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Article #191386Re: Something I just realized: There's no Unreal 3!
From: Folk
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:01
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:01
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On Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:34:46 -0800, Todd <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >Folk <Folk@folk.com> wrote: > >>I can't blame Epic for building on their success with Gears. It's a >>shame though that their talent pool is so shallow that pulling Cliffy >>B. off to do Gears killed UT. >> >>Either that or possibly the original UT was just a stroke of luck or a >>fluke for Epic, since nothing they've produced since then for the PC >>has been as solid or enjoyable. > >When you get so close to perfect, the best you can do is minor >tweaking. The only thing 2004 did was add vehicles. Everything else >was just pointless eyecandy. Although, it's fun to run around some of >those huge maps just to look at the scenery. I don't see it that way. UT2004 introduced ONS, which was a completely different gametype. ONS managed to inject some enthusiasm into UT where there was none before. Then came UT3, which effectively pushed a pin into the enthusiasm bubble.
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