I suggest you go check out MAME, as I'm pretty sure it's emulated.

http://www.mame.dk/gameinfo/spyhnt2a/

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What good are pretty graphics if the gameplay is dull as hell. I guess you fall into that "look how everything is so shiny, it's so pretty" trap. Didn't you notice how basic and uninspiring the gameplay is? Gameplay like this was standard a few years ago. The next game I play which has a similiar linear construction like U2 --> Add/Remove Programs... I'm over with this outdated gaming concept.

Considering graphics, yes U2's graphics are for the most time very good. But as I said, everything is too shiny (even gibs from enemies), often you see low resolution textures on models an walls and detail textures have almost never been used (unlike U1!). U1's graphics were at it's time of release more spectacular than today U2's released this year.

But if you like the game, your problem. I won't respond anymore because U2 is a closed chaptre in my book... as a failed entertaining masterpiece (not saying that it is a masterpiece at the time being though)

I agree Zeus. I truly enjoyed at least half of the game and was bored a few times but at least I felt a desire to finish this one. I have always wondered why some games are mediocre and overly long. Just make it above average and of reasonable length and I am happy.

I must say that the graphics on my Ge Force 3 Ti 200 were ok but when I installed my new Radeon 9500 Pro it ran smooth even with everything maxed out and on 1024x768. I have an AMD Athlon 1600+ XP

I would give Unreal II a 75% over-all. Like I said a few levels were simply awesome, most were great, and a few were just good. I only paid $40 for it and I think it was well worth it. I didn't follow the hype I just bought it and played it for what it was a great looking FPS.

I dont know what you've been smoking vacs. Let me get this straight... you're saying U2 doesn't have beautiful localities and immersion?!

First of all buy a decent soundcard/speaker setup and a half decent video card (GF3 or faster will do) and then when you can actually bump up the gfx options to something other than low and turn EAX on... come back and preach about U2's immersion factor.

Beautiful localities... geez... how many whiffs of the crack pipe did you take before coming up with that one. Unreal had beautiful scenery back in 1998 but U2's scenery and localities are simply miles better. For example, the fossils in the desert on the level where you have to defend a base with squadmates, the snow covered plains as you approach the spider lab, etc.

I find it hard to believe that you've even played Unreal 2. Unreal 2 has its faults but graphical beauty is definitely not one of them.

There is nothing wrong with Unreal 2. It improves on the original in leaps & bounds. Its not the greatest fps ever... but then neither was Unreal at the time of its release.
Those who think otherwise should take off their rose coloured glasses and play the original Unreal again. Don't hesitate... do it now!

Well I did replay Unreal 1 after playing through U2 and because of that I noticed how bad U2 really is! Just considering the music, skies, immersion and the beautiful localities, U2 doesn't come anyhow near that.

U2 is certainly not that worst game I've played but probably the most deceiving one and I really don't understand people telling good things about it and supporting with this the developpers to release more of this average crap.

It would have been a great game when released 2 years ago!

Yeah, I thought the same at first until I read the first sentence under the title. heh


By the way, the original release ran fine for me, on a massively outdated 1.8ghz P4, 1g ram and a Radeon 9700 Pro.

It may be out-dated, but many people would love to have that system. I know many people still use pre-1Ghz machines.

Ooops, it took me a good two or three minutes and reading this thread when I finally understood that "Manual Patch" means you can install it manually.

Haha, me too. I entered this thread wanting to hear people bitching about how the manual had to be patched.

Ooops, it took me a good two or three minutes and reading this thread when I finally understood that "Manual Patch" means you can install it manually.

All the while I was wondering why are people asking whether a patch for the game's manual improves performance.

By the way, the original release ran fine for me, on a massively outdated 1.8ghz P4, 1g ram and a Radeon 9700 Pro.

I find it hard to believe that during the development of this game
that anyone involved thought, "WOW this game is gonna rock".
The looping opening to the game that is nothing more than an advertisment is pathetic. The piss poor performance on the best hardware, the player models have such high polycounts, but even close up don't look as good as UT2K3 (another example
of pathetic).

