Unreal, UT99, UT2003, UT2004, UT3 became part of my life. The whole mechanics, visuals and overall fun of the game still holds to this day for me. I never liked all the crazy mods but some out there looked promising. Thank you for this in depth view of Unreal Tournament. The game that put Unreal engine on the map and now how Epic wants to get rid of UT from history is a slap to themselves and to us who loved this game. Unreal forever!

As a gamer who plays Unreal 1, Unreal 2: The awakening, UT99 every year, it will always be a part of my life. Long live UNREAL!

R.I.P to the Unreal franchise. Angry that Epic is choosing to pull the plug on the series, despite the very promising success a new instalment could have so long as the game saw some love from it's developers. UT2004 had a lot to offer, more than most games nowadays - just hope Epic find it within themselves to see the beauty of that game and bring servers back online. UT deserves developers. Give the IP to 1047 Games if Epic can't be bothered to continue supporting it.

The modding community is still alive in UT2004, speaking of whom I once actually knew and played alongside with some of the people that modded the game to hell and back for over a decade, roughly. When .:..: was helping create Half Life mods with weapons and the NPCs and playable vehicles as to port it from Unreal I to U2K4, it was really spectacular. He also worked on porting Doom levels and modded in weapons and such to it as well, with co-op campaigns from Unreal Gold, Wolfenstein and other such things. He was usually around the servers Tony's Unreal Realm (TUR) and DJ's Mega-server way back then. It was also combined into an RPG which had the difficulty scale on your character with more enemies each particular map. It was INCREDIBLY popular, especially when you combine it all into Invasion, it was just incredibly fun with so many people playing. I've known and played alongside the guys who devved the Command & Skaarj replication of Command & Conquer on the mods and it was sort of the same people, where you can effectively play Unreal Tournament C&C with all the different factions of the game's lore. Took part in its suggestive development tracks too when it was first released. Tony who owns TUR really got that effectively produced and up to date with .:..:, Leon and some other fellas who's names I can't remember now. I think Freeman who owns the Black Mesa Server was definitely involved in it, too. Just type UT2004 CNS and you'll find videos about it in the search bar. There was also a C&C Renegade mod that was replicating its multiplayer with active base building in an RTS in combo with an FPS. But that project was cancelled. You could physically commit a whole hour long video to just about mods for Unreal Tournament 2004 that you still won't be covering the huge mountain that it's basically created because there's a lot of deep history behind it. Like, Rocket League WAS directly created and inspired from CarBall; another very popular UT2004 mod as its origin story. This video brings me back a decade and a half, really enjoyed it. UT is and always will be a special game.

I played 2003 so much, the feeling before a game was something else

I'm so glad that you finally covered UT 2004. It's the greatest first person shooter of all-time, with that lovely old-school gameplay, a ton of content, great mod support, and a lot of customization. There were things you forgot to mention though, such as the music player, widescreen fix, and the classic rocket launcher found in the UT Classic mutator. Incase you didn't know, there's a mod that brought Unreal 1's single player and weapons into UT 2004. There's also Old Skool Monsta Toolz which is another single player mod for the game. The latest version of it has issues, so I recommend getting version 1.4. I've been trying to find the Unreal Championship weapons mutator for UT 2004. Where did you get the mod?

Hmm. You're becoming one of my favourite KZfaqrs who upload this sort of content. Did take some time to adjust to your accent, but it's part of the charm now.

I was always Quake 2 and UT fan, for different reasons Also CTF-FACE and DM-Morpheus is

I'm one of the freaks that prefer 2003 over 2004. Boost dodging was what made the game fun for me, being able to freely fly across the map at will. I guess that's why I ended up loving Tribes later on I suppose. Funny how Tribes embraced the movement bug that enabled skiing, where Epic squashed boost dodging that elevated the skill ceiling. UT2004 was fine, but I feel like it tried too many things at once. It ironically ended up feeling more like a tech demo than 2003.

you deserve a lot more attention for this quality of work, even down to the subtitles. excellent video on one of my own favorite games of all time ♥

UT 2004, UT99 and Unreal - my favorites and part of my life

Unreal tournament reminds me long Quake 3 team arena. Idk why I remember G4 tv, when I was young, had programs where they held tournaments with various pro gamer teams for Unreal Tournament 4 and Mech Warrior. It played out like modern MLG commentary just on a tv program. Good times.

UT 2003 is my favorite one. I really don’t see where is the problem. The feeling of the game is million precent better than 2004 imo…

You're totally right about the Xan Kriegor finale being the two of you orbiting each other without actually firing a weapon most of the time, but god, playing that map at a high difficulty when I was 16 really kicked my ass.

Thanks for this, grew up with the box copy of 2003 and I keenly recall reviewers complaining about 2004's "mammoth" 6gb file size. Hah!

