The release of Quake II Remastered was a real “gift” for fans of the franchise, as well as lovers of classic first-person action games, myself included. I’ve been playing it almost daily since its release and I have to say that both Nightdive Studios and MachineGames excellent work.

Quake II Remastered brings some very important improvements that affect both geometry as well as lighting, shadows and effects. The breadth and construction of the scenarios have also been improved, creating a much more technically advanced game that retains all the essence of the original.

However, it is true that these improvements not as impressive as full ray tracing which Quake II RTX showcased, and therefore in that sense it clearly stands behind the mod that NVIDIA released a few years ago, which, frankly, is still the best way to take the experience to another level while playing this game. classics.

Fortunately, we already have a modder working on the mod implement path tracking in Quake II Remastered. The project is being developed by “mStewart207”, who said he modified the Quake II RTX source code to work with the new remastered edition maps, although he faced significant challenges due to the limitations of the original Quake II. important in many ways, including block lighting.

This limitation has precisely caused Machine Games to look extremely dark when loading new maps ever since many of its light sources would simply disappear. It’s important to note that the new maps this game brings adopt a new cell-based level structure that allows be much widerwas also used new skeleton model for enemies, making them present a higher level of detail, and also increased the maximum number of them on screen.

Fortunately, the new maps are confirmed to work with the Quake II RTX base, so it’s ultimately a matter of tweaking and revising to make Quake II Remastered work with path tracing. total, sooner or later we will be able to enjoy Quake II Remastered with full ray tracing, and when that happens, I’ll share with you an article evaluating the graphics and performance. The screenshots attached to the article are a demonstration of how well the path tracing is done in Quake II Remastered.