and i cannot be more happier. the quake 2 intro holds a very special place in my heart, and it still gives me shivers watching it. this remake is fucking near-perfect in terms of replicating that extremely crunchy intro. only critique is that i wish Stroggos had a smidge more definition detail and was a little brighter.
the quake 2 intro to me is a fucking masterclass in setting tone and ambiance with limited rendering capacity. it's almost like a radio play with how much of a focus there is on audio (and even attempts at world-building in the news reports in the beginning!) and it does it so well despite there never being a single visible humanoid. it's all just military space ships (thank you Paul Steed) and a city with a BIG GUN in it! because id and blur knew that human-looking rendering was DOG SHIT bad back then! and by doing that, this intro feels ageless to me.
and hey, how about that fucking amazing sounding Rob Zombie quake 2 theme that never gets used again?
y'all got any favorite intro movies to games?
