Unreal Tournament (1999)

 PC
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9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 690 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 620 out of 690
  2. Mixed: 47 out of 690
  3. Negative: 23 out of 690

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  1. cranos96
    Jun 4, 2023
    10
    Give me back these FPSs, where really if you were good, you were REALLY good in this genre. Not like now they do a royal victory on Fortnite or win a game on Warzone and feel like pro gamers... But EpicGames wanted to do the EpicFails by drowning UnrealTournament 2014 by making room for Fortnite...

    God forgive us
    R.I.P UT
  2. Keleneki
    Jan 11, 2023
    10
    I started playing UT99 with the demo that I downloaded on my 56.6 K modem in 1999. Then I got the disk on release and played it every day for years. Then they put it on Steam and I've been playing it from there ever since. UT99 is the best first person shooter ever made IMO. Even though Epic is now shutting down UT, I will always have the fondest memories of all the years I have playedI started playing UT99 with the demo that I downloaded on my 56.6 K modem in 1999. Then I got the disk on release and played it every day for years. Then they put it on Steam and I've been playing it from there ever since. UT99 is the best first person shooter ever made IMO. Even though Epic is now shutting down UT, I will always have the fondest memories of all the years I have played the UT games and especially this one, UT99.… Expand
  3. xcale
    Dec 13, 2022
    10
    On the red corner Quake III Arena, on the blue corner Unreal Tournament. Clash of titans...
  4. Strykersweez
    Sep 1, 2022
    9
    I purchased this game originally for about $20 at a multipurpose retail store about 10 yrs after it came out. I had Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition.

    My main setback of this game from being less flawless than it could be is due to a category that I will refer to as realism, regardless of the fictional elements to the game. You can't really open doors, and you can't climb walls    I purchased this game originally for about $20 at a multipurpose retail store about 10 yrs after it came out. I had Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition.

    My main setback of this game from being less flawless than it could be is due to a category that I will refer to as realism, regardless of the fictional elements to the game.

    You can't really open doors, and you can't climb walls or other things like that.

    Other than that, the game is pretty flawless. The controls are as perfect as can be, and there is/ was plenty of content that you can download, relating to mods and add-ons.

    I know that as of lately there are some modders out there that have added the vehicle options in the botmatch modes that is widely popular in later editions of Unreal Tournament, as well as other similar games in the same genre.    … Expand
  5. Tork202
    May 31, 2022
    10
    Спасибо епикам за легендарную игру
    B Анрил Торнаменте идеально все, отличные и интересные карты, адреналиновый драйвовый гейплей, шедевральная музыка
    B игру очень весело играть на 2 джойстика с другом или девушкой
  6. ertyz
    Jan 13, 2022
    8
    nice fight
    very nice game if I need to compare among all other games by the way.
  7. arostislavna
    Nov 14, 2021
    10
    Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection. Perfection.
  8. PeakTop
    Dec 15, 2020
    10
    Игра-авангард, игра-первооткрыватель, игра-законодатель. Впервые я познакомился с UT в 99-ом. Сейчас 2020 год, и я продолжаю в неё играть с удовольствием. Больше мне нечего добавить.
  9. Arkl1te
    Dec 3, 2020
    10
    Even if it's multiplayer-influenced, the single player campaign does feature other gamemodes (and a trophy ceremony per completion). Unlike Quake 3, bots are surprisingly intelligent, some are even able to fool the player when following them (and when team-based you can command them!). Many difficulties to choose depending on your mood. Music score from Michiel van den Bos, Peter Hajba andEven if it's multiplayer-influenced, the single player campaign does feature other gamemodes (and a trophy ceremony per completion). Unlike Quake 3, bots are surprisingly intelligent, some are even able to fool the player when following them (and when team-based you can command them!). Many difficulties to choose depending on your mood. Music score from Michiel van den Bos, Peter Hajba and Alexander Brandon is something worth remembering through the decades. Bot battles in domination are entertaining to watch as spectator, especially if you pickup the level editor (included in the System folder located inside the game installation folder): grab a Deathmatch map, add many capture points, increase team quantities to 4 (for red blue, green and gold team!) add as many bots as you can (16, or 32 if patched) and watch the turf battles go! Modding community as well!… Expand
  10. Zgot
    Oct 27, 2020
    0
    Best fps I have ever played. Its so much fun I'm still playing it. Its still alive and this is 2009. That's how good this game is. While its way more alive in Europe and South America than North America its still a flourishing game, depending on the mod. Team deathmatch, ctf, 125 speed ctf, and ig. This game is definitely still going.
  11. levitan17
    Oct 25, 2020
    10
    Amazing game! Another Cult Classic from the Golden Era of video games......
  12. meop
    Jun 27, 2020
    10
    This is the FPS that created a genre and is still a high bar that other games are judged by.

