Unreal Tournament 2003

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Description

Unreal Tournament is a First Person Shooter representing a fast paced extreme sport of the future, where you compete against other warriors to determine the best. It has the same feel of the original, but new graphics, effects, and game modes adds new flavor to the game. Choose from Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, Domination 2.0, or Bombing Run. Adrenaline adds a new factor in the gameplay as you can execute special abilities like regeneration, speed, invisibility when you reach full Adrenaline by either collecting the pills or killing enemies. UT 2K3 can be played single player against bots, or multiplayer through LAN or the Internet.

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Alternate Titles

• "虚幻竞技场2003" -- Simplified Chinese spelling
• "浴血戰場 2003" -- Traditional Chinese spelling
• "UT2K3" -- Common abbreviation
• "UT2003" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: UnrealEngine2
• Best of Infogrames / Atari releases
• BPjS / BPjM indexed games
• Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
• Games that include map/level editor
• Games with officially released source code
• Middleware: SDL
• Setting: Space station / Spaceship
• Software Pyramide releases
• Theme: Future sports / Brutal sports
• Unreal series
• Unreal Tournament series

User Reviews

The best all out deathmatch FPS since Quake 3, but I doubt it will remain so for long.	Windows	Tibes80 (1567)
Oh, come on. You really expect gamers to like this?	Windows	ThE oNe (184)

Critic Reviews

Game Informer Magazine	Windows	Dec, 2002	9.5 out of 10	95
PC Zone Benelux	Windows	Nov, 2002	92 out of 100	92
PC Games (Germany)	Windows	Oct, 2002	92 out of 100	92
PC Gamer UK	Windows	Nov, 2002	91 out of 100	91
IGN	Windows	Sep 27, 2002	9 out of 10	90
Gamereactor (Sweden)	Windows	May 18, 2003	9 out of 10	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Oct 04, 2002	18 out of 20	90
Joystick (French)	Windows	Nov, 2002	8 out of 10	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Jan, 2003		80
PCG	Windows	Nov, 2002	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

German index

On February 28, 2003, the English version of Unreal Tournament 2003 was put on the infamous German index by the BPjS. For more information about what this means and to see a list of games sharing the same fate, take a look here: BPjS/BPjM indexed games.

The game was re-released in Germany in October 2003, because the game was banned short before the introduction of the new law for the protection of the youth, making the USK ratings valid. Therefore the USK rated the game again (USK 16) and therewith annihilated the previous ban.

German version

In the German version, the blood was re-coloured green and gore effects were removed.

Linux

CD3 contains a script (linux_installer.sh) which allows you to play UT2K3 under Linux.

Awards

• 4Players
  • 2002 – #10 Best PC Game of the Year (Readers' Vote)
• Computer Gaming World
  • April 2003 (Issue #225) – Best Graphics of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2002 – Best Graphics of the Year (PC)
• GameStar (Germany)
  • February 13, 2003 - Best Graphics in 2002 (Readers' Vote)

Information also contributed by Iggi and Xoleras

Related Web Sites

• NZMac Review (A (largely) unscored review of the Macintosh version of the game by NZMac, a New Zealand Apple site (Nov. 03, 2003).)