You are John Dalton an ex-Marine assigned to patrol the edge of human space as a Marshal for the Terran Colonial Authority the 24th Century s equivalent of a Sheriff of the Old West. Your employer - the Earth-based Civil Government - is weak a bit player in a political scene dominated by rival Corporate factions and the infamous Terran Military. Unexpectedly your monotonous life is shattered by a chilling distress signal plunging you into an adventure beyond belief. Violent turmoil among the alien races and corporations has erupted on your watch. Thrust into a conflict that will determine the fate of the galaxy you are humanity s only hope for salvation... Format: XBOX Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: M - Mature UPC: 742725238770 Manufacturer No: 23877

In this massive game, war suddenly breaks out and alien races, mercenary bands, and the military are all fighting each other. You have to find out why and (hopefully) survive.

You'll have to defend those who are trapped in the crossfire - colonists, miners, archaeologists and other civilians

Travel to 10 unique alien worlds and complete numerous challenging and deadly missions -- from a tropical jungle planet to an endless ocean world

Intense life-or-death action in beautifully realistic and engaging game worlds

Infiltrate enemy targets, explore & discover ancient ruins and escort civilians to safety

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Unreal II is a good looking game with tough looking combat suits on the marines and nice weapons with unique twists in terms of capability. There are quite a few weapons and sometimes in the middle of a firefight it's hard to cycle through them in time to find the right one before the enemy rushes you, but that's ok since you get used to sticking to the one with the most ammo or the one best suited to that particular environment. The environments themselves look good even down to the individual grassblades. The levels are also designed well and aren't overly big which is a plus. The missions you have to accomplish are straightforward without being predictable or boring and are explained to you in a pre-mission briefing by one of your crewmates on the ship.

Along with the unique weapons, I liked that the planets have their own alien-animal lifeforms that will attack you if you walk near them or mess with them, and also that you have the capability in some instances to direct other soldiers to defend assigned areas. Some of these marines are heavily armored - they look like human-sized mechs and shake the ground when they walk. There are good ideas throughout the game that make it better than it might seem at first and the character's personality traits, motivations, and dialogue help to bring the whole thing to life.

As far as sci-fi FPS games go, Unreal II is much better than say Mace Griffin: Bounty Hunter for instance, but it still can't compare to the pure all-out fun of Metal Arms (I know it's a 3PS not FPS). Still, if you already have Rainbow Six and Metal Arms, I'd get Unreal II at least just to hold you over until Doom3, Half Life2, and of course Halo2 come out. It's turned out to be a good game so far and I look forward to finishing it.

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Pretty good, but buggyFeb 15, 2004
By H. J. Spivack
I like the game. Its not up to Halo standards, but its a fun FPS. Unfortunately, I found bugs (not the kind you kill in the game). It freezes sometimes, doesn't always load right and occassional video dropout.

Having said that...I doubt seriously anyone will read this review who isn't already sold on the game. Have fun.

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From an Unreal long-time fanFeb 05, 2008
By J. Dumas "MadSkeetElite"
I have been playing the Unreal series since I was about 6 years old and I remember buying this game with my dad and we had played it for hours. Now I have gotten it on the Xbox and I love it...PLUS IT HAS CO-OP! Co-Op for me is like the greatest thing other than the online multiplayer. If you played the first Unreal on the PC and liked it (you better have...lol) then you will love this one. Sure it isn't exactly from the first one's universe but there are many things that will remind you of it. One of the greatest battles was the Boss that was like a huge spider with tiny spiders everywhere. That one took forever (but in a good way)! Very fun and I hope to see you online!

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Great GameApr 11, 2007
By B. Ziel "BLZ"
Great game for the casual gamer. Good graphics, lots of great weapons and not too hard. Some games of this type can be very frustrating for people that are not hard core gamers. This game is great because it's a blast to kick but!

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Stop comparing this game to HaloMay 18, 2005
By Luke Proksch "Cheerio Ace"
Every review I read had something to do with Halo. Just forget about that. Unreal has been out before halo evan began so how can it be ripping off of Halo. They do have similaritys, but Unreal II is more like the orginal Unreal that came out in the 90's. So my question is how can it be ripping off Halo, maybe Halo is ripping off Unreal. And further more a rip off of a good game is still a good game.

Now onto the review. This takes place in space, (sounds kinda like Halo I have to admit) and you have to go investigate some distress call from earth. When you get there everyone has been killed except for one surviver, he managed to get a valuable peice of somethin somethin and the aliens are going on a rampage. The game gos on but I don't want to spoil it for you just incase you want to get it.

The graphics are decent, some nice lighting, cool weapons designed for alien killing goodness. The load times are suprisingly long, but there is stuff on screen to read that keeps you interesested. The moltiplayer is probably the best part of the game. Overall its a fun game and it only cost about ten bucks, so if you want a change of the average first person shooter give it a shot.

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