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UT2k4 graphics
2004-04-17, 12:11 PM #1
I decided to make a thread about this. Even on highest settings, I don't think UT2k4 has the same level of graphics as Call of Duty or possibly even Ghost Recon and Jedi Academy at highest settings. I'm not saying that without top notch graphics it is a bad game, it's just something I noticed. Comments?

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2004-04-17, 12:12 PM #2
Graphics dont make the game. UT2k4 may not be the best looking game, but its still one of the *BEST* FPS games Ive ever played.

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2004-04-17, 12:13 PM #3
d00d, it has, liek, flaming gibs! You can't beat flaming gibs.

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2004-04-17, 12:13 PM #4
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
Graphics dont make the game. UT2k4 may not be the best looking game, but its still one of the *BEST* FPS games Ive ever played.

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Yeah, that's easy for us linux users to say.

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2004-04-17, 12:18 PM #5
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
Yeah, that's easy for us linux users to say.</font>


WTF?

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2004-04-17, 12:49 PM #6
LOL burn!

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2004-04-17, 12:55 PM #7
Oh zingers! The prodigal Judas returns!

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2004-04-17, 1:04 PM #8
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by GBK:
WTF?

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Well, linux has... less games. That makes it easier for UT2004 to be the *BEST* FPS you've ever played. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-04-17, 1:58 PM #9
It's got THE best ragdoll physics. Evar.

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2004-04-17, 3:23 PM #10
Yeah, did you knowtace that they made it more sensitive since ut2003? In 2003, they kinda slid down, while in 2004 they smash / bounce / spin a lot more. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2004-04-17, 4:25 PM #11
GBK has it right. Graphics don't always have to make or break a game. Look at Dark Forces 2. People still play an almost eight year old game with characters in game who have cubes for heads. It's all about gameplay, something UT2K4 has plenty of.

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2004-04-17, 4:27 PM #12
Yeah, the gibbing system and havok phyisics engine are both pretty darn cool.

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2004-04-17, 5:00 PM #13
UT2004's graphics are helluva lot better than JA's.

But anyway, UT2004's gameplay smacks the pants off the other games anyway, thus, it wins. I mean, look at Starcraft for cripes sake. The game is really old, and it's like a freaking religious order now.

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2004-04-17, 5:23 PM #14
I find UT2k4's graphics far superior to that of JA and CoD.

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2004-04-17, 9:46 PM #15
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kieran Horn:
I decided to make a thread about this. Even on highest settings, I don't think UT2k4 has the same level of graphics as Call of Duty or possibly even Ghost Recon and Jedi Academy at highest settings. I'm not saying that without top notch graphics it is a bad game, it's just something I noticed. Comments?[/B]</font>


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2004-04-18, 7:35 AM #16
...seriously. Ghost Recon is one of my favorite games, and still has one of the better jungle and forest atmospheres, but graphically it is no match for UT2K4.

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2004-04-18, 7:48 AM #17
Lol, the toilet rolls from Ghost recon look like giant white nuts...

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[This message has been edited by Mystic0 (edited April 18, 2004).]
2004-04-18, 8:05 AM #18
JA looks better then UT04?

It must be your computer or something...

UT04 FAR surpasses JA in its graphics...

Some of the levels in UT are just gorgeous, while JA is average.
2004-04-18, 3:49 PM #19
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
Lol, the toilet rolls from Ghost recon look like giant white nuts...

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I believe the game focused more on actual gameplay than it's environmental graphical appeal. I tradeoff I was skeptacle(sp?) of at first, but now I think is perfectly fine.

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2004-04-18, 3:51 PM #20
No, it focused on both. It had many atmospheric details, the fact that it HAD toilet paper rolls, messy newspapers and various foodstuffs scattered around campsites and houses was more detail than many other games could hope to have.

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2004-04-18, 3:53 PM #21
I didn't like UT2k4 a lot, even after I played it for some time. I consider it a waste of money.

The only thing I liked (which is unchanged from 2k3) is the combo blast. I just can't get enough of it.
2004-04-18, 4:16 PM #22
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by phoenix_9286:
I believe the game focused more on actual gameplay than it's environmental graphical appeal. I tradeoff I was skeptacle(sp?) of at first, but now I think is perfectly fine.

