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*SnipingTheCockpit: It's actually pretty easy to blast your opponent out of certain vehicles[[labelnote:*]]namely Hellbender, Scorpion and Manta[[/labelnote]] in an Onslaught match and can be done with any weapon, not just the Sniper Rifle or Lightning Gun.
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''Unreal Tournament 2004'' is a multiplayer-based FirstPersonShooter videogame co-developed by Creator/EpicGames, Creator/DigitalExtremes, Streamline Studios and Psyonix and released in 2004 for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]]. It's the sixth entry in the ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' series, succeeding ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2003''.

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''Unreal Tournament 2004'' is a multiplayer-based FirstPersonShooter videogame co-developed by Creator/EpicGames, Creator/DigitalExtremes, Streamline Studios and Psyonix and released in 2004 for the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]]. It's the sixth entry in the ''VideoGame/{{Unreal}}'' series, succeeding ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2003''.
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* EscortMission: Some Assault maps require the attacking team to protect a specific payload until it reaches its destination such as a Hellbender in [[Series/ScrapheapChallenge AS-Junkyard]], the Ion Plasma Tank in AS-Glacier, the intel documents in [=AS-BP2-Acatana=] and [=AS-BP2-SubRosa=] and the hops canister in [[LandDownUnder AS-BP2-Outback]].
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* DataDriveMacGuffin: In the Bonus Pack 2 mission [=AS-BP2-SubRosa=], which recreates a N.E.G. assault on a Liandri Corporation facility, the N.E.G. discovered that Liandri was transferring experimental weapons data across said facility, and sent a squad to retrieve said data. The attacking team must retrieve a heavily protected data stick and transfer its data to the N.E.G. headquarters.
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* StatOverflow:
** The game features a rare, usually well-hidden item which gives the player 100 hitpoints called Big Keg O'Health that surpasses the standard {{cap}} of 100. The player, however, won't be able to pick up other healing items until their life meter drops below 100.
** Health Vials can overheal at a rate of 5HP.
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* FrigidWaterIsHarmless: Played straight only on a single level set in an arctic planet (AS-Glacier), and only because [[JustifiedTrope you actually need to traverse this specific pool of water in order to raise a bridge and enter the base]]. All other instances (including the other water areas of this level) don't count.
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The game saw far greater acceptance than ''[=UT2003=]'' and is mostly thought of as a very worthy successor to the original ''UT''. Unfortunately, on December 14th, 2022, Epic Games pulled off from both Steam and Website/GoodOldGames the digital distribution of the ''Editor's Choice Edition'', which bundled the main game with its two Bonus Packs (except the third-party mods), thus the game, outside of auction sites, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes can't be bought legally any longer]].

