UT3 is multiplayer game you can't expect awesome SP with cool story from MP game .

I'm not going to call it UT99. But Unreal Tournament saved Unreal for me. I would not have released my maps if not for UT, and as a result I'm still with the community because of UT. As much as I loved Unreal, my best years under the Unreal banner was during the UT era. The maps, the mods, the community.

I was not as attached to UT2K3 and 2K4, but I thought they were fine games. I like UT3 more than those, but like its predecessor sequels I don't play it currently (basically, I played it a lot for a month or two like the others, and moved on to other games). I think the reason why I never stuck around for those was because I never finished a making any maps for them. I just could get into it.

I still play UT.

I think UT is the best game from UT series.
And I don't like ut2k4. IMO, UT3 is good game cos it's much better then ut2004. Same battle style as in UT. And ofcourse UE3 owns!

UT99 FTW!!!

Hmm, maybe it's right time to tell you all what I think .

In the past I was mainly the Q3A player, I loved Unreal, much more than Quake 1 and 2 but when Q3 came out it was what I needed. I simple loved the game, graphics was great and those in UT wasn't so for me.

Although I remember me playing U1 on P166 MMX computer, without 3dfx and so on. Crappy graphics, As tiny screen as possible, and you all know - not so nice looking sky and flames. Still, it was a dream for me when I was playing it. And as I said, UT99 was far from dream to me. It was fun, of course, but far behind Q3 for me.

At present, I love to play U1 very much; still I cannot find the right time to start playing it online. I love Q3A and it's open version Open Arena but I'm more open for UT. I remember waiting for UT2003 - was watching some presentations of the game and so on, ordinary waiting oriented things. But I lost the interest some time later. When UT2004 came out I thought "What a rip-off!". And still I think it. UT2004 was a rip-off. For me it was unbelievable - company like Epic did something like that to players? After Unreal 1? After good UT99 which I didn't liked so much but it was great game. They failed with U2 that's for sure, at least for me but what they did with UT2003 and UT2004 was the most unfair thing they did to the players.

What was UT2004? A slightly better engine as I heard, new gametype, very very very ugly weapons compared to UT2003 for me, and those vehicles. Wow, vehicles. Maybe they thought "We made vehicles, so let's make them pay Us again". I know there was a discount for people who bought UT2003 but still. Also, was that discount the fact worldwide or just in countries like USA, UK and so? Maybe you'll be surprised but - I bought UT2004. Was pretty impressed with the demo and trialers. And today I think, I wasted my money. Don't care about weapons, if you play for real you turn them hidden. I don't find onslaught fun so it's not a plus of the game for me. For all these years I didn't really play it. I tried, many times; a few months ago I tried some mods, just to like UT2004 - I payed a lot money for it in the past and I want to play the game. The problem is it's very boring.

What I like about UT2004, the linux installer inclueded on the DVD. I love the look of flak cannon, good they didn't change it since UT2003, or at least didn't change it much. I think epic pretty much ruined the community with Ut2003/UT2004. Many people stared to play UT2003, they switched from UT99, and after some time - STOP! New game is coming so prepare more cash to play it. Ok, people didn't know what to expect from UT2003 and after some time they had to get ready for a new game - UT2004.

Today I'm really about U1/UT99. They're simply the best. Also, there's Envy's DarkMatch mutator for UT99 which was missing in UT2004, I wasn't able to find any repleacement for UT2004. UT99 had all the great mods, mutators and so on. UT2004 didn't. UT3 is pretty - that's true but it's system requirements are to high for me. Thought I saw it on my friend's computer and I wasn't really impressed. Weapons are so detailed they can be custom levels for UT99/UT2004. Maybe I'm a little too old for newer games, I just don't find them interesting. I don't want to upgrade my hardware for software I don't feel attracted with. Maybe someday UT3 will strike my attention but I doubt it. I also read that it has big-size content, another minus for me. I understand - better graphics, engine - bigger size custom content but as I said before - it's simply not worth it for me.

About U3 - I don't wait for it. Probably I won't be able to play it and it's not the same people whose making it probably. That's how the life looks. Some mayor people stay but companies evolve as everything else. Maybe that's why U1/UT99 was different from U2 and from Ut2003/2004 as well. Also, UT3 is very different as well. I have and impression that if someone buys let's say U1 today he/she doesn't pay the people that created the game. That person pays people who made Ut3 and will probably make U3. I don't expect much good from U3, probably it will be like it was with red faction 2 which was much worse than red faction 1. Maybe a few first levels will be impressive, but the longer you play the worse the game will get.

It was just my personal opinion, hope you're not bored .

  I haven't had much time to test out UT3, but I did play the demo.

  From what I gathered, it was a lot more true to UT99 in terms of gameplay, but, as with most newer games I try, I was dazzled by graphics so much that I lost interest. That's right, I got tired of seeing sparkles and shiny objects fly all over the place... I personally like games that are straightforward (such as SSB, possibly the epitome of pure gameplay). Yeah, I know I can turn down the visual effects, but then things start looking extremely ugly with blurry effects due to downsampling... I'm not sure how gaming came to be synonymous with eye-candy.

  Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticizing UT3 solely on that basis (I only played the demo for goodness' sake), but I am saying that in general I would rather play a game to have fun than to get a graphically pleasing show. UT3 could very well be better than my impression of it was, but at the time of its release, I don't believe it was worth $50. Hell, I was playing the SNES w/ Super Mario All Stars just yesterday!

  Hopefully, if and when Unreal 3 debuts, it has as captivatingly simple and elegant plot with a moderate to moderate-high emphasis on visual.

hey what about ut2003? that one's awesome

nah i agree with you lol. ive always like ut2k3 better.

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Just turn off the bloom only. When I upgrade my computer, that will be the only thing I leave disabled. If and when I create levels or game assets for an independent game, I will use nearly every feature of UE3 EXCEPT bloom and DOF (though I will leave in the feature [if you can call it that] where your vision is blurry underwater)

BTW, pcube, you should try Far Cry 2. It actually looks good without being all sparkly as you said. The only bloom comes from either the day-time sky or if your vision is adjusting to sudden brightness (like in Half-Life 2 or Halo 3), and not only that, it's fun. The only reason the bloom in Far Cry 2 should hurt your eyes is if it would hurt in real life in that same situation, which would be your eyes adjusting, if you look directly at the sun, or if it's high-noon. In UT3, and most other games in this gaming generation, it's just bloom for the sake of bloom. I know when I see bloom in real life, it means my glasses are dirty.

Crap, I rambled again, didn't I...?

Only a fool would pick UT3 over UT99. UT99 all the way.