Two of the most anticipated games....

[EXEcution]

:w00t: I'm talking about the third installment in the infamous UT line-up, Unreal Tournament 2004. As well as the second installment in the BF trend Battlefireld Vietnam. :w00t:

If anyone has purcahsed one of the two, if not both, feel free to compare and post about them here. As far as i'm conserned i'm equally excited for both of them. Although i've not played BF1942 recently, i still remember it as being very unique and fine lookin. :wootrock:

As for UT2K4, there isn't much to say except that its gonna be EXTREMELY popular among UT fans and to people just getting aquainted with the insane MP game. I my opinion BF aims more towards realism, while UT goes for the speed and fun.

So....what do u think?

[skabzvice]

I havn't heard much about battlefield vietnam...is there a demo? I've seen some screen shots and they look pretty good. Is it made on the same engine as 1942? I played the demo for UT2004 and thought it was complete crap....as in the vehicles were horrid. Someone go buy vietnam so they can tell me about it.

[Jive88]

buying bf vietnam as soon as i get hoem tommorow (then getting my cartalage pierced for my gf) and then ill tell you how it is.

[skabzvice]

Originally posted by Jive88@Mar 16 2004, 03:30 AM
buying bf vietnam as soon as i get hoem tommorow (then getting my cartalage pierced for my gf) and then ill tell you how it is.
Whatcha getting pierced?

[Nitro]

prince albert or jacob's ladder maybe?
I HOPE NOT :mellow:

[Jive88]

the top of my ear.

[Silent Sam]

I picked up BF: Vietnam. Initially after loading it up, I gave it a so-so grade. Unfortunately I'm a total noob to the BF series and never even tried BF 1942. The objectives and strategies initially didn't seem obvious to me and the vehicle control, especially air vehicles, was not so easy to comprehend. The potential to camp spawns is pretty bad and load times are very long.

Now after playing a few rounds, though, I'm starting to see the potential in this game a bit better and I'm starting to really enjoy it. It has a good overall look and ambiance, and the music is definately a nice touch (its cool to hear a jeep coming up over the hill and whip past you, while its playing 'paint it black' from the stereo...definately a nice touch). Gameplay is good, graphics are good, , fun factor is there and seems to be getting better the more I play it.

I think it'll grow on me :)

[Sexyjess]

:bawling: nooo slow sweden

now onfriday ut2004 coiming 19 march :lol:

[EXEcution]

I'll prolly buy neither now (gotta wait till they sink down to the 20$ range :P) and get Painkiller when it comes out in 30 or so days cuz i have it on reserve and all.

[skabzvice]

I played the painkiller demo, I didn't really care for it. I thought it looked good and whatnot, but that was about it.

[The_Demon_Within]

Vietnam kicks ass, if you liked bf1942, then vietnam is a must. the mod potential is amazing and the game is jus fun. c4 sticks to vehicles and ****! i mean comon, thats reason enough..

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by The_Demon_Within@Mar 18 2004, 11:50 PM
Vietnam kicks ass, if you liked bf1942, then vietnam is a must. the mod potential is amazing and the game is jus fun. c4 sticks to vehicles and ****! i mean comon, thats reason enough..
:thumbs: Thats enough reason foe me to get it.

[Silent Sam]

Actually, the more I'm playing BF: Vietnam, the less I'm actually liking it :mad:

Why? I think the main thing is that with the control points scattered around everywhere and with no need to take the points in any specific order, there isn't really a 'frontline' to the battle. Strategy in this game is lacking. Instead you get people camping spawn points and people sniping in really weird spots. Any game that promotes and encourages spawn camping gets a fat thumbs down IMO. :down: Part of this is due to map design as well, and may well be fixed in the future.

A small gripe for me is that air vehicle controls seem to basically require a joystick to do it well. I do have an old joystick lying around I think, but I really wish it was easier to control with a mouse/keyboard.

And one of my biggest gripe of all...the weak weapon sound effects. Now the music in the game is awesome, and the overall vehicle sounds and ambient sounds are good. But weapon sounds are way to quiet, and the footstep noises when running are near silent as well.

Now BF: Vietnam may be great later as a possible springboard for future mods...but as of right now, I'm not as impressed as I should be.

[SALvation]

The reviews for BF:Vietnam were less than fantastic. Most gave it a 7 or 8 out of 10.

[EXEcution]

Ouch, well thank god for the patch! :P

[Silent Sam]

Anyone pick up Unreal Tournament 2k4 yet?

[EXEcution]

Ok my freind lent me BFV (his rig can hahrdly handle it) its OK, i dotn see many probs with it, but the helicopters are a b1tch to control!

[skabzvice]

I also got BFV... It's not a bad game. The air vehicles could be a little easier to control, but you can't expect that. My version wont do MP so... it will get boring F-A-S-T.

[EXEcution]

Won't do MP?
:huh:

[skabzvice]

Lets just say that I got this on sale for $0.00 :P

[Rivers]

I was never a fan of the BF games so I don't think I'll be picking up BFV but I did pick up UT24K and it is pretty cool. :thumbs:

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by skabzvice@Mar 21 2004, 04:44 PM
Lets just say that I got this on sale for $0.00 :P
Heh i just figured out how to burn all three CD's so im happy with my "cheap" version as well. :devil:

[skabzvice]

You should get a program called "Alcohol 120%" It allows you to have .cue files mounted onto imaginary cd drives so that way you never have to burn them. Can you get yours to work online?

[EXEcution]

Originally posted by skabzvice@Mar 21 2004, 09:59 PM
You should get a program called "Alcohol 120%" It allows you to have .cue files mounted onto imaginary cd drives so that way you never have to burn them. Can you get yours to work online?
yes it works online except for the fact that it needs the original copy (Disc 1) to run, and the only way i can get past that is with a thingy.

[skabzvice]

When I try to play mine online it says that my cd key is invalid. What can I do to fix that?

[JIMINATOR]

Originally posted by skabzvice@Mar 21 2004, 11:45 PM
When I try to play mine online it says that my cd key is invalid. What can I do to fix that?
you can try buying the game when it comes out. i am surprised that this thread has not been locked or deleted. warez is not to be discussed here.

[Burn the Witch]

Warez is wrong. Burn in Hell.

[ME BIGGD01]

WHAT THE HELL????

you guys need to buy the games and pay the companies who worked hard building it. this is what keeps these companies around making games so we can have fun. this isnt the music industry and think you are robbing the community. downloading illegal games is just bs and they give you the oppurtunity to play a demo before you buy. what more can you ask for?

[::: DARK PSI :::]

Please do not discuss illegal game downloads or how to use illegally downloaded files. Gamemecca does not allow this type of discussion.

[SALvation]

Thread locked.

Both accounts have posting rights revoked for 24 hours.

Execution you have lost your mod rights here.