Unreal Tournament 2004 is an improvement in the Unreal Tournament series by adding a few more gamemodes, including "Soccer", the very classic deathmatch, some warfare and many others, and also a great story mode. This UT is a bit detailed, but it can be runned on max. graphics on the computer from the Painkiller review. This time, UT2004 has physics. It is really detailed, by including great lighting engine, really detailed and has lots of unforgetable fun. Even the story mode is really interesting - you are someone who wants to win the Tournament. You pass the qualification and hire your team. Then, you fight them to prove that you are the best one of them. You go to the ladder, challenge and be challenged for some credits or even a teammate and, of course, finally you fight the "boss" team, then fight the captain of the team and, probably, win the Tournament.
The game still has the add and play function from the older UT. You can add mutators(mods), maps, characters and many others. It is really easy for developing, the only problem you might encounter is the character modeling. It has almost everything in one simple program - UnrealEd. This program has import for almost everything, you can even create your own "props" from parts of the map. As UT, the game again isn't complex, it just has some (really) better details. One of the best parts of the game is the physics engine - it allows you to cut off any part of character without adding another model for the part of the body (it uses only one model, which can be "tortured"), that is left. The game MUST be played, it doesn't make your performance awful and brings you lots of details at the same time. And here come two last things - vehicles and new types for killing your enemy. These vehicles include a tank, a buggy with some body cutting blades, a lightning gun, a hover "bike", which can smack your enemy, and the Leviathan, the vehicle that you would like to have all the time.
Finally, the game, for me, is one of the best things I can do in my spare time. If there is someone who already has the game, I have a bit "n00bly" done map for him (the map isn't for noobs, i am just not so good at map creating).
Link to the map: http://www.mediafire.com/?see2t555ej1l82b
And so, here comes the score:
Overall score: 9.7/10
Graphics and Performance score: 9.8/10
Story score: 9.6/10
Choice (maps and weapons) score: 9.9/10
Engine (lighting and physics) score: 9.5/10
