Unreal Tournament's Single Player Game

Set in the year 2341, Unreal Tournament's Single Player game casts the player as a legendary fighter about to take part in Liandri Mining Corporation's Grand Tournament. Televised across the universe, the fights are intense, brutal and deadly - watched by billions of avid fans. As a fighter wins matches, they advance up a ladder, facing off against increasingly more skilled and experiened opponents at arenas spread throughout the galaxy and in games such as DeathMatch/Challenge, Capture the Flag, Assault and Domination. If your fighter manages tp make it all the way to the top they will be given the opportunity to challenge the Tournament Champion himself, the mystereous Xan Kriegor.

To enrol your fighter in the Tournament, select the Start Unreal Tournament option in the Game menu in UT's Graphical User Interface. Doing this will take you to the fighter enlistment screen where you will be required to choose your fighters "stage" name, appearence and the difficult level at which you wish to play. In regards to the difficult level, it's recommended that only those completely new to First Person Shooter games choose the Novice option - most players should opt for either Skilled or Adept, with talented and experienced DeathMatchers recommended to choose Masterful or even higher.

Once the enrollment proceedure is complete you be taken to the Tournament ladder screen, your gateway to your personal trophey room (not yet available), the Game Type tutorials and the matches themselves. To continue ensure that DeathMatch is selected and click the forward arrow once again. On the DeathMatch ladder screen you will be given the option of participating in a DeathMatch tutorial (which finishes with a quick one-on-one with a bot) or jumping straight into the fray with your first bout - DM-Oblivion, against the abitious though relatively inept Blake. If you have a lot of difficulty with this first battle then you should try it a few more times, it's normal to take a little time to adjust to Unreal Tournament's controls and weapons. If after some time you are still having trouble defeating Blake then that is probably a good indication that you should play the Tournament on a lower difficulty - simply exit to the GUI and start the enrollment process again.

Slowly the different Game Types will become available to you, with the first additional Game Type opening up after the player completes and wins 3 matches in the DeathMatch ladder. Once all the ladders have been conquered, the fifth and final one will open, the Challenge ladder. In the four fights which ensue, the player will engage several evil Killing Machines, robots created purely for the purpose of DeathMatch. If you succeed here, you will face Xan Kriegor in the fourth and final battle; a desperate one-on-one fight to the death.