Agree with DOc_Edo, Hal and Fart2000 - basically:
"No.
It will split the community into those that stay with ut2k3 (or leave), and those that move over to ut2k4.
Vehicles and other news won't help much since there are other games with the same stuff. Most ppl that liked ut200* bought ut2k3, and those that didnt probably wont be back.
There are HL2 and Doom3 comming out soon. Those will also reduce the numbers of ppl."
this will be the first Unreal game since the original that I`m not hyped up for and will not be purchasing on day of release (if ever).. it seems `more of the same` to me not enough UT99 like to appeal to me in that way, too U2k3 like to get me overly excited, with only more dilution between the `UT Communtity` as a whole.
Bad decision, seems desperate, maybe as a bonus pack would have been GREAT (and I`m not about because we have to pay - I think Epic deserve their money) but because it feels like damage limitation releasing so `soon` after 2k3 (when originally we were not going to hear anything until 2k5).
Yes I think more and more players will move on to other games, until EPIC come back with the be all and end all of the unreal series - the KILLER UNREAL game that blows everything out of the water tech wise *and* gameplay wise.. this may need both retro inclusions, current ommisions and future innovations in gameplay, balance and indentity (ie just `WHAT` is the core game/Not so much dilution of a million gametypes/mods/muts)
Oh and the whole UT2kX naming convention sucks wrinkly vinegary tits in my opinion, talk about ****ing boring.. whoopy `UT2k9`... Drop the delusions of a `sports game` get back to what you did right in the first place. The inital for Epic is a solitary `E` not an `E` followed by an `A`.
... it`s in the game...