I wish I could go back and play it again for the first time. It was one of the first games I played after getting my first voodoo card. It felt like I was experiencing the bleeding edge of tech.

Thinking about it, i can't remeber a time in the last decade that a game made me feel that way. Crysis was probably the last time.

More on topic, yes everyone should own it. I think I bought a steam or GOG bundle and got all the doom and quake games for like $5-$10 or something like that.

[–] Tatters@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

I remember getting a Voodoo card specifically to play Quake II as one of the first hardware 3D games. Isn’t it the one where at the beginning you get out of a crashed rocket or something like that?

[–] beefcat@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Thinking about it, i can't remeber a time in the last decade that a game made me feel that way. Crysis was probably the last time.

Some games that did it for me recently:

Cyberpunk with its new RT Overdrive features.
Portal RTX

[–] cambriakilgannon@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Messing around with VR gave me that sense of wonder again for a while. If you ever get the chance to play around with it i recommend it

[–] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

II is epic. It's a total must if that's your thing. It literally set the standard. Ok, well Q1 did, but II, what a treat.

[–] twistedtxb@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

I started playing yesterday and couldn't let go.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I don’t like it nearly as much as the first but it’s definitely worth a pickup. Still better than the vast majority of boomer shooters that have come out in the past 8 or so years. The remaster is well done.

[–] dingus@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if mods still work with the remastered version.

Oh the days of deathmatch on Lithium II servers.

[–] beefcat@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

The move to 64-bit and some changes to the API broke many mods. This release is to make it possible for those mods to be updated.

[–] princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago

If they don’t work yet, than this release means anyone can go ahead and make them work.