Unreal - Return to Na Pali

Unreal: Return to Na Pali, or RTNP, is an expansion pack to Unreal and the original release of the pack required the full version of Unreal to install and play. The game takes place after the events in Unreal and puts you back on the planet Na Pali to find another crashed spacecraft. RTNP was developed by Legend Entertainment using many of the left over art and assets from the development of Unreal, and nearly all of the levels were levels that were cut from Unreal. RTNP was released to stores on May 31, 1999.

History

Return to Na Pali began development sometime in mid- or late-1998 by Legend Entertainment.

Demo

No demo was ever released for this expansion pack.

Release Details

Eventually, RTNP was packaged up with Unreal and released as Unreal Gold. Unreal Gold became part of the Totally Unreal package as well as the Unreal Anthology.

Reception

Overall reception to RTNP was not great. Most people complained about the bugs it had, the broken co-op play, and bad voice acting.

Game Content

Music

The following people are credited as having worked on the music for Return to Na Pali.

• Alexander Brandon
• Michiel van den Bos
• Khyron

Tracks

• Watcher of the Skies

Weapons

In addition to the Unreal weapons, the following weapons were included in Return to Na Pali.

• Combat Assault Rifle
• Rocket Launcher
• Grenade Launcher

Races

• Skaarj
• Nali
• Humans
• Krall
• Mercenaries

  The Mercenaries are not seen in any other game. They are military personnel working for the ship that sent you back to Na Pali after the conclusion of Unreal. They are armed with either Rocket Launchers or Assault Rifles and are much more intelligent than other enemies in the game. The ship that rescued you sends them to Na Pali to kill you.

Characters

None of the characters in Return to Na Pali are given any specific names during the course of the Single Player campaign.

Gametypes

In addition to the gametypes included in Unreal, Return to Na Pali also included the following gametypes.

• Marine Match

  Marine match uses the same rules as a normal Unreal Bot match, except now you are fighting against a group of Marines instead of Unreal Bots. The Marines will fight as a team against any human players.

• Gravity Match

  Gravity Match uses the same rules as a regular DeathMatch game, but with reduced gravity. (This may allow players to get to previously un-seen areas of the multiplayer maps.)

• Cloak Match

  Cloak Match is like a game of Tag. One player is Cloaked (they are "it") and the other players must try to find and kill the cloaked player. When cloaked a player is very hard to see, can jump higher and has better air control. The more you move when cloaked the more visible you are to the other players. When one player manages to kill the cloaked player they become "it" and are then cloaked.

• Terran Weapon Match

  A Terran Weapon Match uses the same rules as normal Death Match, but replaces all the weapons in the map with the new weapons featured in the Return to Na Pali Mission Pack. (CAR, Grenade Launcher and Rocket Launcher)

Maps

Single Player

Multi Player

See Also

• Unreal
• Unreal Gold