Heck, even Quake 1 had a more realistic texture scheme. After suppressing my inclination to laugh at the monotone world of Stroggos, I was surprised at the attractiveness of the actual weapons and enemies. Quake II delivers surprisingly good eye-candy bang for your buck, considering its age. The headless corpse of this enemy even shoots off a few rounds spastically before falling to the ground, as a lifeless corpse should. All gripes about the lackluster color scheme aside, Quake II really shines in the gameplay department.
Levels are both challenging and interesting, with much to see and do.
Enemies come at you from all sides, and different combinations and combat situations make for a solid solo experience. One of the best aspects of Quake II's networked games is the option to play through levels as a team. This makes for some exciting group efforts in the harder levels, shouting commands and encouragement across the room at your comrades. QII utilizes a very basic interface that allows you to modify graphic and keyboard options, start a new game, and exit the program. All of these options can be navigated by using the arrow keys.