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Quake II Remastered - Official Trailer (2023) (www.youtube.com)
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You are humanity’s last hope to stop the Strogg, a hostile alien race waging war against Earth. Play this military sci-fi FPS, now enhanced for modern platforms and feature-complete with all-new campaign content, Quake II 64, online multiplayer and co-op support, and more.

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[–] emptyother@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this all? Just re-release the old quake 2 and adding some basic light/shadow and anisotropy? They could at least add specular and normal texture maps, like Quake 2 RTX did.

[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree. I know you're getting downvoted, but these slight graphical upgrades don't really justify an entire new re-release. I was actually hoping for something like they did with the Halo enhanced editions, allowing you to switch between the new shiny graphics and the original graphics. They could certainly keep the same engine and game feel, but to make a big deal about what could have essentially been a mod to the original game seems disingenuous on their part.

[–] platoose@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

it's a free update if you already own it on Steam. so not really a 're-release'

and there's much more than just the new graphics. this article details it: https://www.pcgamer.com/quake-2-remaster-release/

  • The original campaign, expansions The Reckoning and Ground Zero, the N64 levels, and the new Call of the Machine episode
  • Toggleable graphics upgrades that are stylistically consistent with the original (muzzle flashes, fog, improved lighting, that kind of thing)
  • Loads of accessibility features
  • Split-screen and online multiplayer
  • Co-op, deathmatch, team deathmatch, and CTF, with lots of built-in mutators
  • PC/console crossplay
  • Support for custom Quake 2 maps, new and old
  • Support for new mods, or old ones that have been updated for this 64-bit version
  • Improved AI enemies and bots
[–] wagesj45@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

fair enough. you got me on that.