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[Updated] Unreal Tournament 2004 demo due today

Posted by malebolgia on 11 February 2004 - 20:05 · 70 comments & 1483 views

Atari and Epic Games will release the official UT2004 demo this afternoon.

Atari and Epic Games announced they will release the highly anticipated official demo for Unreal Tournament 2004 later today. The demo includes five playable game modes, including Unreal Tournament 2004’s two new game modes: Onslaught mode, a team-based challenge that features two teams using air and land vehicles to overrun each other's frontlines, and a completely redesigned assault mode, where gamers are challenged to attack or defend bases.

Download: UT2004 demo

View: Unreal Tournament Site

News source: GameSpot

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#1 Posted by ABC½ on 11 Feb 2004 - 20:09

#2 Posted by NEXTY on 11 Feb 2004 - 20:19: Check out 3dgamers.com

#3 Posted by kev64 on 11 Feb 2004 - 20:23

#4 Posted by Smufie on 11 Feb 2004 - 20:45: Does it say anywhere that it supports online play? (please do)

edit:
Linux dedicated demo server v3120

I guess that means a big fat YES! *goes to download rigth away*

(1 reply) #5 Posted by Elite_graphix on 11 Feb 2004 - 20:47: http://www.nvidia.com/object/nzone_downloads_demos.html

#6 Posted by MoRiA on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:07: www.unrealtournament.com is slow too. i got in there just in time

#7 Posted by Wiser87 on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:12: If anyone needs it, here's the .torrent link from 3D Gamers... http://www.3dgamers.com/torrents/games/unr...emo.exe.torrent

#8 Posted by Jasco on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:18: Betademo? O_o

(6 replies) #9 Posted by MattHillUK on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:28: http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk/blueyondergames/unrealtournament2004/demo/win32/ut2004betademo.exe

im downloading at 70kb a sec, max i can download it

#10 Posted by weedo3 on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:29: http://213.158.116.18/torrents/1147/ut2004-lnxded-demo-3120.tar.bz2(1).torrent

because BitTorrent is the bomb bizzle

#11 Posted by h4x0r b4k3r on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:41: so anyone play it yet???!

#12 Posted by Dark Vageta on 11 Feb 2004 - 21:45: GOD freaking leechers on the torrents was just 15 Full seeds all but 2 Closed there torrent GRRRRR

#13 Posted by Siriuss[FN] on 11 Feb 2004 - 22:28: Deem, servers, so much of them actualy, all mostly dead, looks like popular game.
Tho can`t use torrent.

#14 Posted by bangbang023 on 11 Feb 2004 - 22:30: I have never played UT before and was going to buy 2004 when it came out but this will be great to get me oriented to the gameplay and all, thanks.

(1 reply) #15 Posted by Lingwo on 11 Feb 2004 - 22:34: Its quite good online, shame i sometimes i get disconnected from the server very randomly, but still i didn't notice much lag on the vechiles which is a change cause most vechile games lag like buggery

#16 Posted by Smufie on 11 Feb 2004 - 22:53: Anyone knows how to make a custom filter for this to ASE?

#17 Posted by NeoMasamune on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:00: Great news!

(2 replies) #18 Posted by Gian-Pa on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:03

QUOTE

five playable game modes

In Unreal Tournament Official Site it's said that there are 6 game modes!

QUOTE

6 game modes (Assault, Onslaught, Deathmatch, Capture The Flag, Team Deathmatch, Bombing Run).

#18.1 Posted by sinatosk on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:19: yup. thats right

#18.2 Posted by LordLOC on 12 Feb 2004 - 07:07: There's also Domination and Instagib which they count as gamemodes.

It's also listed in the demo in that scrolling text.

(2 replies) #19 Posted by musicmaster on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:34: playable with ATI IGP 320M at 640 by 480?

#20 Posted by MoRiA on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:49: Just been playing this the past 2 hours or so and this game is everything that Halo was and more!

Plays like UT GOTY too which is awesome

Happy fragging!!

#21 Posted by divertom15 on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:51: torrent mirror fast

#22 Posted by Phil Gates on 11 Feb 2004 - 23:56: i dont like it :-/

#23 Posted by SecretAgentMan on 12 Feb 2004 - 00:42: I am getting 384 KB/Sec here from the link in the news post.

(3 replies) #24 Posted by bangbang023 on 12 Feb 2004 - 00:53: The game runs amazingly smooth at 1024*768 on my 9600XT. I am very surprised

#25 Posted by sodapop on 12 Feb 2004 - 02:02: Cool, The game runs smooth as silk on a 9800np & P4 2.8c (no aa & 16x af).

But it's just not my type of game

#26 Posted by virtorio on 12 Feb 2004 - 02:37: Wow this game runs perfect at 1024x768 with of 64MB GeForceFX 5200

#27 Posted by XT. on 12 Feb 2004 - 03:13: INCREDIBLE.

No lag whatsoever, full AA, perfect.

(1 reply) #28 Posted by thenay on 12 Feb 2004 - 03:19: What are the specs?

Like Needed Speed, Ram, etc?

