Released at the same time as the similar 'Quake 3', everybody was expecting this to be terrible. The original 'Unreal' was very nice to look at, but not much fun to play, and 'Tournament' seemed to be a rush-released  attempt at stealing some of 'Quake 3's multiplayer-only thunder.  Surprisingly, it's none of those things - it looks wonderful, and has some  nice music, but best of all it's extremely good fun to play. Even if you  don't play against real people (something I can't do, as it's impractical  in the UK), the single-player mode is worth the price of the game alone.  The AI, although still recognisably artificial, is balanced superbly - your  AI team-mates are good enough to fight for themselves, whilst your  opponents use varied strategies and aren't flawlessly perfect. The more  advanced bots are inhumanly good, but still mortal, which is a nice  touch.