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Don't get me wrong, I *love* ghost recon. I just think it's a bit much to say that it's graphics are better than ut2004. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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2004-04-18, 4:55 PM #23
Getting back to the topic on hand, I don't think a Q3 derivative can match UT2k4's graphics. There is a noticable difference even between the lowest UT2k4 settings and Q3 medium settings.

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2004-04-18, 5:07 PM #24
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Mystic0:
Don't get me wrong, I *love* ghost recon. I just think it's a bit much to say that it's graphics are better than ut2004. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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I never said it was better.

Emon, I meant that while GR had them, they looked rather fake. At least this that's how it looked on the XBox version of the game, which is all I've played.

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2004-04-18, 5:23 PM #25
Oh, well it's crap on the Xbox. It didn't run well on my GF3 on my 1.53 GHz Athlon, let alone the Xbox.

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2004-04-18, 5:25 PM #26
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by phoenix_9286:
I never said it was better.

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I know. That comment was directed toward Kieran Horn.

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2004-04-18, 5:55 PM #27
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Graphics dont make the game. UT2k4 may not be the best looking game, but its still one of the *BEST* FPS games Ive ever played.</font>


. . . Huhhh?! Have you played even a single other FPS other than UT? I mean, sure you're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't necessarily keep your opinion from being FLAT OUT BLATANTLY WRONG. [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

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2004-04-18, 6:29 PM #28
IT *is* pretty freaking good.

Not as much fun as BF1942 originally was, though.

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2004-04-18, 7:48 PM #29
Yeah.. freelancer has the weirdest tastes.

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2004-04-18, 8:06 PM #30
After the third rehash of the /exact same game/, I tend to want a little variation, yeah.

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2004-04-18, 8:29 PM #31
The last game I bought because of Graphics was... probably X-Wing Alliance... that was a long time ago.

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2004-04-18, 10:09 PM #32
I buy games for graphics! Who cares about the gameplay? I am a graphics freak... Still, good designed levels are more important than the graphic-engines (wiht tons of effects). That's why I still love Quake 3 and Team Arena, their level design is GOD!

(but I didn't play UT2k4, cause my pc is too slow)

Yeah, ok, that's all a bit drastic. I mean I played a lot of Heroes, Master of Orion 3 and still love JK (but only to edit it). But right now I don't have the time to play.

Ah, and the game wit the best look is still Gothic 2 for me, because it feels "real".

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2004-04-18, 10:14 PM #33
You can't say no to karma physics. Well, you can, but then you mysteriously die in a horrible road accident.

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2004-04-18, 11:03 PM #34
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freelancer:
After the third rehash of the /exact same game/...

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2004-04-19, 1:03 AM #35
Oh, and Freelancer, what about all the other games like it? Like all the Resident Evils for one. You can't tell me that more than 20% was new content.

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2004-04-19, 3:08 AM #36
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Freelancer:
After the third rehash of the /exact same game/, I tend to want a little variation, yeah.</font>


Flexy already said, but yeah, Onslaught!

I hate fast-paced unrealistic FPS, especially ones with lots of weird alien weaponary. Yet I cant stop playing UT2k4 Onslaught... It's just that good. Screw the weapons, they (mostly) suck, the inter-vehicle and special weapons interactions are pure gold.

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2004-04-19, 3:33 AM #37
I play MotS. Fear the colored lighting.

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2004-04-19, 8:54 AM #38
The point I was trying to make is that while UT2k4 has good graphics, it's not oh my god incredible or ground breaking. I will say that the weapons look really good though (specifically the shock rifle).

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[This message has been edited by Kieran Horn (edited April 19, 2004).]
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2004-04-19, 9:21 AM #39
UT weapon designs > ut2k4 weapon desgins

Honestly, i rather have them remake the old ones.

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2004-04-19, 9:42 AM #40
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Kieran Horn:
The point I was trying to make is that while UT2k4 has good graphics, it's not oh my god incredible or ground breaking. I will say that the weapons look really good though (specifically the shock rifle).

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I don't think you can make it too much better without severly increasing the system requirments...

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