QUANTUMPHYSICSQUAKE 2 RTX was "pretty", but the multiplayer was laggy as hell.

RemecaQuake 2 RTX is like a demo of Quake 2. The base game has more content, and now it has even more. Quake 2 RTX doesn't change at all.

RemecaRight, so if you don't own it, you have to buy it.

RemecaBecause owning Q2 RTX isn't the same as owning Q2.

lexluthermiesterUm, this is not correct. Q2RTX plays ALL Q2 missions and expansions perfectly. I have personally tested this. Please stop attempting to spread the FUD.

lexluthermiesterAnd?

lexluthermiesterOne is free, the other isn't. How do you not get this?

yannus12023... Hey quake II is out ! That's the level of video game industry. At the time of quake II, nobody would have played a remaster of doom. Nothing impressive in this remaster BTW.

LabRat 891Only thing I can complain about the release so far:
-Co-Op with Player Collisions on, often causes telefragging.
-Wasn't the BFG10K's projectile a 3D sphere w/ beams in OG Q2? I don't care for the new 2D Sprite projectile.

zlobbyThis shows the levels of creativity nowadays. Best thing they could come up with is high-res textures for a 20 years old game...

Darmok N JaladYeah, I remember the big green ball with lasers. In a long enough space, you could fire the BFG, strafe jump your way past the ball, essentially outpacing it, and then frag yourself with it. A fun technical challenge.

RemecaRight, so if you don't own it, you have to buy it. Because owning Q2 RTX isn't the same as owning Q2.

Chrispy_Quake II RTX is not a game, it's a new renderer and texture pack for the original Quake II.

Think of it as a mod, if you want. You can't play a mod without the game it's made for, and in this case the game is 1997's QuakeII for Windows 95. What the RTX mod does is update the front-end to run better on modern PCs, use a new path-tracing renderer, and update the textures to include information needed for path tracing that the original never had, such as reflectivity, emissivity, and roughness maps.

The reason Quake II RTX is in the discussion is because that is a free addon for the 1997 game, originally distributed on CD-ROM only, and also compatible with Steam/GOG digital storefront versions that were reworked a decade later to play nice with modern OSes. This new 2023 remaster is only available to anyone who bought a digital storefront version. You're not entitled to it, or the MachineGames DLC content, unless you buy one of the digital storefront versions, which is great for anyone who bought it digitally over a decade after Quake II was mainstream, but a middle finger to the majority of the audience who have, to date, always been able to do everything with their original purchase of the 1997 version.

zlobbyQuake II RTX is being sold separately of the original Quake II, and it requires an RTx capable GPU.

NotHereManDepending on where you get it, you may have to add it your cart, but it's at no charge. I got mine from GOG, and at the time, had not purchase the digital version of Q2.

Darmok N JaladYeah, originally, Quake II required the CDROM to be loaded to play the full game, but later an EXE update removed that requirement. It was one of the easiest games to port with you to a new Windows install. Just copy the Quake II folder over to the new system and go. Even your control mapping and binds moved along with you.

zlobbyQuake II RTX is being sold separately of the original Quake II, and it requires an RTx capable GPU.

Chrispy_Sold? It's 100% free, and has never been sold for any money, ever.

The publisher is Nvidia.
It is advertising for RTX cards.
That is why you don't pay for it.

zlobbyYeah, OK. Bad wording. You still have to 'purchase' it, even for a zero cost.