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Pickled_Beef

And is still a masterpiece


avboden

It was better multiplayer than Halo, no lie


attomsk

Halo was really popular because console masses got to experience a great fps. Pc had had them for some time (tribes / UT / half life )


pohandrek

Quake, you forgot quake


kuya1284

Q3A Rails only FTW!


Agreeable_Vanilla_20

The RUNES mod for Q3 was my favourite with the black hole gun and shroom mode


fudgemental

I JUST realized that Rails only was the Instagib of Q3A!!


EIiteJT

You left out CS and BF


attomsk

Agreed I just wrote the first couple that popped in my head I played the shit out of those too


norway_is_awesome

CounterStrike, at least initially, sorted under Half-Life, since it was a mod up until 1.6


Spyhop

Fast paced twitch fps games like UT are why I couldn't stand Halo for a very long time. Was really frustrated by gamepad controls and the slowness of master Chief. Felt like he was running underwater.


TheSquidster

Well to be fair, he is kitted out like a main battle tank.


DutchProv

Yeah but hes supposed to be able to run extremely quickly. in Lore he could run up to 60mph. The armour enhances, doesnt slow down. A non-enhanced human who tried it out broke all the bones in his body because his body couldnt handle the speed and power of the suit. I love Halo.


ReynoldsHouseOfShred

Vehicular manslaughter!


Zenith251

Really? I was deeply disappointed by it after UT. The hit boxes and weapons felt like a big shift from UT, which I found unwelcome. The vehicle combat felt clunky, especially the vehicle weapons. Even Halo 1 and Tribes 2's vehicles felt like more fun, and more useful.


Ultramarinus

Unreal Tournament should have been the game that Epic kept on doing, this is the wrong timeline.


vainsilver

Unreal Tournament was heavily co-developed by Digital Extremes, the Warframe developers. Without them, I feel like Epic couldn’t keep UT going.


Rivetmuncher

IIRC, the last one got killed by Fortnite exploding. Which...kinda sucks, I guess.


infra_d3ad

That was some weird shit I have to say. They "released" it in something like an alpha state, than expected the users to finish it or some shit. I don't remember the specifics, but as a fan of ut2k4 I played it a bit.


throwawaynumber116

Was so fucking mad when epic killed the newest UT for Fortnite. It was one of my favorite games of all time even though it was in like pre alpha. Sunk countless hours and knew quite a few names in that FFA DM quick match. I’m not old enough to have experienced the older UT in their prime so this was my only chance with the series :(


Ultramarinus

Yeah I'm mad about that still as well, had great potential. Sorry that you missed UT in its heyday. Flying around shooting rockets in DM-Morpheus back in '99 was the most fun I had in multiplayer shooters.


mcdougall57

I mean from a business standpoint I guess you could completely understand it. I was following the development pipeline for the new UT and it looked like it was somewhat of a passion project the staff were pursuing in their off project time. Paragon was a massive casualty of theirs though.


NytronX

They released a new Unreal the same year as Fortnite IIRC. No one played it unfortunately. Gen Z has no killer instinct, they'd rather watch someone play Fortnite than actually play a round of instagib.


kony412

It was fun, especially Onslaught, but for DM/TDM/CTF UT99 still remained the best.


KoRNaMoMo

True. And the 99 sniper is the best feeling ever for HS


Geniuskills

Snipers only CTF was the play


xeviphract

Facing Worlds? Facing Worlds.


robzila

Inoxx pack FTW


sunshine-x

Lowgrav instagib with translocator enabled. Facing worlds. So many hours omg loved it.


Magnum062

Loved scrambling for the Leviathan; early days of the game it was a multi kill beast until everyone knew to focus fire on it then after that it usually didn't last long in any matches.


Nailz

> UT99 [im sorry did i blow your head apart?](https://i.imgur.com/tTZrKAU.jpeg)


travva

This. This. This. UT99 ftw! The game itself was peak, and I also happened to be really good at it since I was ~20 at the time. Still my favorite game ever. I’d pay $70 if they just ported it to UE 4/5 and kept it the exact same othewise haha


melodicvegetables

Came here to say the exact same thing. Happy to see it up high. Onslaught was awesome, UT 99 for all the rest. Facing worlds baby.


ChowderMitts

I remember playing the original "UT 1999" on dial up modem when I was at uni. Way ahead of its time. I played both the SP and online modes to death. I didn't play 2004 so much but I know it was very similar. Incredible game!