Unreal's site isn't workinf for me

#29 Posted by freakyfriday on 12 Feb 2004 - 03:20: dam!! 209mb

#30 Posted by mr_da3m0n on 12 Feb 2004 - 03:28: runs smooth as vodka on my Geforce 4 Ti 4200 128mb

(1 reply) #31 Posted by Suddenly_Dead on 12 Feb 2004 - 04:28: I don't just care about it runs; how does it feel and play? What aboot the lag, if there's much or if there's not. The latest Unreal demo I tried, the U2:XMP with the vehicles was laggy like mad. Games like tribes 1/2 and BF do the vehicles with lag free-ness and I hope UT2K4 is the same. Well... I better just try it eh?

(2 replies) #32 Posted by iomayho on 12 Feb 2004 - 07:24: is the actual game out..?

#33 Posted by ggareis on 12 Feb 2004 - 08:46: nice 360kb will have in 7 mins

#34 Posted by Timan on 12 Feb 2004 - 09:21: Much better than 2k3, Might just buy this one, did feel like the classic ut! which ruled.

#35 Posted by nookadum on 12 Feb 2004 - 09:46: Friggin' awesome game. This game was made for true deathmatch and CTF fanatics!

#36 Posted by donachello on 12 Feb 2004 - 10:31: Ooh great news probably will be one of the most downloadable demo's this year... can not wait ot see the demmo running

(2 replies) #37 Posted by xStainDx on 12 Feb 2004 - 11:25: People Press the F Key if you've got a microphone or WebCam with a Integrated Microphone!! The game has TeamSpeak integrated into it..

PRESS THE FREAKEN BUTTON AND YAPP AWAY!!

(1 reply) #38 Posted by Yakkob on 12 Feb 2004 - 11:40: The full game differs in the following ways compared to this demo:

* Textures in the full game are, on average, 2X higher resolution
than in the demo. The textures in the demo were reduced because
of download size limitations.

=====================

Maybe that's why it runs so good for everyone

#39 Posted by thenay on 12 Feb 2004 - 12:02: Kool, thanks NEXTY

#40 Posted by Faze on 12 Feb 2004 - 13:11: Got the Demo for me XP box and the server for me Fedora box last night from the 3Dgamers torrent, but didn't have time to install it.
As chance would have it I have tommorow off work (booked for other reasons, I'm not that sad... )
Loved UT1 and UT2003, gonna have some fun with this.

#41 Posted by nic on 12 Feb 2004 - 16:17: Can't wait to give this a try! Downloading now! I really liked how UT2003 let me play online pretty good with my 56k modem. If the net code is even better then the last

The only thing is my flat screen monitor isn't very FPS friendly. But I'll live

#42 Posted by stezo2k on 12 Feb 2004 - 18:27: love this much more than 2003, smooth as hell on my geforce 3, and looks great

#43 Posted by altermind on 13 Feb 2004 - 05:13: hurm... they need to optimise it big time.... runs a hell of alot slower then UT2003 on my system... considering.. I can max out the game in UT2003.... at over 140 fps on average... this dies at 60... wtf...

but ooo soo sweet

#44 Posted by csabo2 on 13 Feb 2004 - 07:14: wow runs perfect @ 1600x1200 full aa , was getting an avg of 70fps on my 9800

#45 Posted by [f] on 13 Feb 2004 - 08:55: I don't know exactly how to check my fps, but it runs awesome at 1600x1200 on my radeon 9000 pro....it looks and plays amazing (considering I only have a 533Mhz P3)...played online at 1024x680 and it runs amazing too........WAY better than UT2003.

I'm very impressed (I was origionally going to be happy if it even played at all lol)

#46 Posted by CheeseCow on 13 Feb 2004 - 09:08: Yeah, it is fast, can't tell the difference in speed from the 2003 version. But it doesn't look all that much greater either. Perhaps due to the small textures included?

Well, Doom3 will be out soon...

#47 Posted by Teaser on 13 Feb 2004 - 17:08: ERMMMM WAT CAN I SAY?!?! after just playing this demo, ITS A FLIPPIN COPY OF HALO'S MULTIPLAYER!!! sorry, disapointed, halo is much better than this!

#48 Posted by Caelamia on 14 Feb 2004 - 21:02: Been playing Onslaught on a UK server and it's loads of fun! I have played Halo multiplayer on the PC before and I don't like it. The pace is too slow, it's not as exciting as any of the UT family and I just didn't enjoy it as much. You know what they say about everyone having opinions...

To some people, it will seem like Halo, but it's not the case. You could also say it's similar to Battlefields 1942, where you have to capture all bases, ride around in vehicles etc. but I've heard no-one mention that yet. To be honest, I don't care if it is like any other game or not. I love UT2003 (where many shun it in favour of the original) and I will love UT2004 when I buy it next month.

Noticed some welcome changes from UT2003 already. The firing rate of the Lightning Gun and Shock Rifle have finally been upped. They were much too slow in the previous game.

I also can run the demo maxed out (GeForce3 Ti200 128mb, XP2000+ etc.), but I would be very surprised if I got away with this in the retail version. The included maps are quite large, and it's when you get closed spaces, loads of dynamic lights, particle emitters and large textures that it starts to test your PC. Icetomb and Inferno maps in UT2003 are a real test - if you can play these smoothly, at a high FPS, all maxed out, congratulations - you have a great PC!

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