It’s been a good few years since we last saw an Unreal Tournament. I sunk countless hours into the original and 2004 editions at LANs and even against bots, but skipped out on the third entry entirely for some reason. There’s a new iteration on the horizon, and you can finally get a proper glimpse at what it looks like.
This isn’t quite like the first gameplay video we saw. That was just a working, skeletal version of what the final game might look like. Things have sped up somewhat, and it looks like the next Unreal Tournament is finally taking shape.
The opening already smacked me with some nostalgia. Recognise the music? That’s Foregone Destruction, the theme for the classic CTF map, Facing Worlds. I’m happy to finally see some proper gameplay, although it does look a teeny bit slow to me by Unreal standards. Regardless, it is still early days and will more than likely be remedied during development.
What do you think, are you looking forward to this? I’m far too excited to dive back into some good old deathmatch with classic weapons like the shock rifle and the flak cannon.
Last Updated: July 31, 2014
Rags
July 31, 2014 at 11:06
Hopefully arena shooters makes a resurgence with this release. :>
Quake Live is also receiving a major update soon.
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Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
July 31, 2014 at 11:10
I see that map, and it brings back so many epic memories!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
July 31, 2014 at 11:11
PLAYED ON KB AND MOUSE!!!
Hammersteyn
July 31, 2014 at 11:13
I know right, How are you gonna hit anything using the shock rifle and a controller
Hammersteyn
July 31, 2014 at 11:15
I’m so excited, This and Doom. Now we are just missing Quake
Andre Gabriel Coetzee
July 31, 2014 at 14:44
YES! We need a modern quake 2. Quake 2 was excellent, I loved the atmosphere so much.
R4ziel
July 31, 2014 at 11:16
Holy crap, I have been following it for a while and playing around with the source in the UE4 editor, but this made me more excited than I have been in quite some time. I cant wait to play this again, now we just need dedicated servers and Lan, and we gentlemen have ourselves a game again!!!
Admiral Chief Dovahkiin
July 31, 2014 at 11:18
Yes, yes and YES!
R4ziel
July 31, 2014 at 11:21
I was running around in the editor having loaded one of the UT4 test maps. No textures on ANYTHING and very basic level design. I was all alone and there was NOTHING to do… So I ran around with the Flak cannon shooting at imaginary enemies almost killing myself as one does with the Flak cannon… I had more fun in those moments than I have had in any game since UT2004.
Hammersteyn
July 31, 2014 at 11:20
YES!
Norm
July 31, 2014 at 14:18
Pretty please.
Johan Fourie
July 31, 2014 at 15:12
Oh god, the feels!
DrKiller
July 31, 2014 at 15:29
Anyone want to play UT2004 with me? Leave your Steam name HERE!