Still the best FPS franchise to this day. Hundreds of hours of great memories spent playing UT (especially 2004). Such a shame how UT4 ended up…hopefully one day we see a proper update

I played a lot of 2003 and 2004. Built a new pc at the time 2003 came out and it was amazing looking. A better era of games without the company prioritising every bit of the game including menus to suck you into spending more money.

That game was a huge part of my early adult life ;) Good ol' lanparty times.

Morpheus 3 and shock rifle... And insragib matches and vehicle capture the flag was fun too.

I really enjoyed the whole Video, i leave a Subcribe bro, Good work !

I would like to add on DOUBLE DOMINATION Conduit, was extremely fun match High adrenal rush with tug of war fights, it was a brutal but fun blood bath map

"I do feel that the starting weapons really puts the Ass in Assault Rifle" my sides.

Great video. 40 minutes of pure bliss.

Lots of great info. Thank you for this video.

thanks for uploading

This was a good time for sure. Still have it on my harddrive as well

Amazing game! Thanks for the video

Boost Dodge? You could do them anywhere anytime, you just had to know how

You forgot to mention that Epic re-released a remastered version for free on the epic game store a few years ago just called unreal tournament. I don't know if it is still up, I played it for a bit but it was missing ALL of the bonus stuff, literally just the base game and nothing else, and no mod support... but it worked on DX11, so there is that I guess

Suprised how well this game still holds up visually.

I'm not sure which game I had, I remember all the game modes and vehicles, but not any of the "new" guns like the mine launcher.

one of the best games ever

The final fight in the campaign of 2004 is fine, the map isn't too large. If you play on Skilled or above then you'll see that it's a tactical match of collecting the power-ups before the enemy and denying them to him, because otherwise he will kick your ass. You have learn how to run around the map and reach each power-up just a moment before it respawns. It's a 1v1 that's worthy of being called a boss fight. Also, the game randomly chooses between 3 bosses for the fight. Xan, Malcolm, and ClanLord.

Great video. Can I ask you in what resolution and aspect ratio are you playing? I play in 1080x1920 16:9 and becasue of that I have stretched HUD and weapon models not rendered properly.

it's just sad that UT 4 is cancelled basically

unreal tournament 2004 was the first game i ever played i would sit on my dads lap when i was 3 n 1v1 his friends

UT99 is the BEST.

i play UT2004 almost everyday !!!!!!!!!

And now neither are available digitally

ut 2004 is the best multiplayer game i have ever played.

It's fany that epic game close the servers but im still able to play ut 4 with unofficial server

X-Files made the best maps.

could you make a video that focuses on the map design of unreal tournament? there really isnt enough videos on map design and barely any on UTs map design and how it made map layouts for different game types. especially if you went and explored the favorite community maps for deathmatch, tdm, ctf

VAYHICKLES!!!!

UT 2003 has a much better feel than 2004. Just sayin

I mean, 2003 is useless in 2022, 'cause there are mods and mutators, that can change every copy of 2004 to 2003 (at least weapon, balance and HUD wise).

Weird game series as a whole. UT99 and 04 are indeed the best. Absolutely adore the design choses they've made in UT3 tho. Looks amazing even today imho. Grim and with neon signs around. But the game never took off competitive/esports wise. It was completely overshadowed by Quake, and as an MP game it was inferior. Mostly due to Quake's smooth movement i think. They should have abused Assault mode. It was the perfect idea. Get objectives done as a team. Similar to Wolfenstein Enemy Territory.

am i the only one who prefers ut2004 over Ut99?

7:40 that map is only too big for duels if you're bad at the game and don't strictly stick to item timings and don't know the spawns. Capable players usually fight for the powerups, instead of running around the map aimlessly and will attempt to spawn-kill you. The Skilled and above bots are always exactly on time for the items, but they won't attempt to spawn kill you consciously. If they did, Godlike/Inhuman difficulty would be pointless after the 1st death, you would never recover.

UT2004 is the best game ever. Just like that. It is

UT3 > UT2004. Epic admitted mistakes were made with ut2004, and that's why the UT4 pre-alpha didn't take cues from ut2004.

Epic unplugged all unreal games. You can't buy any of them anymore.

There are no saint's to be seen on poor sides of America, but in body bags, and now to have your video Merry bites as an ocupier while bunking in the dirt death spot this day seems less of a haze, and more of a laze. Please keep up the good fights in your videos as they are entertaining to see the whole dimension of what you speak, and play at not in the same time. Sayonara for now.

C'mon. Unreal 2 was not a piece of shit. Give it some more credit. It was not the best game in the series but it was a fair game. I even dare say more fun than UT3. UT3 was a true disappoint.

this game is nowhere to be found.

weapons look worst in every rendition of unreal after UT99, for unreal4 the model ugly asf