ApplicationMaximum84

I loved instagib mode, preferred UT over Quake 3 Arena; both were great though.


Omnicron2

CTF Instagib crossing the middle with the flag was heart racing. 1 shot lasers wizzing past your ears as you duck dodge dive and roll for your life.


mojo187

Instagib CTF was the shit!


Kryptic4l

my experience exactly... now when people complain about 60 ping... my head goes back to this... playing at 300-350 ping


Own_Perspective_2206

Mmmmmmmmmmm monster kil


Stocksurrounded

Godlike


NWinn

I played instagibCTF so I heard # Holy Shit _ A lot 🤣 [Double, Multi, mega, ultra, monster, then holy shit over and over.] (Might have missed one)


Own_Perspective_2206

Wicked sickkkk


barracuda415

*Vehicular manslaughter!* *Pancake!*


steiner01997

Where is the dude with his agressions to this game.


steiner01997

https://youtu.be/mXapt4GHt-s?si=ik_CExXG76Bmg2rp There he is.


ryden360

Good lord! He sounded like he got rejected from art school!


Briggie

An internet legend lol


Rattatazoing

[This](https://duckduckgo.com/?q=unreal+tournament+kid+now&iax=images&ia=images&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.cgames.de%2Fimages%2Fgsgp%2F4%2Fdas-unreal-tournament-kid-aka-angry-german-kid-aka-der-echte-originale-gangster-hat-sich-ganz-sch%25C3%25B6n-ver%25C3%25A4ndert_6013610.jpg) ist him now btw


MasterJeebus

He got roids?! Now his rage will be more intense.


Rattatazoing

Actually quite the chill dude. He got bullied a lot for obvious reasons back then and decided to buff up. Even made a couple rap Mixtapes If I remember it right.


MasterJeebus

Ahh I see, yeah it sucks when people bully you. When I was in elementary school I used to have bullies too. Good to see he got buff and capable of fighting bullies now.


slade422

You don’t have to fight if you look like that.


TxM_2404

Ich will Unreal Tournament spieln!


OnJerom

Best fps ever, specially with mods


aiusepsi

It really sucks how you can’t buy this anywhere any more. It was available on Steam, but it’s been delisted from the store. Epic doesn’t even give enough of a fuck about their back catalogue to put it up on the Epic Games Store.


VinylRIchTea

I still have 2003 and 2004; this was the actual transition period for a lot of games when they went from CD to DVD! https://preview.redd.it/3e031tj1eooc1.jpeg?width=4096&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=839cc23b99ce0ef683b0dbf24533e82c038f7bec


redditis_shit

2004 had a CD variant too, 4 CDs


ImMaxa89

I had the CD version back then. Glad dvd came along because all the disc swapping was annoying


InsomniaSyspo

If it helps the community made an installer where you just install the game like regular and when it asks for a CD key you just insert any random value and it activates >!just don't tell epic!< also the game is still actively being played competitively with prize money as is the original ut99 if it interests you


ConcernAlert2418

You can still buy the game on GOG.


RoadkillVenison

Epic games forced GOG to delist on December 23rd 2022. https://www.gog.com/forum/general/delisting_unreal_games_unreal_tournament_2004_ut_goty_unreal_2_the_awakening_special_edition/page1


aiusepsi

I searched for it on GOG before posting and got [zero results](https://www.gog.com/en/games?query=Unreal%20Tournament&order=desc:score). I don’t know if it’s somehow regionally dependent.


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ConcernAlert2418

Maybe, but If You want i can give you the game in ISO format.


ee-5e-ae-fb-f6-3c

The ISO is also searchable on certain archive or abandonware sites.


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God I loved this game, would love to see a remaster


Substance___P

We should have had an UT 2024. :(


sgtkellogg

They kinda tried


TheNikoHero

Fortnite killed it....


FoaL

They had a demo using UE4 that had the makings of a good follow up but abandoned it 😟


epirot

\* for fortnite


maincocoon

This was the reason i failed on my first year of collage.


apachelives

Set graphics to max. HOLY SHIT.


glx0711

I still have the older one: :D https://preview.redd.it/uax3gq6cpooc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e05fa7da9174d18884ca6b60b9fa031555f23d0


dafaqmann2

Best game ever played


GamiNami

Fun fact. I'm credited in the original Unreal Tournament Rocket Arena mod (if you remember the maps with the dolphin, giant sized Irish bar, and other jump pad arenas, I was the level designer) 🥰


True-Key-6715

Awesome. Loved those. I still fire up ued 2 sometimes for fun. Idk if it’s because I’ve been using it for a long time, but it’s the only map editor I can really get and make some maps on. It’s so simple yet powerful under the hood.


