Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo Released 314
JSDopefish writes "The demo for the PC game Unreal Tournament has been released, and Blue's News has a full list of mirrors [including BitTorrent links from GameTab and AIXGaming] for downloading the 209mb Win32 client. If you like classic Deathmatch, it's a great game - I still love one on one deathmatch. The site explains: 'The Unreal Tournament 2004 official demo includes five playable game modes, and offers fans their first taste of Unreal Tournament 2004's two new game modes: the introduction of the hyper-charged Onslaught mode and the return of the fan-favorite Assault mode, which last appeared in the original Unreal Tournament. The demo also features established gametypes like Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and Bombing Run'."
There is only one thing to say... (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:There is only one thing to say... (Score:5, Interesting)
Glenn Fiedler,
Irrational Games.
Hmmm, Windows only. (Score:0, Interesting)
Anyone know if they have plans to do a Linux version like they did with UT2003?
Gotta frag in linux (Score:5, Interesting)
So far so damn good (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:PC Demo? (Score:5, Interesting)
Uh...huh.
Maybe you should take a look at the high end PC market some time? An insane number of top of the line video cards, memory modules, processors and motherboards are available and they sell like hotcakes. Because PCs are far less generational than Macs there is a tendency for a lot of people to gradually upgrade and thus keep relatively up to date in terms of hardware.
Sorry to ruin the illusion but at a totally uneducated guess I would put money on the number of PCs worldwide that can run this game being in a ratio of at least 50:1 to the number of Macs.
Sound (Score:5, Interesting)
Hopefully the Linux version will have ALSA support this time; I had to add it myself. If you'd like ALSA support (surround sound, good shit!), visit my website and download the new OpenAL driver. Thank you, Open Source
Try voice chat (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:PC market is underpowered (Score:3, Interesting)
And, by the way, you *can* play UT2003 with Intel Extreme AGP Graphics. It's not as good of an experience as a 9800XT, but it's playable.
VERY impressive.. (Score:5, Interesting)
However, the Demo is a LOT of fun. Assault mode is very good, at least it shows off a good map. There's 6 seperate objectives for the attackers to do, and it's fast paced enough to keep it interesting.
Onslaught mode is really good too. I'm not a big fan of the map, but the mode itself has promise. It's basically a sci-fi BF1942, just a lot faster.
And it runs just as well as UT2003. Good programming.
Re:There is only one thing to say... (Score:3, Interesting)
Tribes, or Tribes 2? As I'm sure you know, before the "classic" patch, there was a world of difference between the two.
Tribes was the first game that I played that ever lead to me scolding a 30 year old man like he was a 10 year old child for deathmatching in a team game.
LK
totally awesome game, been playing it for hours (Score:5, Interesting)
The "scorpion" in UT2k4 is a lot like the warthog, only better: it only takes a single person to drive it and shoot, and you can shoot/aim with your mouse while you steer/drive with the keyboard. maneuverability is a little bit less, but that's not much of a complaint - it feels nearly identical, seriously. Oh, and one more thing: the scorpion definately trumps the warthog, if for no other reason: the retractable 'blades' that pop out with alternate fire. we're talking about a 30+' driving blade. Makes vehicular homicide fairly easy.
The fliers are also quite fun. IMO, the vehicles in general are better than Tribes and Tribes 2... I kept expecting my character to jump higher, and tried to use the jetpack, however - it feels that similar at times.
I've not yet gotten to play the game online - it appears that by the time I was comfortable enough with the 'single player' mode of the demo, you folks slashdotted the servers.
Re:Trollin' for love (Score:5, Interesting)
This game also runs well and looks great, it performs better than Halo ever did on the PC. UT2K3 did get old and boring because well that's what happens after a while when you have a FPS with not much depth. With the vehicles they've added they have made playing UT fun again. I can't wait to see what the mod community comes up with. Think Wild West with a Horse Drawn Stage coach and a gatlin gun hanging out the back, etc.
To each his own, but I suggest others play for themselves and form their own opinions.
Try Unreal 2: XMP, too! (Released December 2003) (Score:5, Interesting)
Official Unofficial Site [u2xmp.com]
Some Decent Player Guides [beyondunreal.com]
The demo is free (just patch your server list). The full version requires Unreal 2, which can be found for as little as $8 (Target Clearance)
Re:Trollin' for love (Score:4, Interesting)
There are anti-vehicle turrets that shoot dual lasers, cool. But they don't do any splash damage, have a relatively long fire delay (for gameplay this fast), and is impossible to use against foot soldiers. Not only that, the Tank (I can't remember the name) can destroy a laser turret in just ONE shot, so if the enemy team manages to get tanks on both flanks of your base, you might as well forfeit because enemy vehicles are gonna be running you over in your own base.
This may be a unique problem for me, but like you said, people should play it for themselves and form their own opinions. Just don't expect a Tribes, Battlefield 1942, or Halo type gameplay.