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UT-2003: Comments?

A2597A2597 Fanboy
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Plan on getting UT-2003 tomorrow, anyone else have it yet?

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  • Rogue TraderRogue Trader Somebody stop him...
    *yawn* [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    Dont have it. I have heard (from the gonegold forums) that the graphics are 70% better than the demo (!!!!) Also, the install is about 3 gigs (!!!).
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    The demo really didn't do it for me. Sure, it's pretty, but it feels like an extension of Quake. I found the gameplay to be WAY too fast. I don't mind fast-paced, but UT2k3 is just ridiculous.

    It's all Battlefield 1942 for me from now on [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]. Now somebody needs to make a B5 mod for THAT... that would be awesome.
  • Entil'ZhaEntil'Zha I see famous people
    [quote]Originally posted by Vlad:
    [b]The demo really didn't do it for me. Sure, it's pretty, but it feels like an extension of Quake. I found the gameplay to be WAY too fast. I don't mind fast-paced, but UT2k3 is just ridiculous.

    It's all Battlefield 1942 for me from now on [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]. Now somebody needs to make a B5 mod for THAT... that would be awesome.[/b][/quote]


    I wasn't impressed with the demo, I think i'll wait for Doom3
  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    Textures in the demo are in general about half the detail of those in the full game (demo textures were smaller to help keep the download size to a minimum).

    There are some very impressive effects, mosly thanks to the Karma physics engine:

    - There are no pre-scripted death animations. When a player dies, the Karma physics take over, and the body become a full Inverse Kinematics (IK) model, flopping around like a ragdoll.

    - Smoke and steam can be affected by projectiles (you can see smoke being pushed out of the way when you fire a rocket through it).

    - There's a test level that contains a vehicle that has accurate suspension and handling physics (much like the Warthog in HALO).

    There are also some amazing per-pixel lighting effects, such as shafts of light shining through volumetric smoke, and light patterns that affect weapons and player models.

    Overall, I love it....and it'll get even better if the MOD community can produce some quality stuff (like vehicles).

    And yeah, the install is 3GB.

    [This message has been edited by samuelk (edited 09-30-2002).]
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    3 GIGS?!?!?! ARE THEY NUTS!

    *Yawn* Letsee...that means out of the 80 gigs I have I'll have... A BUNCH left over.

    letsee...I run the demo at max everything, sooooo I AM SOOOOOO GETTING THIS GAME!!!!

    I love the demo, bombing run and capture the flag grabed the win for me. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

    Thanks samuelk, didn't know some of that info (Ala the texture sizes...WOOOT)
    as for Mods...I know thre is a growing effort in the Wheel of TIme community to port WoT to the UT2003 engine. Hoo Yea!

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  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    I agree with Vlad - the game lacks something that made Unreal and Unreal Tournament so good. Not sure what it is, but it definately lacks it.
  • Alec MAlec M Award Winning Poster
    *yawn*

    I prefer games that blend tactical strategy with shooting, as opposed to just shooting. It's going to be BF1942 for me.

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  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    I loved the first UT, but don't know if I will jump for this one.
  • KeyanKeyan Ranger
    As a slight side note (for those who don't like the twitch shooters so much) the new Rainbow Six game is using the UT2k3 engine, complete with the Karma physics engine..FINALLY, the gameplay WITH the graphics, should be pretty good.

    If I can actually find UT 2003 on the shelves here in Indy, i'll pick up a copy..
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    Sure, all those fancy effects and whatnot are nifty, but everything in the game is at such a hyperactive pace that you can't really notice it.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    you guyts must be playing with to many bots/people...

    five bots all around works quite well. not to fast of action, just plain old fun.
    only part about it that I hate so far are the taunts (To gutteral, I liked the original taunts better).


    Couln't find the game today, wally world said to check back friday, so that means I'll have it either thursday or next monday...

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  • samuelksamuelk The Unstoppable Mr. 'K'
    [quote]Originally posted by Vlad:
    [b]Sure, all those fancy effects and whatnot are nifty, but everything in the game is at such a hyperactive pace that you can't really notice it.[/b][/quote]

    Just FYI, the game has a setting that lets you adjust the speed from 50% of normal all the way up to 200% of normal speed.
  • VladVlad Earthforce Officer
    Right, but adjusting that setting messes with EVERYTHING, so it goes from frantic to floaty.

    Not to mention that every single online server I've seen runs the game at the default speed.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    frankly...I don't see a problem with the speed...if anything its slower paced then UT.
    (Bigger maps I guess...)
    maybe the music is affecting you. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/wink.gif[/img]

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  • psycopsyco Ranger
    The textures in the full game look impressive and it looks like you're going to need a heavy duty rig to even come close to going all the way with the details.

