UT3 Linux Is "Slowly Being Worked On"

[deanjo]

*sigh* to add further insult to injury ....

Unreal Engine 3 tech demo running on a 3rd generation iPod Touch.

http://www.anandtech.com/gadgets/showdoc.aspx?i=3695

[D0pamine]

ONS was/is great in ut2k4 even thought the power node thing was/is abit silly , some maps you just charge powernodes instead of acutally fighting. UT3 more of the same powernode sillyness except there is no way to deal with certain vehicles on foot which makes it futile and depressing , TAM is a great ut2k4 mod and many were hoping this gametype would be included but it wasn't. I am however very glad that quake live has adopted TAM ( clan arena ) as its a relatively simple mod that adds flavour and excitement!

[BlueJayofEvil]

heres a more simplified example of why it failed.

People are bored.


The prime of deathmatch was 1996-2000. It is now 2009 (for those of you who are a little behind). People change over time. Now people are all up into that hybrid driving epic future game with big worlds and free porn.

Its gaming evolution .

There's still a good interest in deathmatch (e.g. Quake Live, COD4, etc.) UT3 just didn't introduce much that was new. They removed a few game modes, reduced the amount of levels, had an unoriginal campaign mode, and there was little new content other than mostly cosmetic/graphical changes.

But I do agree games need to continue to evolve. Deathmatch can only be re-done so many times.

[xav1r]

Sounds more like id's new game, Rage, due out in Quakecon 2016.

[Svartalf]

The prime of deathmatch was 1996-2000. It is now 2009 (for those of you who are a little behind). People change over time. Now people are all up into that hybrid driving epic future game with big worlds and free porn.

Oh, GTA, eh?

[L33F3R]

heres a more simplified example of why it failed.

People are bored.


The prime of deathmatch was 1996-2000. It is now 2009 (for those of you who are a little behind). People change over time. Now people are all up into that hybrid driving epic future game with big worlds and free porn.

Its gaming evolution .

[Svartalf]

It's well worth the money considering it's so cheap now.

I wouldn't know about that. Servers are not very populated. The main fun of UT4 is like the previous ones- it's the online arena play that makes it or breaks it.

[Ant P.]

Is it worth to buy UT2004?

It's well worth the money considering it's so cheap now.

[Max Spain]

UT2k4 is a good game that runs on Linux. Epic satisfied their commitment with that game, so I say buy it. Likewise, since they have not satisfied their commitment with UT3, I would advise you pass on that one until they do.

Having said that, I did have some problems getting UT2k4 to work on Ubuntu. It did function eventually (library dependencies), but it's not noob friendly

[Svartalf]

well if you bought UT3 after they promised a port and they aint gunna give us a port. I say steal UT04. I dont advocate software theft but what bugs me more is a broken promise.

Why bother? I'd rather show 'em that UT2k4's more preferred and we're staying there awhile if I'm going to have interaction with their product and the community associated with it. Moreover, what you propose kinda runs against many of the tenets of the Linux community.

If you're not going to play with 2k4, skip 'em altogether. They missed that train and they're going to have to ship with a simultaneous released version of UT4 for Linux, and have it be a bit more compelling than UT3 was or have a raftload of to be released games for Linux from licensees, for me to be interested with anything of theirs at this point in time.