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THIS GAME ROCKS

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: September 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun to play. And is very easy to configure. I have not found a video card that would not play it. The graphics where way ahead of everything at the time of its release. If you want to play Unreal Tournament 2003 but your computer is not capable of playing it. This game is for you. It’s almost the same as 2003. 2003 just has better graphics and few different guns. I have both and I play this one more than the other because over all it was better made. It is much simpler to configure. Game play is smoother and weapons fire is more precise. This game will always be one of my favorite games. It most definitely was the game of the year.

One of the best deathmatch FPS for weaker PCs

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 01, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Today, with the arrival of Unreal Tournament 2004, the original seems almost obsolete. However, there is one advantage the original has over its bigger brethren. The system requirements.

A PC required to run UT today would probably run you less than $300. Even at this price range, the system requirements would probably still be over the needed limits. How times change, huh? I know some people who remembers that UT was actually kind of difficult to run at the time of its release (I was only a console gamer at the time, so I didn't know). Imagine years from now when Doom 3's requirements would be considered nothing...

Anyway, as I've said before, the biggest advantage to this is the low requirements. If you have a weak PC, then you could simply opened up UT and get a quick fragging game on. You could play at maximum settings and still get 60fps (for those who don't know, that is EXCELLENT speed). As UT is meant to be a fast pace game, this is extremely important.

Speaking of which, that is probably the main appeal of this game. The ultra fast pace of the game adds tremendously to its gamelength. Supposedly, UT was released as a competitor to Quake II, but I had a chance to play Quake II later and I thought it was horrible compared to UT. Hell, I played Quake III later and thought it was horrible compred to UT. If you've played Quake before, then just take that and give it a few bottles of steroids.

While the pace is comparable to Quake, it is how you play it that makes it so much better. Whereas many of Quake's stages are often confining, UT gives you large stages that lets you roam around with a shaky trigger finger. The stages add tremendously, especially when you play Deathmatch. That reminds me, the game modes are GREAT! While there are many game modes, the two which are the best is probably Deathmatch and Capture the Flag.

Now, the speed and modes are great, but there is more. Online play and maps. There are ALWAYS people fragging online, so you never have to worry about lack of people to play with. This is great for when you have insomnia and want to stay up killing strangers online. Secondly, the downloadable maps are GREAT! Have a map from another game that you want to play? Search for it online and you might find it!

In conclusion, all of the aforementioned parts of UT gives it an extremely high replay value. Highly recommended for people who likes fast pace games and like to have a quick fragging round every once in a while. Not recommended for anyone who is disturb by mass bloodshed, but for those who don't mind it, go ahead and enjoy!

GENIAL

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Amazing game ... used to play it too much in 2000 ... 5 years later we started playing again .. it's still the same fun !

This game never gets outdated...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's already some time ago when this game appeared for the first time. The graphics were cool, game play was outstanding, great sound and you had a hell of alot fun with it. Now 5 years later (?) nothing changed to that, although it's a bit less fun nowadays wich is normal after 5 years...
Yeah, nowadays you got UT 2004, but it can't compete with this one, the first remains to be the best first-person shooter ever made. You also don't need alot of space or an amazing videocard to run this game. Online-mode is hard, 'cause all the die-hard-fans stayed in UT 1 and they are difficult to beat. I'm not going to say more, but if you're into first person shooter, this is the mother of all first persoon shooters!

Unrealistic amount of fun!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

(im not really under 13 i just did this cuz im too lazy to put in my email address)
Aside from that, UT is simply the most fun i have ever had in my life. The many game modes and weapons(with an alternate firing mode as well as main) combine to create a perfect gaming experience. In the game of the year edition there are OVER 70 NEW maps to play in. Added to the original maps the game comes with that totals to about 100-something maps. There are also a lot of new "player skins" to choose from. Maybe the best thing about this game is the tremedous replay value it has. You can play in the 1 player tourney or do practice sessions (which is just a normal battle not a tutorial) with the Bots that you created. In my opinion this game is more enjoyable than watching a kid wrestle an imaginary bear. Simply put, the best game EVER. Oh yeah theres a multiplayer mode too but...i'm too addicted to single-player to notice...

I Give it 5 Dwarf Stars because it Rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: December 24, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I Love the game, I have always enjoyed first person shooters but this one really takes the cake! I have beaten the game in a total of 4 hours but the internet game play keeps you hooked on the game.

