Unreal: Return to Na Pali
released on May 31, 1999
An expansion for Unreal
Expansion pack to Unreal (1998), comprising 18 new Levels, and taking up the story. Later bundled with the base game as "Unreal Gold".
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Cheaply and quickly made expansion pack that hardly "expands" on the base game in any meaningful way. The only new weapon that is worth anything is the assault rifle, which shreds through everything. The new enemies are either enlarged versions of base enemies or extremely annoying, like the difficult-to-hit predators who dash toward you at lightning speed and chew off your legs. Level design is super hit or miss, with some being fairly decent renditions of base Unreal levels and others having five mercenaries run through a corridor at you with zero room to maneuver. It simultaneously goes by extremely quickly while also feeling like it drags for too long, and ultimately it just isn't a rewarding experience that does very little new or original, and the new things it does include are either insubstantial or outright bad. At least the music is still really good.