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[IbizaPocholo]

Revisiting UT2004 two decades later! This sequel to UT99 (er, UT2003?) from Epic Games and Digital Extremes was a staple of PC gaming in the 2000s, with the bombastic Onslaught mode being added to the classics of deathmatch, capture the flag, and so on. So let's review this classic FPS and dive into its predecessor, its gameplay, multiplayer, mods and more!

 

[Celcius]

I'm still salty they took this off Steam and with no advanced warning too

 

[Melter]

Anyone who played the community assault trial maps is a real OG

 

[FoxMcChief]

I fucking loved this game.

 

[Spukc]

I'm still salty they took this off Steam and with no advanced warning too

Fuck you
Play fortnite


Same devs dude

 

[Celcius]

I’ll also say, the sexy announcer in this game was amazing lol. I wish some modern shooters would have this option.

 

[amigastar]

What engine was it on, UE2?
Anyways i played it back in the day and loved it.

 

[Lucifers Beard]

UT2004 is one of the best games I've ever played. I bought a special edition tin box version when it came out that came with a headset and other cool stuff. Truly an awesome game that should be remastered for current platforms.

 

[Yoshichan]

Thanks for the nostalgia! Fantastic video.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Me and my clan used to run have servers for this. LMS FTW

 

[IAmRei]

this is the best shooter for me, i spent my youth A LOT with this game, masterpiece <3

 

[winjer]

I played a lot of this, back in the day. Absolutely awesome.

 

[StueyDuck]

Ut2k4 was the tits.

To go back to those lan days would be sublime.

Member when gaming was fun, MP games weren't ruined by meta chasing sweatlords and SP games weren't ruined by mentally ill activist clown freaks...

 

[Lux R7]

fantastic game

 

[The_Observer]

I loved all UTs, especially the original. If only they remade that, damn... I’m still salty that they abandoned the UE4 UT for that abysmal Fortnite

 

[BigLee74]

100% the best game of all time! So many good memories.

Was still playing it regularly until UT4 came out.

 

[HL3.exe]

In a few months:

Half-Life 2, 20 years later

 

[Sub_Level]

Saw this whole vid, it was great as I’m not familiar with the series. I’m a Quake guy but UT99 looked solid. And Unreal Championship 2 for Xbox always caught my eye at the store in middle school cuz the girl on the cover was freakin hot.

 

[BigLee74]

I made this frag video over a weekend 17 years ago. Man I miss this game and the folk I played with!

 

[Hudo]

It's the second-best arena shooter ever made.

 

[Northeastmonk]

I had the Unreal collection with the OST sampler CD. I’d sit there and fight against bots. It was a good time. The music of these games was fantastic.

 

[STARSBarry]

how could he make a video on 2k4 and not mention the greatest map ever made?

 

[amigastar]

It's the second-best arena shooter ever made.

Quake III the best, right?

 

[darrylgorn]

Eh.. Quake 3 and UT99 are still the champs imo.

 

[Hudo]

Quake III the best, right?

You are absolutely, unequivocally, irrevocably, 100% correct.

 

[ScHlAuChi]

Unreal Tournament 99 > Quake 3
There I said it! Let the fights begin!

 

[Pakoe]

I miss these old shooters where you just played for the fun of it instead of having to unlock random shit and waiting on DLC.

 

[phant0m]

Can’t feel my legs

 

[BigLee74]

I miss these old shooters where you just played for the fun of it instead of having to unlock random shit and waiting on DLC.

Yep. Unfortunately, that’s why we don’t get them anymore. No recurring revenue after they’ve been initially sold. Exactly why UT4 got dropped like a hot potato when Fortnite took off.

 

[Deerock71]

I still have my t-shirt for a top 8 finish for the Dreamcast tournament.

 

[sono]

Thank you so much for posting this.

 

[Fatbody]

I remember installing a demo for this off a disc that came in a computer gaming magazine. I played it for many hours but for some dumb reason I never got around to buying it. One of my top 10 gaming regrets. Now it’s gone forever. You’d think with all the money Fortnite makes that it would be inconsequential to keep their legacy titles up. Even just for historical purposes. But I doubt many of the people working at Epic now have played their legacy titles or even care about their history. A joke industry.

 

[Alexios]

Great game & great engine, seemed to me like the apex of the pre-shader era doing everything with high density polycounts (many maps seemed to riddle every random wall surface with geometrical detail, bits and bobs) & high resolution textures instead of fancy effects like Doom 3, HL2 & later.

