Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning

“	You are part of an elite commando [force] that must infiltrate a hostile alien city. Once inside, you must scour industrial landscapes, crawl through waterways and air ducts, navigate treacherous canyons teeming with vicious mutants, stow away on an alien spacecraft, and destroy the enemy's secret moon base.	”
—id Software overview^[1]

Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning is an official mission pack released for Quake II, developed by Xatrix Entertainment Inc. and released in May 27, 1998.

The development of this Mission Pack started before Quake II got released. ^[2], most likely in November 1997.

Plot[]

Main Article: Quake II Mission Pack: The Reckoning Story

The Reckoning follows Joker, a member of an elite squad of marines on a mission to infiltrate the Moon Base and destroy the Strogg Fleet there, which is preparing to attack. Joker crash lands in the Swamps outside the compound where his squad mates are waiting. Joker travels through the swamps and bypasses the compounds outer defenses and enters through the main gate. Joker finds his squad just in time to watch them get obliterated by Strogg forces. Joker escapes on his own to the fuel refinery where he helps the Air Force destroy all fuel production. Afterwards, Joker infiltrates the Strogg spaceport, boards a cargo ship and reaches the Moon Base, destroying it and the fleet.

Units[]

In the 2023 remaster, the Strogg Freighter level was removed from Unit 4 and now comprises Unit 5 by itself, with the moon base being Unit 6.

Multiplayer Maps[]

New Content[]

Enemies[]

The Reckoning adds nine new monsters to the Strogg army, although most of them are upgraded versions of familiar Strogg foes. The Gekk and Repair Bot are entirely new, however.

Weapons[]

Power-ups[]

Dual Fire Damage
Flashlight (2023 remaster)

Enemy appearance statistics[]

Enemy	Easy	Medium	Hard/Nightmare
Light Guard	20	15	17
Shotgun Guard	36	42	42
Machine Gun Guard	18	24	23
Ripper Guard	99	124	144
Hyperblaster Guard	90	104	102
Laser Guard	77	97	109
Enforcer	116	127	131
Gunner	88	110	126
Beta Iron Maiden	4	9	14
Parasite	21	30	36
Berserker	35	58	57
Gekk	72*	94	119
Barracuda Shark	17	21	25
Flyer	16	19	20
Technician	13	20	25
Icarus	13	18	22
Repair Bot	10	10	11
Brains	5	8	8
Gladiator	33	38	45
Beta Gladiator	13	21	23
Tank	12	13	13
Tank Commander	4	4	4
Beta Super Tank	4	4	4
Jorg	1	1	1
Makron	1	1	1

These statistics refer to the 2023 remaster, which may differ from the original release of The Reckoning on certain levels - such as previously missing kills on Industrial Facility and Water Treatment Plant that are now fixed. However, one Gekk is still missing from Badlands on Easy difficulty. Furthermore, while Brains would be more accurately described as Beta Class Brains in the original release, as of the 2023 remaster they are now the same thing.

Reception[]

The game received mostly positive review scores with Gamerankings rating it 69.50%, noting that The Reckoning expands the gameplay of Quake II but does nothing spectacular about it. ^[3]

References[]

*Quake II: The Reckoning*
Organization		Terran Coalition of Man · Strogg
Characters		Joker · Rampage
Enemies		Brains (Beta Class) · Gekk · Gladiator (Beta Class) · Hyper Blaster Guard · Iron Maiden (Beta Class) · Laser Guard · Repair Bot · Ripper Guard
Bosses		Super Tank (Beta Class)
Weapons		Ion Ripper · Phalanx Particle Cannon · Trap
Powerups		Dual Fire Damage · Flashlight (2023 remaster)
Vehicles		Drop Pod · Dropship

Expansions of Quake
Quake		Scourge of Armagon · Dissolution of Eternity · Dimension of the Past · Dimension of the Machine
Quake II		*The Reckoning* · Ground Zero · Call of the Machine
Quake III		Team Arena

External links[]

[idS:TR-1] Software: Quake II Mission Pack -- The Reckoning

[2] ttps://discord.com/channels/190583485826727936/877980817580757045/1259604062039703644

[3] ttp://www.gamerankings.com/pc/55402-quake-ii-mission-pack-the-reckoning/index.html

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