As they say in the game, UT is - Godlike.
UT consists of two game types: Tournament and Practice mode. You can think of Tournament as the “campaign” mode of UT while practice mode is pure free-play practice. They consist of different game types and a different selection of skins and maps to choose from. In Tournament mode you must first choose a team and skin to use. The teams include Thundercrash – a streetwise team and very popular with UT viewers, Iron guard – consists of veteran elite warriors who were once bodyguards, Blood Reavers – mercenaries and ex-military specialists who are out for fame and fortune, Black Legion – Necris Phayder assassins who seek to dominate the tournament, Dark Phalanx – honorable military specialists who just want glory from the tournament. Then there is Raw Steel, which comprises of only men and combines strength and power and Venom, which consists of only women – an elite faction of warriors and athletes.
Many tournament–based games remind you of the classic game type – Deathmatch, were you must kill as many opponents (or bots as they are known in UT) and dying as little as possible though respawning when you get killed. UT obviously uses this type of competition but includes other types, such as Domination, Capture the Flag, Assault and the Challenge mode. Practice mode includes also Team Deathmatch and Last Man Standing. In tournament mode you must work your way up different matches which get harder and harder. Once you finish a number of Deathmatch matches you unlock Domination, then Capture the Flag, Assault and finally the hardest part of the game – Challenge, which includes the final showdown of the whole tournament – a duel with the corrupt champion of the tournament Xan Kreigor, in his very own spaceship. Practice mode also offers some extra maps, extra skins (where you can play as robots or even Xan Kreigor himself) and mutators. Some mutators are funny such as “Fatboy” were you get fatter according to how many people you kill, others are useful such as “Chainsaw melee” were you get a chainsaw as a weapon, though there are loads more.
UT not only gives you a massive selection of maps, skins and game types, but also of weapons. The weapons are: Translocator – this has to be the niftiest weapon for any FPS, it teleports you to any place on the map that you want; Impact Hammer – it’s not actually a hammer but it is a melee weapon; the Enforcer – a pistol taken from Unreal, only it was called Automag; GES Biorifle – shoots toxic slime balls also taken from Unreal; ASMD Shock rifle – shoots balls and rays of pure electricity, also taken from Unreal. What’s cool with this weapon is that if you shoot the ball (which is slow-moving) and shoot a ray at it (very fast), it makes a massive explosion, causing instant death to anyone who is in its diameter – including you. Pulse rifle – shoots balls and rays of plasma, one of my favourite weapons; Ripper – in Unreal this was known as the Razorjack, it shoots shuriken-like blades; Minigun – yes, the greatest hand-held machine-gun of any FPS is included in UT; Flak cannon – shoots extremely powerful flak shells with a smiley face on them, this is my favourite weapon. Also found in Unreal. Rocket Launcher – standard rocket launcher, Sniper Rifle – very rare but very powerful and finally the biggest, greatest and most powerful weapon in UT – the Redeemer. This shoots mini-nuclear warheads that have ADIOS! written on the side. They can also be guided and the diameter of the explosion is massive.
So there you have it, my review of Unreal Tournament. It made such a success that it is game of the year and is also found on PS2. You should also check out “Unreal” and the other games from the series that are found on PC, PS2 and XBOX.