Review Gunkaloo 5/5 · Feb 12, 2024
Great shooter.
Awesome graphics, and very fun. Story is a little discontinuous and a bit too long. Great shooter.
Unreal (1998)
64DD · Mac · PC (Microsoft Windows)
3.71 from 252 ratings
1766 members have it in their collection · 7 playing now · 1043 backlogged · 54 wish listed
How long? Main story 15h · with extras 25h · 100% 23h (from 4 logged playthroughs)
Details
- Developers
- Digital Extremes, Epic Games
- Publishers
- GT Interactive Software
- Genres
- Platform, Shooter
- Themes
- Action, Science fiction
- Franchises
- Unreal
- Series
- Unreal
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- May 22, 1998 (Worldwide) Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- TBD (Cancelled) (Worldwide) 64DD
Related
Bundled in
- Trio Infernale (Dec 1999) · PC
- Unreal Gold (Jan 2000) · PC
- Unreal Anthology (Sep 2006) · PC
Expansions
- Unreal: Return to Na Pali (May 1999) · PC
Featured in lists
Rating distribution
5 stars
61
4 stars
89
3 stars
75
2 stars
23
1 star
4
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Review xXGothGamerBabeXx 5/5 · Nov 14, 2022
The Anti Half-Life
Say what you will about Unreal but at least it allowed you to appreciate the opening to a large landscape on your own pace than to keep you stuck inside a lil train for a long period of time, and it gave you a gun like 2 minutes in and you already are on your own rushing through an alien …
Read moreSay what you will about Unreal but at least it allowed you to appreciate the opening to a large landscape on your own pace than to keep you stuck inside a lil train for a long period of time, and it gave you a gun like 2 minutes in and you already are on your own rushing through an alien world as atmospheric music plays, no need to pause for a scientist to open the doors for you.
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Review anarchistica 2/5 · Sep 15, 2018
A relic of a bygone age
For some reason i had never played Unreal. Blake Stone, Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Doom 1-2, Quake 1-3, et cetera including Unreal Tournament but not this game. I do remember a bit of the hype about the graphics with the infamous "Can you believe these are real graphics?" magazine cover.
Now i'm going to blow your mind: …
For some reason i had never played Unreal. Blake Stone, Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, Doom 1-2, Quake 1-3, et cetera including Unreal Tournament but not this game. I do remember a bit of the hype about the graphics with the infamous "Can you believe these are real graphics?" magazine cover.
Now i'm going to blow your mind: Unreal came out in the same year as Half-Life. And, oh boy - it does not compare well. Unreal tells a story through logs that are just bits of text without even any narration, in Half-Life you play through the story. In Unreal the levels are generally a straightforward go to place X, press button Y affair. Half-Life has these amazing levels that still hold up with all kinds of challenges. Finally, the combat in Unreal is fairly mundane "dodge the missile" stuff while enemies in Half-Life have more advanced tactics and attacks.
Pretty much everything Unreal does, Half-Life does better - even something as basic as communicating the nature of power ups. But i will say this for Unreal. It worked right away. Sure, not at the right resolution (which left me really confused for a few minutes), but it works in Windows 10. And even with the dated graphics you can still feel the atmosphere, especially when they lights cut out and the red demon attacks you. When that happened i briefly felt a bit of a rush. Epic knew what they were doing (for the most part). But i wouldn't recommend this game to modern-day players, it's just too dated.