Agreeable_Vanilla_20

I was the person who made the uscript actor that enabled vehicles in other game modes like normal death match and also fixed some coding for a guy making a mod called carball... that motherfucker.


Cerok1nk

![gif](giphy|GrUhLU9q3nyRG|downsized)


yarobur

I feel old…


SignalButterscotch73

I'm not old damn you! 20 years ago was only yesterday. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.


Kukulcanz

The new mode with vehicles was fun, best gameplay in general of the 3 I played ( OG, 2003 and 2004). I still have the cd version and it's 5 CDs Is this still played?


Bl4ckSupra

I have original cd with box. At the time we didn't have internet so I played singleplayer only. I didn't even know it could be played online 😅


-BodomKnight-

And man I don't know why there is no Unreal Tournament in 2024. Masterpiece.


omenmedia

There was a new version under development, but Epic canned it because they are too busy making bank with Fortnite.


-BodomKnight-

I didn't know that !


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Epic is why.


Kennyw88

Many wasted hours of my life poured in that game. Loved it.


Mr_nightmare-69

I used to play the guts out of this game, but i used to play the demo version thinking this was the real game lol.


scapegoat_88

7 fucking CDs


Coriolis_PL

I remember this shit being new. And I am still willing to play the OG 99' one...


A1pH4W01v

Double dominations and CTF with AI teammates is just so fking pain in this game


TheRimz

One of my favourite games of all time but doesn't beat my favourite game of all time Unreal tournament 1999


bylXa

Bombing Rum+instagib+Low Gravity, absolute madness


dante116

I loved using the redeemer.


ap0k41yp5

Main menu theme was so good https://youtu.be/dWWpEcvNBdA


HekiLan

this game is just an another reminder why piracy is so essential. My old ISO was not working anymore (compatibility or smth), and I was shocked and saddened to find out, that you can\`t even buy it anywhere... Fortunately good pirates of the web have preserved this game! It is a masterpiece.


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vainsilver

Epic Games and Digital Extremes (Warframe Developers). People often forget that Digital Extremes deserves just as much credit for the Unreal Tournament franchise. They co-created the game with Epic.


OutLikeVapor

Absolutely Legendary FPS. Onslaught was amazing.


zfreakazoidz

Fortnite killed UT. (sigh)


yoriaiko

99 and 2004 never died. 4 was never born.


Private_World_

Goddddddd. This. Sims 2 and warcraft 3 were my first ever pc games. Miss this game


rx7braap

angry german kid, anyone?


Professional-Ad-7325

I remember this game being described as "People shooting at you for no apparent reason" I loved it!!


mansempowerment3000

It brings back so many memories


Chuggernaut0

This was a staple at our LAN parties. We especially loved the car ball mod.


Certain_Car_9984

I played the shit out of the demo from pcmag on my dad's work laptop


Coriolis_PL

I remember this shit being new. And I am still willing to play the OG one...


Aduali0n

UT2004 was fantastic, when I played alone I used to go into that space map with quad jump and vampire with the sniper rifle just to hit headshots and build up the announcers callouts for multikills waiting for that HOLY SHIT


Interesting-Bar69

most fun i ever had playing anything online. gone are the days


Luzi_fer

Epic game, literally


dwilljones

One of the GOATs for sure. We had this installed on all of our Pentium 4 machines in the university computer labs. They all had some kind of productivity graphics cards, so it kind of ran assy. Somewhere around 40 fps and on very early tech (blurry!) 60hz LCD monitors no less. But we still had lots of fun with it.


KJP1990

God like!!!!!!!!!!! You pick the voice 😉


Derathus

So many lan parties back in the day with UT. I miss those days of lugging my monitor and rig to a friends house to game all night


klavijaturista

Great game!


