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Gamespy have the 1st full review of the game, check it out - http://www.gamespy.com/reviews/march04/ut2004pc/
1st review of UT2004
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Yeah what he said 
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No reviewers have any balls these days, UT2004 is fun but it's not a classic like the score suggests. If only there was a website or magazine that only reserved the really high scores for really good games.
UT2004 is not ground breaking and in my opinion is quite dull, the SFX (e.g explosions) aren't anything to shout about and there is something quite cartoonish about the game. It's very competitive and alot of fun but it doesn't give you the kind of feeling DX, HL or even Tribes 2 which incidently didn't get fantastic reviews because people were too retarded to understand how to play it.
The other problem I have with UT2003/4 is the weapons... there crap. I only ever played instant gib in UT2003 because that way I wasn't reminded of what the missile launcher looked like.
UT2004 is not ground breaking and in my opinion is quite dull, the SFX (e.g explosions) aren't anything to shout about and there is something quite cartoonish about the game. It's very competitive and alot of fun but it doesn't give you the kind of feeling DX, HL or even Tribes 2 which incidently didn't get fantastic reviews because people were too retarded to understand how to play it.
The other problem I have with UT2003/4 is the weapons... there crap. I only ever played instant gib in UT2003 because that way I wasn't reminded of what the missile launcher looked like.
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It seems very good, indeed. Onslaught really hyped me up, same with the magnificent vehicles.
But one thing that I find quite disturbing is that when I shoot with the Flak Cannon or Assault Rifle, I don't really feel the power from the weapon like I do in Unreal Tournament 1. The sounds on the weapons in UT1 are much louder also than in UT2k4, same with the explosions.
So sometimes I get blown up by an opponent because I didn’t hear that he shot at me first.
But one thing that I find quite disturbing is that when I shoot with the Flak Cannon or Assault Rifle, I don't really feel the power from the weapon like I do in Unreal Tournament 1. The sounds on the weapons in UT1 are much louder also than in UT2k4, same with the explosions.
So sometimes I get blown up by an opponent because I didn’t hear that he shot at me first.
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God damn it, 3 games I really want are coming out in the space of 10 days!
I think UT2004 is one of the games when you first start playing it you think OMG WOW THIS GAME IS AMAZING (like I did when i first played the demo) then after a couple weeks of play it starts to get old, fast (as I found with the demo after a couple of weeks). I don't think it has the sticking power that Half-Life or CS has, probably because it's whole premise is unattractive (i.e. you are warrior's in a future sport? Doesn't sound particularily exciting to me) although who knows?
I think UT2004 is one of the games when you first start playing it you think OMG WOW THIS GAME IS AMAZING (like I did when i first played the demo) then after a couple weeks of play it starts to get old, fast (as I found with the demo after a couple of weeks). I don't think it has the sticking power that Half-Life or CS has, probably because it's whole premise is unattractive (i.e. you are warrior's in a future sport? Doesn't sound particularily exciting to me) although who knows?
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yeah, but the demo didnt have loads of different onslaught maps to conquer :naughty:
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then what was it ????
they must have gotten boring, i mean, playing the exact same thing nights on end
they must have gotten boring, i mean, playing the exact same thing nights on end
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:O. i loved the vehicles !!
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well then get better.mortiz said:
If the veichles were indistructible, there would be a repetition of halo where people would go on huge killing sprees in one veichle. Weak veichles stop this.
I find i can easily kill ppl in the veichles, and its very easy just to eject when the missile lock on screen comes up. its all about skill, not how strong the veichles are.
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Suicide42 said:
That there defeats the purpose of the vehicles, they are basically ways to allow you to travel around the map quicker, and they have Teleporters in Onslaught to do that.
Also it was almost impossible to dodge a missile attack, basically you had to abandon your vehicle every time otherwise you'd die with it, and you were often attacked by homing missiles. It just makes it so pointless.
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mortiz said:
ah, but only if you are connected to the required powernodes. PLUS, you have played one map, that is very average in order to try and get everything into the demo. there will be many maps, some involving use of raptors and arial veichles much more reliantly.
and tbh, i find it pathetically easy to dodge missiles UNLESS shot by an avril- in which case its still possibe. You have to know how to turn just at the right moment, then fire at your opresser while he is in a state of vulnerability. i 0wn in raptor duels- hell, i can take down tanks with my sublime skill.
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