Unreal Tournament 2004 goes gold
Posted by malebolgia on 04 March 2004 - 23:09 · 19 comments & 878 views
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#1 Posted by philmcneal on 04 Mar 2004 - 23:13
- sweet I can't wait, the demo kicked ass
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#1.1 Posted by stezo2k on 04 Mar 2004 - 23:16
- ditto, i have to get this asap
works so well on both my pcs, even the one with the integrated graphics -
#1.2 Posted by jagedEdge on 05 Mar 2004 - 00:11
- Indeed. This game rocks.
My G5 with a Radeon 9600 64MB plays it perfectly. No lag at all. Constant 100+FPS. The Unreal engine kicks ass. -
#1.3 Posted by LordHatrus on 05 Mar 2004 - 02:02
- Constant 100+ fps with a 64 MB radeon 9600?!?!?!
Sounds like a pretty low resoltion to me
<I only get a little over 40 fps, but the difference is, I play at REALLY HIGH RESOLUTIONS>
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#2 Posted by kainashi on 04 Mar 2004 - 23:16
- oooh, i can't wait.
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#3 Posted by HoochieMamma on 05 Mar 2004 - 00:18
- Exellent
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#4 Posted by blackice912 on 05 Mar 2004 - 01:19
- I pre-ordered the SP edition I can't wait!
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#5 Posted by petroid on 05 Mar 2004 - 01:55
- Yea. the demo was awesome. Apparantly UT2004 can also play maps from UT2003, so theres a bonus
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#6 Posted by StAnGeR04 on 05 Mar 2004 - 02:46
- all I've heard about that is there wasn't any map compatibility
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#6.1 Posted by BananaMan on 05 Mar 2004 - 09:17
- I could be wrong but I believe you are mistaken, UT2004 will be completely backwards compatible with UT2003 maps. It's the multiplayer that's not backwards compatible, UT2003 can only play on UT2003 servers and UT2004 can only play on UT2004 servers.
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#6.2 Posted by Caelamia on 05 Mar 2004 - 17:41
- What I've read, it's not backwards-compatible at all. All current mods, maps and such will have to be changed slightly in order for them to work. I believe changes in the game engine and graphical rendering system (so it will even work with on-board, non 3d stuff) have forced Epic to do this. For so long they were saying "2004 players can play on 2003 servers" etc. but there was a story on here a while back, telling us that they had to change their stance.
Apparently there is a function in the new Unreal Ed' that will convert 2003 maps to 2004 maps. Once converted though, they cannot be used with 2003 anymore...
I got a lot of work to do before this game comes out. I'm co-managing an IG CTF / Onslaught clan.
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#7 Posted by 1o9 on 05 Mar 2004 - 08:25
- Fantastic news! It's going to be great to finally get back to my love for UT.
UT2004 is what UT2003 should've been, and more.
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#8 Posted by Major_Tom on 05 Mar 2004 - 11:09
QUOTE UT2004 is what UT2003 should've been, and more.
Amen!
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#9 Posted by elliot on 05 Mar 2004 - 12:17
- when is it out in the uk?
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#10 Posted by Jedimark on 08 Mar 2004 - 07:51
QUOTE because the biggest thing to ever hit multiplayer gaming is about to land on your hard drives
Quite literally... isn't it meant to require about 5.5GB Hard Disk space?!!
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#11 Posted by Ficman on 08 Mar 2004 - 18:17
- F... Yeah.... Can't wait...
Atari and Epic Games have today announced that Unreal Tournament 2004 has gone gold. The game, which is the third installment in the Unreal Tournament first-person shooter series, is expected to arrive in stores worldwide on March 15. "Get ready, PC gamers, because the biggest thing to ever hit multiplayer gaming is about to land on your hard drives,” said Peter Wyse, executive producer at Atari. "The granddaddy of all multiplayer competitions is back and better than ever! The extra time was worth the wait. Epic has produced the biggest, baddest, and most exciting multiplayer title ever to grace the PC."
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