Description
Unreal Tournament 2004 is the third game in the popular
Unreal Tournament series.
This latest edition includes several new features. First and foremost is the return of Assault mode from the original
Unreal Tournament. This mode pits two teams, attackers and defenders, against each other. The attackers must try to complete various objectives, and the defenders have to stop them. At the end of the round, whether time runs out or the attackers win, the roles are switched, and the defenders become the attackers. A mode new to
2004 is Onslaught. Another team-based mode, there are several Power Nodes spread throughout the map, with one base per team that houses a large Power Core. The players must go to each Power Node, link it to the enemy Core, and eventually attack the enemy Power Core itself. Rounding out the remainder of the game modes is the standard Capture the Flag, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Double Domination, Bombing Run, Last Man Standing, Invasion, and Mutant, for a total of ten different game modes.
There are several weapons available to you, all of which come with a secondary fire. You have pistols, shock rifles, Redeemer rocket launchers (which can launch a missile guided by you), AVRiL missile launcher, lightning gun, rocket launcher and flak cannon, to name a few.
2004 features, for the first time, vehicles, which are available in Onslaught. You can hop into a tank, a humvee, a scorpion (similar to the Warthog in
Halo), and five different flying vehicles, ranging from ships to transporters. Each vehicle has it's own characteristics, and some can hold multiple players. Each vehicle also has a personalized license plate with the name of the player driving it.
There are over one hundred maps to choose from. A lot of them are remakes from the past versions of the game, and there are several new ones made for
2004. Maps can be downloaded in the future, from official sources or from amateur mapmakers.
Unreal Tournament 2004 also includes a detailed single player campaign, in which you earn credits by competing in tournaments, which you then use to draft a team to compete in team-based tournaments. You work your way up qualifying ladders to the championship.
2004 supports voice chat, and also includes speech-to-text recognition software, which will take what you say (or other people) and translate it into text as if it were typed.
Alternate Titles
- "虚幻竞技场2004" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
- "浴血戰場 2004" -- Chinese title (Traditional)
- "UT2K4" -- Informal short-name
- "UT2004" -- Informal short-name
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| GameSpy |
Mar 11, 2004 |
 |
100 |
| Game Informer Magazine |
May, 2004 |
9.5 out of 10 |
95 |
| IGN |
Mar 11, 2004 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| GameSpot |
Mar 16, 2004 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| PC Zone |
Jan 13, 2004 |
9.4 out of 10 |
94 |
| Game Revolution |
Jun 05, 2004 |
A- |
91 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Mar 18, 2004 |
18 out of 20 |
90 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Jan, 2004 |
88 out of 100 |
88 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Apr, 2004 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
| Fragland.net |
Apr 05, 2004 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
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Trivia
Unreal Tournament 2004 was ranked # 30 in the 50 Best Games of All Time list published by PC Gamer Magazine in its April 2005 issue.
