Quake II is Enhanced – and on Game Pass! | TheXboxHub

If you can remember back a couple of years, you would have seen the original Quake get enhanced, dropping onto Xbox and Game Pass as it came. Now it’s time for the sequel to get the same treatment. Yep, Quake II is on Game Pass, and Xbox, and PlayStation, and Switch, AND PC. What are you waiting for?

Having first released back in 1997, Quake II now comes to the modern day gamer with all the good bits in place, just enhanced. And not only does it come with all the usual suspects in those terms, but you’ve got an all-new expansion to play through too. 

Present and correct right now, Quake II on Game Pass is the way we would play it. If you would prefer to open the wallet and splash some cash though, that is also possible. In fact, as long as you have an Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S, or want to make the most of Cloud Gaming through your mobile, you will be sorted with an Xbox Store download. 

And of course, Quake II is also on PS4, PS4, Nintendo Switch and PC too. 

A huge Quake II package

Pushed out courtesy of Bethesda Softworks, you’re getting an absolute ton in this new Quake II package. Taking the original game, there are now 4K visuals in place, and Series X|S optimisation, widescreen support and enhanced models. There are improvements to enemy animations and that iconic Quake gore as well. 

Further are improvements to AI behaviour, enhanced cinematics, antialiasing and pretty much everything and anything you would expect. 

Oh yeah, and the heavy rock soundtrack you would have loved back in the day? Yep, still here. 

The base game of Quake II on Game Pass, Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC will see you massively outnumbered. But you’ll never ben outgunned in Quake II, kitted out with everything you could ask for. 

But for us it is probably the addition of further levels and features that really sell Quake II. You’ll find the original mission packs in place – The Reckoning and Ground Zero. Between them, that’s upwards of thirty campaign levels and twenty deathmatch maps. 

And now there is also the chance to play through an all-new Quake II experience. Put together by MachineGames, Call of the Machine is some twenty-eight stages in length, complete with a multiplayer map for good measure. 

There’s more though. Quake II 64 comes for free (yes, you’re reading that right), whilst online and local multiplayer and cooperative play is in place. And that multiplayer is complete with crossplay too. 

How much content do you want in Quake II on Game Pass?

• Experience the Original Game, Enhanced
• Enjoy the original, authentic version of Quake II, now with:
  • Up to 4K* and widescreen resolution support
  • Enhanced models
  • Improved enemy animations and gore
  • Improved and restored AI behaviors
  • Enhanced cinematics, dynamic and colored lighting, anti-aliasing and depth of field
  • The original heavy rock soundtrack by Sonic Mayhem, and more
  • Online multiplayer and co-op support
  • *Maximum display resolutions vary by platform
• Get Both of the Original Mission Packs
  • Quake II includes both original mission packs: “The Reckoning,” featuring 18 campaign levels and 7 deathmatch maps, and “Ground Zero,” featuring 15 campaign levels and 14 deathmatch maps.
    • Mission Pack: The Reckoning
    • Mission Pack: Ground Zero
• Play the All-New “Call of the Machine” Expansion
  • A brand-new Quake II experience from MachineGames consisting of 28 campaign levels and one multiplayer deathmatch map. In the depths of Strogg space lies the Machine, a singularity capable of collapsing the fabric of reality. Fight across time and space to find the Strogg-Maker, destroy it, and change the destiny of man and machine.

And multiplayer!

• Enjoy Online & Local Multiplayer and Co-op
  • Fight the hostile Strogg through the gritty, military sci-fi campaign and expansions in 4-player online or local split-screen co-op, and compete in pure, retro-style combat with support for 16-player (online),*4-player (local split-screen), or *8-player (local split-screen) matches. Bot support for offline and online deathmatch and team deathmatch modes are included.
  • *Supports 4-player local split-screen multiplayer on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PS5. Supports 8-player local split-screen multiplayer on PC and Xbox Series S and X.
• Play Together with Crossplay
  • Play the campaign and all expansion packs cooperatively or go toe-to-toe in multiplayer matches with your friends regardless of platform. Crossplay is supported among PC (controller-enabled), Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, PS5 and Nintendo Switch.

You’ll find Quake II on Game Pass and Xbox over at the Xbox Store. There’s a £7.99 price tag attached. PlayStation, Switch and PC folk should check out their own stores. 

If you played the enhanced Quake a couple of years ago, this is probably a no-brainer. Similarly, if you played Quake II back in the day, again, no-brainer. Get where we’re coming from? Yeah, just play Quake II – right now. 

We’ll be doing just that. Keep an eye out for our review of Quake II on Xbox soon. 

In addition, the original Quake II soundtrack is coming to vinyl later this year via Laced Records.

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Game Description

Developed by id Software in 1997, Quake II is a critically acclaimed first-person shooter that introduces an entirely new science fiction narrative and setting. Now, experience the authentic, enhanced and complete version of the original.

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