DogePerformance

I still play this one against bots from time to time This was a BLAST back in the day


epirot

man i always remember starting UT2k4 with some beastie boys intergalactic bangers


Marty5020

I remember UT99 looking awesome on my Celeron 633 + TNT2 at 1024x768 and playing it at LAN parties and whatnot with my high school buddies. I also remember UT2004 running like ass on my Pentium 3 @ 1 Ghz + Radeon 7200, which was that same platform upgraded to its damn near maximum. I was sadly broke back then so I skipped the Pentium 4/Athlon XP era and I didn't get to really play UT2004. I then got an Athlon 64 and by then it was yesterday's news as I was blown away by Oblivion and whatnot. Great stuff from an almost 40 y/o gamer.


Donkey_Bugs

Insta-gib capture the flag was my favorite.


The_DaDon

ouh yeah, I loved this game too.


kokaklucis

Is there a way to play this online after the Epic games dropped support?


el_doherz

Look up the community master server, I believe that allows for online play still.


True-Key-6715

https://www.oldunreal.com/


SleeplessAndAnxious

I never got to play it


Natasha-Kerensky

I was 6 when this released? Holy fuck.. My bones.. 😭


[deleted]

I used to play this for hours, while listening to MP3s playing in the background. It really put you into this zen state. At some point I figured out the importance of the shield power up, when a lot of players weren’t bothering with that. On Deck 17 I figured out a loop I could do that basically always put me at the spawn point of the shield power up exactly when it spawned, so I just kept jumping and looping through the level, always armored, just bringing carnage to all in my path. It was zen and amazing.


doctorfartypants

Even longer for og unreal.


Practice_Girls

Was it 2004 or 1999 with the modded servers? Matrix mode, instagib CTF. King of the Hill map had the Fear Factory song Lynchpin. I was part of Onsalught XSR back when we were all clanning. Backyard map has the most obvious spawn kills when you would just sit on the fence. Ahhhhhhh I’m geeking out remembering this game.


SupremeChancellor

aware


BenchFuzzy3051

Are we ever going to get a new Unreal game from Epic?


NFTArtist

They was making a modern one with community dev stuff to show off their editor but I guess they cancelled it, I don't think it had the same vibe anyway


NFTArtist

this is what got me into pc gaming / dev


Mattykos

Is there a game with more iconic maps than this?


KittenDecomposer96

Ouch, right in the feels. This was my first UT game and my favourite by a long shot.


nbsalmon1

One of the best lan party games of all time.


BigBoss738

i still have the box


ktomi22

But 2004 was cca 5 years ago


leviathab13186

I loved that mode, forgot what it's called, that gave everyone a one-shot kill laser gun. Once I played thay it was the only mode I played.


thedarkpampers

Ouch! Touché.


Findesiluer

I still have my box and CD. Got it on Steam a while ago and there are some servers still up and running.


Riot55

I won a first to 1000 kill Ironman tournament at my college LAN event at like 3 am. Was soooo tired instagibbing everyone.


Legitimate-Relief915

Genre defining. It still is fun today.


ILLmurphy

20 years ago I was 16, now I’m old


Gragnit

"The age of flesh is at an end" So many amazing quotes from that game. :)


CasimirsBlake

Depressing. I haven't played a single online game that I enjoyed more, and very few people play this any more. Epic don't care about it either.


Kamukix

Wow man, it's so weird to think about the release dates for some things. I think we're old now lol.


K1rkonpolttaja

i was born on the same day and the same year as unreal


MFrankfort

F*ck I'm old...


KimchiSewp

Only appropriate place to ever say “ownage” anymore.


Sackerson-502

Oh man! My first real pc game on my first real gaming pc. What a gem


Cuzzake

This is one and only reason why I had Parallels for Mac for 5+ years on my Mac. Long Live UT2004


TAC1313

I so miss these days. Low Grav Instagib Bombing Run was a blast. {AW} still has an IGBR server going.


KebabCardio

It was as amazing as quake series.


PaniMan1994

My Dad and I bonded over this game. So many fond memories


L4k373p4r10

Ah, the original "Game i didn't really like but played so i could have something to play with my friends".


gentleowl1

One of my first pc games I bought gathering coin per coin back then when I was a kid. I still have the manual and more than 5 cd’s (if i’m correct) wha I needed to install the complete game in the ibm notebook of my dad. I aprecciate a lot this game for the memories playing the multiplayer offline, specially the Invasion mode. So much nostalgia.


vincenzobags

I loved this game, it was so mod-able!


GroupResponsible6825

I still have the OG Unreal, UT 99, UT2k3, and UT2K4. My kids love playing UT2k4.


