UT 2004 Demo out.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 4:56 pm

http://www.unrealtournament.com/ut2004/downloads.php

I'll give it look, but that's probably about it. 209MB.

Tetrad · Post by **Tetrad** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:52 pm

I played it. Looks really promising since they added back in assault, a new game mode, and lots of vehicles. I didn't particularly care for ut2k3 but I think I'm going to have to pick this one up when it comes out.

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 5:56 pm

Where is that "welcome to last week" pic?

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:07 pm

I've been playing it. Didn't like the new mode, Onslaught, at first, but it's grown on me and the vehicles are fun. Still gotta play it some more so I know all the nuances and little details. Seems like it would be a lot of fun on a LAN.

Love the new old Sniper Rifle; thank god it's back.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:46 pm

Yeah I played onslaught and enjoyed the vehicles as well. Love the flying thing.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:50 pm

Yeh this game is good. I'll buy it. The Objective mode (only one I've played) reminds me of Fear Factor a little bit for some reason... But yeh I love the Sniper Rifle. I'm a Battlefield 1942 fan so I should love the vehicles so much I will rape them in the butt.

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:51 pm

I like the cool flying one (not the manta) and the truck with the blades... I havent played it enough to know the names

we should set up a DBB match

Sage, that's just not right. Vehicles don't have butts, silly. They're tailpipes.

Max_T · Post by **Max_T** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 6:57 pm

been playing it for awhile, i like it more than halo.

MehYam · Post by **MehYam** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 7:20 pm

I didn't even know this was coming out. Aside from the new game modes, is there anything drastically different than 2k3, say graphics or gameplay-wise?

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:30 pm

I just downloaded it and had it crash like 3 times. Anyone else running a radeon 9700 and winxp and playing the demo have any crashes?
Other than that I like as it feels more like the original.

Arch · Post by **Arch** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 8:58 pm

I'm running it on XP with a 9700 Pro using the Cat 4.2s and it plays great. No crashes at all in fact.

Scorch · Post by **Scorch** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:06 pm

hasn't crashed once for me. I'm using a brand new ti4200 woohoo

Mehyam, there's a new mode (which you might have picked up on

) and you can drive vehicles; one, called the raptor, flies very much like a Pyro, except you use the mouse to control it and I dont think it can slide. it's pretty fun.

Max_T · Post by **Max_T** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:10 pm

i run winxp with AIW 9700 Pro, nothing has crashed on me in over a year (even under havy overclocking). I run Catalyst 4.1, and ut2004 demo works without any flows.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:16 pm

I had VPU recovery turned off and now that I turned it back on, the game seems to run fine.

Nightshade · Post by **Nightshade** » Wed Feb 18, 2004 10:21 pm

Pff

D3 is the ONLY game!

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:33 am

Downloaded it after seeing this thread, Assault & Onslaught are friggin wicked. I'll definately buy this when it is released if I can gather up enough extra cash to blow on it.

Does have a more classic UT feel to it that I like and a more play intensive game mode then just the plain old death match / CTF / Domination / Bombing run stuff. Lets face it, no matter how much the graphics improve most FPS games all have the same boring sh!t

Even Bombing Run was basically a variation of CTF, so is Onslaught in a way, just using the vehicles makes it a little more interesting.

Grendel · Post by **Grendel** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:22 pm

Will probly get it for the build-in UnrealTV -- should be fun to watch tourneys

Don't play groundpounders tho..

index_html · Post by **index_html** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 5:16 pm

I like it a lot. Onslaught is really cool. Good maps in the beta ... I heard the final will have 150 maps. I thought the maps in the 2003 version left a lot to be desired (too many dark rat mazes). The vehicles are nice, I like the tank quite a bit ... sucker does some serious damage. The defense turrets are nifty as well. Oh, and the spider mines. Lots of cool new stuff. Looks like they've really refined the game a lot. Plays smooth too (against the bots anyways).

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 7:19 pm

I'll have to be honest but I was expecting repackaged 2K3 with new maps, but this game definatly is a lot better than 03 was.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:13 pm

I kinda like the feel of it. The stupid announcer voice is gone and it plays more like the original UT. Also the beat in Team Deathmatch is get'n it.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:21 pm

Performs much better than Ut2k3, even factoring in the fact I got a new video card since I bought UT2k3.

Battlebot · Post by **Battlebot** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:28 pm

yeah i agree its better than ut2k3.....the vioce chat helps a lot too and the nuke weapon actually comes with the demo so thats a plus

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:30 am

I've been playing since the minute it was released (2:56 pm 2/12/04)
Onslaught kicks ass, as well as the old UT1 feel that comes with DM and CTF and AS modes. the weapons are balenced more, as are the vehicals. and jumping up and slaming back down on other players in the Manta is the coolest way to kill someone yet. you really build up some self-esteem when you pull it off.

plus the full map list of the final product looks very promising. 105 mpas in all. all ut1 style if not ported from ut2k3, all of which run silky smooth on my radeon 9800 pro.

