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Over 30 hours of video training.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 23 / 30
Date: December 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

As a prior student of Jason Busby (3DBuzz.com), I have to say that this DVD combo will be incredible. He's created 23 new VTMs just for this special edition. To get a feel for his style of training, you can download VTMs that were created for UT2003 on his website... FREE.

For those of you that are fans of UT2003, just wait till you see what's in 2004... although I'm sure you've been following the developement of this game quite closely. The only thing better than playing a wicked game, is to actually develope mods for the game.

I bought a DVD drive for my PC, just for this special edition release.

Create your own Unreal Worlds

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: March 20, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been waiting on unreal tournament 2004 for a while now.... mainly because of the unreal training videos and of course the awesome unreal engine. Basically you can think of buying this as a small investment in learning an immense package that can bring you countless hours more fun. Now onto a review about this game

Playing this game on my topped out gaming rig (3 gigahertz HT p4 over clocked, radeon 9800 pro etc...) I can max out the settings to max and the resolution to 1024x768 and experience no slow down at all. With a gig of ram the load times are small ( 10-30 secs max ) with 512 megs its around 20-45 ). However when I put in an older 64 Meg card ( ati radeon 8500dv 64meg ) the performance took a major hit! I had to run it at 800x600 and use low settings and it still took around 40-120 seconds to load ( longer on massive multiplayer ).

The Graphics are great, I'm running the new ATI 4.3 drivers and the unreal engine really gives my machine a workout! The in game sound is nice as well.

The included headset/mic combo is kind of cheap but it gets the job done. It's purple and small but fits well. ( Chances are if your using a high tech sound system you would be best off using an external mic for use for in game 3d chats )

The Metal case is similar to the terminator 2 Ultimate edition DVD with the silver case.

This package also includes the unreal editor ( used to create levels ) upaint ( used to paint - think similar to 3dpaint ) and of course Maya 5 ple and a plug-in so you can export your models to unreal.

If you want to create your own games this is the version you must buy. Also you can run this on Linux instead of just windows which are nice as well however Maya ple 5 won't run on Linux.... Also since the game is on 1 DVD instead of 6 cds you have less to keep up with and the install is more streamlined. The Amazon listing says 150 hours of training but it's more like 60. The videos are second to none, they teach you everything from learning Maya to modeling, rigging, and most importantly exporting to unreal. They also include INDEPTH unreal scripting courses so you can learn to program physics and learn about the karma engine (beats reading the instructions from unreals developer website!)

And if you are buying this mainly for the game design supplements I would highly recommend buying some more books on Maya as well as concept drawing - maybe some how to draw manga or comics - for character designs ( how to draw anime and game characters series is a great set ) or for free drawing and character help you can check out howtodrawmanga.com, and 3dbuzz.com also has some drawing videos for free ( their artist Derek Stevens uses a deformed manga style and has a video on showing how to convert a front drawing pose to use in Maya for 3d modeling and ultimately to export out to unreal tournament! )

And finally if you wish to purchase this game your best bet is if someone on Amazon posts it to sell or on eBay and if I didn't already own a copy of it I would most def be ready and willing to pay over 100+ for it because the training material is more than worth it alone. - And of course I have no affiliation with any of these companies -

Confusing name/price explained

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: April 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There is the original CD version for $40
There was a "Special Edition DVD" in tin box with Logitech headset,and editor tutorials for around $100
On april 13th, a "special" DVD Edition (not to be confused with "Special Edition") was released with the tutorials for $39. No tin box. No headset

Atari marketing may have dropped the ball on that one - but it is still an awesome 5 Star game.(...)

great

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

the game is awesome. having it all on a single dvd is even better... i've been wanting the games to be on dvd for a while now. having to install 3+ CD's is a pain.

distribution medium aside, the game itself is awesome. definatly a rock solid game that will pass the test of time.

they werent kidding when they said they've worked hard optimizing the network code either. this is the first game in quite some time that i could actually play on my 52.8kbps connection without stinking the place up.

Excellent Game, with Linux support out of box.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I've been an Unreal player since the first game was released many years ago. UT2004 is the best yet. The new additions of Onslaught mode and several others bring the team game play modes to a new high. Also, most importantly, it includes Linux support right out of the box (even has the Tux penguin on the outside of the box). It is often overlooked that the PC "windows" version works 100% fine with Linux. In fact, the game plays smoother and more consistently under Linux than it does under Windows on the same hardware. So, give this game a try. Especially if you've been wise enough to break away from Windows.

I bought a lot of them

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 11
Date: April 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Special Edition is definiately worth the cash. I bought 10 copies a Fry's Electronics for 29.99 each. Now you know why you have to big money on ebay for them.

1000 words...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 31, 2004
Author: Amazon User

...Game comes in a metal case with carboard box inside it,regular double DVD case, probably cheap,but nice looking microphone headset,34page manual,3 Atari stickers, [...], and 1page sheet that's attached to the back of the case before shrinkwrap is removed.
1st DVD includes the Game. Installation time wasn't long at all. Took me somewhere between 5-10 minutes to completely install the game. 2nd DVD includes about 8GB of data. On your regular DVD Player you can watch a short 5min behind the scenes video plus the game trailer. The majority of features is accessible through a computer only. I believe the Divx format is used to store all the videos which allows for a very high amount of it. From what I've seen the training videos are of excellent quality and value. You see a computer's monitor with programming software open and 2 people are talking behind the screen, explaining.
It was a great idea to include the editing software, this might boost the popularity of the game with uncountable amount of downloadable custom designs from the fans all over the world (soon).

I haven't had the chance to play it with a viddeo card, so I played it on p4, 3.0 GH, 1GB RAM with Intel Extreme Graphics2. The highest settings I could choose to avoid big frame drops was 'normal' on everything with 800x640 resolution- not bad for a PC without additional Graphics card. A Card is still highly recomended.

The speed of your hard drive will determine the load time of the game. The manual advises on having at least 256mb of RAM. This is probably enough, but when I played I noticed that about 700mb was used.

I only played the Original UT before. My only complaints about this release is that the character doesn't seem to 'run' as fast and I couldn't find the weapon that I liked in original UT, the one that shoots metal discs...

I don't care much for the headset and I don't know whether I'll ever going to see the training videos on the bonus disc, but it's nice to have the whole game on 1disc, so I guess the only plus for me between SE and regular edition is DVD vs. CD. But I'm sure some fans might find the bonus disc invaluable.

Yes!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is an awesome game
kudos to everyone in Atari and Epic Games
a little lag, when online, but thats expected.

Cool.... Have Fun Buying it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Everyone has pretty much summed up that this will be cool, just have fun buying it.

nice guys finish last

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I managed to get the last or seccond to last copy of Special Edition, from amazon arround 1:30-2pm (GMT -5) Wednesday with Free Shipping. Arround 5 minutes later, they were all gone :)

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