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Absolutely Brilliant

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 09, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This has to be one of the best games I've ever played! Exciting, challenging, great flow,story line, etc. and as good as Halo. Expect hours of fast action entertainment with this title.

Decent game...great graphics

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I don't know why all of these reviewers are bagging on this game. True, it's nothing original, and it's linear. But you could say the same thing about 95% of the FPS games on PC.

The graphics are the best I've seen. A cutting-edge system makes them look all the better.

The sci-fi worlds are very immersive and beautiful. Lots of cool structures, scenery and creatures. The game is a great escape from the world of work and/or wife.

I paid 40 bucks for the game and got about 15 hours of entertainment out of it. Pretty good - less than three dollars an hour (a movie is two to three times that much).

If you like FPS and science fiction type games, by all means, buy Unreal II. It's a good game.

The original Unreal is better!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 14, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Playing Unreal 2 has got to be one of the most tedious gaming experiences I ever had since I played Hunters: The Reckoning for Xbox. The plot seems like something right out of some Scfi Tv show. You are an ex-marine on a ship with a crew, you get missions from one of the crew members, and you're on your way. Dalton(the guy you play as) says the most stupidest things I ever heard. The graphics are great, but the level design looks like it was inspired by Star Wars. I almost fell asleep while playing the second level called "Hell." Why it's called "Hell" is beyond me because the level is on a snowy planet. You battle these giant bugs. Why introduce these new creatures? Why not just give us the Skaarj? You get to see them on the first level, along with "Space Monkeys," but the awesome atmosphere that the original Unreal had was missing. Here's another thing, no multiplayer. Soldier of Fortune 2 had tedious single-player, but the multiplayer component made the game worth buying for alone. I know they didn't intend for Unreal 2 to have multiplayer but if it did, it would have probably better then the single-player portion. Folks, do yourself a favor and pick up these awesome titles: Unreal Gold, Unreal Tournament 2003, Half-life, Soldier of Fortune 2(for multiplayer only!) I never even finished Unreal 2, and I don't intend to either. I'm just going to wait until a cool mod is released and at least I'll have Unreal 2 to play it.

Not much of an Awakening for the genre, but a good game. . .

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 21, 2003
Author: Amazon User

"Unreal II: The Awakening" isn't a very original first-person shooter, and this is an especially bad time to provide the gaming public with a formulaic action game, considering the amazing competition already sitting on store shelves, and the promising titles that will soon be shipping. That said, "Unreal II" is a very capable game, and should provide enough fps action to keep genre fans happy until the next thing rolls along. When all the hype is stripped away, it's not a great game, but a good one nonetheless.

The plotline is pretty simple and unimportant. You portray a sort of intergalactic cop patrolling the backwaters of the universe, who happens upon a quest to collect the scattered pieces of an ancient alien artifact. Seeking the pieces of this artifact supplies the game with the ability to send you to various worlds, fighting various enemies, while providing minimal plot developments. It's all reason enough to play, though. Fortunately, your shipmates are rather colorful characters that you really get to know as the game progresses, since you return to your ship for briefings and chats on a fairly regular basis. It's a unique approach, and a nice change of pace, but it can be annoying as well, since the game forces you to go through these rather mundane situations a little too often. It is somewhat reminiscent of "Soldier of Fortune 2: Double Helix" in this regard, but implemented with a little more class and enthusiasm.

On the action side of things, the game could have used more polish. Despite the stunning graphics on display, in gameplay terms this one seems dated much of the time. Your enemies display very little real intelligence, and usually just run wildly toward you or kick back and shoot at you from a distance without bothering to take any cover. On top of that, even the human characters move with a sort of superhuman speed, and their jerky gait makes them difficult to target with any precision. Of course, their stupidity will soon spell their end even so, as they'll eventually come so close within range of your weapons that you can dispatch them with relative ease. Shooting them isn't as much fun as it should be, since damage modeling is absent, and area specific damage is unpredictable. I once fired a sniper round into an opponent's knee and killed them instantly. Not exactly what I'd call realistic.

The weapons are nice, and offer the capacity for alternate modes of fire, which is a plus. Even standard fps weapons feel a little fresh, as the `machine gun' exudes blue flame from its barrel and the shotgun can light enemies on fire (and yes, the fire effects are some of the best yet seen in a video game). Still, they feel a bit underpowered, thanks to the aforementioned issues. On top of that, you're sure to use some weapons far more than others - your pistol, for example, is a powerful weapon, but you are so limited by ammo that you'll rarely use it.

So, given the problems I have just mentioned, how is the game fun at all? I mean, if combat is only somewhat gratifying in a game based around that combat, can it be worth the time and effort? Yes, actually, because of the game's mission design. I quickly concede that "Unreal II" provides some boring levels that are of the run-and-gun variety, but others force you to do more interesting things. You are often called upon to defend a given structure or person from potentially overwhelming odds - and you have laser beams and turrets that you can set up in preparation for the coming onslaught. It's like the assault and defend modes from "Unreal Tournament," and it's grand fun. More shooters should take note and provide similar missions, as they are tense, exciting, and even allow for strategic thought. Another mission charges you to defend a mechanic from rampaging aliens - only you're trapped in a high tower and can only protect him with your sniper rifle, which is easier said than done. Excellent stuff, reminiscent of developer Legend Entertainment's earlier (and better) fps, "The Wheel of Time." Another plus is that each planet you explore is remarkably different from the others that have come before it. Sure, you may face the same boring enemies from the previous stage, but the scenery is captivating, and it's hard not to wonder what eye candy lurks behind the next bend.

