Hi Everyone. I've been playing XMP since the first beta came out; its by far my favorite multiplayer game. Something about it, despite all its flaws, makes it such an amazingly enjoyable experience, that I cant find a more satisfying MP game to play. So, I finally decided to pick up UT2004, for the sole purpose of giving UTXMP a try. I have very mixed feelings about it.
First, the good:
The vehicle physics are such an improvement its hard to go back to the original.
It runs smoother, its far easier to hit and tell your hitting someone.
Bots (they're terrible, but I know they will be good someday.)
SOME of the new weapon effects look really good.
And now the bad...
The flamethrower is terrible. It looks bad, it acts bad, its just bad all around. And what the hell is with the alt fire floating in the air??
THE HUD!!! Why?!?!? Why oh why did you ruin the hud??? Its obtrusive, its distracting, and it looks all around bad!! Why cant we have the old hud?? Was something wrong with it? I mean come on!!
The announcer. Its really irritating to hear "monster kill" when I gut-blow more than one person. Its so...UT-ish.
The hacking effect. Thats ugly too! The old one looked so much better.
The raptor turret. Its no fun anymore - it lacks the uniqueness it had before, now its just a minigun.
The EMP grenade effect; just not as special anymore.
The Duster firing effect - looks like its shooting air.
Anyways, enough whining. Just please for gods sake fix the hud if nothing else. I'm greatly looking foward to Beta 2. Thank you for your hard work to keep this gem alive.
First, the good:
The vehicle physics are such an improvement its hard to go back to the original.
It runs smoother, its far easier to hit and tell your hitting someone.
Bots (they're terrible, but I know they will be good someday.)
SOME of the new weapon effects look really good.
And now the bad...
The flamethrower is terrible. It looks bad, it acts bad, its just bad all around. And what the hell is with the alt fire floating in the air??
THE HUD!!! Why?!?!? Why oh why did you ruin the hud??? Its obtrusive, its distracting, and it looks all around bad!! Why cant we have the old hud?? Was something wrong with it? I mean come on!!
The announcer. Its really irritating to hear "monster kill" when I gut-blow more than one person. Its so...UT-ish.
The hacking effect. Thats ugly too! The old one looked so much better.
The raptor turret. Its no fun anymore - it lacks the uniqueness it had before, now its just a minigun.
The EMP grenade effect; just not as special anymore.
The Duster firing effect - looks like its shooting air.
Anyways, enough whining. Just please for gods sake fix the hud if nothing else. I'm greatly looking foward to Beta 2. Thank you for your hard work to keep this gem alive.
I'm not going crazy waiting for the new version, I'd rather have it good and late than now and incomplete. I read in the changelog that now you can enter vehicles U2XMP style, which is fantastic. Hopefully they can bring the 'gridline' effect on useable items back. I can live with the new EMP effect, and the new incendiary grenade effect, but I really hope they fix the Raptors gun. If nothing else just increase the fire rate and give it the old sound again.
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