Never really got into UT but for 60% off, why not? Man, Dark Forces 2 was a awesome game.

unreal tourment games are amazing i have 2004 and i still play it nowadays on average 2-3 hours a week its one of those games you can't stop playing

DAMN IT I JUST BOUGHT UT3 FOR 15 BUCKS 2 DAYS AGO DAMN YOU GOD!!!!

Time to fire up the old 3dfx box a fresh voodoo 3500.

Yay for the Jedi Knight series! My fondest memories of gaming are belong to Dark Forces!

[sheds a tear] Oh how I miss the original UT and facing worlds. Alas, these days I do not have time to find and break out taht old copy let alone play it.

The original UT was awesome. I use to love hearing the voice saying things like

"Head Shot"

. I even have the dream cast version somewhere

Back in 1999 there were so many awesome PC Games that I couldn't afford many of them at the time.I was into flight simulators so I passed on the FPS genre and there were many great choices.However years later I was able to get many of them in a used software store.I did get Unreal Tournament it was an incredible graphics masterpiece especially with a 3DFX card.
I don't have Jedi Knight Dark Forces II just played the demo so I'll be looking forward to getting the full version.I love the older PC Games.
I still keep some older systems around too just for that reason.

Damn i guess ill have to load steam back on my PC

everytime i played that game it was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy to fast and i died super quick so i gave up on it

the stupid bots and low number of real players online kill UT3 for me

Wow...it has been that long? I use to pwn in UT. I was a Shock Rifle whore. Capture the Flag on Facing Worlds...that was the shitzers. TeleFraging, Cheating by using the Redeemer to launch your flag to tyour side and then respawn only to pick up your flag!!! WOOT! Brings back alot of memmories. UT was soo fast paced vs camping walking Counter-Strike and Quake3...it wasn't even close. Put Bots on Godlike and play against them was also the best. UT was one of those games I remember playing countless hours on.

The later UT's made a farce of the weapons from the original. Just never liked it. Shock Rifle too slow, Only 3 rockets for Rocket Launcher..etc.

Classic! Classic!!....

BUY IT GUYS ... you need it to play RENEGADE-X mod

AH unreal gold and tournament. both great game

Rampage!

Okay Epic... How about FIXING UT3... (like UT2003), giving it a new name and perhaps you'll get it RIGHT this time.

As a buyer and player of all of the UT (on PC) games... UT3 could have been better. The engine itself is good, controls are good, weapons are very nice, maps are beautiful. High FPS compared to Crysis.

Why UT3 sucks (And I bought the $60 tin box version)
- Maps. 32(give or take) maps, other than about 10 good ones, the rest SUCK, unplayable to real humans. UT2003 had this problem, UT2004 came with 120+ maps. But UT2003 problems were more technical than map issues.

- Vechicle View Zoom : Anyone who has PLAYED UT2004 KNOWS how this is supposed to work. Use the mouse wheel to ZOOM in and out of your VEC while you fly/drive/etc. So you can (A) See what you're doing (B) See what you're shooting at (C) See your own team-mates if they are "hitching" a ride on you. But NO, You morons have the raptor/tank/etc sucking up about 40% of the screen and we're supposed to LIKE IT?

There is a MOD that re-activates the VEC Zoom controls, even better than UT2004. But since its a user mod and not a GAME standard, finding human servers using the MOD is almost NIL. When I play with the MOD in single player mode... ah, UT3 is SO much more fun.

You see.. Epic, that is how you SELL games. IT HAS TO BE FUN!
Not frustrating. Understand the difference? (I doubt it)

Epic has fixed pretty much all the bug. The Menu GUI is still a bit on the LAME side, but far better than before (UT3 1.x). (PS: Hey readers, go into the INI file and change the on-screen map to a smaller size).

So... because you (EPIC) made a game with only 3 playable WAR (AKA ONS)maps in which ONS was the MOST popular mode of UT2004... you (EPic) made UT3 Boooring. Small cramped maps with high-speed VECs that you can't see to control... stupid.

So... the gamers become BORED... and just left. In early 2001, there were thousands of UT99 servers. How many UT3 servers are out there? Maybe 50 or so... and mostly empty.

So I play UT2004... have fun... and say "Gee... these graphics are SOOO 2004... if only there was a UT type of game were we can ALL play that looked and play awsome".... Epic Failure.

Yes, as of today. UT3 has some Excellent end-user designed maps. They are fun, well designed, etc. Theres over 100 really good UT3 maps out there now. Whats wrong? Oh yeah, finding Servers TO play those maps! With typical maps being 25~40mb each and servers having problems sending the custom maps to end users... what is left, is mostly the same servers with the same crappy lame boring stupid default maps that came with UT3 1.0.

So there is NOBODY to play with because there are no MAPS for people to have fun in.

