Quake 2: Quad Damage

by ACTIVISION

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• ASIN: B00001NFVB
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,357 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Amazon.com Review

Quake 2: Quad Damage is the definitive collector's item for any Quake fan. Within this double-sized box are included: the original Quake 2, Mission Pack 1: The Reckoning, Mission Pack 2: Ground Zero, and the Quake 2 Netpack 1: Extremities. As a collector's item, Quad Damage will have fans of Quake 2 falling over each other with excitement. For anyone who's just interested in finding out what the hoopla is about, Quad Damage has everything to get you fully entrenched in the world of this epic game.

Unless you've been living in a separatist compound in Idaho you've heard of Quake 2. As a lone Space Marine, you're called upon to save the Earth from the vicious Stroggs, a nasty bunch of biomechanical aliens from the planet Stroggos who want nothing more than to destroy this wonderful world of ours. With a plethora of single-player levels, you'll while away many a frightful hour as you gib and frag your way to victory. While Quake 2's single-player story line has been impugned for being less than interesting, there's no debating the fact that the game's multiplayer capabilities are topnotch. With eight "official" multiplayer levels and a gang of user-created maps available on the Internet you'll no doubt put your marriage in jeopardy.

The Reckoning is the first Mission Pack to be released for Quake 2 and picks up where the original game left off. While gamers looking for something new will be disappointed with the Reckoning, anyone who loved Quake 2 will undoubtedly be into it. The Reckoning boasts 18 new single-player levels and seven new deathmatch levels. Among the Reckoning's new enemies, the Repair Bots are easily the most annoying as they have the ability to resurrect dead bad guys who that haven't been gibbed. But don't worry--your improved arsenal features some excellent tools for dismembering your enemies, like the Phalanx Particle Canon, the Trap, and the Ion Ripper. Reckoning's levels are little longer than those in the original game, so expect to invest some serious time.

The second mission pack, Ground Zero, sends you back to battle yet another Strogg device of mass destruction. In Quake 2 it was The Big Gun; this time around it's the Gravity Well. Like the Reckoning, Ground Zero sports new levels: 14 single-player and 10 deathmatch, as well as weapons and enemies. Easily the raddest power-ups in Ground Zero are the deathmatch-only Vengeance and Hunter Spheres which attack enemies that have killed you and the preeminent room-clearing device the anti-matter bomb.

Lastly, Quad Damage includes the Extremities netpack, a collection of 11 of the most popular Quake 2 modifications (mods) and a bevy of deathmatch maps and skins. From the Action Quake mod, which aims to give players the feeling that they're in a John Woo-style action movie, to the wildly popular Eraser Bot, which gives single gamers a deathmatch-style experience, the netpack is an essential Quake 2 component. Gamers with fast Internet connections should know that all of the skins, mods, and maps on the netpack can be downloaded for free off the Internet.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great value and fun!, April 30, 2001

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Bradley J. Erbe (Waukesha, Wisconsin USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Quake 2: Quad Damage (CD-ROM)

This is an awesome collection! The QUAKE 2:QUAD DAMAGE box set is great! I personally like QUAKE 2 more than QUAKE 3 ARENA. There is a fairly solid single player game and a truly excellent online multiplayer component! People still play QUAKE 2 deathmatch online!

In QUAKE 2, you play a tough space marine that gets stranded on an alien world and of course, you must fight your way out. This is standard FPS fare, but it is still a lot of fun. There are over 30 levels so you won't get bored anytime soon. Most of the puzzles are "find the key to open the door" stuff, but these very puzzles get a little more challenging by the end of the game!

QUAKE 2:QUAD DAMAGE comes with the two Mission Packs, The RECKONING and GROUND ZERO. Both are a continuation of the events in QUAKE 2. These are almost impossible to find on their own and it is awesome that they are available in the box.

Now the real fun of the QUAKE 2:QUAD DAMAGE box xet is the inclusion of the mod disc EXTREMITIES. EXTREMITIES is a collection of mod maps, skins, and deathmatch maps all done by fans of the QUAKE series. These are some of the best mods ever for QUAKE 2 and it should not be missed!

All in all, this is a great and awesome action game collection and I heartily recommend this box to all action, FPS, and QUAKE 3 fans who have not yet played QUAKE 2. It is a classic!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars QUAKE II, April 3, 2001

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brad (Outer Space) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quake 2: Quad Damage (CD-ROM)

This is the worlds most best action-packed fps game ever created! This game will blow your mind away with its awesome AI! Theres tons of weapons you can use! The chaingun and railgun are my favorite, * Don't forget the grenades ... OH YEA The grenades are good too! This game has 39 levels of mission based objectives which some start out insanely easy to extremely hard. Oh and theres this little thing called muliplayer, It lets you "play" your friends online hehehehe, overall if you want a very good 1st person gutter than this game is a got to have for you!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible game..., November 17, 2005

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RPG king "KGM" (Another planet) - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Quake 2: Quad Damage (CD-ROM)

I absolutely adore the Quake and Doom series. I have played every single Quake and Doom game, but the only ones I actually have right now are Quake, Quake II, Quake II, Quake IV, and Doom 3. The old Doom games caused problems on my hard drive so when I was about six or seven, that was the last time I ever played Doom I or II. I've also played Doom 64, on Nintendo 64. I'd give anything to own all the Doom games to add to my collection... But anyway, I just got Quake 4 last weekend. I happened to buy the special edition, which includes Quake 4, Quake 2, The Reckoning, and Ground Zero, all in one package. There could be no better deal than that. The only problem is, Quake 4 doesn't seem to want to work on any of my computers. I have five computers (Don't ask...) and on the one computer Q4 works on, everything is green, the graphics are low quality, and it's so slow it's more of a slideshow than a game. Luckily I got something out of that 60 dollar purchase (This, duh). I love Quake 2. I've had it for about eight years and now I finally own two other games that were like expansions for it. Q4 looks like it could be a good game, but I may need a new computer for it. That's why these older games just seem so much better. They don't focus more on realism than just good fun gameplay. I'd rather it just be fun than be realistic. I mean not so unrealistic that it's like Pong, but still not Doom3 quality. Games with sorta pixilated and simple graphics like this one are really my favorites games there are, and it makes me sad that they don't even make games like this anymore. I suggest you buy either this package, or buy Quake 4. Either way, you will absolutely LOVE what you get. There could be no better deal than to get four incredible games in one box.