What is this: One of the best FPS game of the era of late 90's. To some people (myself included) one of the best FPS of all time (right there next to the first DOOM, Unreal Tournament 2004, Kingpin:Life of Crime, Soldier of fortune 1 and the very first Half-Life). If you ask me you must play this game, to be considered an FPS gamer! Now on to the review!!

The script: You are a marine sent in with a huuuuge fleet to destroy an alien planet called Stroggos. That planet's inhabitats are the Strogg, aliens that combine flesh and machine to create the perfect soldiers (you fight cyborgs). Guess what? These guys invaded earth a little while ago and did a big mess. Now its payback time! When you invade the planet everything goes bananas! Everything goes south and you are the sole (no kidding) survivor of the first wave of the invasion. Your mission? Darn, son, destroy the whole planet on your own if you have to in order to reach the Makron, the Strogg leader! Deal with him and the rest of the aliens will scatter. Sounds easy right?

The graphics: In order to play the game you need to make some modifications (I used Yamagi patch and the game was magical) in modern systems or else you wont have music (classic rock music that is a must with this game). The graphics to me have aged well and I did not mind them. I might say I actually enjoyed watching them aliens running around shouting at me at Stroggish language trying to shoot me. If you want crazy RTX graphics (and you have a super computer because with an 2070 I managed a whooping 35 fps) go play the RTX version of the game. However nothing beats vanilla with a few small modifications right?

The sound: You listen to rock music, you hear people screaming (yup, your people, put them out of their misery) and aliens shouting at you at an unknown language (or in english sometimes). Your job? Kill everything that moves, seriously.

The gameplay: This is where the game shines if you ask me. You are given an objective and you can check how many enemies there are in a level, how many secrets and goals (these are your obj for the level). You have a lot of secrets to find and a lot of things to kill. Thank goodness there is no heath regeneration. You got hit with tons of grenades and you have a 1 hp? Go find a medkit, play it like Neo or get killed, its your choice! You also are not limited into carrying only 2 weapons. You carry literally a whole arsenal of 10 weapons and you choose which one suits best each scenario. The only con I think many players will find here is that in many levels you have to do backtracking. For example you might find a switch in a level that unlocks the door to another level from your previous level! Therefore for some people the game might be a maze and if you decide to quit the game for a while, coming back to it might be difficult since you must remember the level's layout in order to proceed.

Final score: 10/10 Will totally invade and fully destroy an alien planet on my own again and again!

EDIT: Apparently there is a remastered version of the game now free for all the people who already own Quake 2. The remastered version replaced the original but you have the option to play the original as well. The remaster of the game makes the game playable in new systems, makes the controls more accessible, adds controller support (I played it with an xbox one controller, it was very smooth experience), adds old add ons, one new add on and quake 64 (nice move if you ask me), achievements and most importantly, a compass that shows you where you have to go to complete the game goals! Gone are the days where you were wandering in halls and corridors, not knowing where to go! The remaster is a must now for most, if not all players, if you ask me, since you needed some mods to fully experience the original game. If you are thinking of buying the game now, feel free to do it with eyes closed since it is (still) a gem, just way more polished now than before.

TIP: If you have FPS stutter, try running the game in dx11 and borderless window from the game's options.

Final, final score: Still 10/10...