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Re: Unreal II opinions

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From: Randy Shrader
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 04:08
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"Blig Smirk" <blig_smirk@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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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