Editing Quake II (section)

===Critical reception===
{{Video game reviews
| GR = 87% (PC)<ref name="GRPC">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/pc/89267-quake-ii/index.html |title=Quake II for PC |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref><br />81% (N64)<ref name="GRN64">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/n64/198378-quake-ii/index.html |title=Quake II for Nintendo 64 |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref><br />80% (PS)<ref name="GRPS">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamerankings.com/ps/198379-quake-ii/index.html |title=Quake II for PlayStation |website=[[GameRankings]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |access-date=November 15, 2017}}</ref>
| Allgame = {{Rating|4|5}} (PC)<ref name="allgamereview">{{cite web |url=http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=6662&tab=review |title=Quake II Review |first=Michael L. |last=House |website=[[AllGame]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141211031500/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=6662&tab=review |archive-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref>
| CVG = {{rating|3|5}} (PC)<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lomas |first=Ev |date=August 1998 |title=Quake 2: The Reckoning |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |issue=201 |page=63}}</ref>
| GameFan = 248/300 (N64)<ref>''GameFan'', volume 7, issue 7 (July 1999), pages 12 & 66–67</ref>
| GSpot = 9.0/10 (PC)<ref name="Broady">{{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/quake-ii-review/1900-2532651/ |last=Broady |first=Vince |title=Quake II Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref>
| NGen = {{rating|4|5}} (PC, N64)<ref name="NG39" /><ref name="NGv2n2" />
| rev1 = ''[[Macworld]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="macworld1999">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010611071257/http://www.macworld.com/1999/12/features/gamehalloffame.html |url=http://www.macworld.com/1999/12/features/gamehalloffame.html |title=1999 ''Macworld'' Game Hall Of Fame |author=Breen, Christopher |work=[[Macworld]] |date=December 1999 |archive-date=June 11, 2001 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]''
| rev2Score= 4.5/5<ref>{{cite web |first=Stuart |last=Clarke |url=http://www.smh.com.au/icon/9910/23/games2.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20001202100900/http://www.smh.com.au/icon/9910/23/games2.html |title=Quake makes the break |website=[[Smh.com.au]] |archivedate=December 2, 2000 |date=October 23, 1999 |accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref>
|PCPP=94%<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Sharpe |first=Peter |date=February 1998 |title=Quake II |url=https://archive.org/details/PCPowerplay-021-1998-02 |journal=PC PowerPlay |issue=21 |pages=56–59}}</ref>
}}

''Quake II'' received very positive reviews across all platforms.

''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the PC version of the game and stated that "all in all, id should be commended for the advancement of its technology and improvement in its single-player level design, but it's going to be up to mod designers to provide the necessary additions to the multiplayer game in order to make it stand out from ''Quake''."<ref name="NG39">{{cite magazine |title=Finals |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=39 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=March 1998 |page=118}}</ref> ''[[GamePro]]'' said the game "lives up to its impossibly high hype." Praising its interconnected levels, new weapons, enemy design, soundtrack, and the ability to play as a female character in multiplayer mode (which they called "an overdue nod to the growing number of [[Grrl|QuakeGrrls]]"), they gave it a perfect 5.0 out of 5 in all four categories (graphics, sound, control, and funfactor).<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Dan Elektro |title=PC GamePro Review: Quake II |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=114 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=March 1998 |page=68}}</ref>

On aggregating review website [[GameRankings]], the PC version held 87%,<ref name="GRPC" /> the Nintendo 64 version 81%,<ref name="GRN64" /> and the PlayStation version 80%.<ref name="GRPS" /> ''[[AllGame]]'' editor Michael L. House stated, "the beauty of Quake II is not in the single-player game, it's in the multi-player feature."<ref name="allgamereview" /> ''[[GameSpot]]'' editor Vince Broady described ''Quake II'' as "the only first-person shooter to render the original Quake entirely obsolete."<ref name="Broady" />

Daniel Erickson reviewed the N64 version of the game for ''Next Generation'', and stated that "a good first-person shooter with a great multiplayer mode; ''GoldenEye'' is no longer the only game in town."<ref name="NGv2n2">{{cite magazine |last=Erickson |first=Daniel |title=Finals |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |volume=2 |issue=2 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=October 1999 |pages=108–109}}</ref>

At the [[Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences]]' [[1st Annual Interactive Achievement Awards|inaugural Interactive Achievement Awards]], ''Quake II'' was awarded "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Action Game of the Year|PC Action Game of the Year]]"; it also received nominations for "Computer Entertainment Title of the Year" and "[[D.I.C.E. Award for Game of the Year|Interactive Title of the Year]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Award - Updates |url=http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardupdate.htm |website=Interactive.org |publisher=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090128fw_/http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardupdate.htm |archive-date=June 15, 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Award - Winners |url=http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardwin98.htm |website=Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |access-date=April 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980615090115/http://www.interactive.org/html/award/awardwin98.htm |archive-date=June 15, 1998 |url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Quake II'' won ''[[Macworld]]''{{'}}s 1999 "Best Shoot-'Em-Up" award, and the magazine's Christopher Breen wrote: "In either single-player or multiplayer mode, for careening-through-corridor-carnage satisfaction, ''Quake II'' is a must-have."<ref name="macworld1999" /> It also won ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s 1997 "Action Game of the Year" award. The editors wrote that "for pure adrenaline-pumping, visceral, instantly gratifying action, ''Quake II'' is the hands-down winner. No game gave us the rush that ''Quake II'' did".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=CGW Presents The Best & Worst of 1997 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=March 1998 |pages=74–77, 80, 84, 88, 89 |issue=164}}</ref>

In 1998, ''[[PC Gamer]]'' declared it the 3rd-best computer game ever released, and the editors called it "id's gun-happy masterpiece is the most sensational and subtle shooter ever, and one of the best games of any type ever created."<ref>{{cite journal |title=The 50 Best Games Ever |date=October 1998 |volume=5 |number=10 |journal=[[PC Gamer US]] |pages=86, 87, 89, 90, 92, 98, 101, 102, 109, 110, 113, 114, 117, 118, 125, 126, 129, 130}}</ref>

In 1999, ''Next Generation'' listed ''Quake 2'' as number 5 on their "Top 50 Games of All Time", commenting that, "''Quake 2'' is the standard for multiplayer shooting, and we've yet to see a "''Quake'' killer" that can keep us from returning to multiplayer ''Quake'' for longer than a month or so."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 50 Games of All Time |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=50 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1999 |page=81}}</ref>