Quake II RTX: FPS classic returns with 4K graphics and for free on Steam

A NVIDIA had announced on Computex 2019 that would bring Quake II with renewed visuals by the Ray Tracing sometime 2019. And here we are! The classic shooting game has completely renewed visuals thanks to lighting technology from NVIDIA and the demo is available for free at Steam.

Em Quake II RTX, the studio LightSpeed ​​Studios da NVIDIA used for the first time in a game the technology path tracing, a technique that unifies all lighting effects that are calculated by a single algorithm Ray Tracing, such as shadows, reflections, light refractions, and others.

“Ray tracing is the technology that is defining the next generation of PC gaming and that makes Quake II a part of this new era”

Matt Wuebbling, Marketing Lead for GeForce at NVIDIA

Not familiar with Quake II?

Quake II is an FPS (First Person Shooter) developed by Id Software and distributed by Activision initially released for PC on December 9, 1997. The successor to Quake had an excellent reception and is hailed as one of the best shooters of all time, having great fans to this day and several times receiving the title of best game of the saga. Quake.

In the history of Quake II we play as a Marine named Bitterman, who takes part in a special operation called Alien Overlord, a kind of counterattack against the Strogg, a cybernetic civilization that planned to conquer the earth. During the mission, Bitterman's companions are captured, and we must work alone on a suicide mission to assassinate the Strogg leader, Makron. ()

The first 3 episodes of the game are available to be played for free on Steam ou na nvidia.com, and if the player wants to, he can buy the full game and experience the technology Ray Tracing in the entire game. who already has Quake II in the library of Steam You can play the entire game for free with the tech add-on from NVIDIA.

Minimum requirements to play

• OS: Windows 7 64-bit or Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64-bit;
• Processor: Intel Core i3-3220, or AMD equivalent;
• Memory: 8 GB RAM;
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060, or greater;
• Storage: 2GB of available space.

O Ray Tracing is a graphics card technology from NVIDIA that generate lighting within games more realistically, calculating light, shadows and reflections the way they would naturally react, bringing an even more realistic look to video games.

the use of Ray Tracing in such an old game shows just how important technology is to the future of gaming and demonstrates its ability to transform such dated visuals into something completely new for gamers.