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== ''[[Unreal (Video Game)|Unreal]]'' ==
* The Skaarj are heavily inspired by ''[[Predator]]'', including such homages as dreadlocks and wrist-mounted blades.
* The second single-player level, [[Sdrawkcab Name|"Nyleve's Falls"]] is named after the levelmaker's<ref>Juan Pancho "Xceptone" Eekels</ref> wife.
** The Vortex [[Star Trek|Rikers]] registration number (NC114-85EKLS) is a reference to him, as well.
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** There's another one, at the beginning. When you exit from the building you start, you'll find a guy drown at the lake. His name is W. Marshall. Warren Marshall is one of Epic Games's employees.
* The map "Glathriel Village", also from ''Return To Na Pali'', has an [[Easter Egg]] which guides to a secret. It has the ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'' [[Tournament Play|clan]] Ocrana's logo, and the translator has the following message:
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* The map DmAriza has the ''[[Quake (series)|Quake]]'' shape.
== ''[[Unreal Tournament]]'' ==
* The team logos are references to [[Unreal (Video Game)|Unreal]]:
** The blue team one is the [[Prison Ship|Vortex Rikers]] logo, a lightning with three bars.
** The green team one is the [[Proud Warrior Race Guy|Skaarj]] [[Wolverine Claws|Razik]]. It's also the model for the Damage Amplifier.
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* [[Word of God]] [http://www.beyondunreal.com/view_story.php?id=590 stated] that [[Floating Continent|CTF-Face, a.k.a. "Facing Worlds"]] was inspired by a third-party map from the first ''Unreal''.
* The [[Chainsaw Good]], as stated above, a [[Shout-Out]] to Doom.
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* DM-Morpheus is inspired by a scene from [[The Matrix]], and its name was taken from Morpheus, one of the main characters.
* AS-Overlord ("Operation Overlord") is inspired by [[World War II|D-Day]].
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* The map [[Cool Starship|CTF-Orbital]] has, in the ceilings of both flag bases, the Digital Extremes logo.
* The name of the map [[Ancient Egypt|DOM-Sesmar]] is taken from Ramses's [[Sdrawkcab Name]].
* The hallways guiding to the flag bases in the Bonus Pack 1 map CTF-Hydro16 form the number [[Blink
== ''[[Unreal II: The Awakening|Unreal II the Awakening]]'' ==
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* ONS-Icarus to DM-Morpheus.
* DM-Inferno explicitly references ''[[The Divine Comedy]]''.
* Invasion mode uses the classic ''[[Unreal (Video Game)|Unreal]]'' enemies.
* AS-Junkyard, from its description to the objectives of the map itself, references [[Scrapheap Challenge]] / [[Junkyard Wars]].
* The Nightmare voicepacks have varying shoutouts to horror films:
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'''Female:''' [[Evil Dead|I'll swallow your soul!]] }}
* Two of the Thunder Crash members are called [[Star Trek|Picard and Riker]]. Riker even appears in the first game as part of the same team.
* Gorge's team, their suit, and their name, (Juggernauts) are [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to [[The Juggernaut]] from [[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]].
* One of the maps is given the name "[[Beowulf|Grendel]]keep".
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* Get the "Combo King" award 15 times, and you get the "[[Memetic Mutation|Don't taze me bro!]]" achievement.
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Unreal
- The Skaarj are heavily inspired by Predator, including such homages as dreadlocks and wrist-mounted blades.
- The second single-player level, "Nyleve's Falls" is named after the levelmaker's[1] wife.
- The Vortex Rikers registration number (NC114-85EKLS) is a reference to him, as well.
- All the names in the translator logs belong to many of his friends.
- The ninth level, also made by Eekels, is called Harobed Village.
- In the level "Bluff Eversmoking", there's a tombstone marked "Myscha"[2]
- In the first mission of Return To Na Pali, "Edge Of Na Pali", near the end, after you killed the Pack Hunters and opened a locked the door, when you go outside, near the crashed ship, you can find a dead soldier under the name M. Worch. Matthias Worch is one of the Legend Entertainment developers.
- There's another one, at the beginning. When you exit from the building you start, you'll find a guy drown at the lake. His name is W. Marshall. Warren Marshall is one of Epic Games's employees.
- The map "Glathriel Village", also from Return To Na Pali, has an Easter Egg which guides to a secret. It has the Unreal Tournament clan Ocrana's logo, and the translator has the following message:
"Will you die for this? http://www.ocrana.de" |
- The map DmAriza has the Quake shape.
Unreal Tournament
- The team logos are references to Unreal:
- The blue team one is the Vortex Rikers logo, a lightning with three bars.
- The green team one is the Skaarj Razik. It's also the model for the Damage Amplifier.
- The yellow team one is the Mercenaries logo.
- Word of God stated that CTF-Face, a.k.a. "Facing Worlds" was inspired by a third-party map from the first Unreal.
- The Chainsaw Good, as stated above, a Shout-Out to Doom.
"Its been 5 years since I've used one of these." |
- DM-Morpheus is inspired by a scene from The Matrix, and its name was taken from Morpheus, one of the main characters.
- AS-Overlord ("Operation Overlord") is inspired by D-Day.
- When you play in the campaign, in the Venom team, two of the characters are named Ada and Lovelace, a Shout-Out to the (arguably) first programmer in the world.
- The Sniper Rifle is a custom scoped M16.
- One of the female Commando (Dark Phalanx) characters is called Nikita.
- The map CTF-Orbital has, in the ceilings of both flag bases, the Digital Extremes logo.
- The name of the map DOM-Sesmar is taken from Ramses's Sdrawkcab Name.
- The hallways guiding to the flag bases in the Bonus Pack 1 map CTF-Hydro16 form the number 182.
Unreal II the Awakening
- Terran Colonial Authority, anyone?
Unreal Tournament 2004
- The Assault level AS-MotherShip is a literal Battleship Raid on the Skaarj Mothership, which is a Shout Out to the first Unreal game.
- "Flawless Victory!"
- ONS-Icarus to DM-Morpheus.
- DM-Inferno explicitly references The Divine Comedy.
- Invasion mode uses the classic Unreal enemies.
- AS-Junkyard, from its description to the objectives of the map itself, references Scrapheap Challenge / Junkyard Wars.
- The Nightmare voicepacks have varying shoutouts to horror films:
- Two of the Thunder Crash members are called Picard and Riker. Riker even appears in the first game as part of the same team.
- Gorge's team, their suit, and their name, (Juggernauts) are Shout Outs to The Juggernaut from X-Men.
- One of the maps is given the name "Grendelkeep".
Unreal Championship 2 The Liandri Conflict
- One of Devastation's adrenaline combos, "Head Turret", has her activating mounted turret defenses, not unlike those of Fulgore's fatality.
- Continuing with the Shout Outs to Mortal Kombat, the announcer will yell "Finish Him!!" before you do a Coup De Grace.
- Some of Raiden's taunts are "You fight like Johnny Cage" and "Fatality". And, for the sake of it, his Coup De Grace is one of his Fatalities from Trilogy.
- One of Sobek's taunts is "It's better to burn out, than to fade away."
Unreal Tournament III
- The name of Act III is "The Liandri Conflict", which is also the subtitle of Unreal Championship 2.
- The Titans and Behemoths in the Titan Expansion Pack take their names from the Titans and Behemoths from the first Unreal game.
- The achievement for beating the Chapter 4 is called "Not In Kansas Anymore".
- The achievement for defeating Akasha in Insane is called "Fear The Reaper".
- Get the "Combo King" award 15 times, and you get the "Don't taze me bro!" achievement.
- Back to Unreal (series)