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The following is a meta-article, which explains a concept which usually falls out of one of the wiki's categorizations, yet it's still important to explain something.
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Deck over the years (pictured: DmDeck16 (Unreal), DM-Deck16][ (UT), and DM-Deck17 (UT2004).)

Recurring maps in the Unreal series can take one of two forms:

  • A single map with versions in multiple games.
  • A single map with multiple versions in a single game.

The following is a list of maps with multiple iterations appearing across one or more games in the Unreal series.

Maps with multiple versions in the same game[]

Avalon[]

The only repeating level in Unreal II: The Awakening, it is visited twice during the campaign: first during the introduction, and later as the second-to-last mission.

Command[]

CTF-Command is an asymmetrical Capture the Flag level designed by Elliot 'Myscha' Cannon, the creator of the famed Deck series (more on that one later). Later that year, Myscha released, perhaps as a parting gift, a larger, but symmetrical version of the map, called CTF-Command][, as a free downloadable addon.

Junkyard[]

This is a particular case. The Junkyard series started life with DOM-Junkyard, which came with the Epic Bonus Pack in UT2003. Like almost all officially released maps in 2003, it was also a stock map for Unreal Tournament 2004, but the game also came with two other maps ambiented in a junkyard: DM-Junkyard (the DD version with new weapon/item placement), and AS-Junkyard, a map clearly inspired by the british TV game show Scrapheap Challenge (known as Junkyard Wars in the US).

Lament[]

Lament was the smallest Domination map in the series. The first edition was authored by Alan 'Talisman' Willard, and the second was co-authored by Alan and Rich 'Akuma' Eastwood.

Mothership Core[]

The part where the player travels throughout the Skaarj Mothership is the only part of Unreal that is repeated, using two different levels with a minor difference between them; this takes place between the levels Mothership Lab and The Source Antechamber. These are two areas that also contain a separate pair of key missions in Skaarj Generator and Illumination.

Nagomi Passage[]

The only repeated section in Unreal Mission Pack: Return to Na Pali, it takes place between the levels Spire Valley and Foundry Tarydium Plant, and also consists of the intermediate level Velora Temple.

UC2 Deathmatch maps with Overdose counterparts[]

Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict features a new gamemode called Overdose, which can be seen as the game's mix of Bombing Run (in that the main objective is to score points by delivering a ball to an objective) and Mutant (with the ball carrier being granted powers, but here under a time limit). As such, the maps for the gamemode tend to be quite Deathmatch-ish, which makes it a little wonder when the Bonus Pack allowed Deathmatch maps to be played in Overdose. But prior to this decision, some Deathmatch maps had Overdose counterparts.

UT2003 and UT2004 map counterparts[]

Perhaps as a way to increase the count without having to create new maps, some maps in Unreal Tournament 2004 were given new counterparts.

CTF-BridgeOfFate and BR-Colossus were two of the maps of the UT2004 demo; in the final game they received Bombing Run and Capture the Flag counterparts. BR-TwinTombs was a stock map for UT2003 that got a CTF counterpart in 2004; the same is true of DM-DE-GrendelKeep, which got a (quite popular) mirrored CTF counterpart in 2004. Of these series the only one that originated in 2003 was the ElecFields series, whose versions were released at the same time in the DE Bonus Pack for 2003 and were both stock maps for 2004.

UT3 Necris versions[]

In order to fit into the game's story, some maps received "Necrified" conversions. These usually involve giving asymmetry to some maps in the form of Necris vehicle counterparts and structural changes (mostly involving tentacles). Nonetheless, they are still considered counterparts.

Suspense was the only non-DM map of the original Unreal Tournament 3 demo, as well as the first official VCTF map ever, and it got plenty of action in its heyday. A Necris version was later released, first for the Xbox 360 version, and then for the Titan Pack. Downtown is a map set in a city, following a trend set with UT2004's ONS-Urban and ONS-Icarus; it features special nodes that give access to powerful vehicles. Islander is one of the few "attack vs. defense" type of Warfare maps, with two teams battling up in an unbalanced territory. The attacking team (Red in Islander, Blue in Islander Necris) has access to vehicles and plenty of resources, while the defending team (Blue in Islander, Red in Islande Necris) has access to turrets and plenty of weaponry. Serenity is a map set in a forest, with a special node that grants a Leviathan to its owner. As for Torlan, it has its own section.

Maps with multiple versions in multiple games[]

Coret Facility[]

Coret Facility was featured in the demo version for Unreal Tournament and quickly became the most played online map among all the demo maps, becoming the "trademark" map for the demo. As for the full version of this game, it was popular among players at first, but its popularity was quickly overshadowed by CTF-Face. The Unreal Tournament 3 version has been referred to as a great classic by gamers and many Coret-only servers have existed.

Curse[]

The Unreal Tournament version of Curse was a hit. In Unreal Tournament 2003/2004, it was popular for a short while, but numerous changes and additions eventually hurt its popularity.

Cybrosis[]

The Unreal version of Cybrosis was great, but, for an unknown reason, failed to deliver. A remake of Cybrosis originally made for Domination was included in Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition as an experiment, and the map was apparently much more liked by players. A Capture the Flag version also appeared, with the electrical trap removed.

