/vr/ - Retro Games

What are some retro online multiplayer games that are still online?

I'm about to play the official Quake 2 expansions for the first time! It's going to be exciting! Which should I play first?! Quake 2 thread if you like!

Is this the most boring "solid" game ever made? No glaring flaws, polished as hell, decent enough gameplay, but so utterly devoid of imagination, innovation, flavour and... fun.

I don't hate it, but man, this felt like a step down from Quake 1 in every way imaginable. Gone was the unique medieval aesthetic, the chilling ambient soundtrack, the labyrinthine level design with secrets abound, and the glorious gibs. The guns don't even have muzzle flash, what the fuck? The weapons in general were just shit. They felt so weak, particularly the trash-tier regular shotgun which felt like I was shooting and reloading a nerf gun. Overall, just a slower, clunkier, less unique, less atmospheric game in almost ever way.

This game is very dull and overrated, the level design is pure garbo and the majority of the weapons suck.

https://lparchive.org/Quake-2/

They didn't make my favourite game of all time, Rayman.

How do we fix this?

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Am I playing this wrong or is just boring as paint drying?

What the hell happened here? This game is AWFUL.

The first Quake was a good game. It has a nice Medieval-Lovecraftian-Army of Darkness atmosphere and style. The levels were mazey and fun, and they still hold up today - just like Doom. The weapons were fun to shoot, and the enemies were memorable.

But this game takes all of that and completely destroys it. It has zero definable atmosphere and style. It has the most forgettable setting and style possible, which I can only describe as generic grimdark sci-fi. All of the weapons have also been butchered badly. They aren't memorable, fun to shoot, and it tries to be more "realistic" but fails horribly. The worst part of all is the level design. The gameplay is boring because of how linear the game is, and it lacks any of the charm of complexity of the first game or Doom. The best way to describe it is a really, really shitty version of Half-Life, but without anything clever or memorable which that game had.

I'm sure there will be people out there who disagree, because they played this game online 20 years ago, but I DARE you to play this game for 30 minutes and not get bored. Play Quake 1 or HL straight after, and you will see the huge shift in quality. Sure, HL came out a year later, but it hardly makes it any better.

I'm playing through Quake 2 for the first time and I gotta say, I'm kind of disappointed.

I wasn't really impressed with Quake 1 mind you, but I heard Quake 2 was more action oriented with a rocking soundtrack and that sounded like it's right up my alley.

However the soundtrack is kind ... I don't know, generic? I mean it's okay for the game, but not something I would listen to outside of the game. It actually reminds me of Painkiller's soundtrack.

The weapons are kind of a mixed bag. I like that the SSG actually feels powerful and not that weak Quake 1 shit and the minigun is fun to use (even if it does chew through ammo ridiculously fast), but the lack of muzzle flashes to any of the weapons makes them feel weird. I'm still puzzled as to why none of the weapons have a muzzle flash considering Quake 1 had 'em.

Also if they're gonna do the whole "go from area to area" shit from Hexen, they could at least include a map or something. It's not as bad as Hexen since it actually tells you what to do, but everything kind of blends together in Quake 2 and I couldn't tell you which area is which.

I wonder if I should even bother with Quake 4 since the first two games didn't manage to wow me, and I've heard Q4 is the weakest of the series.

Can we all agree taht Q2 shits all over Q1?

Which was better and why?

Quake's campaign mode is mediocre.

In quake 1 the enemies are all health sponges requiring way too many hits to kill (the jumpers take 4 hits with a grenade launcher EACH). The enemy pathing is also really bad and it's often better to abuse the enemeis ai rather than fight them fairly. For instance the grenade launcher enemy will never attack you if you are in water.

Quake 2 has way too many hit scan enemies which hit scan or just fire projectiles that are not predictable or slow enough to avoid without excessive use of cover. Where are the melee enemies? It's like playing doom but the only enemy that exists is the chaingun enemy.

Color scheme is horrible, nothing but grey and brown. There's no personality or soul to it.

Best way to play Quake 2 on a modern system? And how much better is the PC version compared to the PS1 one?

Quake 2

I've literally been playing it since I was like four. Every single level, item location, monster placement, secret, etc. has been seared into my brain. It's gotten so far into my brain at such an early age that I've had countless dreams based on it.

The nostalgia it's left behind it fucking magical, but I've just played it so many times that it's hard to enjoy the game for what it actually is anymore.

What's the best way to experience Quake 2? Are there source ports for it?

I don't want fancy graphics/features, I want a vanilla experience since I never played it.

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