Unreal II: The Awakening

  • CPU: 733 MHz
  • RAM: 256 MB
  • Hard disk: 3 GB
  • Graphics Card: 32 MB

Unreal II: The Awakening ( the subtitle means the awakening to English. ) Is a first-person shooter of the U.S. development studios Legend Entertainment. It is the sequel to the hit computer game Unreal by Epic Games and published after many years of development in February 2003 by Atari.

Action

In Unreal 2 you take on the role of an ex- soldier who is on the edge of the civilized part of the galaxy with the space ship Atlantis on patrol on behalf of the colonial authority and becomes involved in a series of adventures. The small crew of the ship also still consists of the officer Aida, the war veterans Izaak and an alien pilot named Ne Ban. Throughout the game, the player gets to know these characters closer and learns something about the background story of each individual. In Unreal 2, there are a number of different enemy types ( of which, however, usually only a maximum of two types occur simultaneously in one level) and it can be visited many different planets throughout the game, among them a jungle world, a desert planet and a icy moon. located

Development

Unreal 2 developed by Legend Entertainment on behalf of Epic Games. Legend Entertainment developed as early as 1999, the add -on Return to Na Pali of the first part and also gained through the fantasy FPS Wheel of Time recognition. After the completion of Unreal II the development studio, however, was resolved by the owner Atari.

As with Unreal Unreal II was also made in a Unreal Gold Edition, which Unreal II and Unreal Tournament contained 2003.

Later successes porting to the Xbox, which was published on 10 February 2004.

Technology

To view the game world came the Unreal Engine 2 is used, which made ​​it possible to display large outdoor areas in not previously before seen detail. Also the sound has been described as groundbreaking, as the latest EAX technology was used.

The German version of the game is provided with a German synchronization and like the previous censored to avoid an indexing. While the predecessor in the German version a little blood was seen, is without it completely in Unreal 2.

Criticism

As a direct successor of Unreal and its add-on Return to Na Pali Unreal 2 shows little relation to its predecessor. It is unclear whether the two tales ever have a relationship and whether it is a prequel or a sequel to Unreal 2. The only clarity is that the scenario in the same universe plays as the Skaarj appear ( an alien race) also in this title.

The level design in Unreal 2 is extremely linear and restrictive, so that the player has little opportunity to independently explore the local area or different to approach a situation. In addition, the levels are usually very short and frequently change the scene, in contrast to the extensive and contiguous levels of its predecessor.

The AI ​​has also been strongly criticized: The computer-controlled opponents behave very simple and run without regard to his own interests to their doom.

The overall very short season disappointed many customers.

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