Comments on: WTF: Unreal Tournament 3 http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/ Freelance Web Design, Premium WordPress Themes, and Video Game Reviews Tue, 22 May 2012 02:40:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: twe4ked http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20730 twe4ked Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:32:55 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20730 @raptue... lol. @raptue…

lol.

]]> By: adam http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20691 adam Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:52:48 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20691 both UT2K3 and UT2K4 were built on the unreal 2 engine. hence the 2.5 sentiment. both UT2K3 and UT2K4 were built on the unreal 2 engine. hence the 2.5 sentiment.

]]> By: Shawn http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20690 Shawn Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:49:28 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20690 Matt, I've owned all the UT games, trust me, I got my hours out of it, but in essence, they charged full price for a UT2003 update, rather than pump out a ton of new material (enough to constitute an entirely new games, IMHO). Either way, I'm just like you; I'll buy UT3, and I'm sure it'll rock, so in the end, it's win win for us. Matt, I've owned all the UT games, trust me, I got my hours out of it, but in essence, they charged full price for a UT2003 update, rather than pump out a ton of new material (enough to constitute an entirely new games, IMHO).

Either way, I'm just like you; I'll buy UT3, and I'm sure it'll rock, so in the end, it's win win for us.

]]> By: rapture http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20688 rapture Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:29:19 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20688 Year of the three! PSthree XBOX three60 HALO three Unreal Engine three Unreal Tournament three Year of the three!

PSthree

XBOX three60

HALO three

Unreal Engine three

Unreal Tournament three

]]> By: Joel http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20666 Joel Sun, 28 Jan 2007 16:52:58 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20666 This is nothing but good news. It's just one more thing the Xbox 360 can add to it's ever expanding utility belt. Bring it on. P.S. Matt, when you gonna answer my emails? ;) This is nothing but good news. It's just one more thing the Xbox 360 can add to it's ever expanding utility belt. Bring it on.

P.S. Matt, when you gonna answer my emails? ;)

]]> By: Pelle http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20662 Pelle Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:57:54 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20662 UT 3 makes sense in my ears - as Shawn says UT2k3 should have been UT2 and UT2k4 should have been UT2.5. The same applies to Battlefield, first comes Battlefield 1942 and then some expansion packs which adds content to it. Then they decide they need to do something new but rather then doing a completely new version they are just making the existing game a bit nicier - adding some new sort of new gameplay which didn't exist in the original game or trimming the graphics engine or something. It's far too much work to have it be an expansion but it's still the old game - it's only half new - therefore it's the .5 version. It's like a spin off of a specific version of the game released while the work is being done on the next generation. It's the same with UT as with Battlefield as with GTA as with Firefox. Kind of weird but mostly logical I think :) UT 3 makes sense in my ears – as Shawn says UT2k3 should have been UT2 and UT2k4 should have been UT2.5.

The same applies to Battlefield, first comes Battlefield 1942 and then some expansion packs which adds content to it.

Then they decide they need to do something new but rather then doing a completely new version they are just making the existing game a bit nicier – adding some new sort of new gameplay which didn't exist in the original game or trimming the graphics engine or something. It's far too much work to have it be an expansion but it's still the old game – it's only half new – therefore it's the .5 version. It's like a spin off of a specific version of the game released while the work is being done on the next generation.

It's the same with UT as with Battlefield as with GTA as with Firefox. Kind of weird but mostly logical I think :)

]]> By: Matt http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20660 Matt Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:40:45 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20660 @Trovster: Ah, that's the one I couldn't think of. Same engine or not, they were stand-alone, full retail games and should count as such. With that logic, that would make Vice City and San Andreas expansions. Which clearly, they're not. Battlefield Vietnam was a different engine from BF1942, from what I recall. Still on the BF tip, BF2142 is the same engine as BF2. So does that mean the next in the series is BF3? WTF, seriously. :P @Shawn & Zach: I can see that, but again, UT 2004 wasn't an expansion. It was a full retail game. All this really illustrates is poor planning on behalf of the developers. @Trovster: Ah, that's the one I couldn't think of. Same engine or not, they were stand-alone, full retail games and should count as such. With that logic, that would make Vice City and San Andreas expansions. Which clearly, they're not.

Battlefield Vietnam was a different engine from BF1942, from what I recall. Still on the BF tip, BF2142 is the same engine as BF2. So does that mean the next in the series is BF3? WTF, seriously. :P

@Shawn & Zach: I can see that, but again, UT 2004 wasn't an expansion. It was a full retail game.

All this really illustrates is poor planning on behalf of the developers.

]]> By: Zach http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20653 Zach Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:38:25 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20653 What's not to understand? UT2003 and 2004 are essentially the same game, albeit with updated maps and game modes, and the introduction of vehicles in the latter. In fact, it was released as a "stand alone expansion pack", and owners of 2003 were given $10 off when they traded in. I remember that because I was pissed that I was only getting $10 for an obsolete game I paid $50 for. And they named it UT3 because they finally realized that naming it after the year it's released was, and is a stupid idea. What's not to understand? UT2003 and 2004 are essentially the same game, albeit with updated maps and game modes, and the introduction of vehicles in the latter. In fact, it was released as a "stand alone expansion pack", and owners of 2003 were given $10 off when they traded in. I remember that because I was pissed that I was only getting $10 for an obsolete game I paid $50 for.

And they named it UT3 because they finally realized that naming it after the year it's released was, and is a stupid idea.

]]> By: Shawn http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20651 Shawn Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:31:16 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20651 Matt, I think the argument could be made that UT2k3 should have been UT2, and UT2k4 should have been UT2.5. Let's just hope UT4 doesn't get renamed to UT2K10! ;) Matt, I think the argument could be made that UT2k3 should have been UT2, and UT2k4 should have been UT2.5. Let's just hope UT4 doesn't get renamed to UT2K10! ;)

]]> By: trovster http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2007/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20650 trovster Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:15:18 +0000 http://mattbrett.com/archives/2007/01/wtf-unreal-tournament-3/#comment-20650 Well, it is a bit like GTa3 and Vice City and San Andreas, and soon GTa4... they're going on the game engine. The only real difference between the '3' series was the storylines, cities and tweaks. I suppose it's the same with Battlefield. Well, it is a bit like GTa3 and Vice City and San Andreas, and soon GTa4… they're going on the game engine. The only real difference between the '3' series was the storylines, cities and tweaks. I suppose it's the same with Battlefield.

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