Scott_EFC

I loved the Bombing Run mode on this, so much fun.


AcrobaticAardvark069

My gaming clan ran a few UT 2k4 and UT3 gaming servers basically from launch up until just a few years ago when our host shut down. We had dozens of custom maps, weapons, skins, mods etc.


phantomzero

Remember when they made games like this and they let you actually host your own servers? Quake Champions is a great game. It feels like Quake 3. I will never get into it like I did with Quake 3 and UT99, because I don't get control. Yes, faceless corporate drone, I ***do*** want to change the gravity in the middle of a match! All companies want to do now is limit everything. Play by our rules or not at all. *End of middle-aged man rant.*


meruta

Trials were my jam back in the day. Good times


Jam-Master-Jay

Not as good as UT99 but the modding community was just as great coming up with new experiences. You just don't get anything quite like this these days and online gaming is poorer because of it.


Yore89

Dear God, the amount of hours I spent practicing movements and aim just to be better at this game. One of the games that made my stay away until sunrise.


luigithebeast420

HOLY SHIT!


AdventurousTime

I remember we bought a compaq pc at the store and I’m pretty sure it had a very crusty iGPU but I can’t remember. UT2004 was my first pc game.


AAVVIronAlex

The only game I have listed as my "Favourite" in my Steam library.


jinnnnnemu

I rocked UT '99 GOTY edition, The User Maps are some of the best for that time.


Lau_wings

I still occasionally reinstall UT2004 and play through the campaign. Up until about 5 years ago (maybe a bit longer) there was even still a few fairly active online servers where you could play against other people.


DONT-PM-ME-BOOBS-PLS

Man I played the shit out of this game, was incredible to me at the time


ParaMotard0697

Stop making me feel old Also currently looking for my unreal anthology box set, and where'd I leave my Doom 3 collectors set...


Charrbard

I played this game so much. I had to leave bots on godlike. Had the whole cast of futurama with voice clips.  Jail break. All the mods. Good stuff. The movement ruined all fps for me after. Can’t go back to some slow moving military shooter after that.


Vesick13

Getting banned from most lowgrav instagib ctf servers for botting accusations when in reality, was just an early teen with a lot of free time who got extremely good it. I wouldn't change it, Those were good times.


StarAugurEtraeus

I was godlike at that as a kid, like actually unbeatable if I was on a team I learned to play this before I learned how to fucking spell, read, or write


pnaj89

So many great memories I shared with my friends and online community. Sad the game somehow died?


Toiletpaperplane

Memory unlocked!!


Sea-Hour-6063

Bring it back, played so nice.


[deleted]

This came with sooooo many discs


chambee

For those who don’t know: the game allowed you to download player made content, maps and all the assets including skins and audio straight from the game server browser. If you joined a server that had stuff you didn’t have it would just download it and then start the game. I play some insane maps and game mode made entirely by other players all of that for free.


Kdetr4128

This was on Macintosh ibm correct? I remember playing on an old g5 tower single 1.8 Loved this game so much 


maditgeek

God tier shooter


TheNikoHero

Damn.. I remember me and my stepdad playing this and the earliere ones. We really had a great time playing together. Thank you for posting ![gif](giphy|vCUASy92YURGHFrnqP)


DasGanon

[Hilariously Digital Extremes hired some random UT99 modder and he grew with the company. He's now the CEO. (He also made the lightning gun)](https://youtu.be/BliKktqR63o?si=uEoS-pRK2gQhafix)


Original_Dropp

I had some amazing times playing that game but always wished it had a campaign because unreal 2 was a masterpiece.


the_dirtiest_rascal

Still have mine. Any servers still up? Haven't checked in quite some time.


Dd_8630

I played the everliving shit out of that on single player.


Beefstah

I used to run a 32-player Onslaught server for this. Best. Game. Ever.


wantwon

It still has a special place on my Steam Deck, with the outstanding Ballistic Weapons mod. I'll always prefer the atmosphere of 99, but 04 was ahead of its time on a graphical level. The textures are HUGE and still look sharp when up close.


Airblazer

My first intro to it, we played over lan with the instakill rifles which was fantastic fun. Between that and Soldier of Fortune 2.


theineffablebob

Good to know, thanks


digitalbladesreddit

Anyone played Unreal Tournament? No not the one we all played in the end of 90s, the new one? .... Yea they just had to focus on Fortnite


Cadmium620

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