    Brent, the vid card guru at Hard OCP took some screenies and posted them here....
    Oh btw, all settings at Ultrahigh and 2X AntiAliasing & 16X Anisotropic Filtering.
    P4@ 2.7
    512 ddr
    150 FSB
    Radeon 9700 @ 350mhz core & latest drivers
    [url="http://www.speedguide.net/~brent/ut2k3/"]http://www.speedguide.net/~brent/ut2k3/[/url]
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    I'll be running max everything except res in full game.

    in the demo I run MAX everything, even res. and get framerates from 78-120.

    BOO YEA! I love my PC. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]

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    [b]Sanfam: [/b]"And Drazi didn't like it one bit.-
    [b]Mr.Bungle: [/b][i]"So that's where the forum went..."[/i]-
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  • superflysuperfly Ranger
    Tried the demo but it didn't do much for me either even though the graphics are very, very nice...Bombing run is a nice twist gameplay wise but it's not enough for me....

    Guess old age is starting to creep in [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]...Fast paced twitch games just don't do it for me anymore.


    BF1942 for me anyday... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img].

    [This message has been edited by superfly (edited 10-01-2002).]

    [This message has been edited by superfly (edited 10-01-2002).]
  • Drazi GuyDrazi Guy Elite Ranger
    I only get 12 frames a second at 800x600... I need to upgrade. I wish I could afford better than my current P2 333 [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • RhettRhett (Not even a monkey)
    [quote]Originally posted by Drazi Guy:
    [b]I only get 12 frames a second at 800x600... I need to upgrade. I wish I could afford better than my current P2 333 [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img][/b][/quote]

    Ouch... That hurts.
  • Drazi GuyDrazi Guy Elite Ranger
    You're telling me.... and I gotta live with it. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]

    Maybe when I get my credit card I will rack up some debt with upgrades. I read that a 2 ghz celeron is or was recently released. I don't mind losing that bit of performance from moving to celeron for the big price saving. Hell, I still use PC 100 ram , so how can I complain about a bit of FSB speed.
  • BekennBekenn Sinclair's Duck
    Erm... better to wait until you can purchase [i]without[/i] racking up debts.

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  • shadow boxershadow boxer The Finger Painter & Master Ranter
    I've heard that are already 'performance artists' out there blowing the crud out of themselves and trying to be creative with thier death sequences and doing screenies and caps of the results...

    ...and the world just gets weirder and weirder.

    Bring on the FIR tho...

    I really really really really want a Full Immersion Rig. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/biggrin.gif[/img]
  • Drazi GuyDrazi Guy Elite Ranger
    Bought a P4 2.4Ghz and MOBO a couple days ago. Should be flying once they arrive... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] Finally, the ram wont be the fastest thing I own [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    Heh, I LOVE the freefall at the end of Bombing Run. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img] (Thuck, ohh! OWI!)

    the launts crack me up in this game "OWI" and "heh, I can't feel my leg!" are great. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
    I've tried a few ways to die...my favorite so far was the redeemer. [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
    although I wasn't the one that died. Shot a guy that was perhaps three-four pixels high with the redeemer, his ?leg? landed next to me. LOL
    then there are the stair case deaths...

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  • WHY_oldWHY_old Elite Ranger
    *Glares at his PIII 1ghz with a geforce 3 that just refuses to work*

    sounds... fun...
  • Random ChaosRandom Chaos Actually Carefully-selected Order in disguise
    Hmmm...is Unreal 2003 OpenGL or DirectX? Reason I ask is if I ever decide to run only Linux if I can make it work [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img]
  • superflysuperfly Ranger
    Tried the demo and quite frankly,it looks(and feels)to me like Q3 on steroids as far as both gameplay and graphics are concerned... [img]http://216.15.145.59/mainforums/smile.gif[/img].
  • KeyanKeyan Ranger
    I have it, for some reason, the acutal game feels NOTHING like the demo. Seriously. It feels very, very UT-ish, and not quake III at all. The high-res textures rock, running at 1280x1024x32. The new levels are awesome, particularly CTF-Maul and Face3...and the new "magma", which is the new lava giant.

    Karma adds a lot to the game.
  • A2597A2597 Fanboy
    RC: I think its D3D.
    (Although there is a software renderer in there as well, and I can't remember if it's Glide or OpenGL....)

    Keyan: I have heard that from more people! *Sniff* I WANT THE FULL VERSION!
    *Me->hates living in the boondocks*

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