Does Unreal Still Look Unreal? Not Anymore!

Yes, this is an actual PC game screenshot. good to know

I know this will happen.

It seems something is missing in this piece of news...

While graphics seems to be ever improving, but it's seems like the development with game UI and gameplay have been stagnating. It's just a really biased opinion of mine, but that's what I think the developers should be working on.

Haha. I don't play my old games anymore because I still have the memory that they have incredible graphics. Going back and playing them never seems to do them justice.

Those were good days. Ya know, when games still had colored anything, lol.

Indeed I am surprised. I didn't know it was possible to produce anything that ugly!

For me unreal was one of the first Glide based games I played, and I still remember the first time I went outside the ship and looked down into a canyon, the view of the birds underneath and the music that joined it still rings in my head.

I'll probably will not play this scene again, but in those days, it was real Unreal.

Wow! Textures!

Haha, this is a funny and sarcastic article, sometimes its good to hav"ice-breaker" articles or news clips like these in order to instill a more fun and reminiscent atmosphere since toms always refers to the past.

ActuallyMDK was even earlier than the original Unreal coming out a year earlier with 3d graphics and an "open" level playing field....

That bastard was hard to kill when i was playing this as kid ;F

You mean the news is missing from this news article.

Wow PC is crap! 360 FTW

you do realize this was back in 1997, lol xbox fan boys

^+1

And..

That game was GREAT fun when it came out, was so exciting to explore the detail put into the game

I have fond memories of this game. For the time, the graphics were "Unreal" (to killerclick: what did Xbox 360 graphics look like in 1997? Oh, that's right, there was no such thing until 2005). The game was beautiful to look at, had excellent music that fit the scenes, bizarre weapons that were tons of fun to use, and exciting gameplay. It was also very very long, and difficult in the later stages. If not for cheat codes, I don't think I would ever have finished it. And speaking of cheat codes, my son spent hours and hours populating areas with various monsters, and then initiating mayhem by dropping a rival monster on the head of a mob, and then watching the mayhem that ensued. I wish the slick graphics games available these days all had excellent gameplay, but unfortunately, a lot of them are just pretty, but not fun.

This is old...

*whispering* What was that? *more whispering* That's the point? Oh! I get it now, well done sir!

If any of you dont know by now this should let you know that toms is just become a personal blog post for some of their employees(not naming names but the community knows who they are). Look for your hardware related news else where.

Good to know

Who cares? they tell us what we want to know, and they keep it interesting

I have a 65 gallon plastic bin full of nintendo power and gaming mags from the mid 80s all up to about 1998. Its something I did as a kid. So I guess I can take pictures of my collection and post them on a site that employs me. If you think this is interesting news then God help you.

So basically he told you what you want to know. He told you that game tech has improved. I guess your the only one that didnt get that memo.

Hey silky don't like tom's. Guess what nobody is forcing you to be here. So take your comments, and your bs whines to w/e other site you fancy.

I fondly remember being blown away by Unreals graphics and gameplay, it nailed the atmosphere of exploration on a strange alien world, great level design and so many levels! As others have said the music was excellent.

I was late to the 3D acceleration party and probably didnt play this till 1999.

I appreciate Toms posting an article like this as its a reminder of how far we've come technically, and how important gameplay and story is.

I think Unreal is often overshadowed by Half Life, but the two are comparably wonderful.

Is this a blog?

It goes to show that the console crowd really is a bunch of clueless kids.

I'm sorry, is this a tech website or a blog?

ah.... those were the days It seems as just yesterday i played Unreal for first time and fell so hopelessly in love with it, that even now i still remember those great days head-shooting enemies from the top of the castle while my team mates were making their way back with enemies flag
I'm still a huge fan of unreal franchise and am waiting with anticipation any news that it's still alive and well

I agree, and I'm not trying to be sarcastic. It sais:
"...especially in light of this fantasy mod." What fantasy mod? And why is there no actual PC game screenshot above the bold text just under the headline?

Am i the only one that still plays old games from time to time.

I remember pong from 1977 or Atari 2600 games in 1979/82 where I thought man this is cool and as good as it gets. Playing adventure with the square you move around with or atari basketball and the blinking stick figures because the system didnt have enough memory to display both players at the same time lol. Too funny to think back to those days and I thought that was it. Playing battlefield bc2 on a 2560 x 1600 res 30" display in DX11 is a sight to behold now, as well as Crysis warhead. Looking forward to what the coming years bring with visuals!