Reading from front to back these many posts from everyone the general feel is for something different. Something fresh, fun, arcade-ish and appealing from the Deathmatchers to the Team/Goal oriented players. The single thing I'd ask EPIC for is to give the world a polished retail version of XMP. Ok so it's not brand new but... It was only DL'd and not really marketed, much like Old Counter Strike. Imagine if it hit, XMP... Full fledged and gleaming, on retail shelves round the world!? With how many players loved the original for it being so underground, any Game Developing Company NOT interested in retailing it to the masses should go make PONG for cell phones...
Anyway, some things people want from their shiny new UT game are:
Class Oriented without having 8 of them... XMP (3 distinct classes)
Intract with the environment... XMP ('Using' objects to obtain Deploys, Energy, Locked doors and more)
Fantastic Movement... XMP (If you've played it and can Concussion jump or Super Wall jump you know what's up)
Killer shootouts and dynamic play... XMP (Known for the most brutal and tasty skilled shootouts evar)
Maps made for the Movement... XMP (Too many to list!)
Arena/Arcade/Team play... XMP (Depending on map)
Great graphics lookin killer on average PCs... XMP (Depending on version but frame rates were always high)
Weapons of all new sorts... XMP (Burst pistol, Smoke grenades, Fire grenades, Concussion grenades throwing players and vehicles around, Shotguns breathing fire, Auto/Rocket turrets... Simply excellent)
I still play regularly and map for UTXMP/U3 and want to work with an experienced UnrealScripter for Mutators etc. Just made my first U3 Mutator XD anyway... XMP was and still IS the single best online shooter I've ever known. If someone retails a killer version I swear I'm gettin it tattooed across my shoulders...
~Vive La XMP~
Get UTXMP from:
http://www.free-monkey.com/main/utxmp_download.php (UT2k4 required
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