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Article #173943Re: Unreal II opinions
From: Randy Shrader
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 04:08
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 04:08
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"Blig Smirk" <blig_smirk@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:2bfa904.0307191923.18f05fdb@posting.google.com... > Well, Epic has said they will be releasing a free online multiplayer > expansion for Unreal II very soon and that should take care of the too > short problem. If it is co-op, which it would seem the story tends to > support, beyond deathmatch and capture-the-flag, plus if it comes with > expansion maps, would really make a good game even better. It seems > like a lot of people were overly critical of Unreal II for no other > reason than it became a follow-the-herd thing to do. It is true there > was no way it could hope to live up to all the hype surrounding it and > these days, even the slightest perception of a let down makes a lot of > people want to commit suicide if a game doesn't meet their > overinflated expectations. > In the U2 editor, the alien artifacts are named as the artifact of speed, invis, etc, obviously for multiplayer like UT's artifacts. There's also a grappling hook . . . hope that is incorporated into the patch. The forcefields, turrets etc will make team games interesting. RedEye(Co30)
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