A much more cohesive and forward-thinking game than the original Quake, with some pretty novel interconnected level design that hints towards what Valve would eventually achieve with Half-Life. I wish this had more personality, it just doesn't pop quite like the original Quake. The cyborg enemy designs are really boring, and the bland sci-fi aesthetics pale in comparison to the imaginative Lovecraftian/medieval sci-fi look of the first game. It just doesn't have that thick omnipresent arcane atmosphere that made the original so compelling.

It's still pretty fun though, much better than the haters back in the late '90s had led me to believe. Glad I played it.