Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition

by Atari

Product Features

• Intense first-person shooter that immerses players in an epic sci-fi adventure
• Advanced, real-time dialog system for fluid communications with your ship’s crew and non-player characters
• Incredibly lifelike graphics with skeletal animation; 15 weapons; 24 different enemies
• Special Edition includes latest patches as well as expanded multiplayer (XMP)
• New weapons, vehicles and maps for up to 32 players in class-based team warfare

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0000ZR85U
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: December 9, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #18,383 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Unreal II - The Awakening is an intense gaming experience that immerses players in an epic story-driven adventure featuring superb graphics. As a Terran Colonial Authority Marshall, you’re patrolling a sector of the frontier with three crew members when an interstellar war erupts about you! Rumors of powerful and ancient alien artifacts have driven rival factions to war in an attempt to find and control the objects. You must locate these artifacts, determine their purpose and restore order to the sector - before it’s too late.

Game Features:

• Expanded Multiplayer (XMP): takes the battle online. XMP features new weapons, vehicles and maps for up to 32 players in class-based team warfare. Experience savage combat in war-ravaged colonies, distant alien outposts, and the ruins of ancient civilizations.
• Single Player Campaign Includes: Uses an advanced, real-time dialog system for fluid communications with your ship’s crew and non-player characters.
• Enjoy incredibly lifelike graphics powered by the latest Unreal Engine technology from Epic, with extremely high polygon counts, skeletal animation, particle system modeling (for fire, smoke, cloth, breaking glass, hair, etc.) and more.
• Wield 15 weapons including Unreal favorites as well as brand-new instruments of mayhem.
• Battle more than 24 different enemies; the dreaded Skaarj returns from the original Unreal alongside various human and alien opponents.
• Get caught up in a unique and gripping plot that keeps you committed to finishing the game!
• Choose from multiple mission types offering an array of gameplay variations.
• Interact with cutting-edge AI that adds spellbinding realism to each mission

Product Description

Today an outcast...tomorrow a hero.Product InformationYou are John Dalton a Marshal for the Terran Colonial Authority and anex-Marine assigned to patrol the edge of human exploration.  Unexpectedlyyour monotonous life is shattered by a chilling distress signal. Violent turmoilamong the races has erupted on your watch.  You are humanity's only hopefor salvation.  Only you can prevent the Awakening.Unreal graphics and sound immerse you in a swarm of alien worlds full ofbreathtaking scenery and brutal action.  3D sound envelops you inhailstorms of bullets mind-jarring explosions and the eerie chatter of alientongues.Expanded Multiplayer (XMP) takes the battle online.  XP features newweapons vehicles and maps for up to 32 players in class-based teamwarfare.  Experience savage combat in war-ravaged colonies distant alienoutposts and the ruins of ancient civilizations.Product Features Intense first-person shooter that immerses players in an epic sci-fi adventure Advanced real-time dialog system for fluid communications with your ship’s crew and non-player characters Incredibly lifelike graphics with skeletal animation; 15 weapons; 24 different enemies Special Edition includes latest patches as well as expanded multiplayer (XMP) New weapons vehicles and maps for up to 32 players in class-based team warfare Use the included Unreal Editor software to create your own levels of personalized Unreal universe.Windows Requirements Windows 98 Me 2000 XP Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz or higher (Pentium or AMD 1.2GHz or greater recommended) 256 MB of RAM (384 MB or greater recommended) 3.0 GB free Hard Disk space 8X CD-ROM drive 32 MB NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX or better Video Card (64MB NVIDIA GeForce 3/ATi Radeon 8500 or better recommended) Windows compatible Sound Card (NVIDIA nForce or other motherboard/Sound Card containing the Double Digital Interactive Encoder

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You've played this game before..., March 26, 2004

By 

C. Reed (Spring Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition (CD-ROM)

Unreal 2: The Awakening is like any other First Person Shooter game. You are the last hope of the world again, and you must take on the enemy (mostly) alone. Only to be rewarded with similar cut scenes of your transport going from - or coming to your space ship. (Although your First Mate, Aida, is somewhat good looking (...))It's an entertaining story at least. And probably worth the (...) asking price for what it is. Just expect to play it for 6 - 10 hours with little replay.

What sets this game a part from other shooters is the one sniper mission where you have to protect a mechanic from a sniper vantage point. Or the two mini-base building mission, where you protect others by building a force field and gun turrets. Else, you just hunt for the switch or find the Artifact, and even this is fairly straight forward. And the weapons are very imaginative. (Later on in the game...)

To sum it up: AI is great. Graphics are great. Sound is great. The story is good. Characters are good. And the missions are average. Length of the game is short. And the difficulty is adjustable from very easy to insane.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars boring compared to original Unreal, November 5, 2005

By 

boneworx (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition (CD-ROM)

I kept waiting for this game to dazzle me in some way like the original Unreal did, with its magical characters, visuals, and score. That moment never came. It's practically the same game as Halo. I don't know who ripped off who, but the similarities are striking. When I reached a 'boss' part which I couldn't mitigate after many attempts (the difficulty level seemed to double, suddenly) I put this baby on the shelf to collect dust.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Above Average Single Player with an unprecedented XMP A++, December 9, 2003

By 

Michael Osgood - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition (CD-ROM)

Unreal 2 has the best graphics of any game to date. However graphics are not everything. Unreal 2's story is average, the weapons are unique each with own crosshair, top of the line.

Single Player 7.5/10 (Just not up to par with rest of game, show a lot of potential but only uses some of it.)
Graphics 10/10 (Particle effects are amazing)
Sound 9/10 (Some great music)
Guns 10/10 (6 different grenades sums this up well all worthwhile)
XMP 12/10 (not kidding)

XMP - A class based game that is not like DM, TDM, CTF or anything else. The object is to get artifacts. There are vehicles, turrets, huge levels (32 people) there is an XMP demo out that is worth trying. XMP is the most fun I have had in a while. ...Check out the preview from Beyond Unreal it is great... plus for the price an amazing game.