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UT2K4 Onslaught vs. Planetside
February 13th 2004, 04:02 CET by Hugin

The first thing I thought after a few rounds of Onslaught was "Boy, this feels like Planetside on amphetamines."

The next thing I thought was...does Epic's explicit "sporting competition" model for the UT games offer advantages over a game like Planetside, which is attempting to model and simulate a "real" (albeit imaginary) conflict?  In Onslaught, both sides have access to the same weapons and vehicles, which makes an intuitive sense in the sports context, and neatly avoids most of the endless complaining about faction balance in Planetside. The critical network nodes are quite exposed, which makes no "real world" defensive sense, but allows for some furious open battling, instead of the sometimes unsatisfying attritional meatgrinder corridor and stairway battles in Planetside.  Overall, by not having to adhere to so many background story/worldbuilding elements to justify the gameplay conventions, is a better game created?  Is the loss of the deeper meaning written into the background story of Planetside and other fictional conflicts, or recreations of historical events like WW2 worth the tighter gameplay? Is the preservation of a planet or a species or a social philosophy, the defeat of evil, etc (even these people and factions are entirely fictitious) a more compelling goal than winning the Space Superbowl?

  Would it be impossible to hook players into the MMOG, subscription format if it were merely an elaborate sports league?  Is this all really more about the smaller team sizes more than anything else?  Epic or Sony, who's got the smarter sci-fi war?

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#2221 by Gabe
2004-03-20 02:59:47

When I picked up UT2K4 at Best Buy, I got the last copy they had in the store. It was the regular version. So at least in this instance, they didn't have more CD versions than they needed.

#2222 by Duality
2004-03-20 03:38:14

This just in ...

People are still insane.

#2223 by gaggle
2004-03-20 11:58:40

haplo:

I changed the extention to lower case. And it seemed that it didn't make a difference on my mac if it was capital or not. But I believe on windows it is case sensitive.

But, uh, it's the.. the server that would be case sensitive or not, not the client.. surely not the client..

..

My entire world is falling apart fast. But that's hardly a change for the worse.

#2224 by haplo
2004-03-20 17:30:24

Well ok I did not know that.

But for my own future reference can everyone see the link now?

<@jafd> Anyway, Darth, your name is stupid. sry.
<@Ashiran> So no more darthnugget?
<@haplo> darthnugget has left the building

#2225 by McBain
2004-03-21 05:43:25

UT locks up for 15 seconds at a time on me every 15 minutes or so. It is starting to make me angry.

Fighting the war on weapons of mass destruction-related program activity.

#2226 by DEATH KILLER INTERNATIONAL (INTERGALACTIC DIVISION
2004-03-21 06:25:12

give it some holistic medicine and voila, no more lockups

Intergalactic Turnip Festival Destroyer

#2227 by DEATH KILLER INTERNATIONAL (INTERGALACTIC DIVISION
2004-03-21 06:25:52

GINSENG INCREASES RAM PRODUCTIVITY BY 13%

Intergalactic Turnip Festival Destroyer

#2228 by bago
2004-03-21 07:28:58

What about ram yoga?

The monkey poured coffee in my MOOTZ!

#2229 by deadlock
2004-03-21 16:39:48

Haplo:

Could be that your Mac browser sends the URL in its GET commands in lowercase, whereas other browsers send the URL in the exact case that it was written.

CrapFacts!

#2230 by haplo
2004-03-21 19:28:59

Could be. I took the picture, converted it to jpg and uploaded it to .mac from windows. Would be great if the game took jpg screen shots by default, or at least an option to do so.

<@jafd> Anyway, Darth, your name is stupid. sry.
<@Ashiran> So no more darthnugget?
<@haplo> darthnugget has left the building

#2231 by "TrIcky"
2004-04-03 10:57:56

How can you all say ut2k4 sux, When it has such a big following. That many people cant be sad and wrong. Fair enough you have your own opinion but to write it off just like that saying "it's going to die" is bollocks. If anything quake is the dying breed not ut, ut has many gametypes to suit the individual not all about n00bish spamming. UT All the way Beatchez.

#2232 by zimbardo_ugly
2004-04-03 14:19:54

I would answer you, TrIcky, if I thought you were real in any form whatsoever.

"Warez non sunt multiplicanda praeter necessitatem"

#2233 by Gunp01nt
2004-04-09 15:21:08

not all about n00bish spamming. UT All the way Beatchez

Just wanted to zoom in on this part of the post.

I want a horse that ribbits and a frog that neighs... oink oink oink

#2234 by "a"
2004-04-12 23:22:05

#2235 by "Death Strike"
2004-04-12 23:22:20

Thinking...

#2236 by "Death Strike"
2004-04-12 23:24:52

Ok i bet no one is gonna read this so ill make it breif...WAAAAAAAAAAAKEEEEEEEEEE UP!!

UT2K4 is THEE BEST GAME OF 2004!!! It owns Halo and it beats BF:V and dont even compare it to PS, tell me >>3<< major flaws in UT2K4 and i agmit U2 and 2k3 werent all that great. Lets see u get just one bad thing about UT2k4 u have abviously never thouched the game.

#2237 by Ergo
2004-04-12 23:26:28

Roofles?

MY FATE KEEPS INTERFERING WITH MY DESTINY. THAT IS KARMA.
DVDs

#2238 by OwenButler
2004-04-13 04:44:36

I have to agmit, this guy is abviously on thee money.

