Advantages: graphics, music, other effects, multiplayer
Disadvantages: not enough options, some great features of the original are missing, not too realistic

...Unreal Tournament was one of the most intense, electrifying games in the history, and it was nothing less than a wonder among the First Person Shooters. But the sequel to the game went the other way, as it could offer nothing more than some better graphics. We have the next offerings in Unreal Tournament 2004 and 2007 which is to be released soon, but Unreal Tournament still stands as a void between two outstanding titles. Well, it does look better, but it doesn't give a good feeling, nowhere close to the original and its sequel. Epic games and Digital Extremes could have just avoided this title and gone for Unreal Tournament 2004, but this title has managed to stay due to the fame of its predecessor. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Processor: Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz processor (Pentium or AMD 1.0 GHz or greater recommended... Read review

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Advantages: Pure Simple Style, Extremely Fun, Super Fast Gaming
Disadvantages: Lack of Numbers Online, Poor Online Lobby System

...I loved the very first Unreal Tournament, I had it on both PC and Dreamcast, I wasn't into online gaming back in those days but it was good enough to engross me in the regular campaign and to just mess around with bots. Since those good old days the more recent Unreal Tournament games have been a bit of a let down in my opinion: For example, Unreal Tournament 2003 was a waste of time, in my opinion the guns got worse, and the game wasn't as simple and quick as it used to be. Things livened up when Unreal Tournament 2004 was released, with the addition of vehicles, this game provided a good romp but wasn't as adrenaline pumped and pure havoc as the original title. When Unreal Tournament 3 was set to be released I was optimistic, I believed that finally there would be an excellent follow up to the great original. The story in Unreal... Read review

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Advantages: Great Graphics and Gameplay
Disadvantages: Incredibly Long Startup Times

...Unreal Tournament (UT) is the first of a new generation of shooters to appear. Quake III: Arena just came out over the weekend and Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms. But those two games have a lot of catching up to do ... UT is the underdog, probably because of the poor multiplayer performance in Unreal. But Unreal had an incredible graphics engine, far superior to Half-Life's (TF2 is based on this) or Quake II. And UT's engine is basically a revved up Unreal engine. It shows. Detailed character models, great lighting effects and lush textures show the incredible horsepower in the UT engine. But that's not all ... the most important question is, how is the gameplay? There is a single-player tournament that you basically use to train. You play against Bots which are the most intelligent I've seen. They'll hide, fire wildly... Read review

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Advantages: superb first person shoot-em-up
Disadvantages: none

...In the world of first-person shoot' em ups, Unreal is the belle of the ball. Absolutely stunning and a lot of fun. The only real criticism levelled at it was a disappointing multi-player game. Unreal Tournament is Epic and GT Interactive's way of answering these criticisms. It has been designed specifically as a multi-player game, but one that can be played on your own if necessary. Confusing? Read on and all will be explained... Unreal Tournament runs on a souped up version of the original Unreal game engine. This engine was the original games strongest feature, with its ability to show beautiful graphics at high speeds and make excellent use of 3D graphics acceleration. The souped up version delivers the same quality but utilises less memory and, therefore, runs even faster. But the major improvement in the engine is in its... Read review

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Advantages: LOTS
Disadvantages: FEW

...I'm sure you've heard the hype, but the truly disturbing thing about it is that it's mostly true. Unreal delivers a new realism to video games that I just haven't seen before. Cross Tomb Raider with Doom and Resident Evil and you still only just approach Unreal in terms of visual goodies. No lame polygonal cross-sections, no 2D mindless monsters that lumber along after you as you playfully dodge and spray with high-powered weapons fire. Unreal has created olympic-level-gymnast-type monsters with twice the killing power of the porno-aficionados that plague wussies like Duke Nukem. Unreal offers two distinct perspectives to choose: the standard Doom-like first person perspective or more of a Tomb Raider-style behind-view that I myself found much more comfortable to navigate with. As the game begins you find yourself trapped... Read review

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Advantages: Unreal Game play, unreal graphics and unreal special effects
Disadvantages: After a while it is extremely hard

...Unreal Tournament, game of the year edition, is an unreal game. It has several modes – the best by far being capture the flag, it has totally awesome graphics, and the best of the best game play. Quake has nothing on this game. It has the best features possible. It is advisable to buy the ‘Totally Unreal’ package, which includes (as well as Unreal Tournament, of course). It includes ‘Unreal Tournament CD two’, ‘Unreal’, and ‘Unreal Mission Pack’. The classy weapons/guns of the game are: Redeemer (Which is self – suicidal) Rocket Launcher Flak Cannon Minigun Ripper Sniper Rifle Pulse Gun GES Bio Rifle Shock Rifle Double Enforcers Enforcer Impact Hammer Chainsaw Translocator From the top of the above list are the best weapons, lowest in the list are worst... Read review

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Advantages: It looks amazing
Disadvantages: Very linear gameplay

...PUBLISHER: Infogrames DEVELOPER: Legend Entertainment RATING: 15+ TYPE OF GAME: First Person Shooter It looks amazing… that is the first thing I’m going to say about this game. But are looks everything? No is the answer to that. For me, Unreal was an amazing and quite revolutionary game with more than amazing graphics... Unreal 2 is quite a good game that does look amazing, but I’m not sure the graphics are worth it considering the specifications you need in order to even play it. So, let's begin with looking at probably the least important aspect of any game of this kind of genre: the story. Unreal 2 is set in the same fictional universe as the original Unreal. You play Marshall John Dalton, captain of the star ship Atlantis accompanied by your trusty crew... this is the general setting of the game, but there's a lot more to it... Read review

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Advantages: Nice graphics and sound effects to go with the game
Disadvantages: Too much like other 3D shooters

...Unreal is a fairly good game, the graphics are pretty good, and they are definitely better than Quake 2 and Half Life. I found that the character models were a little goofy looking compared to Unreal Tournament, Soldier of Fortune. There is no question that Quake III is still king. Unreal's sound is pretty good,