![]() ![]() How I got itIn 2015, Quake II: Quad Damage, a compilation initially released in 1999 that includes Quake II along with a few expansions, was released on GOG. The game was a critical and commercial success, and there were three more Quake titles to follow with the most recent, Quake Champions, being released last year. ![]() In Quake II you play the role of a Human Marine who has crash landed on the alien homeworld of Stroggos and it's your job to take on the alien war machine pretty much all by yourself (no pressure). This all changed with the release of Quake II in 1997 which had a more accessible sci-fi setting with a more coherent story involving Humans versus Aliens, all rendered on an improved engine of course. I don't think it really clicked with everyone (at least it didn't in my case). The plot for Quake's single-player campaign, however, was rather strange and was heavily inspired by Lovecraftian lore. The original Quake was instrumental in introducing full real-time 3D rendering and offering support for 3D acceleration through OpenGL it also popularised online multiplayer thanks to the introduction of the QuakeWorld update. After the success of 1992's Wolfenstein 3D, 1993's Doom and 1994's Doom II, id started a new franchise with the release of 1996's Quake. What is itid Software is a giant of PC gaming that really needs no introduction but back in the 90s their name became synonymous with the First Person-Shooter genre. This weird looking device is apparently a Black Hole generator ![]()
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