    This is plainly and simply one of the most fun, most engaging, and best FPS multiplayer experiences ever.
  13. rallyman40
    Jun 24, 2020
    9
    The gold standard of competitive FPS games. Great maps, fantastic gameplay and an A.I. that was incredible for the time (and still trumps many included in the games of today). Couple that with an amazing soundtrack and an online community that's still active 20 years after the fact, and the result is something truly special.
  14. OneBullet360
    Jun 20, 2020
    10
    The best FPS game I have ever played in my life! The guns designs are beautiful, the music gives you chills, the maps are eye catching and unique and even till this day I still play it. This is probably the most perfect FPS game ever!
  15. bancandrei
    May 15, 2020
    10
    One of the 2 shooters I like, the other being Doom. Both are still being remade, so there will be ways to re-experience them.
  16. Vladthesecond
    May 10, 2020
    10
    Just Brilliant i have no words.
    it's in my top 5 favourite games .
    Today's generation's should try this game.
  17. mugsy
    May 9, 2020
    10
    Legendary FPS that set the standards for other games in the coming years. Better than Quake 3. You could probably play it in 2020 and still have fun.
  18. Onjimusha
    Mar 26, 2020
    10
    Uh uh uh helllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooo????????is anybody out there?
    I'm on Jupiter now Cruz this game sent me past heaven
  19. Wiebe
    Feb 26, 2020
    8
    Fun game for its time, great to play multiplayer, had some good lan parties back in the day.
  20. seacowhero1492
    Feb 18, 2020
    10
    Still the best deathmatch shooter. Clean graphics (not to mention engine) and solid gameplay. I have yet to find a modern shooter as fast and as satisfying as this. Epic Megagames, what happened to you?!? So much soul behind the game, especially level design.
  21. Corefitz
    Feb 15, 2020
    9
    The very first FPS game I ever played, and how can you honestly not love it?
    This game is the height of the Unreal series!
  22. Genek13
    Nov 19, 2019
    9
    So many hours spend on this game :) so many tournaments with friends :)
    Great at the time it was released and even few years after :)
  23. framefragger
    May 12, 2019
    10
    In the time of release, fantastic gameplay and top technology engine that supports all native APIs for graphic cards existed that time (golden age) like 3dfx Glide, Open Glide, Direct3D, S3 Metal...
    Top competitive game, great editor and mods, community, technology benchmark.
    And now after (soon) 20 years, its still here, still some people plays it ..and it is still great game. MUST    In the time of release, fantastic gameplay and top technology engine that supports all native APIs for graphic cards existed that time (golden age) like 3dfx Glide, Open Glide, Direct3D, S3 Metal...
    Top competitive game, great editor and mods, community, technology benchmark.

    And now after (soon) 20 years, its still here, still some people plays it ..and it is still great game.
    MUST HAVE GAME to your library.    … Expand
  24. Panica3643D
    Jun 16, 2018
    10
    Наравне с Quake 3 считаю эталоном среди игр подобного жанра.
  25. alexaltair
    Mar 28, 2018
    10
    Best music, unstoppable game play, true beauty at a time. Remember playing it with hibernate feature of Windows 2000 :-)
  26. iddqd4
    Jan 23, 2018
    9
    Отличный стиль и крутая музыка, лучший мультиплеер 1999 года на ровне с Q3.
  27. Bobers
    Dec 12, 2017
    10
    1999 never ended and we still frag today !
    This is the apex of FPS gameplay, whiles I hope one day we see better until then its UT99 everyday all day !
  28. RagingPoet
    Nov 3, 2017
    10
    Unreal Tournament is so good that playing campaign with bots is actually exciting. It looked amazing when it came out (it's not so bad even now). Gameplay is very addictive, weapons are inventive and fun and playing Onslaught game mode was one of the best multiplayer experiences i ever had.
  29. Captain_Faramir
    Jan 30, 2017
    10
    Best FPS ever made. For a 1999 game, the multiplayer was outstanding with a large variety of cool modes and very fast-paced game play like no other game.
  30. Mescalamba
    Dec 1, 2015
    10
    There is good reason why there are no negative reviews. This game pretty much had no flaws. Imagine that, flawless multiplayer FPS? With rather decent solo play vs bots (even slightly challenging on Godlike).

    If game had problems, it was players, to be precise cheaters, which caused creation of UTPure and other anti-cheat "add-ons", only problem was that it caused a bit of lag/delay    There is good reason why there are no negative reviews. This game pretty much had no flaws. Imagine that, flawless multiplayer FPS? With rather decent solo play vs bots (even slightly challenging on Godlike).

