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UT2k4 demo...

All I can say is...WOW...
the absolute BEST of UT2k3 and UT99...it absolutly ROCKS!

*Goes back off to play*

(I'd enjoy this alot more if I didn't have a feaver...I'm used to inhuman bots, not average...)
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  • Must try this! :eek:
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    Been trying it for the past few hours, and I still don't know what I feel about it. I've only played the Onslaught map online so far, and at times it can be pretty fun and intense, and at others it's just WAY too frantic. It's all well and good when you're moving from point to point, but when a fight breaks out near one of the nodes, then it's pretty hard to tell what's going on. Then again, I think a big problem is that I've been playing Battlefield 1942 since it came out, so I'm used to certain things there, like having teammates show up on the map, having the enemy's name pop up when you have your cursor over them.

    That said, I could see myself really coming to like the game once I get used to the overall frantic pace. The vehicles are pretty neat, and each one has their own purpose and weakness. It's pretty fun going around and stomping on people in the hovercraft, and those little bladed arms on the jeep thing are just way too cool (I got a good chuckle when I tried using those arms to attack a vehicle, too...).
  • I played onslaught twice now, and the second time, I enjoyed it ALOT more. Especially once I got the tank...MAN that thing is powerful! I took out about 15 people and four vehicles before I died! :)

    hovercraft, good for speed, not much else (Need to practice)

    jeep...muahaha!!

    Flying thingy...fun, though I need to use it a bit more. :D



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    Assault:
    Man, brought me back to the original in a VERY good way, I LOVE it! :) (Hard sometimes...those minigun turrets...yikes!
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    Deathmatch:
    Only the changes to movement and weapons apply here, and I LOVE them. I'm actually using the link gun, making combos left and right, using the goop...new announcer/sounds (MINIGUN!!!) everything, just feels better!

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    Capture the Flag:
    no real changes here, but the bots are ALOT smater then before, and I'm loving it!

    *Has yet to try bombing run*
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    [quote]hovercraft, good for speed, not much else (Need to practice)
    [/quote]

    It's probably also the best vehicle for running people over with. I've found that people tend to get out of the way of the jeep pretty easily, but that hovercraft can splatter em good before they notice you're coming. The main thing to watch out for is the Raptors (flying things). Their missiles home in on Mantas automatically.

    Those jeeps work great in an anti-tank role, too. A fully charged shot from the gun can really do some serious damage to an enemy tank.
  • I love the jeeps fire modes...that thing is bloody cool! :)
  • Downloading now, it's gonna take about 15 minutes. How do the vehicles handle? I used to like BF1942's vehicles until I got into Halo for a while, and when I finally saw the light and returned to BF, I just couldn't use land vehicles anymore.

    And yeah, Assault was the best mode in the original. :)

    And the sniper rifle... I remember sitting on top of my own flag fort for hours in MP, blowing people's heads off as they tried to blow me up... that thing was so unbalanced. :D
  • sniper ROF is slowed a little, but not bad really...

    vehicles...are, well...mix between BF42 and Halo...it's a VERY happy medium!
  • I like the hoverthingy's Halo-esque controls, but not how it takes twenty yards to reverse direction :p

    The rest of the vehicles... are about average. To tell you the truth, I would've preferred one end of the spectrum, either BF1942 or Halo.
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    Downloaded it, played it, started playing Haegemonia instead. :)
  • it plays absolutely beautiful...

    just had a blast of onslaught online and it was well balanced, the center node was fought for pretty hard. vehicle wise im probably the manta (c)rusher (more hanging back, supporting, repairing)

    tdm and dm plays like before, purest slaughter and tons of fun. since i play too much ctf in another game i wont play that much in ut2k4 :)

    sticky nades.. LOVE THEM!! up on the hill stick nades on enemies below and then detonate :D

    the full game is currently at 5.5gb of content, i expect every megabyte to be as good as the demo (for those that do not know, there will be a special edition of ut2k4 that will contain video lessons on how to build levels and such... [URL=http://www.forumplanet.com/planetunreal/topic.asp?fid=3711&tid=1270864]check the loooong list[/URL])
  • Hehe, yeah, sticky nades are fun. Obvious Halo inspiration in many of the new features.

