Unreal 2 XMP (expanded multiplayer), the forgotten addon

[Hellektronic]

I've been away from Unreal 2 for a long time, but I decided to return for a bit of adventure.

Then I decided to look into the Enemy Territory-style eXpanded MultiPlayer content, standard red vs blue class based team games, which wasn't really a thing back when I had originally played the game. I was pretty surprised with the little community built around it. They designed a standalone version of the game that doesn't even require Unreal 2, it's just XMP with all the community content included to simplify the process. Pretty cool, check it out.

You can get it easily here: https://xmpcommunity.com/

They also have a Discord

[Hyper]

I used to have a lot of fun there back in the days when the game was very active. Winged Unicorn introduced me to the game.

A few times I check back there, but all servers are empty and I lost every bit of my skill.

[Hellektronic]

I honestly never realized it actually had some cool and redeeming qualities over Unreal Tournament 2003/2004, considering it all happened around the same time. I found it had a lot of commonalities with Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, if you've ever played it. Or y'know, other cool multiplayer team-based shooters like the classic Tribes. As the world enters into an increasingly internet based future, I'd like to see some of these old pvp-oriented games get love from new audiences, you know? People who never played them before. Make them accessible and compatible for the average player.

Stuff like this community edition of XMP is awesome for that, you simplify a pretty complex process and make it free + easy, you can get people to enjoy an otherwise totally abandoned and forgotten game.