Unreal Tournament 2004 Announced

bunch of blind peepz....
it's not a f@cking add-on, it's a complete new game which will be backwards
compatible with the previous ut2003 title. Totally new graphics and character models
not just the skins, so it's not just extra maps and characters it's a complete new game with the old one included how good is that?

and still you're all bitching about it, every year the new Unreal Tournament will be
backwards compatible too so that shouldn't be a problem.

hummm, let's wait they make it more like the original UT.

Why not just make a UT subscription? Pay like $5 a month(for you math challenged thats $60 anualy) to have them keep working on the same game(which is all they are doing), then just have the code base update on the fly like valve's steam? At least then I would not feal like a whore!

I guess it's the name of the game, sadly its the same one.
Guess they can't be bothered to try somthing new..

I dont understand why you guys are freaking out. Last year Infogrames and Epic told the world they were going to do this..a new UT game every year

So it's UT2k3 with more maps? I enjoyed the demo of 2k3. the full version didn't add shit that was worth anything :|

Guess Epic is going the EA Sports route with the UT series. The idea has some potential, but i think shooters are too complicated to do this right.

In a football game, for instance, the 'map' does not take a lot of hours to create. That's a whole different story with FPS games. I recall Levellord saying in an interview that a typical CSZ map take about 600 hours untill it's done).

I seriously doubt if the EA sports approach will work in the FPS genre.

WOW !! They're basically going to be selling a patch !! They're really breaking new ground here. Sad

I'm not buying this on the principle they cant give a decent media storage solution when you pay 50 bucks for the game...

If theres not a $15-20 "Update" version for those of us who already have UT2K3, you can stick this back into whatever hole it came out of.

How much space is this game going to take up? Six gigs?

weak.

Not too sure about this one. Have to wait for a playable demo before judgement is passed. Although, the last two Unreal installments have been rather underwhelming.

Mixed feelings on this. I'll probably buy it if its good and I thought that UT2k3 had a lot of potential (I also felt it didn't live up to that potential)...and something with vehicles and teamplay that isn't sloooooooooow as hell like every other game out there (see BF42) could be cool, but I'm just not excited. Right now this isn't really on my radar what with all the other games coming out this year...but I might pick it up anyway if it offers enough thats new and perhaps BEEFS UP THE FUCKING WEAK-ASS WEAPONS!!!

The original Unreal had a pretty good story, great looking engine for it's time, and decent multiplayer. OK I guess. I still love a good single player game, and this wasn't all that bad, but the end maps were kinda strung out (but so was Half-Life's).

UT was pretty cool to me. Basically took Unreal, changed the weapons up, added some pretty kickass maps, and made multiplayer much more worthwhile, with mutators and mods out of the box. A little repetitive though, so I didn't play it too long.

UT 2K3 sucked major balls, IMO. The only cool thing was the powerball or whatever mod. I did not like the changed weapons with the exception of the lightning/sniper rifle.

Yeah but will it have Lava Giant 2? :)

Actually, if this is priced for the budget range, I'll pick it up. If it's a full price game, then they need to offer the added content in a seperate box at a budget price.

What I'd REALLY like to see is for them to include the best of the best of the user made levels, to give the mappers some credit and make their stuff part of the standard install.

For the people bitching, did you actually read the release?

In total, Unreal Tournament 2004 will ship with more never-before-seen maps than the entire number of maps that shipped with Unreal Tournament 2003!

Considering how many maps shipped with UT2K3 that's a lot.

since i don't have ut2k3, i may have to get this.

UT2k4 will be what they wanted 2k3 to be. They ran outta time and rushed it out the door similar to Unreal.

Map voting UnrealTV and tons of things like that are a welcomed addition.

should be free but $19.99 is my highest offer

NO no NO no NO no this isn't the right decision. Maybe they better go for something like... Interstate 76 remake with ut2k3 engine damnit.

Or at least they should consider half-priced/free upgrade option for those who got uk2k3 with some serious copy protection.

Wait... I get it. Maybe strafe-jumping is included in UT2K4??? -_-

So people that held out on UT2K3 are basically getting two games for the price of one? Sounds good to me.

Just cause BF1942 has vehicles doesn't mean UT should! Epic is disapointing me lately :( Unreal 2, now this. I still have faith, but maybe a new game or something? This is basically like UT2k3 GOLD Edition.

it hurts to hear "Atari" said this :(

Who was it that told me I was wrong when I mentioned that Epic/Infogrames would be releasing a new UT title every year?

Epic themselves said they would be doing this

Sigh, ok maybe I am blowing this way out of proportions. But this is the way I see it.

When EA releases the different iterations of Madden, NBA Live, NHL and call them sequels. I subconsciously accept it and move on. Why? Because my mind realizes that there is only so much you can do to re-invent games rooted in sports (how the hell do you re-invent basketball or football? etc). And the market for that genre caters mostly to mindsets already rooted in the actual real-life sports themselves. Ok, case in point.

Now, when DVD's come out for movies and have deleted footage tacked on with special features or interviews etc. Consider this; did the people and companies behind these products have the gull to call them direct sequels? No, they didn't. Why, because they aren't.
Ok, case in point.

Now, when UT Game of the Year Edition and SOF2 Gold and Thief Gold etc all came out, did Epic, Raven, and Looking Glass all have the gull to call these games direct sequels? No, they didn't. Why, because they aren't.
Ok, case in point.

Now, consider what Epic is doing with UT2k4 and consider the above.

If I am proven wrong because Epic says that they are improving the engine or something or revitalizing the multiplayer aspect by featuring some innovative new features or adding tech, so be it, but until then...

I dunno, maybe it's all a question of semantics, I rest my case.

okay thats cool as hell.
I can think of it not really as a sequel, but more of an addition to the series... similar to NBA Live 2001, 2002, 2003, and so on... same engine, probably minor changes... minor weapon balance adjustments, and a SHITLOAD more features...

think of it as a big huge patch of luv, gentlemen :D

Man I guess I'm the only one who likes UT2K3. I enjoy the hell out of that game.

Epic sure does know how to milk a franchise... Remember Pinball!

permit me to be the first to say *YAWN*


..oh wait. several thousand already have..

What we really need is an Unreal engine game in the jazy jackrabbit universe and then maybe throw in some pinball.

What the...hmm maybe the name Unreal Tournament 2003: Team Arena didn't sound right to them.

RELEASE THE DEMO ALREADY!!!

It's been working fine for the KoF games for neigh on ten years now... not to mention innumerable sports titles.

I was looking forward to UT 2003 like a mofucka, totally TOTALLY let down by it ... wasn't what I had expected and it has sat on my shelf for the past few months as I played Q3 still. :(
I like Unreal & Quake equally well, but UT 2003 was such a bummer. Awesome graphics but the gameplay/weapons just wasn't any fun. Imaho.
Wish this one was diff. engine or something, rehashed content = blah.

Cool, since I didn't buy UT2k3, I'll get this

People buy new sports game becuase the Rosters/Players/Teams change every year.