If you voted less than 4 stars on this game you suck.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is the best FPS I have ever played in my life. If anyone on this whole site has given it less than four stars, they must have low coordination, and suck at life. I first played it over my friends house and became instantly hooked. Now I live, eat and sleep UT. I wish I didn't have to go to work, so I can stay home and play all day. Friday nights I play from 6 PM-6 AM, Saturday nights I play from 3-pm to 6 AM. Yes, I do play it straight. I wish I didn't have to eat or go to the bathroom because it takes away from time I could be fragging. I just bought the Nostromo n50 because I must be the best. When I am not playing UT, I am waiting impatiently to get back. All I need now is to be hooked up to an IV and a piss bag so I never have to leave the computer. This game is highly addictive, but at least I can say I'm not addicted. Well I have to go I've spent more than 5 minutes away from UT and I am becoming depressed.

Fantastic Game, Fantastic Value

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

There's a point in every good game where, for a moment, something sends tingles down your spine, much like a favorite song on the radio. In Epic Games' Unreal Tournament, that sight was setting Mars rising on the horizon as I dueled to the death on an orbiting space platform. Yep, this is awesome.

While waltzing through a local department store, I happened upon this game for only ten bucks. Being more used to games like Descent, I haven't played with too many FPS titles. Quake and Red Faction were the only major ones I had any experience with, but I had heard nothing but good things about Unreal Tournament. And for ten bucks, what the hey?

All I can say is WOW. That ten dollars bought a game that I will play and enjoy for years to come. Simply put, this is one of the highest-quality titles I've seen in a long time. A fun and addictive FPS, UT redefined my expectations for an FPS game and is easily the greatest "bargain bin" title I've ever bought.

Out of the box, you get tons of levels and gameplay modes. There is a single-player tourney, but you can play against the computer-controlled bots as well. On-line, expect to see packed servers even to this day, several years after the game released. UT also comes with an awesome game editor called UnrealEd that is relatively easy to use. Tutorials are everywhere and new levels are released everyday to freshen up the UT experience. Put bluntly, this game never gets old. The graphics aged rather nicely, and the soundtrack is remarkably great.

Even when I compare it to Unreal Tournament 2003, which I later bought on account of the greatness of the original, UT still shines. The awesome weapons, the varied arena settings, and the general "feel" of the game just aren't the same in UT2K3. There is a certain beauty and elegance to this game, despite the lack of insane details as in UT2K3, that keeps me coming back to it.

Critiques? I only have a few. One, the netcode is rather sensitive to lag, such that if you aren't playing on a sub 100ms ping server, you might find that its unplayable (course, that's just my opinion). Two, I wish there were more character models to use. There are about a half-dozen in the game with only two or three "skins" apiece. While it's enough to differentiate between players, there is too much repetition to it (UT2K3 addressed this by having tons of models to choose from). And last, I tend to think that the game's sense of scale is a bit strange. In many levels, including my own attempts, the players seem small compared to the environments around them. This is even more prominent in UT2K3. None of these flaws are major problems, however - more like tiny details and ways to improve what's already near perfect.

For merely ten bucks, you can't go wrong. If you haven't played UT, you owe it to yourself to find and buy it. Check the bargain software section at your local store. This could very well be the finest FPS ever designed.

A game that shall be remembered...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Unreal Tournament is so good a game in terms of strategy and its ability to satisfy desires only its fans can comprehend, that it will be remembered for years to come. This game is a milestone in the gaming industry. No other first person shooter, not even UT 2003, comes near in terms of the fanaticism this game can generate. Hats off to the creators of UT!

UT: Still The Champion of First Person Shooters

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: April 03, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It's been 4 or 5 years since the release of the orginal Unreal Tournament and no one has yet to top this amazing game. I play a lot of these kinds of games and consider myself to be qualified to speak on most of them. I've been playing UT about 3 years and I have yet to be bored by this fast moving, skill based, arena shooting game. There is a thriving network of internet players despite a subsequent release of Unreal Tournament 2003. UT 2003 makes a rather bad attempt to resemble Quake Arena, it's closest competitor, but the hardcore players have stuck with the original. Why??? The online subculture of UT is almost fanatical. Long time UT players and programmers have created new maps and weapons modifications that have outshined anything that Infrogames (the UT developer) can offer in a newer edtion of UT. The rise of the Zark Assault Rifle, which is a cleverly modified sniper rifle have made online play so dazzling that few veteran players will even try UT 2003. The map scenarios are infinite and mods are wickedly deadly. There is vibrant network of clan based online players who regularly do team competition in deathmatch, capture the flag, assault and domination. The online players are far more skilled than any of the higher game levels, so there is always a challenging match. The online environment is friendly and welcomes newbies to competition. Because of UT, I am pretty much finished with paying 50 bucks for a game that doesn't have an online compenent. I recently bought Hitman 2, a single player shooter and became so bored with slow moving action, that I was back on the internet playing UT within an hour. So for me, the best fun I can have with my pants on or off, is a good old frag match of UT...still the champion of first person shooters.

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