UT2004 Single Player

Synopsis

 * "The Liandri Corporation's Unreal Tournament enters its twelfth year as a legally sanctioned competition. This year's tournament is the most highly anticipated yet, with teams captained by highly regarded former champions Malcolm, Gorge, and the long absent Xan Kriegor, as well as a dangerous team from the Skaarj Empire."

It's the year 2303. The game takes place right after Unreal Tournament 2003. The team composed by Malcolm, Brock and Lauren was defeated by Gorge's team of Juggernauts in the past Tournament, and it broke up. Malcolm returned to it's old team, Thunder Crash, and Brock and Lauren reformed Iron Guard for the Tournament. Gorge also wants to demonstrate that it's team of Juggernauts isn't a one-hit-wonder team, and wants to win the Tournament as well. Also, the Skaarj Empire sent a team to compete in the Tournament in order to make them to pay for the Human-Skaarj war. And if that wasn't enough, not only every other team from 2003 came back, but the success of the Juggernauts prompted Axon to create and sponsor a new team of Juggernauts, Goliath, in hopes of creating an all-Juggernauts finals.

Walkthrough
The single-player part of the game is particular in that it's money-based, this is, in order to compete and advance, you must gain money through beating matches. Like in the past game, you must create your own team and defeat them in order to progress, but you won't enter directly to the Tournament. You must win the Team Qualification rounds as well, and won't be easy.

Currency
You start with an initial of 200 currency. You can win additional money as you win more matches. In addition, the killing sprees and kill combos will grant you small amounts of money, which are increased as you do longer (and several) kill combos and killing sprees. Said money will be spent in player hirings, teammate healings, arena changings, and matches. (See Challenges, below)

You can also get cosmetic awards by doing Hattricks, (capturing the flag while doing a dodging, doing an acrobatic stunt with a vehicle) finishing a match with a Flawless Victory, or getting a determinate amount of kills with Shock Rifle combos, Sniper Rifle or Lightning Gun headshots, or with the Flak Cannon, among other things.

Every match in the Qualification and Tournament phases has an entry fee, and your money must be equal or above said quantity in order to enter. Furthermore, in the Team Qualification and Tournament phases you must also have extra money in order to pay your teammates.

Qualification round
Every challenger from this ladder becomes available to you for your team, when you build it.

Team Qualification round
The members of the three teams are available to be hired for your team, once you beat this ladder.

Challenges
After a match, if the game didn't challenged you, you can choose to challenge an opponent team in a head-to-head match or a bloodrites match.

Bloodrites
In this challenge, your team must defeat the other team. If you were challenged, then you must fight in order to retain a member of your team. If you challenged the other team, you must fight in order to get the other team's member. Unfortunately, you can't see the stats of the other team's member, unless you've already defeated them in the Tournament. The matches takes place in the big arenas of the game, and are set to 4on4, 30 frags, and (if you're the challenger) you can decide if it will be an all-weapon or Instagib match.

Head-to-head
In this challenge, you must defeat the other team's leader in a 1on1 match. The game will select two maps from the following pool, and then, you must defeat the other team's leader in a 1on1 match set to 15 frags in 20 minutes:


 * CTF-1on1-Joust
 * DM-1on1-Albatross
 * DM-1on1-Crash
 * DM-1on1-Desolation
 * DM-1on1-Idoma
 * DM-1on1-Irondust
 * DM-1on1-Mixer
 * DM-1on1-Roughinery
 * DM-1on1-Serpentine
 * DM-1on1-Spirit
 * DM-1on1-Squader
 * DM-1on1-Trite

Finals
Depending on which team was the best after the ladder, the team you have to face will be Thunder Crash, Iron Skull or The Corrupt. You have to best first the whole team in a Team Deathmatch game, and then their leader, in a 1on1 game.

After that, congratulations! You're the Tournament champion!

Also, unless you cheated, if it's also the first time you beat that team, you unlock their leader, (Malcolm, ClanLord or Xan Kriegor) so you can select him in the Options menu.