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The best graphics, game play, and engine to date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: April 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Here is something I just don't understand. This game was released about 6 months after Quake II. A number of reviews I read were saying that Unreal was behind in the times and Quake II offered so much more.

LIKE WHAT? Quake II uses OpenGL, but the graphics are NOWHERE NEAR Unreal. The sky for one is 100x better in Unreal. The sound is better, the AI, the weapons, and so much more.

In fact, even though I see a 3dfx OpenGL option in Quake II, it just looks like Direct3D to me. I'm not saying Quake II sucks, but you can easily tell WAY more time was put into Unreal.

As for the requirements, you really do need a fast system to play it. The first one I started playing it on was a Pentium 233 MMX without an accelerator. It was decent, but not great. You can play it, but there was some chop. Last summer I bought a Voodoo2 card, and as soon as I plugged it in, the graphics were much better, the framerate doubled, and the game moved faster. Later I went to a Pentium II 266, then 450, but still, the Voodoo made a difference.

I DEFINITELY recommend an accelerator. The game is really good without one, but you will be amazed when you see the difference.

Reflections, lighting, water, the sky, and countless other additions. When I stepped outside the ship and saw the sky with 3dfx Glide for the first time, I serious stared at it for 15 minutes. It is UNREAL.

It is very hard to visualize the graphics without seeing them. Another thing that is difficult is to say the parts that are the best. If I said the trees, someone else might say the buildings, if I said the waterfalls, another might say the castles.

This game is very cheap now. Even if you do not have an accelerator, get the game.

There is no way to describe it, you just have to see it in action.

In my mind, it is FAR better than all the Quake games, Half-Life, Sin, Blood II, and so many others. The graphics were the main selling point, but it does offer much more than that.

Try and hit a Skaarj with a rocket! They constantly duck. You can't hit one from a distance, you have to get close to it, and they are FAST!

Some highlights:

- Waterfalls and water fountains - Underwater passages with great detail - Stand still and watch the screen; it moves a little - your breathing! - Trees and plants with amazing detail - There are twigs and such on the ground - An AMAZING multi-colored sky with 2 suns - Transparent water with plants - Detailed rocks - Very detailed indoor architecture - Candles and torches lighting rooms - Walk into a multi-colored room and look at your weapon, then turn to the sides -- the shading of the light reflects on your weapon! - In the ship, the same room where you get the armor has a mirrored floor, look down!

This game will probably take you a long time to solve. Some levels are small, some are HUGE. Just kick back and check out the scenery and listen to the sounds of the birds, water, and wind!

The name says it all: UNREAL.

This one's going to last for a while!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: October 22, 1999
Author: Amazon User

With the best game engine currently in release underlying killer sound effects, great graphics, and the most evil enemy AI, Unreal is sure to stick around as one of the top games for a long time. Add to this the number of online servers and multiplayer support available for this game and you'll have a grand ol' time killing all your friends! The unsupported level editor which ships with the game can be fixed with a patch from the Unreal website and then you're making your own levels with the easiest design interface I've ever used. The game could easily benefit from some extra speech and humor (you don't hear a peep out of your own character until you die), but it's dark atmosphere and excellent surprises should have your heart pumping everytime you have to look around a corner. Whether your a die-hard gameplayer or a detail-happy level designer, this one's for you.

Coffee...food...help me

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: February 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game is so addictive, I have considered giving up my job just to get to the next level. This is the first serious shoot 'em up game I've purchased, and I LOVE it. And I am a 51 year old woman,so imagine what it will do for younger folks who play it. The graphics are so good, you might get killed by some ungodly creature because you were standing around like an idiot,staring at your surroundings. Get this game. You will not be disappointed.

Ultimate Graphics

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: December 16, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This game is fun to play just for looking at all of the scenery. I enjoy all the brilliant colors and the array of monsters to kill. This is a Quake-type game but is better in everyway except the weapons. Just plain fun.

Unreal is an awesome game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 21, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Unreal is the first and only shooter-type-game that I own, and I must say that there is something about it that differentiates it from the rest. Quake never appealed to me, but the graphics and 'atmosphere' of Unreal are just incredible and are sure to lure anyone in. I also like the fact that instead of going for the 'put a billion enemies on the screen', there are fewer, more difficult enemies(the artificial intelligence is incredible!). Unreal gets five stars from me!