And yeah, the demo was nuts with some of the best maps like AS-Convoy, probably one of the most played multiplayer PC demos ever like Battlefield 1942's. Loved the mods like the return of XMP from Unreal 2 and quirky stuff like Metaball, though the Half-Life series reigned supreme in that area.

I'm not even much into multiplayer or specifically arena shooters of the sort, but like the video says even if you don't like half of it there's still a ton of stuff to like in the package. Still it made me at least try to get into it and train with ever increasing bot difficulties in DM duels & what not, good shit.

Nice video but it doesn't seem to do the maps justice, you might be just zipping by them as inconsequential backgrounds after learning the game a bit but they're epic and grand in scale (not just the onslaught maps) with their imposing great halls, bridges, pits, windows to space or what have you...

#FUCKEPIC

 

[sono]

“High Intensity Zen.” That heightened flow state where amidst the carnage, your reflexes increase, and your heart rate stays elevated without being distracting, keeping you in the zone as your mind forgets the existence of time..."

Ohhh Yeaahhh

 

[sono]

That same channel did a retrospective on the original Unreal game

 

[amigastar]

That same channel did a retrospective on the original Unreal game

It's hard to believe those games were considered graphically beautiful back then.

 

[Hudo]

It's hard to believe those games were considered graphically beautiful back then.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Gamergate was selling the Unreal Collection for the longest time for $3. Glad I jumped on it back then.

I really should go back to play through Unreal. Never finished it.

 

[Dr.D00p]

You truly haven't lived until you've seen this game running at 1600x1200 75hz on a 21in Mitsubishi Diamond Pro CRT.

It was glorious.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

I remember installing a demo for this off a disc that came in a computer gaming magazine. I played it for many hours but for some dumb reason I never got around to buying it. One of my top 10 gaming regrets. Now it’s gone forever. You’d think with all the money Fortnite makes that it would be inconsequential to keep their legacy titles up. Even just for historical purposes. But I doubt many of the people working at Epic now have played their legacy titles or even care about their history. A joke industry.

Exact same happened with me. I was a poor college student at the time + stuck with Team Fortress Classic even though the UT demo was amazing. First thing I did after getting a real job out of college was buy a decent gaming computer + Unreal Tournament 2004.

 

[amigastar]

I love how they call Street Fighter 3 a disappointment of the year just to become a legendary SF title in the future.
It was because everything had to be 3D back then but 2D turned out to age better than those 3D titles in that time.

 

[Hudo]

I love how they call Street Fighter 3 a disappointment of the year just to become a legendary SF title in the future.
It was because everything had to be 3D back then but 2D turned out to age better than those 3D titles in that time.

SF3 is actually one of the very few fighting games I like. Which is a pretty big "seal of quality" in my book. (I am not much of a fighting game guy, even though I like Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan movies)

 

[hinch7]

One of the GOAT as arena shooters go. Might have to boot it up later on this evening and give it a go.

 

[Dacvak]

Man, this game was absolutely incredible. This and UT99 were probably the most fun I’ve even had with PC gaming.

I’d love to set up a weekend where everyone in this thread plays some old arena shooters together. Of course, it’d be pretty depressing realizing how bad I am now compared to my teenage self lol.

 

[lockdown2222]

Man, this game was absolutely incredible. This and UT99 were probably the most fun I’ve even had with PC gaming.

I’d love to set up a weekend where everyone in this thread plays some old arena shooters together. Of course, it’d be pretty depressing realizing how bad I am now compared to my teenage self lol.

I’m in. I spent my middle school years and before that playing Unreal, UT99 and then 2k4. Prime gaming years. Great gaming communities and clans back then.

 

[Alexios]

I love how they call Street Fighter 3 a disappointment of the year just to become a legendary SF title in the future.
It was because everything had to be 3D back then but 2D turned out to age better than those 3D titles in that time.

The legendary title was over two years later with SFIII: 3rd Strike though.

 

[tylrdiablos]

I remember buying the 6x CD version thinking it was the better choice than the 2x DVD version....
When it came to installing (<PLEASE INSERT DISC 3>) I realised how much of a dumb-dumb I am sometimes.

 

[AutumnLeaves]

It's hard to believe those games were considered graphically beautiful back then.

Why is that hard to believe? The original Unreal is still breathtaking and the atmosphere is unparalleled for me.

 

[j0hnnix]

Tokara Forest had such great music.

 

[Drew1440]

Tokara Forest had such great music.

I can't play that map without remembering that crazy German kid screaming