![]() ![]() Therefore, instead of taking technological risks, they decided to focus on just fine-tuning and polishing the multiplayer aspect. However, what also impulsed the dev team's decision, weeks before UT's own announcement while the game was still being worked, was the announcement of what would eventually become UT's main competitor, Quake III Arena, by Id Software's own John Carmack, a decision that took the development team by surprise. According to Tim Sweeney, the development team felt that the "botmatch" (deathmatch play against bots) was slowly becoming a popular mode, and Steven Polge, who was behind the AI, felt he only scratched the surface of what was possible with bots, therefore placing the focus on getting a competitive AI that felt more "human" as well as working well in complex team-play situations like Capture the Flag. It was originally planned as just an expansion pack under the name "Bot Pack", when it was realized that the multiplayer aspect of Unreal was popular and something that people sought after, so the first priority was to fix the problems with online play. The game was officially announced by publisher GT Interactive on November 3, 1998, as part of a two-game deal that also included Unreal II: The Awakening, though development on the game had already started after Unreal was finished. The Unreal content was automatically replaced with Unreal Tournament content when running an Unreal DM map with one of the Unreal Tournament gametypes. Unreal Tournament is capable of using maps created for Unreal. ![]() Bots can be further customized by changing names, appearance, accuracy, weapon preferences, awareness, and so forth. The player can choose a bot skill level (anywhere from "Novice" to "Godlike") or set it to automatically adjust to the player's performance. UT is known and widely praised by critics and players alike-primarily for its bot A.I., the product of programmer Steve Polge who had earlier risen to fame by designing the Reaper bot for Quake II, one of the earliest examples of an effective deathmatch bot. Even on dedicated multiplayer servers, bots are sometimes used to pad out teams that are short on players. For team matches, bots are again used to fill the roles of the player's teammates. The game's single-player campaign is essentially a series of arena matches played with bots. ![]() Unreal Tournament was designed as an arena FPS, with head-to-head multiplayer deathmatches being the primary focus of the game. ![]()
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