    And this Special Edition... whazzit gonna cost? The only editor I ever did figure out how to use was the Quake III editor, for JKII (which had about zero multiplay).
  • C_MonC_Mon A Genuine Sucker
    All surrender to [URL=http://www.kolumbus.fi/nils-erik.ekstrom/Haegemonia.jpg]Haegemonia[/URL]...or HotU. :)
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Hehe, yeah, sticky nades are fun. Obvious Halo inspiration in many of the new features.

    And this Special Edition... whazzit gonna cost? The only editor I ever did figure out how to use was the Quake III editor, for JKII (which had about zero multiplay). [/B][/QUOTE]

    The special edition is going to come on 2 DVDs, as opposed to the regular ed's 6 CDs. It will also come with a logitech headset for the voice communication stuff.

    Last price I heard was going to be around $60, but I have heard of places offering it for the same price as the regular version ($40).
  • 2 DVDs, meaning 1 = the game, 2 = LOTS of video tutorials on coding/modding unreal.

    plus the headset. :D
  • RickRick Sector 14 Studios
    LOL A2597...If I'm not mistaken, I saw you asking a question about Halo-like physics to the game in the MSU chatlog.

    You modding, mate?

    -R.
  • also you can get it for 10$ less if you own ut2k3 (dont know if that then involves ordering online or if that will also work at retail shops, there were rumors long ago that it would involve a page from your ut2k3 manual for confirmation that you have really bought ut2k3)
  • YAY! I get to do a vorlon like answer!

    [i]yesss....[/i]



    I really want the "alive" vehicles to fly around a bit more...like but 8 det packs under one and fly it to the moon kinda high. :D
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by wiseguy [/i]
    [Bthe full game is currently at 5.5gb of content[/URL]) [/B][/QUOTE]

    That's the [i]minimum[/i] install, by the way.
  • WORFWORF The Burninator
    Click [URL=http://www.reallifecomics.com/]here[/URL]

    Worf
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by WORF [/i]
    [B]Click [URL=http://www.reallifecomics.com/]here[/URL]

    Worf [/B][/QUOTE]

    Hehe

    $40, $30 with UT2K3? FVCK YEAH!
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]I really want the "alive" vehicles to fly around a bit more...like but 8 det packs under one and fly it to the moon kinda high. :D [/B][/QUOTE]

    Ever see the Halo Physics Experiment video? [i]That[/i] is what I want in UT2K4. And I reallyreallyreally wish the vehicles controlled like Halo vehicles... but oh well. :)
  • ergo, the mutator I will make the moment I get UT2k4...

    thats the beuty of unreal, you don't like it. change it! :)
  • I can hardly wait for quad-jump madness on the Assault map ;)
  • well shoot...

    light vehicles is an official mutator it seems....

    as is vehicles jump (Hold crouch to charge a jump)
  • Hehehe, jumping vehicles...
  • RickRick Sector 14 Studios
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]well shoot...

    light vehicles is an official mutator it seems....

    as is vehicles jump (Hold crouch to charge a jump) [/B][/QUOTE]

    LOL!

    I just figured out that you can carry passengers on the airbike...they stand on the propellers...


    -R.
  • better yet, load it up with spider mines and go for a joyride....

    M-m-Monster Kill!
  • [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by A2597 [/i]
    [B]better yet, load it up with spider mines and go for a joyride....

    M-m-Monster Kill! [/B][/QUOTE]

    Ehehehehehehehehe. I also had quite a bit of fun destroying anything that left the enemy base from their own lightning gun platform.
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by the_exile [/i]
    [B]Ehehehehehehehehe. I also had quite a bit of fun destroying anything that left the enemy base from their own lightning gun platform. [/B][/QUOTE]

    I just spent some time doing that, and also added another little twist to that strategy...

    Place spider mines all around the teleport spot on top of the tower. As soon as anybody teleports up there, they get swarmed by all the mines and killed almost instantly. Too bad you have to go all the way back to the middle of the map to restock, though.

    I still need to get the hang of the timing on using the shield gun to break a fall, too. I can get it right about half the time, but the other half I end up splattered.
  • Timing? I turn it on as soon as I start falling.
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