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The game saw far greater acceptance than ''[=UT2003=]'' and is mostly thought of as a very worthy successor to the original ''UT''. Unfortunately, on December 14th, 2022, Epic Games pulled off from both Steam and Website/GoodOldGames Platform/GOGDotCom the digital distribution of the ''Editor's Choice Edition'', which bundled the main game with its two Bonus Packs (except the third-party mods), thus the game, outside of auction sites, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes can't be bought legally any longer]].
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* DevelopersForesight: The spawn rooms for the defenders in the Assault maps contain sturdy Sentinel turrets that'll fry anybody who dares to trespass. [[spoiler:Except if you're playing AS-Glacier, as the Ion Tank's power renders this threat null]].
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* SinglePlayerGauntlet: Like in ''2003'', it guides the player through a Deathmatch Qualification ladder (this time being one match larger), a new Team Qualification ladder (where your team has to beat three weak teams), the usual four gamemode Team Gauntlet system (where Assault replaces the Team Deathmatch ladder), and the final challenge. The novelties this time are, aside of the aforementioned Team Deathmatch Gauntlet, alternate maps in almost each rung (for which you have to pay a fee), a team leader challenging you randomly to a 1-on-1 wager fight or to a "Bloodrites" match for one of your teammates, and [[spoiler:the final team your team faces depending on how well the Godlike-tier teams did against your team]].
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* ExpyCoexistence:
** The Sniper Rifle returns, and the Lightning Gun, its replacement, remains.
** The Necris are added in the bonus pack, and appear alongside the Nightmare species.
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* AscendedFanfic: Many official mutators and some gametypes are [[AscendedFanon inspired]] from several user-made content, thanks to the ease of [[GameMod modding]] ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament''. For example:
** Six out of nine maps from the Bonus Pack 2 are third-party maps. Four of the five new Assault maps were winners or runner-ups of the Phase IV Best Assault Map of the "Make Something Unreal" Contest.
** In addition, a few total conversion mods have become full titles of their own, such as ''VideoGame/AirBuccaneers'', ''VideoGame/RedOrchestra'' and ''VideoGame/KillingFloor''. ''VideoGame/AlienSwarm'' was also made into a freeware, standalone game, albeit converted to ''VideoGame/HalfLife2''[='=]s Source engine rather than staying with Unreal.
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Like in the prior game, you must build a team and destroy all opposing teams in order to beat the FinalBoss and their team at the end of the Tournament in order to crown yourself champion. However, there were many changes introduced: for starters, Gorge (one of the many {{player character}}s of ''2003''), leading his team Juggernauts, dethroned previous champion Malcolm in the past Tournament by beating him in the finals. This led to a public confrontation between Malcolm and his teammates, Brock and Lauren, who split up and reformed their previous team, Iron Guard. Malcolm, on the other hand, reformed Thunder Crash with most of the original lineup plus some new faces. The Skaarj, this time full-blooded ones, are also participating with an own team in the Tournament, led by the [=ClanLord=]. And last, but definitely not least, Xan Kriegor, the former reigning champion and FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', is back, and has reformed his team, The Corrupt, in order to take the championship back.

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Like in the prior game, you must build a team and destroy all opposing teams in order to beat the FinalBoss and their team at the end of the Tournament in order to crown yourself champion. However, there were many changes introduced: for starters, Gorge (one of the many {{player character}}s of ''2003''), leading his team Juggernauts, dethroned previous champion Malcolm in the past Tournament by beating him in the finals. This led to a public confrontation between Malcolm and his teammates, Brock and Lauren, who split up and reformed their previous team, Iron Guard. Malcolm, on the other hand, reformed Thunder Crash with most of the original lineup plus some new faces. The Skaarj, this time full-blooded ones, are also participating with an their own team in the Tournament, led by the [=ClanLord=]. And last, but definitely not least, Xan Kriegor, the former reigning champion and FinalBoss of ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament'', is back, and has reformed his team, The Corrupt, in order to take the championship back.
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* AutoPilotTutorial: All the basic tutorials (for the Deathmatch, Double Domination, CaptureTheFlag, Bombing Run and Onslaught gamemodes) require you to sit through a non-interactive, video-like tutorial showing the very basics about not only those modes but also the game's movement (Deathmatch) the Translocator (CaptureTheFlag) and vehicles (Onslaught).
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: After you draft a team before exiting the preliminaries, the final qualifying match before the Team Qualification round is a massive free-for-all against your new teammates, for you to prove yourself worthy to lead them.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: After you draft a team before exiting the preliminaries, the final qualifying match before the Team Qualification round is a massive free-for-all against your new teammates, for you to prove yourself worthy to lead them.

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** About the only thing you'll be able to see in the Allerian Penal Colony ([=DM-Oceanic=]) are technological concrete buildings... and [[EverythingsWorseWithSharks sharks]].

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** About the only thing you'll be able to see in the Allerian Penal Colony ([=DM-Oceanic=]) are technological concrete buildings... and [[EverythingsWorseWithSharks sharks]].sharks.

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** Due to [[CanonDiscontinuity the excision as a canon game]] of ''2003'', the references to a season which Gorge won were left orphaned. ''2004'' also contains several references to "the Overseers" and the Inquisition, which were the invading and conquering faction which set up the backstory of the also eventually deemed non-canon ''VideoGame/UnrealChampionship''.

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** Due to [[CanonDiscontinuity the excision as a canon game]] of ''2003'', the references to a season which Gorge won were left orphaned. orphaned.
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''2004'' also contains several references to "the Overseers" and the Inquisition, which were the invading and conquering faction which set up the backstory of the [[CanonDiscontinuity also eventually deemed non-canon non-canon]] ''VideoGame/UnrealChampionship''.

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