Sir_Brizz, I'm very glad that you are an UT3 defender. I really am. And I appreciate the effort that has been made recently on BuF by people with common sense to show a balanced view. Sorry, too little too late, that should have been started at least 1 year ago on Epic's forum. And here all the time, amongst the ones that like either UT99 or UT2004.
On my side, I am an Epic defender which is something different. Go to their forum and read my posts. I've done a great effort to BALANCE the way that people see Epic. I did the opposite of what I saw, making the positive stand out, ignoring the rest and attacking the arguments of the most obnoxious trolls.
But don't expect me to change the way I see UT3 just because now it's fashionable to praise it. The thing is, while I'm happy with the game and being UT the only game that I play, giving it a 9/10, I paid 100$ for it. This is not freeware. If for me the UI doesn't matter I will not bother to criticize it, but if I believe that the orb damages online count and makes the game unpleasant when you mix experienced and new players, I talk about it. if I don't like the game atmosphere, visual decisions and militarism I'll talk about!
I don't care if there's now a positive attitude because people are scared that the franchise ends, it's not worthwhile to develop for PC or because honestly they see it clearly now. It used to be a national sport to insult and hate Epic employees. I've learned that it's easy to hide behind a keyboard and flame other people destroying their reputation, effort and causing grief. Where was the positive and BALANCED attitude? Where were people defending UT2003?
Even if some consider that the core gameplay is great, my point stands. My wishlist is that UT3 makes a turn towards fun and casual gaming while still keeping it "enough" hardcore, with less noob bashing even if you need to change the game (change the ****ing game, not the people!), not so dull because they are scared that people called it cartoonish, and finally not influenced by today's fps tactical/military trend.
On my side, I am an Epic defender which is something different. Go to their forum and read my posts. I've done a great effort to BALANCE the way that people see Epic. I did the opposite of what I saw, making the positive stand out, ignoring the rest and attacking the arguments of the most obnoxious trolls.
But don't expect me to change the way I see UT3 just because now it's fashionable to praise it. The thing is, while I'm happy with the game and being UT the only game that I play, giving it a 9/10, I paid 100$ for it. This is not freeware. If for me the UI doesn't matter I will not bother to criticize it, but if I believe that the orb damages online count and makes the game unpleasant when you mix experienced and new players, I talk about it. if I don't like the game atmosphere, visual decisions and militarism I'll talk about!
I don't care if there's now a positive attitude because people are scared that the franchise ends, it's not worthwhile to develop for PC or because honestly they see it clearly now. It used to be a national sport to insult and hate Epic employees. I've learned that it's easy to hide behind a keyboard and flame other people destroying their reputation, effort and causing grief. Where was the positive and BALANCED attitude? Where were people defending UT2003?
Even if some consider that the core gameplay is great, my point stands. My wishlist is that UT3 makes a turn towards fun and casual gaming while still keeping it "enough" hardcore, with less noob bashing even if you need to change the game (change the ****ing game, not the people!), not so dull because they are scared that people called it cartoonish, and finally not influenced by today's fps tactical/military trend.
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