Deathball and UT2004

Onge · Post by **Onge** » 01-05-2003 16:45

Rumours are that UT will become a yearly franchise and that UT2004 will be out in November. If this is confirmed at E3, will DavidM consider making a DB version for UT2004?

Maegrim · Post by **Maegrim** » 01-05-2003 16:59

the news on planetunreal.com also says that it will be fully backwards compatible

We'll be announcing what's happening next with Unreal Tournament at E3. Don't worry, any new UT related products shipping in the next 18 months will be compatible with UT2003, and so will serve to extend the life of the platform your mod is built on rather than replacing it.

Awesome news. And I followed up with Mr. Polge myself to confirm that this isn't some wacky hoax. DJGen also posted this mail from Mark Rein:

If there were going to be a UT2004 it would be fully backward compatible with 2003 so mod makers wouldn't have to worry about that. But that's all I can say for now

:p

Kyllian · Post by **Kyllian** » 01-05-2003 17:26

From what I've heard, ut2004 will be a fully updated and patched ut2003
Patched up to whateverinthebluehell patch they will have by then

Tonnberry · Post by **Tonnberry** » 01-05-2003 18:46

THey wanted to make it stand alone, but then david and i paid epic a box of fish to make it backwards compatible and they said yes!

j/k

ßig ßaby · Post by **ßig ßaby** » 01-05-2003 21:05

yepp, i also heard that ut2004 will be somehting similar to an update for UT2003

Surge · Post by **Surge** » 01-05-2003 21:59

so in other words they're releaseing another Bonus pack in November?

cajuncook · Post by **cajuncook** » 01-05-2003 22:24

Kyllian wrote: From what I've heard, ut2004 will be a fully updated and patched ut2003
Patched up to whateverinthebluehell patch they will have by then

I'd imagine that and a slew of new maps and gametypes and mutators.

mannyfresh027 · Post by **mannyfresh027** » 01-05-2003 22:34

it will probably be:

UT2003 + bonus packs + patches + UTV etc + good 3rd party material (maybe mods like DB, and some good maps and mutators) + a few new levels

if you have ut2003, then there is no point in buying it. but new people will be drawn to it.

fro · Post by **fro** » 01-05-2003 23:14

its most likely to contain the best UT2k3 versions of UT maps, plus a slew of other new levels/meshes etc

DiStUrbeD · Post by **DiStUrbeD** » 02-05-2003 03:03

I can picture ut2k4 being an Expansion...like spearhead for MOHAA and such.

SuBBy · Post by **SuBBy** » 02-05-2003 09:50

Indeed it will be, Epic taking around 3-4 years producing Unreal Tournament, which was released in 1999 and then taking another 3 years to produce something as high quality as UT2K3. which was released last year. It would ruin their image to rush a whole brand new game engine and bring it out within a year. Like the others say it will be add-on's.
Epic wouldn't want to turn get EA's image

how many fifa soccer games have been released that all play the same?

Robotojon · Post by **Robotojon** » 02-05-2003 12:10

how many fifa soccer games have been released that all play the same?

all the same ? are you crazy ? they were all very slightly different to the trained eye ;/

DiStUrbeD · Post by **DiStUrbeD** » 02-05-2003 16:07

They are all the same in how much they sux

GazMaN · Post by **GazMaN** » 02-05-2003 17:12

Iss is the daddy!!

Post by **DavidM** » 02-05-2003 20:40

Robotojon wrote: all the same ? are you crazy ? they were all very slightly different to the trained eye ;/

fifa was always 2 steps forward, 1 step backward
they used to go by that rule for some years
but then fifa2003 came out
it was like 1 step forward, 5 steps backward

i couldnt be bothered to play that one

I played all others until the next version came out