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
- Servers and matchmaking: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 459 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 270 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Why players love itThings to know
42% of themes are praise50% are divided8% are complaints
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
24 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
As someone who hasn't played much Quake, the movement and gunplay is pretty easy to pick up compared to base Q2.
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
18 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
You owe it to yourself to spend a couple hours with this piece of gaming history, revisiting quirks and regaining appreciation for pure gameplay as a contrast to today's upsold, incomplete, closed, artificially grindy alternatives.
Performance
Players who bring up Performance mostly praise it.
9 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
AQ2 is a great throwback to the classic community run, server-based FPS.
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
9 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
You play on the same servers as anyone who downloaded the game from Q2Online, but the visuals & controls are improved (scroll to change weapons is very helpful).
Multiplayer
Players who bring up Multiplayer mostly praise it.
9 of 270 sampled reviews raised it
AHL and 'The Opera' (a mod more geared to John Woo style flippy akimbo gunfights) were the peak of action-movie PvP mods.
Theme by theme
Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
Players love
Combat24 reviews
Gameplay18 reviews
Performance9 reviews
Graphics9 reviews
Multiplayer9 reviews
Divided opinion
Difficulty88% still recommend
Co-op80% still recommend
Monetization75% still recommend
Interface75% still recommend
Linux compatibility100% still recommend
Cheating0% still recommend
Players complain
Servers and matchmaking50% still recommend
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Cross-Platform Multiplayer
- LAN PvP
- Multi-player
- Online PvP
- PvP
- Single-player
Controller
Steam lists no controller support.
Store features
- Family Sharing
- Stats
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Cloud
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
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