Why is UT3 unpopular?

[z0mbi3]

Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I picked this game up at auction for £10 and I really enjoy it but there never seems to be more than 200 people playing at any one time.

Graphics are good and the game play is very fun but there aren't very many people playing.

Was it just released at a bad time with the likes of Team Fortess 2 and Quake Wars being about or is there something else I'm missing that makes it really unpopular (by comparison)?

 

[z0mbi3]

I agree that it's basicaly 2004 with a graphics update but I assumed that that would make people flock to it.

Is it just a case of once 2004 gets old enough people will move on to 3? I fired up 2004 about 2 months ago and there still seemed to be lots of pleople playing it.

It sucks 2004 is a lot better.

Care to elaborate? The only thing I can see that's better about 2004 is that some of the maps are bigger.

 

[z0mbi3]

It is nothing like UT2004. It is UT'99' with a graphics update, more like. The UT2004 gameplay is not present in UT3. The movement has been dumbed down, no adrenaline combos etc.

It is unpopular because it is buggy, the system requirements are high, the gameplay is poor compared to UT2004 and hardly anyone is playing it online (a vicious circle).

I've had it crash on me a couple of times but its always been while I'm joining a server and never any other time.

It felt a lot like UT 2004 to me mind.