UT2003 Gold [Sep 20, 2002, 08:24 am ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
After a sprinkling of false rumors yesterday, a post to the Infogrames, Inc. Forums
by Epic's Mark Rein (thanks JP) has word that Unreal Tournament 2003 has
gone gold as of 5:00 AM EDT this morning, and the game is expected in stores by
the end of the month. He describes the contents of the three CD distribution,
which will include the game and its over 35 levels, tools including Maya
Personal Learning Edition from Alias|Wavefront, The Karma Authoring Tool, a mod
"starter kit," the game's Linux support (which is not mentioned in the
packaging), including the client and the server. He also mentions plans for
future related releases such as a stand-alone server which will not require
ownership of the game, the UDE (Unreal Development Environment), a customized
version of Gmax, and other cool features for a bonus pack. In a
later post (thanks Unreality),
Mark also lists the names of the 37 maps the game will ship with.
Re: UT2K3 is simply not advanced enough.....
Sep 20, 2002, 21:32
Sep 20, 2002, 21:32
Quade:
There may have been a few cheats around back then, but there was a very strict gaming ethic too unlike today where we have servers full of cheaters and TKs. There is at least 100 fold more cheating today than ever happened in Q1/Q2. The rocket launcher did take skill back then although I didn't need it that much. The truly good players knew the timing of the rockets and could easily stand in front of a noob and move from side to side dodging rockets. Even when people wised to that and started aim at your feet for splash effect, the good players knew how to move and avoid them. The weapons were very balanced in Q2. I did more damage with the SSG and the Railgun than the RL. In CTF, the mode I played, the grappling hook added a whole new skill and dimension to the game that baffled new players. Yes, if you joined a server as a n00b with some elite players on it, you were screwed and didn't live very long..let alone score kills.
As far as your comment about sniping...yes, that is one of the only weapons left that require real skill anymore. In fact, I was planning to play UT2K3 as a sniper with the Lightning gun, but I just don't like it. There is no feeling of firing a high-speed large caliber round like in standard guns or the Q2 railgun. It feels mushy like the Q3 railgun did, only much worse than that. Again, that is my opinion. It just isn't a fun gun to me. The only gun that deserves kudos is the shock rifle with the ability to detonate the secondary fire with the primary to create a nice explosion..but even that thing moves so slow it's easily dodged. You'd have to hope people were off guard to get any kills out of it.
Like I said...I'm not complaining about the game as much as the weapons and the lack of skill needed to use them. I have seen the full version of UT2K3 and the maps are breathtaking. Still, It felt too cartoony and weak for me.
I'm glad you enjoy UT2K3...have at it. I will wait for something better to come along.
There may have been a few cheats around back then, but there was a very strict gaming ethic too unlike today where we have servers full of cheaters and TKs. There is at least 100 fold more cheating today than ever happened in Q1/Q2. The rocket launcher did take skill back then although I didn't need it that much. The truly good players knew the timing of the rockets and could easily stand in front of a noob and move from side to side dodging rockets. Even when people wised to that and started aim at your feet for splash effect, the good players knew how to move and avoid them. The weapons were very balanced in Q2. I did more damage with the SSG and the Railgun than the RL. In CTF, the mode I played, the grappling hook added a whole new skill and dimension to the game that baffled new players. Yes, if you joined a server as a n00b with some elite players on it, you were screwed and didn't live very long..let alone score kills.
As far as your comment about sniping...yes, that is one of the only weapons left that require real skill anymore. In fact, I was planning to play UT2K3 as a sniper with the Lightning gun, but I just don't like it. There is no feeling of firing a high-speed large caliber round like in standard guns or the Q2 railgun. It feels mushy like the Q3 railgun did, only much worse than that. Again, that is my opinion. It just isn't a fun gun to me. The only gun that deserves kudos is the shock rifle with the ability to detonate the secondary fire with the primary to create a nice explosion..but even that thing moves so slow it's easily dodged. You'd have to hope people were off guard to get any kills out of it.
Like I said...I'm not complaining about the game as much as the weapons and the lack of skill needed to use them. I have seen the full version of UT2K3 and the maps are breathtaking. Still, It felt too cartoony and weak for me.
I'm glad you enjoy UT2K3...have at it. I will wait for something better to come along.
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He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.
He cut the possum's face off then cut around the eye socket. In the center of the belt buckle, where the possum's eye would be, he has placed a small piece of wood from his old '52 Ford's home made railroad tie bumper. Damn, he misses that truck.
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