BEST UNREAL???
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only ever played ut, had a massive break after than and missed all the later ones.
Original Unreal was the best (along with Na Pali), then they went and spoiled it all by making all the UT's and forgetting about the awesome game that actually spawned the series.
Don't even talk to me about the utter utter crock of poopingtons that was Unreal 2.
I'll still never forgive them for that.
Don't even talk to me about the utter utter crock of poopingtons that was Unreal 2.
I'll still never forgive them for that.
More or less. The two things I missed from 2003 (not to mention being very annoyed at saving up to buy an exp. game (I was young and in India
Game cost something like Rs. 2000 (around 25 quid) and my pocket money was about Rs. 200 per month). and then having a new one released so soon after 
), were -the map 'Skyline'. I don't think it was there in 2004 and I loved the map
The voiced pronounciation of each character's name you select. In 2004, unless my copy was somehow bugged, that only happened for Mr. Crow, for everyone else, it was just silence. It's a small thing, but I did quite enjoy that feature.
Unreal. Got it free with a soundblaster card to showcase EAX. Cant remember what graphics card I had but if I set the res up to 1900x1200 the initial screen flying around the castle would do about 1 frame every couple of seconds. At the time the graphics and sound changing as you entered caves was just amazing.
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UT 99 - best unreal game.
When it came out it was either Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament for fast paced fps gaming. I still consider them the best two multiplayer games ever made. It's shame there hasn't been many games since these two that have pushed the boundries of multiplayer gaming since.
When it came out it was either Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament for fast paced fps gaming. I still consider them the best two multiplayer games ever made. It's shame there hasn't been many games since these two that have pushed the boundries of multiplayer gaming since.
Aww
It was terrible, and a huge slap to the face of the people who loved the original game.
They just took everything that made Unreal awesome, and threw it away.
Characters were rubbish, level design was boring, story was terrible, it didn't feel epic in any way shape or form, music was crap, game didn't flow, etc etc etc.
I'm still hoping we will see Unreal 3 one day, and that they'll go back to their roots with it on a spiffing new engine.
BTW - Best UT was UT2K3.
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The original Unreal was the first game I ever played on the PC and I invested so much time and energy into it I still bear the scars (or should I say 'Skaarjs').
UT when it first appeared was like a revelation in terms of the graphics, fast paced action and pure visceral violence. To this day it's probably the game that has absobed more of my free time than any thing else, got well up the rankings for a short while but just didn't have the stamina to keep it up.
Then it went backwards imo. I remember laughing when Quake III was released (although it actually turned out to be a pretty good game in terms of overall gameplay): Just looked to me like Super Mario with guns in comparison with UT.
Remember thinking just how good the next Unreal was going to be if it improved on what was already close to perfection - and what did they do? Produced a Q III clone! It just felt far more cartoony and sanitised (green blood ffs), aimed at a younger audience.
2004 seemed like more of the same with extra vehicles. I still played it for hours at a time but it just never produced the same adrenaline rush of the original.
Never got beyond the first level of UT III. Bought the whole lot again recently when Steam did a reduction on the pack and UT is the only one I've bothered to download!
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The original for me,i had to invest in a Voodoo 2,12mb card to see all the loveliness(the only other game i had was GPL),,blew me away i must say.those two games had me hooked on pc gaming.
I was amazed at the skies,still the best i,ve seen in a game,as i recall the music was pretty good too.
I was amazed at the skies,still the best i,ve seen in a game,as i recall the music was pretty good too.
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Judging them all on their merrits when they came out, I would say
UT
Unreal
UT 2004
UT3
Unreal 2
UT 2003
UT was more or less a classic. You were either in the Quake 3 camp or the UT camp. Personally the variety and imagination of the latter won out for me. Both the pure Unreal games were good but they relied (to a greater or less extent) on being pretty as a USP. The other UT's have all been ok but not spectacular. 2003, for some reason, was a blip that I just could not get any kind of feel for.
UT
Unreal
UT 2004
UT3
Unreal 2
UT 2003
UT was more or less a classic. You were either in the Quake 3 camp or the UT camp. Personally the variety and imagination of the latter won out for me. Both the pure Unreal games were good but they relied (to a greater or less extent) on being pretty as a USP. The other UT's have all been ok but not spectacular. 2003, for some reason, was a blip that I just could not get any kind of feel for.
