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Game Information
- Platform: Windows NT / 98 / 2000 / Me / XP
- PEGI Rating: Ages 16 and Over
- Media: Video Game
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Product Features
- Use an advanced, real-time dialog system for fluid communications with your ship’s crew and non-player characters.
- Enjoy incredibly lifelike graphics powered by the latest Unreal Engine technology from Epic
- Wield 15 weapons including Unreal favorites as well as brand-new instruments of mayhem.
- Battle more than 24 different enemies; the dreaded Skaarj returns from the original Unreal alongside various human and alien opponents.
- Get caught up in a unique and gripping plot that keeps you committed to finishing the game!
- Choose from multiple mission types offering an array of gameplay variations.
- Interact with cutting-edge AI that adds spellbinding realism to each mission
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Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
With Unreal Tournament carving the way in the gaming world for multi-player fests, Infogammes hopes to do the same for single-player first-person shooters with Unreal 2.
Playing Marine wannabe John Dalton, you're assigned to patrol a monotonous stretch of the outer perimeter. Of course, you soon get a distress call from a nearby planet and the action ensues in the usual fast-paced manner that you've come to expect from the Unreal team.
The gameplay is great, with a good array of weapons to master and there is plenty of interaction possible with a Real Time Conversation System allowing you to issue commands and respond to events as they happen.
Unreal 2 uses the same engine as Unreal Tournament 2003 and as you would expect the graphics are very good, if not a little power hungry and you'd be advised to have more than the recommended PIII 733.
Those keen to develop the game further will be pleased to see that the game comes with a level editor but some may be disappointed to see that the inclusion of a multiplayer element isn't here--you'll have to buy Unreal Tournament 2003 for that.
If you missed the single-player element in Unreal Tournament 2003 then Unreal 2 will certainly fill the void. The storyline is filled with plenty of baddies and will be enough to challenge FPS fans old and new. --Jason Denwood
Product Description
UNREAL II : THE AWAKENING
BRAND NEW IN SEALED
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Like many people i had watched the development shots for U2 as it progressed & i was amazed, it looked fantastic & i couldnt wait to get my hands on it.
When i got it home & installed the 3 discs, i sat with the grin of a chesire cat as the title screens flew by. As the game progresses the lighting effects and textures are amazing, the reflections will just blow you away, and those reflections in the molten metal.......
But graphics do not a good game make.
You receive all your mission briefings from your crew onboard your ship, which again looks amazing. A lot of work has gone into it, all for nothing! You can roam round the ship, open hatches, lockers, btu all you have to do is talk to the bird to get the brief, talk to isaak to learn about your weapons, then jump in your magically dissappearing pod to start the mission.
The missions themselves are short, not really anything new and, well, pretty basic really. The idea of haveing a small squad was wasted IMO, only being able to give them basic commands & if you want to change them you have to go and find them again.
As for the ending, well, I wont tell you, but i felt cheated.
There is no multiplayer option, and i honestly feel that the game has been put together to sell the engine rather than make a decent FPS.
great graphics, pants game. dont buy it, rent it, you'll finish it in a couple of days & save yourself £30!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
When Unreal 2 was first released back in February 2003, it was a disappointment. Offering single-player-only gameplay, and not too much of that, it was too short-lived to be worth the asking price. True, while it lasts Unreal 2 is fairly good, but the hype before its release suggested we'd be playing a masterpiece.
But as of December 2003, we've finally got that masterpiece. Only it's not a single-player masterpiece as we expected, but a fantastic multiplayer experience.
But as of December 2003, we've finally got that masterpiece. Only it's not a single-player masterpiece as we expected, but a fantastic multiplayer experience.
Unreal 2's Expanded Multiplayer (XMP) was just released as a free download for every Unreal 2 owner. And gawd is it amazing! It's a mix of Delta Force (pre-Black Hawk Down), Unreal Tournament 2004 and Battlefield 1942, only better, and prettier. XMP games are medium-scale wars fought over energy points throughout the map. Energy is essential to your team, it's needed to power vehicles, turrets and other niceties. However, control over all the energy points doesn't guarantee victory. While the battle for energy rages, players must infiltrate the energy base and steal their flags (Artifacts, a tie-in with the single-player), then bring them back to home base. There are four artifacts in the game, and if the enemy capture one of your artifacts it's possible to steal them back. The game ends when all four artifacts are captured by one team. The catch is that you can't capture the stolen artifact unless your team has enough energy.