"Unreal II' has excellent sound effects, a fitting musical score, and decent voice work. Your own character's vocal resemblance to actor Vin Diesel is quite amusing, and so is the generally horrible dialogue that spills from his mouth. (The game's one-liners could almost be ripped from B-movies circa the 1980s.) Needless to reiterate, the graphics are splendid, probably some of the best you'll see until Doom III hits store shelves. However, the game's environments are not very interactive - you can't shoot out glass or destroy computer terminals or what have you. In areas such as this, the game could have benefited from more attention to detail. It's also rather easy on the normal settings, and shouldn't take too long to finish (and when it's finished, the ending is inappropriately gloomy).

All in all, though, "Unreal II" isn't the `be-all, end-all' that Epic Megagames promised it would be (not by a long haul), but at its best, it can be a great deal of fun. At its worst, it's still a decent diversion. There are better games out there, but if you're an avid first-person shootist, you will probably get your money's worth, even at the full retail cost.

Final Score: B

Don't buy this pile

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 08, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I seriously expected a really excellent game when i got this. I was expecting...well...more Unreal. Instead I got this weak Half Life-UT hybrid that is really pretty boring. I was not blown away by any of the graphics, and the soundtrack was nothing special. Certainly not as good as the original Unreal game, which I HIGHLY recommend. In this one, I never had the desire to keep playing. It was one more dead horse mission after the other.
This game got too much hype for what it's worth. It has no replayability either. I beat it in 3 days of non-steady playing. I don't think i can sit through that predictably awful storyline one more time. I'd wait for this thing to hit the bargain bin if I were you.

Nothing new

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 09, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Hmm... how many stars? Personally, I played it for about 4 hrs before uninstalling it and bringing it back. Its the same old stuff, run around shooting people, and I see no compelling reason to do it anymore. You had that compulsion to keep playing with half-life, and even quake II. Not anymore.
If you're new to 3D shooters, sure, why not. But, hey, wait you need to play half-life first. And if you've been doing this for a while, not much to hold your interest.

DO NOT SPEND YER CASH

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

ACE GRAPHICS BUT FINISHED IT IN ABOUT 4 HOURS NO BANG FOR YOUR BUCKS. FOR ALMOST 40 QUID I EXPECT A BIT MORE GAME PLAY!

Simply Breathtaking

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: February 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I think this game can be summed up fairly easily, it is absolutely amazing. The graphics are beautiful, the sound is entrancing, and the gameplay is just plain addictive. I would HIGHLY recommend this game to anyone, with one warning... To really appreciate it, you need a fairly powerful system.

Dont expect it to be a sequel

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 22, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Unreal was a great game, Unreal 2 isnt. Three or four levels are good but the game as a whole is not worth the short amount of time it takes to play it. Very disapointing!

Absoluteley Phenomenal-Amazing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: April 13, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This game is the most amazing 3-D shooter I've played on the market his year.

Downloaded the patch and patched Unreal 2 up.

With a high-end Alienware P4 2.4 winxp 512mb ram r9700pro and sb audigy gamer, and more, I can play unreal 2 at nearly 60fps avg.

At a 1280x1024 resolution with all other settings maxed out.

Stunning.

Sound is awesome, EAX and 3-D Dolby Digital Surround 360-Degree sound leaves me in awe and sunspense. Advanced spatial, reverb, and distance movement effects similair to real life is abosoluteley incredible. The errie chatter of alien tounges around the corner is no thing to laugh about.

Graphics? Phenomenal-and enhanced thanks to my ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, high-end gaming card. Unreal 2 features real-time advanced dynamic light sourced volumetric lightning and shadow casting effects to add extrodinary realism in game play. Pain staking High-resolution textures and reflections all over the place on objects. Incredible water, sky resolutions, details on characters, weather effects, high object details, ultimate-advanced 'rag doll' character physics, highly detialed blood & gore, super high polygon counts, real-time realistic complex geometry, realistic 32-bit quality color, and much more bring Unreal 2's experience to life.

Storyline and gameplay? nice. Apparently, you are John Dalton-Grizzly Lawmen ad scout of the terronial colonial authority complex. Of course, you are captain of the beatifully inside and out designed alantis
indoor and out. Aida, your first officer, briefs you on your missions and more, although is quite stubborn, beatiful, but soft and more, a chick she is, eh? Issak is your informal ... stubborn weapons loadout and technical assister on the vessel, he's has is causualities and issues in the past. And finnally, the hex-core short but wierd alien named neban pilots the alantis usually at the bridge of your ship. Quite loyal to you, and per-plexed at many times, Ne'ban takes his role and takes it good! There are many other characters. Game play is incredible. Super AI, realistic sci-fi movie game play, and much more brings unreal 2 to more life. Unreal 2 features incredible weapons, the flamethrower and sniper rifle are my favorite, to name a couple.

Music? Awesome techno style. Very impressive and entertaining. Nice.

Controls? Depends how it's customized...but overall great.

Fun factor: Shootin' up aliens, superior graphics and audio, sci-fi movie style storyline and game play, extrodinary weapons.

Overall score: 5 out of 5 stars.

Final thoughts:

"Sorry, it's been an epic wait for the tech upgrade."

Yeah right!

Unreal 2 is an immersive experience, whether you play it with the minimum, recommended, high, or better system configurations, you'll sureley be able to tweak it out so you'll get the gaming experience you wish. Score one for the terrolonial colonial authority! Score one for Unreal 2!*

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