THESE EARTHQUKES AREN'T GONNA SIMULATE THEMSELVES

Ground Zero was the second mission pack released for Quake II. This pack had a lot of new features as well as some new level designs, but most of all new single-player missions! Buy this for more single-player missions in Quake II.

Same deal as the last mission pack but now you must battle the spider queen!

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An alright expansion.

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Quake II Mission Pack: Ground Zero adds a new campaign to the original Quake II game. Ground Zero was developed by Rogue Entertainment. You play as one of the surviving Marines who managed to land and now must make his way to the Gravity Well to destroy it and free the Marine fleet above. The new campaign gives you 4 new enemies, 2 new bossed, 5 new weapons, and 7 new equipment items. The story is sub-par but the music is good. Back int he day when Quake II was released and Internet was extremely slow (by today's standards) you couldn't just download maps and all. That is why these were a godsend back then to gamers all around. Fast Forward to today and you can find tons of mods, weapons, maps and enemies off modding sites for free. Plus 5 Dollar price point is rather steep for something this old. Overall just mod the original Quake II.

Only good thing is the nailgun is back. Confusing map design and objectives, overpowered new enemies, too many enemies per map, not enough ammo, not enough health packs or armor, etc. Just really terrible overall.

Interesting new weapons, and a great final boss, but I do not recommend this due to the fact that there are too many turrets placed throughout most of the levels in the game.

What kind of a ♥♥♥♥♥ing nerd needs a mission pack to Quake II

a Good expansion to a great game.

7.5/10

Quake 2 Ground Zero is a second mission pack that has been released for the official game. Created by Rogue Entertainment, developers of Strife (A great game btw) putted much more love and challenge than Xatrix's The Reckoning, 1st mission pack for Quake 2. What do i mean by that? I shall reveal it!

The pack gives you some new weapons such as the powerful ETF Rifle that acts like a Nailgun from Quake 1 with the ability to penetrate the shields or a Tesla Mine which shoots lightning to anyone except you at the very short range with less damage, commonly used to distract or lure the enemy for a better shot. There are also other weapons you can find but i ain't gonna spoil the fun in here other than the fact that this expansion has more new weapons than the previous one.

Like The Reckoning, you have new enemies to deal with, although less than the 1st expansion but it is compensated by their health and their abilities. Such as the sneaky Stalker that attack from unexpected way, DESPICABLE turrets that shoots their chosen ammo such as rockets, blaster or railgun which are extremely smart and more.

Speaking of the smart enemies, Rogue Entertainment has updated the AI for all of the older enemies as well like: Enforcer won't load his chaingun to shoot, Gunners' grenades are more accurate and worst of all, Tanks are even bigger ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥s as they will IMMEDIATELY shoot rockets at you once you leave the cover which turns them into the most annoying and worst enemy to deal with (Yet ONE new enemy will give you even hard time to kill him than the Tank itself).

As hard as it looks like, the Ground Zero brings more new powerups such as the downgraded Quad Damage which is more common to find called "Double Damage", Defender Sphere which reduces your damage you recieve and attacks the enemy etc. Although the multiplayer lets you use even more new powerups than the single player. Oh and no Invulnerability powerup, as it has been replaced with one of the powerups.

Onverall, this expansion will offer you the biggest challenge of all Quake's mission packs giving you new powerups and weapons to play along with new enemies to deal with. Hope your skill is high....as you will need it.

More missions is always good, right?

Firstly, Quake 2 IS and will ALWAYS BE my favorite FPS of all time, a nice story, incredible music, fun enemies, and an excellent campaign with hub worlds which are still VERY rare today and work flawlessly in Quake 2. But this isn't a Quake 2 review.

Quake 2 Mission Pack 2: Ground Zero is the final installement of the Quake 2 trilogy (Excluding Zaero and Juggernaut, both of which I am trying to find at a decent price ESPECIALLY Zaero over 50 dollars for just the disk!) But that is besides the point.

The story is pretty much, after the events of Quake 2 and the Reckoning, all the units are attempting to leave orbit because of their victory... however they can't because the Strogg's Gravity Well is forcing them in oribt. Quickly, they send a bunch of units down but only a few survive, you play as Stepchild whom crash landed onto one of the mines of the Stroggs and now you much survive, kill the Widow and blow up the Gravity Well letting everyone survive.

This game bleeds Quake 2 and is an excellent expansion, sure it is a tad short at only 14 levels, but just like the original and the Reckoning it is made up of Hub Worlds, called Units, there are 5 (There are 10 in the original game). Every hub has a central mission and many mini missions that add up to finishing that central one. From blowing up the mine core to killing the Widow there is quite a bit of variety for such a small expansion pack.

The new weapons are cool in their own right, sure they won't replace the BFK10k but why would they? If they did then the game's challenge would be a mininum. The weapons range from a Nailgun from Quake 1 to a lazer that burns people! It is a ton of fun to use the weapons and adds more variety. The new enemies are mostly just upgrades of the originals, but there are some brand new ones with spiders that climb on the roof!

The final boss, not going to spoil it but, is a lot more fun then the previous attempt on Reckoning, mostly because its a whole new boss and not just a redesigned arena version of the original.

The levels are nice and have interestning areas to explore, from the unstable mines to a toxtic waste dump there sure is a nice ammount of variety here. And is just fun to explore everything.

Do I recomend this? No and Yes, I recomend playing Quake 2 and only if you like that then play this, because this is an expansion after all.

However, if you are a diehard Quake fan like me then play it if you haven't already!