History Recap / QuakeRubicon2

On August 18, 2022, [[https://bethesda.net/en/article/47dVbZUjskNMiOO9FU5WdS/new-add-ons-available-revolution-and-rubicon-2 the mod was added as a downloadable addon]] for the 2021 Quake Remaster, [[https://prod-citadel.bethesda.net/en/article/3GjniQrYV7F55SJtt2sVp1/nods-to-mods-interview-rubicon-2-for-quake with an interview to its creators following suit]].

On August 18, 2022, [[https://bethesda.net/en/article/47dVbZUjskNMiOO9FU5WdS/new-add-ons-available-revolution-and-rubicon-2 it was added as a downloadable addon]] for the 2021 Quake Remaster, [[https://prod-citadel.bethesda.net/en/article/3GjniQrYV7F55SJtt2sVp1/nods-to-mods-interview-rubicon-2-for-quake with an interview to its creators following suit]].

On August 18, 2022, [[https://bethesda.net/en/article/47dVbZUjskNMiOO9FU5WdS/new-add-ons-available-revolution-and-rubicon-2 it was added as a downloadable addon]] for the 2021 remastered version of the game, [[https://prod-citadel.bethesda.net/en/article/3GjniQrYV7F55SJtt2sVp1/nods-to-mods-interview-rubicon-2-for-quake with an interview to its creators following suit]].

* CloseRangeCombatant / VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Dreadnought flamethrowers are deliberately short-ranged, with the enemy possessing no other ranged attacks beyond it.

''Rubicon 2'' is a three-level ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' episode mod originally released in 2011 by John "metlslime" Fitzgibbons and Christian "czg" Grawert (of Creator/MachineGames fame). On August 18, 2022, [[https://bethesda.net/en/article/47dVbZUjskNMiOO9FU5WdS/new-add-ons-available-revolution-and-rubicon-2 it was added as a downloadable addon]] for the 2021 remastered version of the game, [[https://prod-citadel.bethesda.net/en/article/3GjniQrYV7F55SJtt2sVp1/nods-to-mods-interview-rubicon-2-for-quake with an interview to its creators following suit]].

The levels feature large, sci-fi industrial complexes, featuring original sounds & models that expand on the military/sci-fi aspects of ''Quake''. In a notable first for a ''Quake'' addon, ''Rubicon 2'' also includes new enemies that accompany ''Quake'''s terrestrial foes[[note]]Rottwielers, Grunts & Enforces[[/note]]; flamethrower-wielding Dreadnoughts, airborne Centurions & laser-shooting Automatons.

The episode is comprised of the levels "Welcome to Rubicon 2", "Hydroexpurgation Plant", "Subterranean Spookworks" and "A Thousand Years into the Past".

* CloseRangeCombatant / VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Dreadnoughts possess no ranged attacks and their flamethrowers are deliberately short-ranged.

''Rubicon 2'' is a three-level ''VideoGame/QuakeI'' episode mod originally released in 2011 by John "metlslime" Fitzgibbons and Christian "czg" Grawert (of Creator/MachineGames fame), later included as a downloadable addon to the game's 2021 remastered edition.

!! This addon shows examples of:

* HarderThanHard: The Nightmare difficulty button is located [[spoiler: on the second-level catwalk of the "Level 02" room accessible from the river. The catwalk itself is accessed via a pipe from the room containing the slipgate to "Hydroexpurgation Plant", the entrance of which is located behind a destructible grate in the slime pit beneath the slipgate. This pit also contains a Biosuit necessary for traversing the pipe without expiring]].

** The Dreadnoughts' melee-focussed gameplay loop is patterned after the Strogg Enforcers from ''VideoGame/QuakeII''.

''Rubicon 2'' is a three-level episode for ''Quake'' initially released in 2011 by John "metlslime" Fitzgibbons and Creator/MachineGames's own Christian "czg" Grawert. It was added to the 2021 remaster of the game as a downloadable addon.

* HarderThanHard: In order to get into the Nightmare difficulty, you need to travel to the portal to Hydroexpurgation plant but ''not'' enter into it. Rather, swim into the slime pool and pick up the Biosuit. Make your way to the sewer exit, and you'll find the fourth button.

** The Centurions take their name & flying disc-based locomotion from the ''Air Centurions'' featured in the [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse 1987 Masters of the Universe film]].

*** The Automatons are directly inspired by the Work Robots from ''VideoGame/SuperMetroid''.

** ShoutOut:
*** The Dreadnoughts' melee-focussed gameplay loop is patterned after the Strogg Enforcers from ''VideoGame/QuakeII''.
*** The Centurions take their name & flying disc-based locomotion from the ''Air Centurions'' featured in the [[Film/MastersOfTheUniverse 1987 Masters of the Universe film]].

* TinCanRobot: The Security Automatons evoke this, being little more than enclosed metal cylinders on stubby, flexi-tube legs.

* CloseRangeCombatant/VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck: Dreadnoughts possess no ranged attacks and their flamethrowers are deliberately short-ranged.

''Rubicon 2'' is a three-level episode initially released in 2011 by John "metlslime" Fitzgibbons and Creator/MachineGames's own Christian "czg" Grawert for. It was added to the 2021 remaster of the game as a downloadable addon.

It features large, sci-fi industrial complexes, new sounds, models and enemies that expand on the military/sci-fi aspects of Quake.

It comprises the levels "Welcome to Rubicon 2", "Hydroexpurgation Plant", "Subterranean Spookworks" and "A Thousand Years into the Past".

* AirborneMook: There's an Enforcer variation that hovers on some kind of hover pad. It's usually found outdoors.
* DefeatEqualsExplosion: One of the new enemies is a laser-shooting robot who explodes upon being killed.
* HarderThanHard: In order to get into the Nightmare difficulty, you need to travel to the portal to Hydroexpurgation plant but ''not'' enter into it. Rather, swim into the slime pool and pick up the Biosuit. Make your way to the exit of the sewer, and you'll find the fourth button.

* PlayingWithFire: One of the new enemies is a Flamethrower-carrying Enforcer. [[VideoGameFlamethrowersSuck As expected]], its flamethrower only works at short range.