UT3

badcompany · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:20

just been playing this for the first time in ages and I only picked up in xmas sale. Why did this never catch on at release ?

seems quite a good fps if you like the fast twitchy shooter.

Leeroy123 · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:25

Best fps ever made imho. I love UT3 its class.

Psyoletic · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:27

Because it was significantly different to its predecessors which the majority didn't like, including me and I loved the UT series!

d_brennen · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:29

Got quite excited about it pre release, then when it arrived went off it really fast. Can't put my finger on why exactly

mrjagga · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:32

Because its nowhere near as good as UT GOTY was.

Utnac · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:34

Leeroy123 said:
Best fps ever made imho. I love UT3 its class.

Absolutely, my personal game of the decade, never understood why it wasn't more popular, only reason I don't play it anymore is no one else does

Psyoletic · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:47

Utnac said:
Absolutely, my personal game of the decade, never understood why it wasn't more popular, only reason I don't play it anymore is no one else does

Did you play any of the previous games?

Utnac · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:53

Psyoletic said:
Did you play any of the previous games?

Only afterwards, which probably has a lot to do with it.

MrMarvelous · 15 Nov 2012 at 22:57

Is UT3 a 'competitive' shooter like Quake 3 is/was?

Psyoletic · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:24

MrMarvelous said:
Is UT3 a 'competitive' shooter like Quake 3 is/was?

Nope, nothing of the sort!

marc1024 · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:36

I enjoyed ut2004 because the amount of mods and maps available. When UT3 came out, my pc could not play it, thus i couldn't enjoy it as much. It looked good, and had the gameplay but it for me it lacked the community compared to ut2004 which i still play now and then

Secret_Window · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:43

It looked pretty, but it unfortunately sucked compared to the previous games.

PinkFloyd · 15 Nov 2012 at 23:50

It had a **** poor launch due to it barely getting any promotion, being buggy as hell and having lots of rubbish standard maps.

Shame really as the core gameplay was awesome, still enjoy the odd blast

willhub · 16 Nov 2012 at 00:29

It's a shame no one plays UT2004 anymore, that was awesome, hardly any servers now tho.

phil675 · 16 Nov 2012 at 00:54

I thought UT3 was ok, the styling seemed a bit Gears of War-y though and the weapons just felt awkward to use.

Omaeka · 16 Nov 2012 at 01:02

Quake > UT.

Utnac · 16 Nov 2012 at 01:22

Omaeka said:
Quake > UT.

Another delightfully insightful post. Well Done.

Omaeka · 16 Nov 2012 at 01:51

Utnac said:
Another delightfully insightful post. Well Done.

No problem babe, all for you.

P.S. Did you get any lidocaine like we discussed? It'll hurt less next time.

Pixel · 16 Nov 2012 at 03:12

It came with a console-orientated UI that was a pain to use on the PC. Felt like a slap in the face to PC gamers who were the real fans of the series. They later updated the UI for the PC, but it was a case of too little too late.

The biggest UT community map site (Nalicity) went down prior to the game's launch and never came back online, it was a huge blow to the modding community, and thus, mods and maps for UT3 were few and far between.

The gameplay was slow and clunky compared to previous games in the series, putting off many players, and ensuring it would never be a viable esports platform unlike it's predecessors.

Disappointing story that took away the tournament aspect and feel of the game. It was trying too hard to be like the other FPSes at the time.

badcompany · 16 Nov 2012 at 06:29

would really like a new quake done properly.
quake 2 hd would hit the spot!