An inspiring, inventive fantasy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 11, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing PC games for one year (exactly the same amount of time I have had a computer lol)

In that time I have played these games: Abe's Oddysee, Unreal, UT, Quakes 2 & 3, Halflife, Darkstone, Wheel Of Time, Aliens Vs Predator, and Nocturne.

Out of these "Unreal" is hands down the best game that has ever graced my computer. Even competing with games that are more recent, I have never before or since seen visuals that one literally gasps at.

The water-world is beautiful. The pools and fountains so gorgeous I could have died to enter this world and actually dive into it. The sountrack is equally compelling.

The scale of the world is enourmous, totally stunning. You feel a fleeting sense of loss as you enter each new world, only to be replaced by more wonder.

This game comes closer than any other game I have played to resembling a film or a book. There is a defined mission, you want to exit this world, for despite it's wonders it has been cursed with a cruel alien presense.

The scenery is uparallelled, it is almost photo-realistic in places. Movement is fluent and unrestrained, you are able to walk, run, swim, jump and crawl through the various levels. Unreal is totally immersive.

A brief synopsis of just a few of the levels (or worlds, each having been designed by a different person, each has it's own distinct mood)

Some are within spaceships, both hostile and friendly. Some in dark castles surrounded by craggy rock. Some of the world are Nali villiages (Unreal portrays scenery like no other game) and some in the water demon's kingdom. I must make special mention of "Sunspire" which is the most indredible adventure you will ever take, complete with amazing mirrors and reflective surfaces, and huge lift-wells which reach literally to the skys. When you complete this level you are on top of the world, as you await the most charming of entries into the next world.

Throughout the game you will be helped by the indigenous population. The Nali will steal your heart. Several times I replayed a scene because I couldn't bear to go on knowing even a single Nali was killed in battle.

The scope of this game is dizzying, the graphics mindblowing. If you are imaginative and can totally supspend your sense of reality I think you will find this a rare treat. Some people here felt let down by the ending, which I can understand. But at least a cliffhanger leaves a promise of more to come!

Now to wait until Unreal II hits the shelves! (Not to be confused with UT, a seperate game)

Unreal is the best game I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: May 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Unreal has had me enthralled for the last year-and-a-half since I purchased a copy and started playing this enchanting game. Unreal has superb music, great sound effects, and legendary graphics. The weapons you use are varied and fun to use. You encounter very lifelike enemies with impressive AI. The levels are very beautiful and they run the gamut from high-tech space ships to mystical landscapes to eerie castles and temples.

Perhaps my only criticism is that Unreal lacks a scoring system. I would like to be able to objectively judge my performance as compared to other Unreal games I've played. Wolfenstein 3-D, for example,had such a scoring system.

I can't guarantee that everyone will like Unreal, but as for me I will play this game over, and over, and over again!

Fun as hell

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: January 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The game may be old, but it's still fun as hell. The scenery and graphics are really not that bad at all. Quite a change from "traditional" fps games... which is definitely a good thing.

Unreal is Unreal

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: April 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I recently purchased Unreal for 15 bucks. When I first got it, the game play was dissapointing due to my lack of a good video card, but after installing a Voodoo 3 3000, it plays wonderfully. The graphics are superb, the enemies are wickedly smart, and the online playing is great! It took me 2 months to beat this game on medium, and I've just started on the Unreal setting, which seems to be impossible. Luckily there are commands and cheats aplenty to help you along. Overall, this is an excellent game, and a real steal. If you're looking for a good FPS, dont pass up Unreal. One shortcoming though....the ending is kind of lame.

Doom will never look the same

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 04, 1998
Author: Amazon User

Doom will never look the same, not after Unreal, the realest thing to hit the Mac. It's a first, it's fun like Marathon, It's cool like Quake, It's nice-lookin' like Quake II, and I cant beat it. And I can beat Quake in 6 hours using primary weapons on nightmare. The AI lashes out and pulls back faster than you can fire, no matter the weapons are all long range, but where'd that critter go? talking' to his big brothers? Where are they? Behind you.

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