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Summary: Worth the money!
Review: This game is much better in every aspect. I know that an adjustment is needed, but thats true of any game. You simply need to download the sound patch for the game and that problem is cured! It simply takes a few minuts, but after that the game is a blast! I know anybody who liked Unreal 1 will be blown away by this game! Its much better than Unreal Tournament 1!
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Summary: A little disappointed...
Review: The hype surrounding this game was pretty incredible for a PC release. The first UT was so mind-blowing at the time it came out, not only for single-player but also online play. Most importantly it was somewhat original and a lot of fun.I must say the graphics for UT2k3 are top-notch. A lot of attention was brought on the possible requirements for a game with several times the polygon count as its predecessor, which is understandable. My PC has a Duron 1.3Ghz processor with 512MB of RAM and a Geforce256 graphics card. It runs UT2k3 reasonably well with average settings, which shows you they put a lot of effort into the 3D engine to accommodate computers with less-than-fantastic specs. The body physics and movements are very realistic, especially when your opponents fall to the ground. I have problems with a few of the game's main features though. The weapons are just too boring for the caliber of game that UT2k3 was hyped up to be. A few of them seem so out of place, like they're from a poorly designed mod. I don't know how the GES Biorifle made its way AGAIN into the final version. The minigun now does much less damage than the one in the original, which never seemed too powerful anyway. The rocket launcher is no longer able to fire more than 3 shots at a time, and lacks the true '2-function' mode as the first. Many die-hard gamers were angry about the Lighting rifle but its not so bad...I don't like the look of the zoom-in scope though. On the bright side the flak cannon is still a good weapon for close quarter combat and the link gun is also useful at times. The assault rifle is a good alternative to the handgun in the first but the grenades are too weak in my opinion, and hard to aim. The shock rifle is also back and is a decent choice. But my biggest complaint is the sound effects. NONE of the weapons have the authoritative bang of the first, which were often too loud at times! The rocket launcher lacks the distinct vacuum effect of the missile's tube like the first UT. The grinding and 'lead-intensive' sound effects from the minigun were also removed, which drew inspirations from Jesse Ventura's character in Predator. And the annoying high-pitched announcer that declares the winner and killing successes gets old real fast. The announcer in UT was perfect and deserves his old job back over this thing. I have to admit the music is amazing. It would fit well into most sci-fi movies. That's my take on the new UT. What bothers me the most is they came so close to getting it right. If you just want a new online thrill you probably wont mind as much, in fact you'll probably love this game. The netcode is almost flawless from my experience. But I was expecting the weapon selection to exceed all previous FPS standards, instead I was let down by what seems like a poor selection of armaments for future combat.
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Summary: coffee to keep you up till the wee hours!!!
Review: This is one of the best multiplayer shooters around and will be for as long as you can keep your eyes on a computer screen. Its sad people keep knocking this game because it's not perfect mainly because this build was never intended to be. They released this with the intention of getting good feed back for making it the best it possibly could get for a shooter. They have stated on there site that they intend to release fewcher installments on this game with new and improved levels, weapons, vehicles and modes of play. So vrs. other games around this is the one of the best investment around. This game is incredibly fun and dynamic to play let alone watch, with a flawless physics engine and the most amazing graphics youl see for a wile. Your eyes will weep for more, the screens here don't do the game justice in the slightest so see it for your self. The famous assault mode is gone but it will be back in Unreal The Awakening, in its multiplayer mode and definitely carry over to UT. I'll be waiting to blow you into glorious flying bits.
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Summary: What a waste!
Review: This game had so much going for it ... don't be fooled by all the awesome graphics, there's some bugs, lousy gameplay and sound within. If I only knew I could have waited till it went down to 20 bucks. Not worth that cash, wait till it comes down. It's great for a 20 bin game. That's all.
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Summary: Amazing game
Review: I have been playing computer games for many years now and this one is the most fun I have ever had playing. The graphics are amazing and the game play is easy to learn. You get so caught up in the online tournaments that you can forget what time it is. I have never experienced a game like UT 2003 and I highly reccommend it. My only advice is that you better have the latest PC to run on. You will need at least a 1ghz pc and 256mb ram and 64mb graphics card, preferably Nvidia. This game takes a lot of juice to run but its well worth it.
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Summary: Good, but flawed compared to the original....