    If game had problems, it was players, to be precise cheaters, which caused creation of UTPure and other anti-cheat "add-ons", only problem was that it caused a bit of lag/delay when playing. But that was one and only problem.

    Frankly I never cared about how good this game looks (it did look good, well Unreal engine, kinda guaranteed good look). What was more important was movement in game. Along with Quake 3, this game had probably best and most natural movement I ever experienced in FPS. Plus ability to dodge (well most of us used it to move around via dodge pretty much constantly) was rather unusual that day. Since then, no game had such perfect in game movement (also it was something to master).

    Game itself never tried to hamper you with artificial problems. Today, most games have artificial difficulty created by need to fight game mechanics and opponents in same time. Its stupid and mostly it has negative impact on any competitive gaming. UT99 had nothing like this. You had only one limit, which was YOU. I think apart Q3 Arena, very few games are same category. Today probably none.

    Back in day, it was bit hard on computer hardware (as UT engine wasnt exactly undemanding). Few years later, everything could go over 100 FPS. Which was good.

    Netcode wasnt perfect (well not from today perspective), but it wasnt that hard to learn to compensate for your ping (there were mods like zero ping, which worked quite fine). Still if you take for example today BF4, it had amazing netcode. :D

    It had rather nice sound (still has), supported EAX, surround if Im correct. As far as graphics goes, it was possible to play via D3D or OpenGL (what can do that today?).

    Game itself was reasonably customizable, bindings, HUD colors/size, crosshairs (actually most today games CANT do that, tragic really). Via console you could enable even some more advanced settings.

    Gameplay wise, it was balanced around player skill. Every gun was usable, and if we dont count Redemeer, nothing was overpowered. Sure some weapons (Bio rifle for example) were far from easy to use, and Flak cannon was "noob" gun of sorts, but if you achieved decent skill in game (and your opponents too) it was rather clear that there is no such thing as "noob" gun and everything is usable.

    Another thing that was nice (apart headshots and ASMD combo) is for example basic gun, Enforcer. Which is simple pistol. You could pick another one and shoot both, you could use either primary attack (accurate, slower) or secondary attack (faster, less accurate). Thing is, even basic enforcer did 25 dmg (you had 100 when you spawned, boostable to 199). Which means you could kill most ppl with 4 shots. Show me today FPS, where you can kill someone with 4 shots from basic gun (obviously with dual Enforcers it was much easier).

    Then there was ability to combo. Mostly known was ASMD rifle, secondary attack sent big blob of blue energy towards target, if you hit that blob with primary attack it went caboom and mostly killed everything in radius. Advanced players were able to do this while moving.

    Rocket launcher despite being rather slow compared to Quake counterpart (you could still rocket jump tho, it just hurt much more) could do primary attack, secondary attack and then loaded primary (hold and load up to 6 rockets) or loaded secondary and on top of that if you loaded primary and then hit secondary as you released, you could alter attack to send rockets in tight cluster (was pretty much instakill if you hit with it). If you count it, you have 6 different ways to attack with single weapon.. impressive, huh?

    Beauty of multiplayer was that you could literally kill with everything as long as you were good. Game was pretty unforgiving for beginners, today mainstream pub would run back to mama crying after one Deck 17 game. Cause this game wasnt made for ppl which are unwilling to improve themselves, there were no easy ways to kill. You didnt get award for participation in game, you didnt get actually any award apart good feeling when you saw your nickname at top of end game stats. Thats exactly why I loved and still love that game.

    This game is pure essence of what is (or should be) competitive multiplayer game. Clean, fast, easy to play and hard to master. Everyone is equal and you play to beat others, not game mechanics.

    Since then, there wasnt any FPS game I would love so much. Also probably none so good. Sure I spent years on CoD4, later on BFBC2 (which would be probably second on my list), but nothing is close to UT99. And unfortunately I doubt there ever will be something at least as good as UT99, cause gaming industry as whole is degenerating and pretty fast..    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

4
#4 Best PC Game of 1999
4
#4 Most Discussed PC Game of 1999
7
#7 Most Shared PC Game of 1999

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 21 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 21
  3. Negative: 0 out of 21
  1. Electric Playground
    100
    Every weapon that was in "Unreal" has been given a total facelift for Unreal Tournament. Everything has been totally redrawn and textured - the overall look of the weapons is quite impressive.
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  2. FiringSquad
    80
    Without better DM map design, more polished graphics and artwork and maybe more panache in the weapons design department, we don't feel that Unreal Tournament is quite ready to earn our seal of approval as the uber-shooter to carry gaming into the next millennium.
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  3. Game Revolution
    91
    Not really a revolutionary game, but it is almost perfect at what it does. This is the definitive straight multi-player first person shooter. It is an amazing game that never fails to impress or entertain.
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