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About that UT2K3 demo
by Sander Pilon, Jun 11, 2002 3:36pm PDTMark Rein (Epic) made quite a lengthy post on one of the UT community forums. He talks about the recent commotion about the leaked Unreal Tournament 2003 "demo".
A leaked early test version of UT2003 is floating around the internet. It is not representative of the quality or performance of the final game. [...]He continues to address some topics brought up by forum participants:
I think the closest we came to guessing (and yes, it was still just a guess) was that the demo would be out around the end of E3 or a few weeks after that. So far we're still "a few weeks after" E3 and working furiously to get the demo out as soon as possible. There are few big things we're still tinkering with such as the server browser. [...] The version of the game out there (the "leak") is missing a whole bunch of features. It has mediocre performance, lacks a ton of AI code, has unfinished levels, doesn't have Karma physics in it, has unfinished menus, lacks a ton of sound effects and music, has unbalanced, untweaked weapons, and generally is indicative of something still too early to even be called "beta". Perhaps knowing this will discourage the real fans and customers from obtaining this version and tainting their initial impressions of UT2003.There's a ton more of information in the same post. Anyone asking for the leak, what it's like, or even insinuating/hinting on any possible place to get it will be banned.
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The movie I saw of UT 2003 @ giga.de was actually quite damn nice, very impressive really - re-ignited my interest in the game.
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Yeah, the final game is going to be a turn based strategy game on one of those hexxagonal grids.
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Some hardware guy leaked it!
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i never got to see the chainsaw and flamethrower -sniff-
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Nonetheless, it is a shame that this leak is ruining the good name of epic. But then again, the fools who get this and rag on it are dimwits. Old infantile code is going to treat you bad. Show some restraint and wait for the official demo!
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"I'm not keeping back anything... It's not as though I'm told all the facts, either!"
it's been how long since they first said a few more weeks? oh, what about all the times they said only a few days. HA! i mean, even duke nukem forever is going ahead faster then that demo is!
We'll play duke way before they even finish the demo at this rate.
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Maybe they should stop being so fucking sloppy and allowing these leaks to occur. You don't see ID screwing up like this. They obviously have a problem with some of the people they allow to see these early versions, so why not focus on your problem instead of taking it out on your potential customers.
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"....which is why we like to say "when it's done"." Haha they even steal ID's classic "when it's done" release date line and claim it as theirs. Typical. What else will they steal from ID? Pathetic
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holy took them long enough, but man that will be nice finally
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get it
ugh
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The best thing that can be done is to work even more "furiously" to get the real demo out before the leaked version brings even more bad press.
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That's like telling a crackhead that there's a fat rock that fell behind one of the bed and rolled off into some closet somewhere in his burned-out apartment complex.
Let the withdrawls begin!
-Rev.
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Sounds like Infogrames is doing really well at making sure that builds don't get out...
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I doubt it