Customer Reviews

Unreal 2: The Awakening Special Edition

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

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.

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.

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.

I recently replayed this excellent FPS. It's six years old already but still looks surprisingly good, with characters that aren't too blocky, some food facial expressions and lip-synching, and fairly decent (but not great) animatics. The way this game really stands out, even today, is the artwork that's incorporated into the graphics: vast moons hang in the sky, and planets create immense and colourful backdrops to the space scenes. It's most likely photography mixed with painted images, but they're beautiful and awe-inspiring.

The game is short, but about the same as most FPSs. There are about 13 missions on various worlds, against a mixed bag of foes, from the hulking reptilian Skaarj to some mechanical beings reminiscent of the machines in "The Matrix". The story is fairly strong, although pretty much all of the mission objectives consist of "find the artefact and bring it back". The characters are well drawn, the dialogue quite punchy and often amusing, as well as occasionally touching, particularly towards the end. The alien pilot Ne'baan, a gooey-looking energy being encased in a mechanical suit, is original and entertaining, as well as being very well rounded.

You can pick this up dirt-cheap now, so get a copy and have a few hours of all-out fun. You'll love this if you have fond memories of the first Halo, and the Turok games - it also reminds me a lot of Duke Nukem 3D, which is a real complement!

7/10

Although some of the stuff from Unreal is here, it is not really a sequal. And it is not anywhere near as long.

The different missions vary from excellent to mundane. It is very hard in spots, I found it better when set on Easy. But then, I like to look at the scenery...

The second mission, in the forest, is very good and effective in making you feel immersed, almost as good as the original, and seemed more realistic than most games, at least to me.

The missions are so different from each other, that if you don't like one you might like the next a lot.

There is not much on the ship, but it is just enough to let you catch your breath.

Be careful to pick up stuff at the end of missions, if you trigger the cutscene you can't get back.

The original UNREAL was a PHENOMENAL GAME - one of THE BEST ever created. I can understand that measuring up to that legacy would not be easy. But, at least, ATARI could had tried.

This is NOT a game that has anything to do with the original title. I could not get involved, couldn't care less about the characters or the story. It took me all of two afternoons to finish it off and was a great disappointment since I was a great fun of the first and couldn't wait to get my hands on the "sequel" - which it is not.

The graphics are good but nothing close to groundbreaking. The surfaces are nice, the shadows non-existent and the muzzle-flashes totally annoying.

This is the Special Edition, containing a Multiplayer. It is not a bad idea - yet who would opt for this instead of UNREAL TOURNAMENT 2004 (not to mention the upcoming new UT3)?

If you have an older system that cannot handle the latest FPS releases, I would advise FAR CRY or RED FACTION I instead. Even graphically older, the original UNREAL would be a much wiser choice.

This game is Better than Halo for the PC. Halo was very good however this game has EVEN better graphics and design. Plus the aliens do not act like silly dwarfs as in Halo.
The graphics are FREAKIN AWESOME. Doom 3 had BETTER be good to surpass this game! Yes there is a slight, I mean slight cartoonish look to the graphics but it is Very negligible.
Let me tell you.. the women in this game look Flocking hot!
Untill id decides when to release Doom 3 if ever... GET THIS GAME!

Look if you want extreme multi action wait forUT2004 if u want rpg goodness u2 is the way to go fun 4 everyone who like fps.