Mister Wolf
Member
With games like Quake 2 releasing from hungry young developers I'm hopeful for the future of this industry.
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Apocryphon
Member
I actually understand what you’re saying. The limitations of the technology didn’t allow for the kind of detailed animations Doom had, so we got the knock back/gibbing. I definitely don’t hate it, but there is a distinct lack of impact in many of the death animations unless you do enough damage to gib them. It’s a product of it’s time though, Half Life and Unreal weren’t much different.
LegendOfKage
Member
What is the invert issue? Did they not include an invert option?
Krathoon
Member
Here is the fan patch that fixes up Unreal Gold. Just point to patcher to your gog installation.
SirKicksalot
Member
As a Strogg enjoyer, I feel vindicated after 25 years of ridicule.
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
They did but in co-op it is either normal or inverted for all players. Each player has their own controller settings and their own invert setting it just populates to all the other players so it seems like it is a bug that is hopefully fixed soon.
chilleverest
Member
Jonathan Fatality, where art thou ?
Pasta la Vista
Member
Nice surprise that the Steam version got updated to this automatically! I never really played too much of this game (i'm more a fan of the original Quake), but enjoying it so far.
Question though, do you do better damage the closer you are to the enemies in this?
Question though, do you do better damage the closer you are to the enemies in this?
JimboJones
Member
Some work arounds
The sn30 pro 8BitDo controllers let you invert the right stick in their PC software.
I think Xbox lets you remap at a system level which includes inverting the sticks.
But hopefully they fix it in game.
Sojiro
Member
I would love to see it, unfortunately Epic gives no shits for the series anymore
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Are you talking about the weird frame pacing issue? It is possible to make that go away but it's annoying to do each time you want to play the game.
Scotty W
Gold Member
This tends to be a divisive question. I love both, but I definitely prefer the first. At the same time, I have no argument with people who prefer the second.
You will find that both have aged extremely well. The world has a strange kind of physicality which has rarely been matched since its release.
Fake
Member
I talking about frame rate drops. Believe or not, there are frame rate drops on base PS4 running Quake Remaster. Normally close to portal or when foes use lightning attack source like rocket, grenade or thunder.
You can check right now, even in the first level 'welcome to Quake' where you select both episode and difficult, there are performance issues.
It isn't a "strange physicality" it's just a well designed engine and super fine tuned mechanics and gameplay, sadly people are so used to garbage, boring games one comes along that's actually fun and good and they think it's a "strange physicality"
Scotty W
Gold Member
You repeated exactly what I said, but in a way that tries to make me look bad.
twilo99
Member
Only with the shotgun, naturally.
sloppyjoe_gamer
Gold Member
Could care less about multiplayer.....how is this for single player content on PS5? Decent trophy list and a platinum without multiplayer trophies?
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drganon
Member
Taking a quick look online, it doesn't appear to have any multiplayer trophies.
funking giblet
Member
Call of the Machine man... holy shit!
my bad, but there's nothing strange about it was my point
DelayTheSun
Neo Member
This remaster finally got me to play the Q2 expansions mission packs and wow is The Reckoning ROUGH. I don't know that I would have made it through without the compass. Just a constant flow of bland environments filled with bullet sponge enemies. I'm finally done with that slog and happy to be back in the warm embrace of Rogue with Ground Zero. Finished the first unit and the jump in quality is super apparent.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
Played through Quake II, The Reckoning, Ground Zero, and Quake II 64 so far. Yes, there's a couple things I hope they tweak (like the machine gun recoil), but all things considered, I'm really enjoying this. For whatever reason, I played a lot of Q2 back in the day, but never got past the 5th or 6th stage, so this is almost all new content to me, more or less.
Quake II: Great game. Solid level designs, good difficulty ramp, but pretty easy overall. Classic id.
The Reckoning: Much more intense, still fun, but it feels super imbalanced, and the reliance on monster closets with enemies that spawn behind you is obnoxious.
Ground Zero: Way better than The Reckoning, and in a lot of ways, better than vanilla Q2. It's faster and more intense, and I love the added weapons. Levels get a little too maze-y at times, but the compass really helps even things out.
Quake II 64: This was unexpectedly excellent - honestly, it might be my favorite of the campaigns. It's Quake II with more color, slightly more interesting environments and (most importantly) much more readable maps. The level layouts are so much less confusing, and it makes for a much, much more enjoyable game overall.
At the end of the day, the game is still great and the mechanics are really enjoyable. I'm taking a break before playing Call of the Machine, but this has been a super enjoyable game to revisit and finally give some proper time to.
Quake II: Great game. Solid level designs, good difficulty ramp, but pretty easy overall. Classic id.
The Reckoning: Much more intense, still fun, but it feels super imbalanced, and the reliance on monster closets with enemies that spawn behind you is obnoxious.
Ground Zero: Way better than The Reckoning, and in a lot of ways, better than vanilla Q2. It's faster and more intense, and I love the added weapons. Levels get a little too maze-y at times, but the compass really helps even things out.
Quake II 64: This was unexpectedly excellent - honestly, it might be my favorite of the campaigns. It's Quake II with more color, slightly more interesting environments and (most importantly) much more readable maps. The level layouts are so much less confusing, and it makes for a much, much more enjoyable game overall.
At the end of the day, the game is still great and the mechanics are really enjoyable. I'm taking a break before playing Call of the Machine, but this has been a super enjoyable game to revisit and finally give some proper time to.