#2239 by BobJustBob
2004-04-13 05:40:36

What?

Dood.

#2240 by Bailey
2004-04-13 10:41:03

I think you mean "wut/".

My continued existence is purely to spite any sense of fairness in the universe.

#2241 by OwenButler
2004-04-13 11:04:36

I was trying to compliment the guy "Death Strike" by saying he is "on the money" which is a saying used to describe someone who is knowledgable about a particular subject. I'm sure the saying "on the money" spawned from someone who is lucky or knowledgeable about horse racing or betting of some sort. I craftily hid his own hideous spelling mistakes inside this seemingly harmless compliment thereby creating a veiled insult.

The judges have disqualified my post from the "funniest planetcrap post ever" competition on clause 1.6.3a "If you have to explain a joke, it probably isn't funny".

#2242 by Squeaky
2004-04-13 11:59:49

#2241 OwenButler

The judges have disqualified my post from the "funniest planetcrap post ever" competition on clause 1.6.3a "If you have to explain a joke, it probably isn't funny".

It didn't even make the preliminary qualifying round.

Go Ninja! Go Ninja! Go!
dvds

#2243 by OwenButler
2004-04-13 13:54:55

#2242 Squeaky

It didn't even make the preliminary qualifying round.

It gets worse, I found this clause :

2.4.9 If Bob zings you, you face a 5 year suspension playing morrowind on a 486 with 8mb of "EDO" ram.

#2244 by BobJustBob
2004-04-13 17:21:54

Now that's just silly. A 486 with 8 MB of RAM would be far better suited to playing Arena or Daggerfall.

Dood.

#2245 by "Anonymous"
2004-09-22 02:15:38

I can't believe the crap I'm hearing about UT2k4, especially from that spam-bot Favicon. 2k4 rocks because
1. It has creative and interesting weaponry.
2.It is a fast paced action-packed game where speed and agility are large factors, making the game seem like a sport.
3.Many game-types enable one to never get bored.
4.Combos and sprees are fucking awesome if you know how to pull them off.
5.ILLEST FUCKING GRAPHICS NEXT TO DOOM3.
6.The announcer voice is fucking badass.
7.UT2k4 is not a spam fest if you know how to play strategically.
8.The shock rifle. I haven't seen a cooler weapon in online gaming.
9.Quick weapon switch allows a player to bind their fav. weapons and switch them rapidly in the middle of a battle to better annihilate their opponent.
10.Adrenaline combos.
11.Dodges and wall jumps.
12.When you kill a guy they go *SPLAT* all over the fucking ground.
13.Headshots.
14.Double kills, multi kills, mega kills, ultra kills, monster kills, ludicrous kills, and holy shit kills.
15.Killing sprees, rampages, dominating's, unstoppable's, godlikes's, wicked sick's.
16.What other game has a lightning gun?
17.Cool characters.
18.Stats.
You can't deny the fact that 2k4 is just the most fun computer game to play all around.

#2246 by BobJustBob
2004-09-22 02:29:51

I cannot deny that UT2k4 is a great game. However, most of your reasons suck ass.

Dood.

#2247 by Dumdeedum
2004-09-22 04:57:27

It's kinda hard to tell if he was being serious or not, it's like he really, really wants to be a drooling fanboy but they won't let him in because his spelling is too good.

MP3 Of The Week: Nightmares On Wax - Nights Interlude.mp3 (?)

#2248 by jjohnsen
2004-09-22 18:00:35

I stopped playing UT2K4 about four weeks after I purchased it. Fun, but I need a plentiful amount of PC'ers playing to keep me interested in an online game.

i ain't got no love for the east cost
but i do love eatin butter with my toast
-DKI(ID

#2249 by BobJustBob
2004-09-22 18:01:25

It's not an online game unless you choose it to be.

Dood.

#2250 by Jibble
2004-09-22 18:10:20

I still haven't even installed it.

убийство!

#2251 by G-Man
2004-09-23 01:24:11

I know how you feel. I warezed it and didn't even bother installing it.

#2252 by G-Man
2004-09-23 01:24:20

sup Warren

#2253 by "LuN|z"
2004-09-23 02:34:22

UT2k4 OWNZ JOO!!

#2254 by G-Man
2004-09-23 02:41:07

Wow. Mr. Anonymous from #2245 has been lurking since yesterday to read the responses to his post. I hope the wait was worth it buddy.

#2255 by Dumdeedum
2004-09-23 02:45:49

It's worth installing if only for the few weeks it gives until it gets boring. It would have been better if there'd been less stuff in the game.

MP3 Of The Week: Nightmares On Wax - Nights Interlude.mp3 (?)

#2256 by BobJustBob
2004-09-23 02:50:22

That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard. Developers, the people demand less content!

Dood.

#2257 by Dumdeedum
2004-09-23 04:27:54

Minds like yours made ICQ.

MP3 Of The Week: Nightmares On Wax - Nights Interlude.mp3 (?)

#2258 by Penguinx
2004-09-23 16:41:05

#2256
BobJustBob

That's the dumbest idea I've ever heard. Developers, the people demand less content!

Given your controversial stance on 'no-ramping-difficulty' gameplay, maybe calling it the dumbest idea ever is a bit harsh.