Review: Don't get me wrong, UT 2003 is still a very solid and wildly entertaining game. The graphics are improved, there's more character models, and a new game mode called Bombing Run that is UT's version of Rugby/Football, which is very cool. Aside from bringing back the basic fun of the original, there are so many things lacking. First off: the weapons. Yes they brought back old favorites like the Flak Gun, Rocket Launcher, and Gatling Gun, but none of these are as fun to use as their original versions. And where did the sniper rifle go! It has turned into a lame Lightning Gun that just doesn't do it for me. It just seems that the updated weapons are overall not as fun to use. The pace of UT 2003 is also so chaotic (which seems good at first) that it feels like you are merely hopping around firing at whatever, hoping to strike your target. My favorite game mode from the original UT was domination. The updated Domination 2.0 in 2003 is not as fun. And while the maps are nicer looking, they do not seem to sport the same creativity as some of the better maps in the original. Even more annoying than the previously mentioned is the improvment of the Translocator. A useful tool in the first UT has been given a longer range. Sound good? Not when my first few games online were spent shooting at players who don't fight in capture the flag, but just spend the entire round traslocating towards their destination over and over again. On the larger maps, it seems to have become the preferred mode of trasportation. Overall UT 2003 is a solid purchase, and will provide hours of online fraggin delight. But hardcore fans of the original may be let down by some of the changes.
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Summary: Graphics over Gameplay Deja-Vu (again)
Review: This is a solid shooter with a lot to like, including outstanding graphics and silky smooth gameplay. Improvements over the original include those graphics, better sound, a better level editor and did I mention the graphics? The game plays faster, not quite Q3 fast but certainly faster than UT and the weapons have been remodelled and "balanced", with the teeth extracted from the Flak Cannon (less flak) and the Rocket Launcher (no grenade launcher mode, maximum 3 rockets in one shot) particularly. The ridiculously overpowered sniper rifle has gone too, to be replaced with a high-powered by unwieldy lightning gun that takes time to recharge (think a rail gun with a zoom and lightning graphic and you'll get the idea).
Gamewise Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag all make an expected appearance along with a new mode, Bombing Run and the not so new Double Domination. Bombing Run is a sporty-type game in which your team scores points by delivering a ball into the opponents goal. Whilst you have the ball you cannot use any other gun but the ball launcher and you score by either shooting the ball into the goal or for more points running it in (and usually get sliced up in the process). Although a lot like Capture the flag, at least this mode is fun, as opposed to Double Domination which is merely a chore. It's a variation on the original UTs Domination that if anything makes a poor mode worse. The bots don't like it, and neither will you. A return of the excellent Assault mode or something similar to Jailbreak would have been a far better choice.
Offline play with bots is as good, if not better than ever, as the AI has improved to the point where just like real players, the bots themselves will ignore your "suggestions" and do their own thing. Death animations have improved immensely and watching a corpse "beamed out" whilst standing near is pretty enough to get you killed!
The maps themselves are something of a disappointment as there aren't really enough, those supplied aren't really that good and they take far too long to load. Maps will come, they always do (Epic are even rumored to be putting out a pack of them soon) but its a shame there wasn't enough good ones straight out of the box.
Finally there's adrenaline, which 'provides you with the extra energy needed to execute special Adrenaline abilities'(from the manual) Any more than that I can't tell you as I would have to buy the game guide to find out! This is pretty poor but only follows a general trend in gaming recently, ie keeping important info out of the manual so that more game guides will be sold...
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Summary: Unreal is Quake
Review: The reason I liked Unreal is that it was not like Quake. Not the frantic, run and gun style play, but more "sophisticated" killing fun.
The new Unreal has become Quakeish. Bummer. Battlefield 1942 for me now...
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Summary: Disapointing
Review: This game is a big disappointment. There are not that many levels, and many of the levels are just re-hashes of the same old thing. Granted, the game engine is beautiful and plays nicely - but I was expecting more. The enemy bots still play well in deathmatch, but are terrible in team games. The game was also released with bugs.
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Summary: A fun title for fps lovers, and HOW DO I KNOW IF I LIKE IT?
Review: unreal tournament 2003 is quite a controversial game. the thing that most people will notice, is that it isnt as original a game as unreal tournament (first) was. the thing is, that its the same exact game, only... BETTER. the graphics are just beautiful, ...
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