Quoted For Truth!!! I wasn't even gaming when the original Unreal Tournament came out, but I was when UT2004 was release. My favorite game ever. I hated UT3, big disappointment! Soooo, I'll wait and see what happens with Epic's new offering.
UT3 really lowers my expectations, if it's a return to form a la UT2k4 I will be all about it, just can't hope for that level of quality and skill again though.
I may be in the extreme minority for saying this, but I feel like the teleporter gun things (I believe they were called Translocators?) ruined the original game. That' why I preferred Quake 3 back in the day.
Heads will asplode when it's announced as a f2p mobile game.
i hate epic for murdering the UT franchise.
My question would be, is it unmurderable? Did you like UT2004?
One of the great things about UT and older shooters, was that everyone was on common ground. Everyone had access to the same weapons and equipment. If you had gun 'X' and someone else had one too, they both worked the same; not one with a flashlight or more ammo.
2k4 was good, but UT99 had better feel by far.
I may be in the extreme minority for saying this, but I feel like the teleporter gun things (I believe they were called Translocators?) ruined the original game.
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i hate epic for murdering the UT franchise.
2k4 was good, but UT99 had better feel by far.
My question would be, is it unmurderable? Did you like UT2004?
I'm very malevolent about UT3, but I don't hate Epic for it. I think they just fell under the spell of consolitus, got into bed with a loser (bankrupt Midway), and lost their way.
UT3 had potential to be such a good game, but the release was totally botched. it was a game i couldn't wait to play, i preordered it and when it came out, support was nil, every server was full of bots and it was just a flat out dud because of it. I think it was this game that made me stop playing FPS in general, which i guess is fine since no one makes arena shooters anymore.
One of the great things about UT and older shooters, was that everyone was on common ground. Everyone had access to the same weapons and equipment. If you had gun 'X' and someone else had one too, they both worked the same; not one with a flashlight or more ammo.
If the new UT doesn't have 'customization' with gun modifications and perks, I'll be surprised as hell, and will probably buy it. But, I'm not holding my breath.
A few high-profile games are using the micro-transactions model, but still, the overwhelming majority of games today are using a traditional "pay for it up front" model. Assuming that this isn't going to be some sort of a freeware "Open Tournament" game that no one has to pay anything for, I don't see why they wouldn't continue forward with the traditional "pay up front" model.
However, I do agree that the possibility of a micro-transactions model is a concern.
I'm very malevolent about UT3, but I don't hate Epic for it. I think they just fell under the spell of consolitus, got into bed with a loser (bankrupt Midway), and lost their way.
UT 2004 certainly has many rabid fans who never played the original and who think UT 2004 is the shiznits. What they fail to realize is that the game types they enjoy are Onslaught and Invasion-RPG; that's what people are playing in UT 2004 today. In contrast, they don't play the "on foot" games much such as CTF which was the #1 game in UT99.
As I see it, UT 2004 was a great game for Onslaught and Invasion, but UT99 had better movement (non-floaty-dodgey) and feel than UT 2004 and was thus much better for on-foot games (CTF, DOMination, Deathmatch).
i remember playing ut99 a ton with friends in a Lan connection (our internet connections sucked) against bots lol...
then i forgot completely about ut... until 2005 when i "discovered" ut2k4... and damn i played the hell out of that game on internet, with clans and all that. Duels, tdm, ctf y CA was what the community played.
The whole community was eager to buy ut3 at released. When it was released not all of us had a pc capable of running it AND that game seemed to be pretty shitty. When the community finally got into ut3, we all got dissapointed and kept playing ut2k4.
Now the community is pretty dead but until last year or something they were still playing ut2k4 (i quitted to play WoW in about 2007-2008)
I would love to see a good new unreal tournament, more into the fast-paced skill-based ut2k4 style with the dodge jumps, the wall dodge jumps and the ramps...
But now almost 10 years passed, when i played ut2k4 i had 20 years old, now im 30, i dont see myself TRAINING as i used to get better in ut2k4
but i would definetely get it and play the sp
Ehh, I'd argue that both sides have their merits. One might say that giving everyone the same stuff is balance, but I could easily see the idea that each person gets to pick a gun to fit his best play style is balanced just the same. If someone's great with the Flak Cannon, and someone's great with the Sniper Rifle, is it REALLY balance if the map gives you the Flak Cannon before the Sniper Rifle? You both have the same gun, but one person is better with it than the other.
In Halo 4, if I'm best with the Assault Rifle and someone else is best with the Battle Rifle, we are both able to pick our "best" gun and see who is best at his best. Not saying your stance is wrong, just that I don't consider either setup (map-spawned guns or loadouts) to be factually better than the other for balance.