[ut3] 3D-Realms Bancrupt !?!

Matt F matt at credibleinstitution.org
Thu May 7 16:17:10 EDT 2009


I play UT2004 because it performs better on Linux.

Sir Brizz wrote:
> Probably has to do with the depth of field and bloom crap. I've turned 
> them off on mine.
>
> Most of the people still playing UT2004 do so because of 1) 
> performance, or 2) some mod they enjoy. I know there are several 
> people who just like it better, but I think the majority of them don't 
> know or care if UT3 is better because UT2004 has one of the two things 
> listed above.
>
> On 5/7/09 1:43 PM, Jeff Dilcher wrote:
>>
>> third game has some good "gee whiz" graphics, I guess, though the 
>> color schemes, for some reason, I don't like.
>> Hard for me to pinpoint why.
>>
>> Nothing is as fun as flying a UT2004 Manta craft, and swooping down 
>> and rotoring an opponants head. Awesome.
>>
>> After all these years, I was amazed at how many people are playing 
>> UT2004 onslought, even today.
>> Playability is very high.  Kind of like HL2- amazing how many people 
>> can play it for so long.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 08, 2009 at 01:35:39AM +0600, Zato-2 wrote:
>>   
>>> C'mon, UT2 was too "slow" and "big". Third game is _much_ better, imo.
>>>
>>> 2009/5/8 Jeff Dilcher<dilcher at hiddenworld.net>
>>>
>>>     
>>>> On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 01:29:07PM -0600, Sir Brizz wrote:
>>>>       
>>>>> It still is, UT3 has sold as well or better than any previous UT.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 5/7/09 1:26 PM, ceil420 at gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>         
>>>>>> So was the Unreal/UT brand, but that didn't stop Epic from 
>>>>>> fucking up
>>>>>>            
>>>> the
>>>>       
>>>>>> franchise...
>>>>>>            
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I just reinstalled UT2004-
>>>>
>>>> I forgot how much I loved it.
>>>>
>>>> Runs great on Linux, and, onslaught is awesome.  Graphics are 
>>>> decent- not
>>>> quite
>>>> as spiffy as Half-Life2, which is my usual addiction, but pretty good.
>>>>   Frame rates
>>>> are simply no problem on modern cards.
>>>>
>>>>
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