UNREAL TOURNAMENT

[thomasallencummins]

I played the original Unreal and at that time was pretty impressed. There was a multiplayer mode that got things going but when Unreal Tournament arrived (similar to Quake III Tournament) I really got hooked. The game performance was different from Quake and Half Life but also very similar. There were a few unique weapons and a rather unigue feel to the game that was very appealing. There have been a few newer releases of UT that have raised the bar on graphics and special effects to a terrific level.

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I never got into Unreal all that much...at the time, I think we were largely playing QII, and while the graphics and effects (of the first Unreal) were unbeatable, the gameplay just seemed...lacking I guess.

Spent a fair bit of time trying to build QII maps in the Unreal editor though. :lol:

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[thomasallencummins]

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I never got into Unreal all that much...at the time, I think we were largely playing QII, and while the graphics and effects (of the first Unreal) were unbeatable, the gameplay just seemed...lacking I guess.

Spent a fair bit of time trying to build QII maps in the Unreal editor though. :lol:

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I bought Quake II but was really disappointed in how much the game looked and felt like Quake. I was hoping for the kind of dramatic upgrade that we actually got with QIII. My disappointment was such that I never got beyond the first couple of levels in the single player game and then when QIII came out I completely forgot about QII. I've since learned about some of the important upgrades that QII actually had but by now its pretty moot. The newer versions of Unreal Tournament have some really visually stunning improvements that make the game even more appealing to me. The newest example is too graphics intensive for my paltry 1.4 ghz Athlon processor. :-(

[Cad Zombie]

Unreal tournament gameplay was decent, I particularly liked the sniper rifle.

[thomasallencummins]

cadzombie said:

Unreal tournament gameplay was decent, I particularly liked the sniper rifle.

I liked the sniper rifle too. When the game narrator exclaims "Headshot!"

[ram]

atomic said:

I bought Quake II but was really disappointed in how much the game looked and felt like Quake. I was hoping for the kind of dramatic upgrade that we actually got with QIII. My disappointment was such that I never got beyond the first couple of levels in the single player game and then when QIII came out I completely forgot about QII.

I felt the opposite way. I loved Quake II, loved the single-player mode. It was almost as much fun as the original Quake.

Now when Unreal Tournament came out, I wouldn't say I completely forgot about Quake III, but boy did UT grab all my attention. UT totally rocks!

Agreed, the sniper rifle is wicked!

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Bah, the RailGun in QII was better. ;D (Never bothered with single player...LAN or Bots, that was all I was interested in.

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[thomasallencummins]

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Bah, the RailGun in QII was better. ;D (Never bothered with single player...LAN or Bots, that was all I was interested in.

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Agreed. The improvements in multiplayer mode of QII are what most people rave about. Now that I think about it I remember having tried QII but not owning the game until after I purchased QIII. I suppose if I had really gotten into the game back when it was new I would have appreciated it more.

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And played against a bunch of people. We used to do 24-hour LAN death-matches. (Aided by things that keep you awake. )

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[ram]

Quake's Rail Gun is definitely one awesome weapon, but I don't think UT's sniper rifle is anything to sneeze at. Plus it's got a nice secondary mode. Anyway, we could talk about the superiority of this or that weapon, but it all boils down to feel, and for me, everything about UT just felt right the instant I began playing it. The controls, the maps - everything just clicked.

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See, it was the opposite for me...was so used to Quake that I couldn't be bothered getting into Unreal.

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[thomasallencummins]

ram said:

Quake's Rail Gun is definitely one awesome weapon, but I don't think UT's sniper rifle is anything to sneeze at. Plus it's got a nice secondary mode.

Nothing like a nice headshot with the sniper rifle. ;D