Ok, Its a singleplayer only game... Well wheres the content or
effort to support the single player experiance. Reflecting back to over hyped games, DAIKATANA was a better effort and value than this pile of poo, hell it even had co-op.

50bucks!!!, This game...er tech demo, is hardly worth 20$
I have never regretted a game purchace more than this one!
Yes, its my fault for not reading the reviews and waiting to see
the outcome that would or should be the the biggest disapointment in recent gaming history (for myself anyhow).

Many times playing the first Unreal, I was blown away by the scale and scope of the surroundings, but sadly not by U2.
(not even close).

The name Unreal has a major blimish which is U2. If nothing else, this game has tought me a valuble lesson, and I will not make a mistake like this again.

Yes, I installed the patch, I noticed no improvement or anything
that was worth the wait or my 50$. I started a new game, chose to go back to the ship vs's going to training. Walked out the door,
down the stairs to the overlook of the level...and jumped off! Falling to my death, then dropped console and typed EXIT!!!!

Also, most games once their time has come and gone remove the CD check (ie: 1st unreal, UT, Q2-3 etc...). This game has run its course IMO, for me to dig for the CD just to retest this game and patch was a waste of time. For a over 2gig install, this game is a joke on me and my wallet...waste of hard drive space.

I believe PCGAMER said it best in their review,
quote from April 2003 issue: I can only hope that the mod community latches onto Unreal2. Maybe in the hands of the truly inspired, this high quality toolkit can be molded into a classic.

***lots and lots of misspelled words and grammer***

Hmm, I must've missed SH II. I loved the original. I spent hours (and mucho dinero) playing that one at the nearby AAFES Shopette when I was in the Army.

The first one WAS great! The second one was setup with 2 screens side by side, pointed outwards. The idea was for 2 players to play at once. It tried to do a sort of 3d by changing the camera to where you were behind and above the car and you drove into the horizon. The graphics SUCKED...since this was way before the use of actual 3d graphics, the draw ahead wasn't that great, and it was like you were constantly driving up a hill.

(nin realizes he's outed himself as a major nerd)...I mean uh...that's what I've HEARD. Yeah, that's it...

I suggest you go check out MAME, as I'm pretty sure it's emulated. Or better yet, DON'T...SH2 does nothing but tarnish the reputation of the original.

Based on the lack of "chatter" regarding this game, I would doubt that it lived up to its hype.

1. fix it? Mar 25, 09:51 Cainin
Is it possible that this patch will actually make this game fun? (worst sequal EVER)


LOL
Unreal 2 is the game that gets this comment at least once in every thread!
(when ever the subject of patches comes up anyway...)

This comment was edited on Mar 25, 13:12.

Worst sequel ever? Never played Spy Hunter II in the arcade then...
Ew! Good call...I'd somehow managed to block that one out.

Hmm, I must've missed SH II. I loved the original. I spent hours (and mucho dinero) playing that one at the nearby AAFES Shopette when I was in the Army.

Cainin = biggest moron ever.

There is nothing wrong with Unreal 2. It improves on the original in leaps & bounds. Its not the greatest fps ever... but then neither was Unreal at the time of its release.
Those who think otherwise should take off their rose coloured glasses and play the original Unreal again. Don't hesitate... do it now!

This comment was edited on Mar 25, 10:57.

Worst sequel ever? Never played Spy Hunter II in the arcade then...

Ew! Good call...I'd somehow managed to block that one out.

I really liked the game. Of course, I didn't set the game on "easy" and then run through it as fast as I could, either. Those that do that and then complain that the game was too short are just being dumb.

The game wasn't the 'greatest of all time', but then there are very few games that could be. Some people out there even hate Halo.

Worst sequel ever? Never played Spy Hunter II in the arcade then...

Hardly the worst sequel ever, I'm just curious as to whether or not the patch makes the game playable performance wise.

Is it possible that this patch will actually make this game fun? (worst sequal EVER)