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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[]

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]

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