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Great classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for $0,48. An amazing price for such a fantastic classic.

Thank you capitalism!

THE ABSOLUTELY UNSURPASSED CLASSIC FPS!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 18, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Where should I begin praising the PERFECT GAME?

Graphically, it may seem dated today yet it was cutting edge at its time. I remember getting the original game, almost 10 years ago, bundled with an nVidia graphix-card - and could not believe my eyes! Beautifully rendered surfaces, exceptional environments and an UNBELIEVABLE sky.

The original UNREAL could easily double as a lecture on game design sound. Majestic background music, mood setting themes and effective environmental additions make this THE PERFECT GAME in that aspect too.

The weapons are well designed, there are in-game upgrades for them and all have two different modes of firing! Walk and there is (adjustable) bobbing. Jump and you better had measured the distance or land in water - otherwise you get torn to pieces.

The game is pretty much linear, yet shortcuts or back-doors are available at numerous points - so exploring is encouraged. Simple puzzles add to the game's appeal (push a lever to drop the ladder here or turn the power on to activate the elevator there) - and usually reward with a weapon powerup.

Something lacking in many shooters even today is UNREAL's balance and fairness: you could take an enemy down with a single sniper headshot - but so could they. UNREAL was the first game that WHERE you landed your shot started to count on the damage it did. EPIC had done a MONUMENTAL JOB!

What separated this game from the rest though were mainly two things: its unsurpassed atmosphere and its immersive story.
From the very first moment you wake up on the prison ship that was carrying you but crashed on an alien planet, you are gripped by fear and apprehension. You get only fleeing glimpses of the aliens - yet find ample evidence of their cruel handiwork on the ship's crew.
The first weapon you get is quite weak so you actually believe to be wandering out of the ship an into a world unknown with a puny phase gun. As the game progresses you are rewarded with both confidence and very impressive and innovative weapons. Who can forget the spinning blade-gun, blades bouncing around and shooting around corners but also yourself if not careful!

On top of everything else, the game is HUGE! The content of the original UNREAL alone would have been released in at least 3 installments today... Not to mention its (included for free!) multiplayer that spawned the UNREAL TOURNAMENT series.

They just don't make them like this anymore...

WITH THE HIGHEST RECOMMENDATIONS !!!

One of the greatest adventure\ action games

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: September 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

The sound\grapics and the big seenary whit a skin crawling music\sound, makes this game very entertainment to play.

Great Game to add to gaming library

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: June 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a great game to play. Its a classic. I have fun playing it for hours. Still going and there are still people alot of people on the mulitplayer willing to play with. Excellent!!

Unreal? What real anyways?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: May 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This Game is very old, but the Game it self still stands as an inovation in the 3D FPS world. It's Level's and Total MODability stand next to none at the time and it's ability to handle out door areas with viers height where amazing.

I really was fond of this game and when I saw I could get another copy to replace the one that i lost i had to jump on it. But it's an old Game with dated graphics.

The most influential game of all time!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 17, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game has awesome graphics for its time, and runs flawlessly on almost any system. If your going to run this game on a dated system, make sure you have a good graphics card (like an ATI rage Pro, Nvidia TNT 2, or Voodoo 2) and a decent sound card. Again, the graphics are absolutely incredible on high detail, 1024x768 or higher, and the sound will blow your mind, especially on 5.1 surround sound. On the highest settings, the graphics are almost compareable to UT2004. The story line is great and the gameplay is very good. The intense multiplayer is sweet, and is where the idea for the original Unreal Tournament came from. Also, Unreal is the first game to have such enviormental features as waterfalls, and birds that you can shoot. This is my all time favorite game because of its shear fun. The weapons are unique and awesome, and both the multiplayer and singleplayer maps are beautiful and well designed. The story mode takes a bit to get into, but once you get ten minutes into it, you can't put it down. The only negative is the skill of the bots in botmatch. You can't really practice if you cant even go near a bot without literally being blown to pieces, let alone kill them. Aside from that minor setback, this is the best game ever made!

Thundering Destruction

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

A game with fast pace FPS play. The graphics are excellentas is the audio.
Play this on a full blown comp system and let your senses run wild! The weaponry is superb. From the Shield Gun to the Redeemer I was impressed with all the capability that each weapon has. But the most awesome part of this game is the beautiful graphics. The beauty of the Takara Rainforest is just one of the amazing worlds to see and experience. So grab a hand full of mayhem generating weaponry and slaughter all in your path.

Good Old School Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

By all standards, this is now a very old single player game. However it is not to be set aside lightly. The graphics are very good (They were the cutting edge back in the day)considering the game design is over 10 years old. It says a lot about the quality of the program that this game got to be over 10 years old and it still gets great reviews. This is the GOLD version which is an update and advance on the original game. It just got better ...more chapters, more bad guys to shoot. The game plot and action is fun! (Way fun, really!) I have been through this game multiple times over the years and I still enjoy pulling this game out from time to time and "Shooting some bad guys". This is a good game to pull out on a rainy day and let the kids play. Old school or not it has enough in it to amuse even the hardest core game player. If there is a down side to this game it has to be that it is so totally adictive. Beware and Enjoy!

My God

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well, I got the game and I was able to play untill one day the game ran scratchy and I had to uninstall it, but wouldn't load back up. The stupid file called "QueenEnd.unr"(I know alot about computers),always said "The source media may be bad" So I'm looking foward to reordering the game, in the meantime, I'll wait for my Unreal Action Figures to come in the mail.

My God

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: April 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Well, I got the game and I was able to play untill one day the game ran scratchy and uninstalled it, but wouldn't load back up. The stupid file called "QueenEnd.unr"(I know alot about computers),always said "The source media may be bad" So I'm looking foward to reordering the game, in the meantime, I'll wait for my Unreal Action Figures to come in the mail.

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