Widescreen Gaming Forum

I love it. Have to try Quake 3 after I finish Q2 and Battlefield 2.

Did you get it with the Quake 4 DVD version? You know, looking back I remember Quake 2 as being quite fun. I think it came out when I was a junior in high-school (or thereabouts), and I remember the engine running really smooth on my friends computer.

The early guitar soundtrack in particular - Nah, Ner, Nah, Ner!! - had me rockin' while I was running around blasting baddies in those early levels. If I pick up Quake 4 I may just get the special version to try Q2 out again.

The only problem is the HUD doesn't scale up with the resolution, so you can barely make out how much health and ammo you've got :P

Quake 2 Evolved is a great help there: improves just about the whole experience of the game, with an improved graphics engine supporting some really impressive new effects (when you see them in Quake 2, anyway... ;)) - you can even make the HUD look like Doom 3. 8)

http://www.quake2evolved.com/files.htm

The Soundtrack for Quake 2 was really good; it fitted the game very well. It didn't hurt that it was CD audio, so you could pop the CDs in your hifi too... :D

If you've got the extra cash, and haven't got Quake 2 will all it's (official) addons, the Collectors Edition is worth it. :)

Any idea how to compensate for the crosshairs being inaccurate with 1920x1200?
In either Q2 or Evolved, the guns shoot to the right and down from the center crosshair!

Quake 2 Evolved is a great help there: improves just about the whole experience of the game, with an improved graphics engine supporting some really impressive new effects (when you see them in Quake 2, anyway... ;)) - you can even make the HUD look like Doom 3. 8)

http://www.quake2evolved.com/files.htm

The Soundtrack for Quake 2 was really good; it fitted the game very well. It didn't hurt that it was CD audio, so you could pop the CDs in your hifi too... :D

If you've got the extra cash, and haven't got Quake 2 will all it's (official) addons, the Collectors Edition is worth it. :)

I tried Evolved - doesn't work for me, for unknown reasons. The sound is completely dead and when I start a new game (the setup screens come up ok), it just locks. I have to end task. Whereas Q2, with the patch, works fine. Barring the tiny HUD.

I'll give it another try.. Maybe I need to re-install something.

DUH, I just found the sound support file. Let me give it another try.

Heh, it works. THANKS!

Oooh yea, and I loved the rata-tat-tat sound of the machine gun. It was in such contrast to the heavy BOOM! of the shotgun. :wink:

Haha, one of the first things I did with my 2005FPW (before I got my new computer) was to play Quake II in 1680x1050, and I was shocked how good it looked. Sure, the models and textures are dated, but it was just so sharp it looked great.