UT3 is gorgeous!

[masamune]

Especially when they could of used a screenie like this

Was that screenshot taken with a modern video card?
I don't remember reflections (those sparklers out front), and I don't remember seeing glowing effects that good like those torches inside the castle.
And that fog under the bridge.

 

[Domingo]

The first Unreal looked DAMN good compared to Quake 1. Quake 2 was on par, although I'd say the Unreal environments were better while the Quake 2 monsters were generally more impressive.
The first 2 Quake games never did well with large outdoor areas, which Unreal excelled at. I remember being blown away on the first level when you go outside and have the huge waterfall/cliff.
Unreal multiplayer was always a mess, but the single player totally rocked.

EDIT: Looking at my collection of old disks, I still have the disks for all of the Unreal games (except the console-only ones).

 

[Kainzo]

I think it was a beautiful game, though honestly i never really played it past the first few chapters.

 

[Decibel]

Was that screenshot taken with a modern video card?
I don't remember reflections (those sparklers out front), and I don't remember seeing glowing effects that good like those torches inside the castle.
And that fog under the bridge.

I remember those effects from back then. I don't recall if I first saw them on my Voodoo Banshee or my TNT2 though.

Unreal looked much better than the Quake series... mostly because Epic's palette included colors that aren't shades of brown.

 

[Domingo]

The UT fly-by effects were definitely there for both the Voodoo and Riva TNT (Nvidia) cards.
Unreal was one of my favorite games and it was always a good benchmark for me back when the all-in-one TNT 2 cards were trying to match the Voodoo add-on cards.

As long as you were using a 3D card, it should've looked like that. The software render worked okay...but it was ugly like the 1st version of Quake, only not so brown.

Unreal 1 was arguably the graphics standard for a while, although the characters moved horribly. Everyone animated like they were on ice.

 

[Porter_]

I remember being blown away on the first level when you go outside and have the huge waterfall/cliff.

i remember being blown away at that scene too. i spent a lot of time there running around shooting birds, like an ADD 5 year old.

EDIT: Looking at my collection of old disks, I still have the disks for all of the Unreal games (except the console-only ones).

i still have my CD's for the Unreal Gold pack. i should install for nostalgia.

 

[Deleted member 82943]

i'll post a screengrab when i can