I think the game's reputation has suffered from it not being "great"... it's not a bad game, just not the earthshaking experience everybody expected. I thought it was fairly good, but too short myself. *shrug* I've played better, but God knows I've played far worse too. It will be interesting to see how much of a mod community builds up around a sp game however. Some really good things could come out of that.

*edit* It's gotten to the point where you have to wonder if any game can live up to the combination of hype and high expectations that surround sequels to great games... makes me wonder about Deus EX 2 and Theif 3 among others. Will they be everything people expect... can they be? It will be interesting to see how it goes.

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U2 scored an average of 77% percent in Gamerankings:

http://gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/4510.asp

I'd say that's about right. There are few articles that evoke an apparent fanboyism or bribery, hinting that we have in fact learned from the Black & White fiasco.

Those with a personal vendetta against this game will want to point out the low quality ratings given to the few glowing reviews of course.

Oh if game publishers want to send us free stuff then go right ahead. But I don't think its going to change our views on crap games

I had to disagree with him about the MP, I think if they had made it more like the game they talked about in some of the previews it would have been much better recieved. Simply tacking on some DM or Team DM, CTF or maybe co-op would not have helped the game significantly. With many of the games I buy I almost never touch the MP part of it, but I will play through a good single player game multiple times.

But if you want to see a amusing review from a non bribed gamer

If you like a game, you're a "fanboy" or you've been bribed by the company. If you don't like a game, you're honest and "keeping it real". I love it.

When I heard that there wasn't going to be a demo, alarm bells exploded in my head and I did the next best thing. I hired it from the local video store. It was the best move I had done because I didn't enjoy U2 at all. It tried to hard to be half-life but failed, the same goes for it being halo. I giggle at the box with its hype about the editor. But if you want to see a amusing review from a non bribed gamer go here:

http://www.nzgames.co.nz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=78&mode=thread&order=0&thold=-1

I don't understand all the fuss made about the omission of MP in U2. ALl the reviews seem to mention it, saying it'd have given the game a much longer lifetime. But really, did anyone expect Unreal II to be a revolutionary multiplayer game? I certainly didn't.
I expected UT2003 to be a somewhat revolutionary multiplayer game and U2 to be a somewhat revolutionary singleplayer game. (In my own, personal opinion both games failed at their respective tasks.) I mean, the original Unreal didn't have an exactly prominent multiplayer aspect, did it.
That said, co-op would have been nice. But DM? CTF? Nah.

is it just me, or does glen seem to be a bit bitter about how unreal 2 turned out? i get the feeling that the omission of MP was maybe a none too popular choice at legend. anyways...

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