An Ideal

[Unreal4Eva]

I also posted this at the Epic forum. I have an ideal that might help the UT3 Xbox360 community. Anyone here ever played Halo 3 and Halo3: ODST? ODST is really an expansion pack for Halo 3. What if Epic can make an expansion on the Xbox 360 the same way Bungie did with Halo 3? Expansion can include the 2.1 patch and the Titan Pack. I don't know, but it's good ideal. Please feel free to comment on this.

 

[Fuzz]

As a commercial product, yes, why not?

Microsoft guarantee that it will never be for free, but what is most fair? Being able to buy it or not have it at all?

 

[xMurphyx]

If a new UT3 came out with just the new content you would have to have it cost full-prize again (because it includes the full game) and just the patches aren't really worth buying the game again if you already have it.
Or you can make it only cost what the expansion is worth, but then people who don't have it yet can get it for (very) cheap.
So neither way is "ideal" for UT3.

What would be ideal would be to just release it as free dlc/patch, but I understand MS and Epic were never able to find a way of doing this that suited both parties.
I don't know why Epic wouldn't just charge 400 ms points for it or whatever updates of this magnitude cost elsewhere. It wouldn't be as nice as getting it for free, but it would be better than nothing.

Halo 3 and ODST are two different, moderately long campaigns and they only share the multiplayer component, as far as I understood it. So no matter which one you buy first, you can buy the other one afterwards too without feeling cheated (provided you like the series and you are interested in the campaigns).

 

[Lethargy]

Is no one going to explain the difference between an idea and an ideal to this man?

 

[Fuzz]

I have no ideal what you're talking about...

Sorry could not resist that.

The way the word is used, it might as well be as intended, but it's hard to believe when the other word would fit even better as in more common and easier to comprehend.

You see, the point of an idea is to be an ideal. Be careful of what you think of, because in the Platonian paradise there even is such a thing as a perfect pedophile. Philosophy is absurd.

Why not charge for the expansion? You can always blame Microsoft and everyone will be happy.

 

[GGA_Nate]

UT is a pc franchise and I don't feel it could be successful on a console. The fast-paced twitch shooter really only works with a keyboard and a mouse. Another expansion wouldn't help the game now anyway. Too much time has passed.

 

[Wormbo]

Especially considering the Xbox community does in no way help the PC community.

 

[TurdDrive]

UT is a pc franchise and I don't feel it could be successful on a console. The fast-paced twitch shooter really only works with a keyboard and a mouse. Another expansion wouldn't help the game now anyway. Too much time has passed.

I agree.

 

[Jefe]

I also posted this at the Epic forum. I have an ideal that might help the UT3 Xbox360 community. Anyone here ever played Halo 3 and Halo3: ODST? ODST is really an expansion pack for Halo 3. What if Epic can make an expansion on the Xbox 360 the same way Bungie did with Halo 3? Expansion can include the 2.1 patch and the Titan Pack. I don't know, but it's good ideal. Please feel free to comment on this.

Bungie has legions of rabid fans that will buy anything they put out. UT3, not so much. Also, Epic announced a while back that they're not going to work on UT any time soon. If anything, Epic would do something like this for Gears, the franchise that's actually somewhat popular on the 360. ODST is mainly a single player expansion (as far as I know) and this sort of content would be more suitable for Gears.

Something I'd like to see Epic do make is a UT (or an expansion) with more weapon and gameplay options, rather than just one core weapon set, however nice and balanced it might be. I know there are tons of weapon replacement mutators (which is good) but it just seems lazy on Epic's part to not come up with some new stuff.

 

[d3tox]

Bungie has legions of rabid fans that will buy anything they put out.

Marathon 2 ftw!!!!