Death Fan[]

Both this map and DM-Insidious from the UT200X series share the same layout idea: a central arena with a death pit where a deadly rotary fan is located. There are also passages/catwalks that go around the map to the other side.

Deck[]

The Deck series is the most popular bunch of deathmatch maps. Created by Elliot 'Myscha' Cannon and continued by Teddie Tapawan, the series went on to be something Unreal Tournament fans would remember the series for.

Facing Worlds[]

CTF-Face was based on a custom map for Unreal, which featured two towers across a huge terrain. It became the signature map for Unreal Tournament, and one of the most popular FPS maps of all time, as some would buy the game just to play multiplayer on it, which could be a possible reason why its sales were abnormally high compared to Unreal anthology. This map has been remade many times, three by Cedric 'Inoxx' Fiorentino (Face][, Face-SE, Face3), and the rest by Teddie Tapawan. This map as CTF-FaceClassic was, and still is, a very popular multiplayer venue in Unreal Tournament 2004. It is also played frequently among other maps in Unreal Tournament 3's online play, and was one of the very first maps inducted into Unreal Tournament 4.

Floating Pyramid[]

Though DM-Legacy in Unreal Championship 2 was only loosely based on DM-Pyramid, it is still listed in the game's "Classic" map list.

Flux[]

Flux did not make an appearance in Unreal Tournament, except for in the PlayStation 2 and Dreamcast versions. The author of the original, Juan Pancho 'XceptOne' Eekels, remade it for Unreal Tournament 2003. It was a somewhat popular map for mid-sized battles.

Gauntlet[]

The Iron Gauntlet was one of five asymmetrical Capture the Flag maps in Unreal Tournament (along with CTF-EternalCave, CTF-November, CTF-Command, and the console versions' CTF-Phalanx). Like Tempest, it was taken to Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict by Cliff Bleszinski, the then-lead designer at Epic Games. In UC2, it is the only asymmetrical CTF map in the game.

HealPod[]

HealPod was the product of a collaboration between Cliff Bleszinski and Alan 'Talisman' Willard. It is easy to tell who built the map in general, due to the architectural style (it was Alan). Cliff added the appropriate actors and the innovative "HealPod." They once again put their heads together for the Unreal Tournament game, but it was not completed in time to make the retail version, so it was later released as part of UT Bonus Pack 1.

Hydro Bases[]

Hydro Bases was originally designed by Sidney 'Clawfist' Rauchberger, who, at the time, had just been brought in by Epic Games to design maps. The map, unfortunately, was released as a download, as were the rest of his Unreal Tournament maps. It is not known who made CTF-Hydrosis, but it possibly could have been the same person.

HyperBlast[]

Like DmHealPod, DM-HyperBlast was created by two people: this time, it was Inoxx and XceptOne. Although the map became quite iconic thanks to its placement in the ladder as the map where the final fight takes place, unlike HealPod, it never received a remake, until Rogelio Olguin took duties. HyperBlast was merged with DM-Phobos to create DM-Deimos for Unreal Tournament 3, which cannot quite be called a remake due to the many changes applied.

Koos Galleon[]

Koos Galleon, created by Juan Pancho 'XceptOne' Eekels, was a map that was not so well-liked in the first Unreal Tournament due to its cramped design. Nevertheless, it got a (much improved) remake for Unreal Tournament 3, first for the Xbox 360, and then for the Titan Pack.

LavaGiant[]

LavaGiant was a map created by Juan Pancho 'XceptOne' Eekels. It features two bases separated by a huge mountain with several holes as passages between bases. As its name implies, it takes place on an island surrounded by tons of lava. XceptOne remade his map for Unreal Tournament 2003, though this version would never make the cut for Unreal Tournament 2004. A similar map with the same theme and idea, CTF-Magma, was created by Shane Caudle for both UT2003 and UT2004. Lastly, Volcano is outright stated by the devs as taking inspiration from all these maps, sharing with LavaGiant the tower theme (at least for the blue side), the lava theme and the base asymmetry (though in Volcano it's more pronounced, with one base taking place inside of the volcano), and with Magma the abundance of intersecting paths and, well, abundance of lava.

Mojo[]

DM-Mojo was said to be a remake of DmCurse, but it does not appear to look anything like Curse. However, they do have two things in common: they both were made by Cliff Bleszinski and they were both remade for Unreal Tournament.

Morbias[]

Morbias was a popular map for Unreal multiplayer for its "stadium" style, few pickups, and simple gameplay, and it was brought back for every subsequent game in different ways. Unreal Tournament 3 features two versions of the map: one for Deathmatch as regular Morbias, and another for Capture the Flag adapted for play with the Titan mutator known as "Morbid." A version for Unreal Tournament 4 under the name of DM-MorbiasTest was also tried, but didn't take after a few versions.

Morpheus[]

Unreal Tournament players greatly favored the concept of low gravity in DM-Morpheus, especially since gravity was normal inside the buildings. Although there was only one official remake (the inspired "Plunge" notwithstanding), it was a very popular map.

