The last of the original Quake 1/2 expansions. This one was made by Rogue Entertainment, the same developer who made the original Quake's 2nd expansion "Dissolution of Eternity", and this one is similarly not good. An overabundance of new weapons (most of them completely useless), some new enemies that are not fun to fight at all, and a lot of maps that feel like leftover unused Quake 1 maps recreated in Quake 2's map editor. So many labyrinthine levels where everything looks the same and there are no navigational landmarks, totally at odds with Quake 2's design philosophy of tighter interconnected levels with a sense of verisimilitude. Would be totally unplayable without the remaster's compass feature which basically tells you exactly where to go if you're stuck. I barely used that at all in the base game or the first expansion, but I used it a lot here.

Turns out none of the original Quake 1/2 expansions were all that great. I hear the 20th and 25th anniversary expansions that MachineGames made are much better, I'm looking forward to those.

Reviewed on Feb 25, 2024


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