Why is UT3 unpopular?

I play UT3 everyday.

I have played all the others and this is the one which feels the most like the original one

sid
 
I have it & I hate the UI, not sure what Epic's prob. is. They need to give thier PC games, PC UIs. This is not a bloody console game, I had to download a 3rd party app. to get to the real settings!!! Plus, yesterday, I found out about a custom ip server, I couldn't get to it, I use X-Fire to try to get to it, I couldn't. So how do I get to the server??
 
I came across a similiar thread on another forum and it was mentioned by many that the reason UT3 is so unpopular is because

It flopped because unreal fans didn't want a ps3 game, they wanted a pc game.
 
I love the gameplay of UT3. So fast paced and brutal.

But COD4 is a far more balanced online game, as is TF2.

UT3 has a consolised UI which is irritating to navigate, which just shouldn't happen in a game like this. The maps are average at best, it just didn't captivate me.

I spend hundreds of hours on UT2004, but I prefer the gameplay of UT3, it just doesn't have the support and interest. Its a real shame :(
 
z0mbi3 said:
I agree that it's basicaly 2004 with a graphics update but I assumed that that would make people flock to it.
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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).
 
dirtydog said:
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).
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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.
 
I hated the adrenaline combos in the ut2003 and 2004 as they spoilt the original UT99 feel imho.

Thats one of the main reasons I like UT3. Although it does have issues of its own.

sid
 
dirtydog said:
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.
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Exactly what I felt like when I first played it, played all of them and imho the games went

UT2004>UT>UT3>UT2003

After having a break from UT3 and playing CoD4, I went back to UT3 and started enjoying it more. I play Insta, but find it hard to find any good servers with people on. It's lost most of the community from UT2k4, I'm guessing a few didn't bother because of the system specs, and a few more because they just didn't like it / heard bad things about it

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I still play it most days, Its much better than ut2003 and 2004 as them movement feels more like ut99 imo. I mind certain maps tend to crash for me though. Before i formatted it would always crash on Necropoilis when i got in a Viper, but now it seems to crash on Floodgate :confused:

Other than crashing which is a bit annoying I really enjoy it

COD4 is fun but the ability to shoot through 2' thick brick walls with an m4 ruins it and ive never enjoyed tf2
 
I really wanted to buy this game for a while, I quite enjoyed the demo - but I keep hearing that the servers are sometimes very empty so I didn't buy it.

Irony is I suppose tons of people did the same as I did, hence why the servers are empty :/
 
Just had a quick blast and enjoyed it, but it was a struggle to find a decent populated server. This game really needs a re-launch or some sort of promotion to get people playing. I'm sure there are lots of people who own this game but just don't play it.

An idea might be to do what Nadeo as done with Trackmania and release a free version with less options etc. to get people playing then once the servers start filling up more people who bought the original will come back.

If Epic just leave it to pass quietly away who will buy UT4?
 
what servers does everyone here play on, im usually on TDM and its a 32 player server, overclock net or something
 
Agreed on the need for a Re-Launch. The original pc launch had bugger all advertising and even Epic themselves spent more time talking about Gears of War :(

I personally prefer the standard gameplay of 2k3 > 2k4. 2k3 didn't feel like unreal, but it worked well together. 2k4 changed all the scaling of players and it was completely ruined. As all the levels were then completely off scale. Pretty much every level for UT2004 works far better scaled to 75%
 
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