A Love Letter to Unreal (1998): A Retrospective Analysis

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Published on July 11, 2022 4:33:23 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXMfcyPRllM

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Unreal (1998)

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A Love Letter to Unreal (1998): A Retrospective Analysis

Unreal is often overshadowed by Half Life and other 90's era shooters, played down among some groups as insignificant, but this wasn't always the case. Unreal received critical praise on release for its bleeding-edge textures, lighting, environments, and AI.

For me, Unreal was an awakening to the boundless possibility of what future games could be. It still enraptures me now, as it did back then, and deserves to be remembered as a titan of the industry.

This is my love letter to Unreal. Part retrospective, part anaylsis, all nostalgia. Journey with me, see Unreal through my eyes.

#Unreal #UnrealGold #Unreal1 #gaming #review

0:00 - Intro
2:07 - Development
4:37 - The World
13:58 - Gameplay
18:25 - Combat
31:39 - Story
41:27 - Return to Na Pali
49:41 - Multiplayer
53:09 - Outro

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Images
Woman with teddy bears - by Hassan OUAJBIR: https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-carrying-bear-plush-toy-inside-store-1860160/

Woman holding sale card - by Karolina Grabowska: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-holding-sale-card-5650015/

Man looking up - by Ketut Subiyanto: https://www.pexels.com/photo/excited-african-american-male-student-celebrating-successful-results-of-exams-4560142/

Early Unreal images from - https://sudonull.com/post/16947-What-was-the-first-Unreal-Editor

Quake Fandom site - QuakeEd image

Group of friends by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/friends-playing-together-10506091/

Old man by Mehmet Turgut Kirkgoz : https://www.pexels.com/photo/elderly-man-wearing-a-hat-11899011/

Old woman playing games by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/elderly-woman-playing-video-games-5698422/

Women laughing by ELEVATE: https://www.pexels.com/photo/two-smiling-women-sitting-on-wooden-bench-1267696/

Chef by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/person-holding-silver-fork-and-knife-slicing-vegetable-on-white-ceramic-plate-4253320/

Gamers by Ron Lach from Pexels

Upset man by Nicola Barts : https://www.pexels.com/photo/upset-man-touching-his-head-7927242/

https://unreal.fandom.com

Man in pain by Genaro Servín: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-maroon-tank-top-763219/

Hand out by lalesh aldarwish: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-s-hand-in-shallow-focus-and-grayscale-photography-167964/

Stapler and paper by DS stories: https://www.pexels.com/photo/close-up-photo-of-a-black-stapler-6991328/

Messy office by cottonbro: https://www.pexels.com/photo/grayscale-photography-of-a-messy-office-6539020/

Mischevous child by Efigie lima Marcos : https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-boy-in-black-and-white-striped-crew-neck-t-shirt-wearing-black-knit-cap-11556516/


Videos
Explosion by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/video/fire-explosion-856227/

Music
The Unreal soundtrack
"Go Down" - Unreal Tournament

Sources
https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17420
https://www.unrealsp.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78
https://web.archive.org/web/20180823012812/https:/www.gamasutra.com/blogs/DavidLightbown/20180109/309414/Classic_Tools_Retrospective_Tim_Sweeney_on_the_first_version_of_the_Unreal_Editor.php
https://web.archive.org/web/20001006000731/http:/www.gamesdomain.com/gdreview/depart/dec99/de.html
https://retrocdn.net/images/1/14/NextGeneration_US_26.pdf#page=77
https://web.archive.org/web/20020613103656/http:/www.gamezone.com/news/03_13_02_08_44AM.htm
https://unreal.fandom.com/
https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/02/23/history-of-the-unreal-engine
https://sudonull.com/post/16947-What-was-the-first-Unreal-Editor

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