{"id":1323933,"date":"2026-04-29T05:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/t2cCz6EXMgcSGn7QyUbaNc"},"modified":"2026-04-29T05:56:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:56:18","slug":"this-quake-2-mod-bridges-the-gap-between-the-original-game-and-its-sequel-with-hybrid-enemies-including-dog-headed-parasites-and-rocket-blasting-shamblers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/this-quake-2-mod-bridges-the-gap-between-the-original-game-and-its-sequel-with-hybrid-enemies-including-dog-headed-parasites-and-rocket-blasting-shamblers\/","title":{"rendered":"This Quake 2 mod bridges the gap between the original game and its sequel, with hybrid enemies including dog-headed parasites and rocket-blasting shamblers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Quake<\/a> and Quake 2<\/a> are, famously, very different shooters. The original is a dark gothic fantasy with a side of HP Lovecraft, while the latter leans hard into industrial sci-fi. I’ve always thought of them as entirely separate stories, but Quake 2’s latest official episodes\u2014the Machine Games-developed Call of The Machine<\/a>\u2014explicitly connects the two, with the episode’s primary antagonist summoning several Shamblers from the first game to attack the player.<\/p>\n

This overlap serves as the primary inspiration for Call of the Void<\/a>, a fanmade Quake 2 episode that takes place after Call of The Machine. This episode throws together Quake 1 and 2’s menagerie in much more literal fashion, splicing the roster of both games to create an army of monstrous hybrids.<\/p>\n

The episode consists of five “huge” new maps that mix “new and old scenarios from both franchises”. Whether this means the maps are inspired by or directly based upon levels from the first two Quake games is unclear. What is clear, weirdly for a Quake game, is the plot. The mod’s premise sees your character allying with the race of gods that Quake 1 bosses Chton and Shub-Niggurath descended from, after the Strogg took their remains and, well, Stroggified them (along with all of their minions). It is gloriously stupid and I am 100% here for it.<\/p>\n

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