Simple fix Epic. Fix the problems noted above.
Make UT310 or UT 10year Special Edition... and hey, include about 10+ extra UT99 maps (updated). Total map count needs to be 125, at least (since 20+ original maps will always SUCK) and with some luck, PEOPLE will come out to play, more people will develop maps for UT.

A UT player since 1999 with the original Unreal and a Voodoo1 card.

man its been that long? i still have my copy in my computer desk somewhere

I like many people loved facing worlds level. i always went into the servers where there were 30 pwope in there. noe that was some fun chaos

The original UT was the best game out there for years. Running ctf on an low-g Instagib server was the most fun I've seen to date. If you had a good squad they could boost you across the entire map or you could run it back with the dodging controls. Turning around in mid leap to take out 1 or 2 of your pursuers. Unreal has gone down game play wise since then but still a solid game. The game brought so many cool additions to the fps world. As I already mentioned the dodging, ease of mod with the map creator, guided missiles, alt fire on each weapon.

OH ya the Dr Strangelove mod was hilarious! Flying around on a guided nuke.

Wow you need to learn how to let things go man. You're complaining about a game that is long past. I think saying you didn't like UT2003 would have sufficed instead of a 4 page paper on how it effected your childhood.

Whats next?
"Hey Atari...How about you fix pitfall! I hate it how I clearly jump over the hole but I still fall through it."

dude i think he is talking about UT3 and not UT2003

So, UT3 wasn't quite what everybody wanted, but at 8 dollars consider it a golden ticket to be able to play all the awesome mods made for it. Now that's where the fun is.

ahhh =b...the "How about FIXING UT3... (like UT2003)" confused me

And yes, you can't go wrong for only a mere $8. Thats about the averone one spends on lunch these days!!! I am in on the boat with this one and will purchase!!!

This is amazing news.

"Fans of the original version, the classic Unreal Tournament game that took on id Software's Quake 3 Arena back in 1999, will be available to purchase on Steam for a whopping $1.99."

Let me clarify by removing the subordinate clause above.

"Fans of the original version will be available to purchase on Steam for a whopping $1.99."

I can now purchase fans of the original UT on Steam for $1.99? That's a steal. Can you ask for certain skill sets, like game programmers? That would be cool. I could start my own company if I bought enough of them.

"Will Epic ever return to the Unreal franchise with a third installment? "
Third? Okay UT, UT2003, UT2004, UT3...that's four already. Well and then there is Unreal and Unreal II. Okay and then there is the console versions, Unreal Championship 1/2. What do they mean 3rd installment? An expansion for a 3 year old game?

I just picked up Riddick dark athena for 5 bucks at Direct2Drive!!!!
Onsale for 1 week

FAIL. "to purchase" is no the same as "for purchase"

UT was (is) awesome!! Used to have freakin fun LAN parties with UT and have tons of add-ons and mods too.

Loved, HEAD SHOT, GOD LIKE, etc.

... UnrealTournament [all of them] is like a drug...

Loved all unreal including ut2k4 then they ruined it for me with ut2007/3/whenever. I was looking this weekend if I should get 2k4 and maybe 3 if the prices is worth it but not yet in my budget.

Section 8 looked like a real UT 3 / updated ut2k4 then played it and deleted that section 8 rubbish in 5 mins = did not want to play etqw "section8" rubbish, wanted UT 2k4 just updated and added guns mods maps ect.

Amazing that ut2k4 graphics is better than several games recently released and is actually playable and competent.

Would love to get a copy of ut2k4 though.
Wonder if or when steam will read this about them cutting their own prices maybe then they will update their website. ( $9.99 $14.99 $19.99 )

http://store.steampowered.com/sear [...] category1=

Meantime buying several nice games on direct2drive for $5 and UT titles for cheaper than on steam as incompetent as direct2drive is.

Yep... in that UT2004 is a "fixed" version of UT2003. When UT2003 came out, I did have a GeForce3 card and more than half of my clan bought the game and we had out own UT2003 server. UT2003 has custom maps out faster than UT3... Anyways, there were constant lagging/ping issues... and the game felt akward and very SLOW. We'd play for 30mins, get tired and jump onto our UT99 server and play for hours.

When UT2004 demo came out, I was hooked (ONS) in 15mins... I had effectively retired UT99. It was fun, graphics were slightly better than UT2003 (for the new maps), MenuGUI was vastly improved, lots of maps - especially the UT2004-ECE version. The networking issues were gone, etc.

UT3... still nothing. Part of this is the state of PC gaming too. Even HAWKx has very few active multi-player servers. Its sad... it sucks.

A revised title version of UT3, fixed ZOOM feature (who here likes the lock-view of your VEC with 40% or so of your screen - GONE)? More options on the GUI and 100+ maps... that could give UT another chance.

Someone asked "What do they mean 3rd installment?"
There isn't a Unreal 3 game... I liked Unreal and Unreal2 (HALO had a better story which was similar to Unreal2). The Sniper rifle in Unreal2 was killer... too deadly for UT3 or UT2004