The map design is generally brilliant, not unexpected considering the quality of Unreal 2's single-player maps. They're also stunningly gorgeous and often breathtaking: one map takes place entirely on an asteroid belt, while another features a huge broken bridge suspended high above the rest of the map (featuring hilarious results when people accidentally drive tanks off the bridge).
The only criticism that can be levelled at XMP currently is that the netcode is a bit slow. It's not a problem I've noticed much myself, but quite a few people are citing it as a minor problem.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Having been a huge fan of the original "Unreal" I have been waiting for quite a while for this follow-up. Legend entertainment have already shown that they are capable of some quality work with the underated "Wheel of Time", but I'm sad to say that Unreal 2 just fails to meet expectation on so many levels.
Down points (and there are many)
1. Whilst some of the levels are nice to look at, they are far too linear and there are many bugs in the scripting. Having worked professionally as a level designer with an Unreal based publication, I can tell you that this really shouldn't be the case, especially considering how long we've waited for the release. I found several times that I got into places that I couldn't get out of, and this is not very professional quality.
2. The story was boring, unoriginal, unconvincing and predicatable. It had a huge anti-climax at the end and left you feeling very unsatisfied. The actions of the "hero" at the end were moraly questionable to say the least.
3. It was WAY too short.
4. Not enough interaction with the aliens.
5. Not enough variety in the theme. In the original Unreal you had villages, alien spaceships, Earth spacecraft, and ancient castles and fantastic temples to look around. In this game it was just Earth tech stuff and a dull alien base.
6. No suspense or atmosphere.
Ultimately this game just didn't have the "wow" factor that the original did and quite frankly it shouldn't have been released until it was ready, bigger and better.
The plus points.
1. Nice graphics.
2. Good sound effects.
3. Slightly better AI
4. Better variety of weapons than the original
All in all, this was the most disappointing game I've ever bought.
Don't believe the Hype!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
sci-fi action
Still plodding through this game. It has its ups and downs. Not really into sci-fi but want to finish it. Graphics are good and the game works well overall.
Published on 21 Nov 2009 by Mrs. J. M. Hemsworth
Unreal 2
I recently replayed this excellent FPS. It's six years old already but still looks surprisingly good, with characters that aren't too blocky, some food facial expressions and... Read more
Published on 24 Oct 2008 by David Brookes
Beautiful, But great storyline and play
I have read USA reviews of European games and European reviews of USA games. And I've Noticed that both score their international counterparts ONE star lower than their OWN... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2007 by David Stevenson
UNREAListically DISAPPOINTING!
The original UNREAL was a PHENOMENAL GAME - one of THE BEST ever created. I can understand that measuring up to that legacy would not be easy. Read more
Published on 27 Sep 2007 by NeuroSplicer
Such An Underated Game. SO UNDERATED- TRY IT!
I didn't quite know how to start this review but unreal 2 has a first class storyline. You play as Dalton a bored soldier like keeper of the peace in the outlying planets and... Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2006 by Mr. Garry Brown
Beautiful but dumb...
Biggest Dissapointment Award for 2004 goes to... guess what. Played Unreal, and loved it. A vast alien world to explore. Read more
Published on 5 Sep 2004 by "deckard_jr"
High Spec at time
This game i purchased when it was brand new, at the time the specs on the back were high and you needed a REALLY high spec computer to get the most out of it, but thankfully now... Read more
Published on 24 July 2004 by "bumberdy"
Doom/Quake story line but with new ink
Hoping that this was going to build on the Unreal engine and give me another experience like Half Life I was a little dissapointed. Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2004 by T. Furlong
looking good isn't good enough
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...What a crime! To do this to one of those 'most eagerly awaited' games!
...What a crime! To do this to one of those 'most eagerly awaited' games!
Unreal 2 looks gorgeous, but if you look around at all the fps's on the go today, they ALL look... Read more
Published on 18 Jan 2004 by spoon_lamp
Unreal 2 is a good game.
Unreal 2 is a good game and is definatly worthy of the unreal title. The graphics are excellent and on any mid range pc will run well. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2004 by "phil_952"
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