Unreal Tournament

Unreal Tournament, UT, (sometimes referred to as UT99 or UT Classic or UT1 to differentiate from Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004 and Unreal Tournament 2007 ) is a popular first-person shooter video game. more...

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It is Epic Games's 1999 follow-up title to Unreal and focuses mainly on multiplayer action. It was launched in direct competition to id Software's Quake III Arena which was released 10 days later. Although Quake III Arena had slightly better graphics, streamlined gameplay and a widely adopted engine, UT had superior bot AI, \"alternate fire\" for weapons which introduced a further element of strategy, and a larger variety of multiplayer capabilities.

As with the original Unreal, the ease with which players can create and release mods to the core game is a key factor contributing to UT's longevity. UT improved upon the mod-friendly nature of its predecessor with support for mutators such Sniper Arena, Instagib, BunnyTracks, MonsterHunt, Jailbreak and more. Further, UT \"Clan\", or gaming teams, and a score of UT dedicated clan and fan community sites continue to sustain Unreal Tournament's popularity even over half a decade after its initial release.

Game

Unreal Tournament was a huge online multiplayer success and was awarded various \"Best Game of the Year\" awards. Epic has released five Bonus Packs adding various extras to Unreal Tournament. The first two of these along with the update to version 432 were bundled together to create Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition (UT-GOTY for short).

Unfortunately, the 436 patch and the Game of the Year Edition shipped with a version of de.u that was incompatible with the version from Bonus Pack 2 that many servers ran (as they had installed the 436 dedicated server first followed by the bonus packs) meaning that anyone wanting to play online after installing the 436 patch or the game of the year edition had to either get rid of de.u (and any references to it in the ini files) or reinstall Bonus pack 2. The Game of the Year addition also came with some higher quality textures and a couple of third party mods (Rocket Arena and ChaosUT) on a second CD.

Console

UT was also released on the PlayStation 2 in 2000 and on the Dreamcast in 2001. Both versions allow for four players via splitscreen. The Dreamcast version has 8-player online support while the PlayStation 2 does not have online support at all.

Sequels

Epic Games had very ambitious plans for the sequel following the success of the original Unreal Tournament. Although work on the game engine and deathmatch had been complete, there was still much to be done regarding complex game modes such as Assault and Onslaught which included vehicles. As a result, the stripped-down Unreal Tournament 2003 was released in 2002 while the developers concentrated upon implementing Assault and Onslaught for a 2003 release (later pushed back to 2004). In addition, the developers also addressed shortcomings that gamers had with Unreal Tournament 2003

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