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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Feb 12th at 8:53am 2004

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I've found through a couple hours of online play that the vehicles have paper-thin armor. No one can last long in any vehicle without being blown out of the water. It's kinda dumb to think that the best usage of a truck armed with two seperate guns that the proper tactic is to jump out of the vehicle at the first sign of a bad guy and engage them man-to-man DM style. The physics aren't that spectacular either, as the vehicles seem to float around on the ground a bit too much. And the bots are far too accurate with guns.

Whatever, it's still fun. Not as entertaining as nonstop CTF in the Halo demo, but more fun than the Wake Island snoozefest of the BF1942 demo.


Really? I found the vehicles last for a sufficient amount of time as long as you keep moving, especiallt the flying ones. And have you been in the Griffin tank yet? That think simply doesn't die. [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Thu Feb 12th at 9:37am 2004

I'll get the demo when Its releases on a front cover CD at the weekend. Can't wait to play it, the review in PCZone gave it 91% so I may considder getting the full game. [addsig]



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Posted by Edge Damodred on Thu Feb 12th at 9:47am 2004

Personally, I think Halo ripped off C&C's Nod Buggy, which is based of a real buggy, which is based of a jeep, which is based off a car, which is based off a carriage, which is based off a wagon, which is based off a cart, which is based off a basket which is based off a rolled up piece of cloth which is based off twigs and leaves blankets, which are based off forests, which are based off trees, which are based off flowers, which are based off algae, which are based off even more microscopic organisms, which are based off proteins, which are based off amino acids, which are based of other elements, which are based off what makes up the universe. So as we have seen, nothing is original and everything that ever existed all existed at once, and then when the last thing that existed was made at the same instant, it all instantly combusted and then something turned on time's on switch so things wouldn't exist all at once so some being could really age a good bottle of wine, to be used to along with other things to get another being pregnant so this whole mess starts over again...whew...lots of bs, but I've had 4 sodas and it's 4:45am. [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Thu Feb 12th at 9:52am 2004

The mystery is solved!

Oh and for those of you who have the demo, how big are the onslaught levels?

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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Feb 12th at 10:25am 2004

They are he-fricking-uge. Don't even bother trying to get to the enemy base on foot, the match will be over by then. Vehicles are a neccessity in this mode. [addsig]



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Posted by Leperous on Thu Feb 12th at 10:40am 2004

What's the point in that space level, surely if I wanted to do that then there are tonnes of 'proper' space games..?



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Posted by Kage_Prototype on Thu Feb 12th at 4:59pm 2004

It's a new twist on Unreal Tournament. Dammit, don't be so cynical! [addsig]



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Posted by Jinx on Thu Feb 12th at 5:15pm 2004

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They are he-fricking-uge. Don't even bother trying to get to the enemy base on foot, the match will be over by then. Vehicles are a neccessity in this mode.

yeah the onslaught map in the demo is supposed to be 'small' compared to the ones in the full game. I think the larger maps will be less spammy with 16+ people, and thus your vehicles will probably last longer as well.

The full game has the hi-res textures, too, and should look a good bit crisper.

I agree that the DM map in the demo was pretty mediocre, probably one of the poorest Unreal maps I've seen. Maybe they included it because it was small?

Leperous: not sure if you've read about that level, but the space level is an assault map. you have one team on a space station, defending it with fighters and turrets, and another trying to assault it. eventually the attacking team will board the space station for more standard combat. so it's kinda like two games in one map.





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Posted by Dr Brasso on Thu Feb 12th at 5:24pm 2004

well, i dl'ed it, installed it, attempted to play it, and i get D3D errors....once again, these f**kers are gonna force me to upgrade my vid cards and s**t in order to enjoy a game.....i dont know about you guys, but im damn sick and tired of this s**t.....conspiracy?....maybe....dont know, dont care....plain and simply, it rubs my ass the wrong way....im not made of money, and i expect most kids are not either, unless they have parents that will but them anything their little hearts desire....f**k that....and im out.....Doc B is now "officially on hiatis"....

f**k em all....bah

Doc Brass...





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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Thu Feb 12th at 5:29pm 2004

Doc, that's the price of technological advances in graphics. The new stuff and features just won't run on old cards, unfortunately. :-\ They just don't have the power to handle what the new games and engines can throw at them, and there's really very few ways to get them to do so. [addsig]



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Posted by matt on Thu Feb 12th at 5:29pm 2004

A friend with BroadBand is downloading for me so I'll have the CD tommorow

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Posted by Jinx on Thu Feb 12th at 5:37pm 2004

what's your system, Brass? maybe you just need to upgrade your drivers or direct-x or something?

also, the system requirements for this game aren't much more than the ones from UT2k3, which is over a year old...





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Posted by Gollum on Thu Feb 12th at 5:49pm 2004

Why can't everyone make the extra effort and type UT2004, goddammit?!!

Er....looks awesome





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Posted by matt on Thu Feb 12th at 5:52pm 2004

ut2k5 be out before long i bet. [addsig]



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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Thu Feb 12th at 7:57pm 2004

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Hooray for terrible Halo-rip addons to games inferior to their prequels.

I don't how you can whine about my (legitimate) gripes regarding HL2 when you are the biggest Negative Nancy around, Cassius. Speaking of which, HL2 has vehicles too, babe

You don't have any legitimate gripes about HL2. Once you have the demo or the game you can justly complain all you want.

Also, let's not forget a little video game history. Valve was working on putting drivable vehicles in TF2, which was announced slightly before Halo was. So the two were being developed around the same time, which means Valve can put vehicles in HL2 without copying Halo.





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Posted by Monqui on Thu Feb 12th at 7:59pm 2004

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Why can't everyone make the extra effort and type UT2004, goddammit?!!

Er....looks awesome


it taekes 2 lnog to try 2 type ti out 4 my 1337 hdnas!^----^^;; [addsig]



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Posted by sde on Thu Feb 12th at 9:32pm 2004

wait a sec...

UT2k4 = 5 letters
UT2004 = 6 letters...

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OOOOOH LOOK AT THE TIME GAIN IN THAT





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Posted by SuperCrazy on Thu Feb 12th at 9:46pm 2004

? posted by Cassius
Hooray for terrible Halo-rip addons to games inferior to their prequels.

Christ. Is it possible for games to have vehicles without being called Halo ripoffs?

Heh, I guess Edge already covered this.





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Posted by Jinx on Thu Feb 12th at 10:44pm 2004

? posted by Yak_Fighter

You don't have any legitimate gripes about HL2. Once you have the demo or the game you can justly complain all you want.

Also, let's not forget a little video game history. Valve was working on putting drivable vehicles in TF2, which was announced slightly before Halo was. So the two were being developed around the same time, which means Valve can put vehicles in HL2 without copying Halo.

But that IS my gripe, that I DON'T HAVE the game/demo!!! I just want them to get off their asses and finish the game they promised!

And as for TF2, having an idea is one thing, implementing it is another. With Halo, BF1942, & UT2k4 already out there, they've pretty much missed the boat. So what if they 'thought of it first', what matters is who's doing it and who's doing it well. I'm sorry but vaporware doesn't count (what's sad is that I loved TFC and really wanted TF2 )

Besides, they all stole vehicles from

anyway!!

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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Fri Feb 13th at 12:35am 2004

I stand corrected






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