Epic's new free Unreal Tournament (development halted)

[Wirdschowerdn]

"We are making a new Unreal Tournament."

"Starting today".

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

Free, and no console trash.

I'm okay with that.

 

[AlexOfSpades]

"We're focusing on PC, Mac and Linux."

YAY NO CONSOLETARDS!

"It's gonna be free to play." It's gonna be free, not free to play.

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUCK wait what?

Edit: Lol at the simultaneous posts reacting to the stream

 

[Minttunator]

No consoles - the platforms are PC, Mac, Linux.


How much is it going to cost? "It's going to be free."


EDIT: ninjaed again! :D

 

[Silly Rabbit]

Sorry for quoting Polygon but they leaked the details early:

http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/8/5695404/unreal-tournament-new-2014-free-unreal-engine-4-epic-games

Epic's decision to build the game in public isn't the only change that reflects the passage of time. Unreal Tournament will be free — but not free-to-play, according to the developer.
"Free means free — no microtransactions," he said. "Just free."


When asked how Epic will earn income with a free game, Polge said that Unreal Tournament will "eventually" have a marketplace where modders can post and give away or sell their maps, mods and other content.

 

[Cazzeris]

 

[Minttunator]

The lady promised no microtransactions, so that's I suppose.
I think I'm fine with them selling actual content like maps and mods on their marketplace.

 

[tuluse]

So f2p the way TF2 is f2p.

 

[Cazzeris]

I'd prefer to just pay 30 bucks and play with people who really wanted to play this game.

At least TF2 and DOTA are good F2P.

 

[Berekän]

If the base game it's truely going to be totally free then that's good news, hope they deliver something good.

 

[Diablo169]

Well it sounds great in theory. It will likely still be shit. but at least I wont have to pay for it to find out. If it gives me even a slight feeling of what I used to get with UT-99 then i'll likely play the shit outta it.

 

[skacky]

Not too certain how I feel about this. Time wil tell. To be honest I expected something worse, but an open development can be good as long as they don't take shitty ideas from everywhere.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

I just hope they don't fuck up the character design. I prefered the lean, agile Commandos from '99 over the bulky dude-bro niggers in the sequels.

 

[Renegen]

I hope they inject some MOBA features into this venerable franchise.

I have no faith they'll do anything good, UT has been dead for a long time.

 

[Cazzeris]

This can be good.

Killing Floor 2 news and a possibly well-made Unreal Tournament.

Today is a good day.

 

[Ninjerk]

So... are they trying to make DotA2: the FPS?

 

[Diablo169]

So... are they trying to make DotA2: the FPS?

Team Fortress 2 would likely be a better comparison.

 

[AlexOfSpades]

I don't prefer 2004, i love them both equally, but what i love about it is the wall-dodging. With the unlimited wall dodging mutator, combat feels like we're ninjas bouncing on walls like Megaman X while shooting deadly instagib beams. When UT99's strafing is just on 2 axis (sideways and ahead/behind) the dodging in 2004 is in three axis, in a sense, thanks to double-jumping and dodging giving combat a completely new dimension. Very fun and quite challenging! Don't get me wrong though, compared to 99's adrenalin-fueled, lightning-fast combat UT2004 felt floaty and slow. I love both, in different ways. I remember playing Godlike matches on UT99 - i had to rest a bit after an hour or so of game, it was a bit too much.

I liked Quake 3, but it always felt inferior to the UT series. The movement is cool but relying on jump pads/rocket jumps felt limited. I don't quite understand the comparison with 2004.

 

[Watser]

In UT2k4 you basically had 2 "jumps" you could work with. You could, for instance, perform a doublejump, a dodge-jump or jump up to a wall and dodge away from it. Hence a wall-dodge. This mechanic is also what I found very appealing in the game, despite the movement being horribly slow. But it did allow for some pretty interesting scenarios and, as Alex mentioned, gives you a new axis to play around with. If 2k4 adopted the movementsped in '99 or Q3 it would arguably have become too much of a twitchfest in that regards. It should have been slightly faster regardless though.

I enjoyed both Q3, UT99 and UT2004. Tho I always preferd Q2 multiplayer over Q3.

 

[J_C]

And now, where I reveal how much of a noob I really am at arena shooters:

What is wall-dodging? Is it a specific mechanic you use that the game acknowledges, or a quirk that players exploit (like bunny-hopping)?

IIRC it is basicly like wall-jumps in platformers. You jump onto the wall and push yourself away from it. I admit I never could do it in UT.

 

[Astral Rag]

Unreal Tournament will "eventually" have a marketplace where modders can post and give away or sell their maps, mods and other content.

Yeah this is totally not a F2P game

1. This game will play and look like crap if it's co-designed by a million unguided "fans". Good games are made by (groups of) skilled people who have a coherent vision, a set of relatively clear goals,...

2. This game will be an amazing online experience if no 2 players have the same content: "Host wants to play on Deck 1€€7 with skin Nude_pony_13 please transfer 20 Nali credits ($12.99) to Epic Games, Inc to get access to this content or try to find another server".

 

[shihonage]

Ah the memories. I remember my UT2004 clan doing wall-dodging drills. This is when I started asking myself... why does this feel like work, when I'm supposed to be having fun?

 

[Destroid]

Didn't UK2k4 have a speed slider like UT99?

 

[Average Manatee]

Isn't wall-dodging just as simple as double tapping a direction while near a wall?

 

[Watser]

Have to be in mid-air, else it would just be a normal dodge but... yep.