[ut3] 3D-Realms Bancrupt !?!

[majic.one at gmail.com]

I dual-boot Vista just to play UT3.  On Linux I play ut2004 all the time.  (I am primarily a Linux fan, so I play ut2004 much more often.)  I'm definitely impressed by the graphics of UT3, but it does feel like a step back in some ways...  can't carry the flag in vehicles at all, and I've only seen a few people actually work together to tow each other online...  Manta is a magnet for everyone with an IQ below room temperature (old joke, but meh), and the redeemer is way too easily found.  I truly do miss the Assault and target painter from ut2004.  And imo, maps are smaller in UT3--I believe it was advertised that on average they were larger?  They may look nicer, but I have played some pretty huge (read: third-party) maps on ut2004.  Now those were actually challenging my GPU quite a bit...  I don't think ut2004 will ever die because of what was lost in the transition.  UT3 is a whole different ball game and in a lot of ways it's been a disappointment.  Things have gotten better once I upgraded my GPU to a nice Nvidia GTS 250 for $110 at Fry's Electronics a week back.  But maps are *huge* downloads... maybe I just have a slow connection.  (3Mbps down/1.5Mbps up).  I did like the addition of the Titan mod.  Though, I had wished one would lose the ability to use that powerup if they died before "accepting" it with 'R'.  One nice mod I really liked in ut2004 was a scorpion with a roof-mounted machine gun, "Scorpion MKV".  Anyway, just wanted to share...  I look forward to the Linux client, even if the economy has slowed down development. :) (Btw, so f---ing glad the lightning gun is history and that sniper rifles are so satisfactory.)

On Fri, 8 May 2009 01:30:38 +0600
Zato-2 <zato.two at gmail.com> wrote:

> Who will it be? Epic? Id? Make your bets, gentlemen. )
> 
> 2009/5/8 Jeff Dilcher <dilcher at hiddenworld.net>
> 
> >
> > When will bankruptcy be done?  -When it's done....
> >
> > Actually, this is probably be the best thing that happened to Duke.
> >
> > Not nearly as bad as those aliean bastards messing with his chicks
> >
> > Bankruptcy does not mean all projects vanish.  It will probably be bought
> > by someone who has their  sh*t together, and will release something.
> >
> > Don't kid yourself- the Duke Nukem "brand"  is a potential goldmine.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, May 07, 2009 at 12:14:55PM -0700, ryan wrote:
> > > It's time to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of gum.
> > >
> > > on a side note they did say that DNF would be released only on linux
> > > because it had the worlds best 3dfx support, what a shame that its canned
> > > cause now my voodoo 3 is good for nothing.
> > >
> > > Ronny Schedel wrote:
> > >> Hail to the king, baby!
> > >>
> > >>> Omg!!!
> > >>>
> > >>> I thought UT3 for Linux would be released a youple of weeks after the
> > >>> release of DNF (Duke Nukem For(n)ever).
> > >>>
> > >>> But now, 3DRealms is bancrupt and DNF probably won't be released ...
> > >>> EVER!
> > >>>
> > >>> Does this mean that there will be no UT3 Linux release?
> > >>>
> > >>> -Tom
> > >>> --
> > >>> Thomas Ilnseher <ilnseher at eit.uni-kl.de>
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