Yes, worth buying.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $3.99.
- Performance: 61 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 45 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 43 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 10k player reviews · updated a day ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Quake 2 is a competent FPS that introduced lots of welcome improvements over the earlier Quake, but unfortunately, Id Software seemed far more interested in showcasing their new innovations than adhering to the masterful design of Quake 1, resulting in a title that plays more like DOOM than Quake and feels like 1 step forward but 2 steps backward from the first Quake.
Sadly (for Id Software) a new contender emerged from out of nowhere, a game that not only had a more captivating single player campaign, but also better graphics (+audio) and a more advanced engine, that could easily handle huge open areas.
Id Software even tried adding a late 90s military sci-fi story in this game, which while basic and formulaic, does at least provide context to your actions and a nice sense of progression as you gradually dismantle the Strogg’s military capabilities.
Sadly (for Id Software) a new contender emerged from out of nowhere, a game that not only had a more captivating single player campaign, but also better graphics (+audio) and a more advanced engine, that could easily handle huge open areas.
I've not even touched on the other campaigns or the multiplayer (which I always thought was underrated next to the other two games).
And I know this is an unpopular opinion, but I think the soundtrack in this game is just ok and unremarkable, and a major downgrade from Reznor's ambient masterpieces from the Quake 1 OST.
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Currently $3.99 (−60%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
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