Source code for Quake II's 2023 rerelease is now available for all. The classic gameplay brings modern updates and is as modder friendly as Doom. The code is GPL-licensed and on Github now.
I never quite liked it as much as 1 or even 3, but it was genre defining back when it was new. People give a lot of praise for what Half-Life did for FPS, but Quake 2 did a lot of what Half-Life made popular, before Half-Life (by a year).
I never quite liked it as much as 1 or even 3, but it was genre defining back when it was new. People give a lot of praise for what Half-Life did for FPS, but Quake 2 did a lot of what Half-Life made popular, before Half-Life (by a year).