November[]

The Sub Pen series was a series of Capture the Flag maps started by Elliot 'Myscha' Cannon. Only the first map is asymmetrical. Thanks to a modified symmetrical version of the first map (NovemberCE) done by Rich 'Akuma' Eastwood for tournament play, it became one of the Unreal series' classic CTF maps, and has spawned versions for both Unreal Tournament 2003 and 2004 through Phil Cole.

Orbital Station[]

The Orbital maps, known for being ridiculous in size, were created by Digital Extremes map-making aficionado Dave Ewing, creator of the also-popular Morpheus series. Both of the Orbital maps were unbelievably large and recommended more than 16 players, but nonetheless, never were tiring.

Osiris[]

A series of Egyptian-style maps taking place in dungeons. The original Osiris is a Domination map created for the Playstation 2 and Sega Dreamcast versions of Unreal Tournament, while the Unreal Engine 2 games changed the gametype to Deathmatch and were retooled. As a funny note: during the development of Unreal Championship there was a cut version of DOM-Osiris that doesn't resemble neither the final game's Osiris nor any other map called Osiris.

Phobos Moon[]

Phobos was unique because of its gameplay, as combatants can use any kind of strategy to their advantage. This unique perk that also appeared in most maps by Cedric 'Inoxx' Fiorentino eventually made him well-known in the Unreal world. In Unreal Tournament 3, Phobos was combined with HyperBlast to create the map DM-Deimos (unknown author).

Pistola[]

Originally a fan-made map (although Sidney Rauchberger was, at that point, working at Epic, it wasn't released officially) which was part of the Community Bonus Pack 2 for Unreal Tournament 2004, CTF-CBP2-Pistola (as its original name was) became a classic, to the point of winning the Best Map award in the Make Something Unreal Contest, so it was first inducted officially into UT2004 through Bonus Pack 2. It was then remade by Yemi 'Jayoplus' Ajayi for Unreal Tournament 4 as just CTF-Pistola.

Shrapnel[]

Shrapnel, like Mojo and Cybrosis, came from the Unreal Fusion Map Pack. The original map wasn't too large, but so many places were expanded in the Unreal Tournament version that the gameplay significantly changed.

Skaarj Generator[]

The Skaarj Generator and Illumination levels are part of the climax of Unreal, being set at the very end of the game, prior to the final boss battle, even though only the former is an actual level and the other is a glorified cutscene. However, the layout of the Generator does lend itself well to small Deathmatch matches. Knowing this, Inoxx later released an updated version of the Generator as a downloadable Deathmatch level for UT.

Tempest[]

Tempest is one of those medium-sized maps that retain good gameplay even when the match has many players. Keeping this in mind, Epic added this map to Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict. It seemed to be a perfect fit, since Unreal Championship 2 had a lot of small arenas and very huge battles, in terms of players.

Torlan[]

Torlan was one of the very few series of maps that didn't involve the original Unreal Tournament. It was the first Onslaught map ever released, as it came with the original Unreal Tournament 2004 demo, and it's the only UT2004 map which made the cut for UT3, and in two versions—one of them Necris—to boot.

Turbine[]

DM-Turbine was one of the six maps included in the Unreal Tournament demo. It was unquestionably unpopular, but nevertheless it was remade for Unreal Tournament 3 and placed in the Titan Map Pack, formerly part of a former in-the-works expansion. Turbine's layout in UT3 remains largely the same, with the pulse ammo being replaced by a Helmet, and a Bio Rifle replacing the Ripper.

Other[]

Rocket Arena: UT[]

By their own nature, Rocket Arena: UT's arenas lend themselves well with console-based gaming due to their simple design. In fact, arenas from three separate maps made the cut as individual arenas for the Sega Dreamcast version of Unreal Tournament:

RA-Akuma[]

Consists of the arenas Babylon, Cold-Steel Pressure, Neo-Tokyo, Sector 9, and Underlord. It also includes CliffyB's DM-Codex as a team-based arena. Sector9 was later remade as DM-Fury for Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict, as evidenced by the map appearing in the "Classic" map list.

RA-CliffyB[]

Consists of the arenas Dust, Gearbox, Girder, Google, and Paladin. Also includes Cliffy's own DM-Tempest as a team-based arena. Only Tempest didn't make the cut for the Dreamcast version, though it did for the PlayStation 2 version.

RA-Inoxx[]

Consists of the arenas Block Party, Heavy Water, Megaplex, Singularity, and Station Control. Of these arenas, only Heavy Water didn't make it as a playable arena. It also includes Myscha's own DM-Morbias][ as a team-based arena. Two things can be noted from this pack: Megaplex not only made it into the game, but also became a Seganet exclusive map (still obtainable, though), and BlockParty found posterior life as Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict's arena DM-AcidRain, something which can be inferred due to the map itself appearing in the "Classic" playlists, comprised of map remakes.

Unreal Championship and Unreal Tournament 2003[]

Several maps between both games are the same but under a different name. The Championship names were the names said maps had during the development of 2003. They are:

Other relations[]

External links and references[]

  1. ↑ "Dreamcast maps?" @ BU Forums

See also[]

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