Assault: 6 Maps
AS-Convoy
AS-FallenCity
AS-Glacier
AS-Junkyard
AS-MotherShip
AS-RobotFactory

BombingRun: 12 Maps
BR-Anubis
BR-Bifrost
BR-BridgeOfFate
BR-Canyon
BR-Colossus
BR-DE-ElecFields
BR-Disclosure
BR-IceFields
BR-Serenity
BR-Skyline
BR-Slaughterhouse
BR-TwinTombs

Capture The Flag: 22 Maps
CTF-AbsoluteZero
CTF-Avaris
CTF-BridgeOfFate
CTF-Chrome
CTF-Citadel
CTF-Colossus
CTF-December
CTF-DE-ElecFields
CTF-DoubleDammage
CTF-Face3
CTF-FaceClassic
CTF-Geothermal
CTF-GrassyKnoll
CTF-Grendelkeep
CTF-January
CTF-LostFaith
CTF-Magma
CTF-Maul
CTF-MoonDragon
CTF-Orbital2
CTF-Smote
CTF-TwinTombs

1 on 1 DeathMatch: 11 Maps
DM-1on1-Albatross
DM-1on1-Crash
DM-1on1-Desolation
DM-1on1-Idolma
DM-1on1-Irondust
DM-1on1-Mixer
DM-1on1-Roughinery
DM-1on1-Serpentine
DM-1on1-Spirit
DM-1on1-Squader
DM-1on1-Trite

DeathMatch: 33 Maps
DM-Antalus
DM-Asbestos
DM-Compressed
DM-Corrugation
DM-Curse4
DM-Deck17
DM-DE-Grendelkeep
DM-DE-Ironic
DM-DE-Osiris
DM-DesertIsle
DM-Flux2
DM-Gael
DM-Gestalt
DM-Goliath
DM-HyperBlast
DM-Icetomb
DM-Inferno
DM-Injector
DM-Insidious
DM-IronDeity
DM-Junkyard
DM-Leviathan
DM-Metallurgy
DM-Morpheus3
DM-Oceanic
DM-Phobos2
DM-Plunge
DM-Rankin
DM-Rrajigar
DM-Rustatorium
DM-Sulphur
DM-TokaraForest
DM-TrainingDay

DoubleDomination: 12 Maps
DOM-Access
DOM-Aswan
DOM-Atlantis
DOM-Conduit
DOM-Core
DOM-Junkyard
DOM-Outrigger
DOM-Renascent
DOM-Ruination
DOM-ScorchedEarth
DOM-SepukkuGorge
DOM-Suntemple

Onslaught: 9 Maps
ONS-ArcticStronghold
ONS-Crossfire
ONS-Dawn
ONS-Dria
ONS-FrostBite
ONS-Primeval
ONS-RedPlanet
ONS-Severance
ONS-Torlan

i can't wait. no one will ever play ut2k3 again =]

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 6:19 am

Maybe we need to form a DBB/UT clan.

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 6:36 am

most of us got banned form the desert combat clan, but the halo clan is the ****. i guess it has 50/50 odds of succeeding

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 11:58 am

Punk, all of those look like UT2K3 map listings. I doubt with the release of a new game they'd just port a bunch of 2K3 maps over. Thats bad business IMO, people want new maps.

Top Wop · Post by **Top Wop** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 12:39 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by kurupt:
most of us got banned form the desert combat clan, but the halo clan is the ****. i guess it has 50/50 odds of succeeding <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Why's that? There was this big hoopla made about a DC clan for Descent players, what happened to it?

Max_T · Post by **Max_T** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 6:47 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by woodchip:
Maybe we need to form a DBB/UT clan.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

i'm in

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:08 pm

Probably because they didn't like certain rules and went out of their way to continue breaking them and making asses of themselves

Just guessing here though

kurupt · Post by **kurupt** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:10 pm

bama was running the show, what do you think happened to the DC clan?

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:49 pm

O.K., I'm getting addicted (now that I got the game to stop crashing). I think I got the top kill classification when the announcer said I was "Wicked Sick". LMAO!
I could just keep playing the demo it is so good.

I can see where having a team with everyone being voiced linked would be a wild event. Well back to Deathmatch and I'll have to set the bots up another notch.

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sat Feb 21, 2004 9:00 pm

Play a DM game with 32 bots and launch a redeemer into the fray. Classic.

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:14 am

tyranny.
your wrong.

look in your ut2004 system dir, the map list is there for the final product.

and if you pay attention to game development over time, you would already know they were porting most of the ut2k3 maps.

fliptw · Post by **fliptw** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 3:20 am

And in the process, become like the second PC game im aware of to have a DVD version.

Guess which one im getting.

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 8:02 am

So whats the advantage of a DVD version?

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:31 am

it has a bunch of add-ons and map making tutorial videos

the SE version is just the game

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 9:37 am

And so you'd need some kind of DVD read/write player to load the game onto the comp.?

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 10:29 am

that is correct.

the SE version is like 4 cd's due to the large number of maps

JMEaT · Post by **JMEaT** » Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:45 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by woodchip:
 And so you'd need some kind of DVD read/write player to load the game onto the comp.?

<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just a DVD-ROM will do, they are down to like 40 bucks man.