Unreal Tournament G.O.T.Y

I have just spent close to an hour listening to a song on Unreal Tournament.

Naturally this has led me to bask in the awesomeness that is unreal tournament. Not just Unreal Tournament but specifically Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition.

Never has the title game of the year been more fucking appropriate.
This game fucking rules. End of.

Before i proceed i must first state the cause of all this. The song i am listening to is from the map: lava giant. Game Type is capture the flag. And just to help you along, i include a screen cap.



In time to come, historians will list the great events that altered the course of human existence.

The invention of the wheel.
The slicing of bread (a truly magnificent moment)
The battle of Stalingrad
The internet

And on November 26 of 1999, mankind's greatest triumph.

Unreal G.O.T.Y (game of the year) was released to the world.

On this day, the world changed but as is customary with most great events, most people alive at the time seldom realise that they are living through one of history's great periods.

The graphics is fucking cool, the gameplay is superb, the A.I of the bots is super cool and the gametypes...so fucking good it borders on the ridiculous...the gametypes are ...... just orgasm inducing. Seriously. For those not in the know, the gametypes are:

Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the flag, Domination, Last man standing and assault.

Each gametype is at least a 9.75 out of 10 and kicks bloody fucking ass.

However the top banana is of course Deathmatch.

This is where Unreal stands out from a shitload of other games. You can just select practice session, select deathmatch, the frag limit (i recommend 30 or 40 with weapons stay), bot skill level (i recommend at least adept to get the blood flowing) and press start.

Its like being in the lobby scene in the Matrix except you can re-spawn and continue kicking much ass.

For optimum Deathmatch madness, i recommend selecting the Map:Fractal with weapons stay. Oh and at least 15bots (always).

I really am not doing this game justice. Its just so fucking good that i am rambling here with no cohesion simply because every part of it is just so bloody incredible. The maps are awesome, the music is simply su-fucking-perb, the bots are super viciously blood hungry and a delight (much respect to Loque and Barktooth lol) and the weapons...the fucking weapons.

Number 1 weapon has to be er......arghhhhhhh. They are all so fucking cool. Fuck it. I am just going to write a list of really cool things about this game cos i could be here all night.
(in no particular order + i may well forget some things so if your favourite isnt here just leave a comment + if you dont know the game then naturally some of these items will be lost on you )

1. Double Kill, Multi Kill, Ultra Kill, MMMOOONNNNSSSTTTEERRR KILL KILL KILL (when you kill 5 bots in quick succession).
2. HEADSHOT (Sniper rifle shot to the head, most delightful when playing face in capture the flag).
   
3. The various taunts when you kill a bot. Personal favourites "You are inferior" "I am superior" "Die Bitch"
   
4. Blowing a bot to pieces with a rocket launcher - specifically a fully loaded 4-6 rocket blast.
5. The fucking music, the fucking music. Favourites - Lava Giant, Fractal, Phobos the list goes on.
6. The bots, absolutely awesome A.I.
   
7. The redeemer. An apt name for such a fucking cool weapon. (A thermonuclear weapon for those not in the know).
8. Ripping a bot to shreds with the Flak Cannon.
   
9. Hearing the words, KILLING SPREE, RAMPAGE, DOMINATING, UNSTOPPABLE and of course GODLIKE.
10. The little dances of celebration when a bot makes a kill. My favourite is the "Pelvic Thrust".
11. Coming across a bot doing a "Pelvic Thrust" and then annihilating said bot preferably with a Flak Cannon.
12. The supermanlike feeling that comes when one has 199 health + Armour + Thigh pads + Shield Belt + a healthy selection of weapons. Unfortunately this feeling is most often short lived.

Sod it, its 4.28 in the morning and i really could be here till the sun comes up.

Basically the game is the dog's bollocks. If you dont have this game and you have a PC, go and get it. You might have a problem locating it however as it is kind of old.

Unfortunately even a game this awesome fell victim to the curse of sequels. I have played some of the sequels and i must say they are nowhere as good as the G.O.T.Y version. They are good games mind but they are somewhat pale when compared to the G.O.T.Y version.

Unreal on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreal_Tournament

Happy new year.

Happy new year.

Best wishes to all and hope 2008 is a better year than 2007 for everyone (unless of course you are planning major badness in which case hope it is a much worse year, hehe).

So the year 2007 in review.

Negatives:

Some family issues remain unsolved (an understatement but then its what i do well).

A very close relative died.

The girl and I are yet to resolve our major source of discontent in our relationship.

Career wise, i am STILL earning less than i was when i was 21.




Positives:

Said family issues could have gotten much worse but didn't (Thank God for that).

My depression issues from a few years ago while not 100% fixed is now very well managed and the turmoil which it brought me has not been seen round these parts for a while. Hopefully the future will bring further improvements.Also i have become wiser cos of the depression and learnt a lot about myself and broadly speaking human beings.

The girl and I are still very much in love and remain committed to each other.

Career wise, my business partner and i have finally launched our business. While we are yet to make a profit, it is a going rather well and we have done well against the challenges we have come up against. It is a great experience and the learning curve is quite challenging.

My family and friends are alive and well to the best of my knowledge. I have made some new friends and reacquainted myself with some old ones.



Someone recently told me that it was quite good that i always manage to see the glass as half full and not half empty. I like being optimistic. Technically there is no reason NOT to be. So far as one is alive, there is a chance of things getting better. Obviously these chances vary from very likely to not so likely however i posit that it is the optimistic side of human beings that have propelled us to our greatest achievements.

So here's to optimism.

Something to think about. The first flight by the wright brothers was just 102 years ago. Now we think nothing of jumping on planes and flying to wherever. Optimism works. It just requires one to be patient.

Happy new year people. Try to stay optimistic.