How is this considered better than UT99?

[Rydychyn]

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[Miauz55555]

Because!

[Terotrous]

If you prefer UT99's mechanics (I certainly do), you can use the UT Classic Mutator, which allows you to get UT99 style gameplay with all the new maps and other things added to this game.

[WHIPperSNAPper]

It depends on who you ask. There are UT99 fans and UT 2004 fans out there, many of whom will say the game they prefer is the best. The only real objective measure I can think of is to measure online multiplayer activity at a given amount of time after each game's release (aka, "the player counts don't lie"). If you look at it that way, UT99 thumped UT 2004.

[Master_Frag]

I wouldn't call it better, necessarily, but I wouldn't call it worse, either.
It is it's own thing, and that's great.

In the end, they're both great games, unlike UT3.

[Winter2k26]

Originally posted by Master_Frag:

I wouldn't call it better, necessarily, but I wouldn't call it worse, either.
It is it's own thing, and that's great.

In the end, they're both great games, unlike UT3.

+1 add unreal championship , forgotten title when things got crossed over out of the place. mortal kombat's raiden for instance ...

[UmbralPenumbra]

I like UT2004 and UT99 for different reasons

[PyramidHead]

i never played ut99, but i played ut2004 for like 10 billion hours lol. if ut99 is anything like ut2004 i say its a great game =P

[Yoghurt]

I played both games when they came out and the original UT. I was addicted to both UT99 and UT2004 and have created maps for them as I did for Quake 3. They are different games. UT2004 can be modded to play like UT99, but UT99 would have to be heavily modded to play like UT2004. UT2004 is forward looking. Certain mods and maps made the game play like a more modern FPS. However I do not like the latest UT4 as the characters are ugly and it seems to be in limbo. There was a time when UT4 was great but it seems like a group of people have hijacked the project and made it into something very unlike legacy UT.

Every game edition has to be seen as a separate entity. There are similarities and overlaps but UT2004's focus was on new gametypes, vehicles and modding. UT99 was focused on map layouts and AI. I don't see any benefit in ranking one better than the other. Try and enjoy both for what they are. Also try out UT3 - some maps are epic and some mods make UT3 very enjoyable. Personally I think they went crazy with 3D textures and made the whole game look a bit messy. There are some maps that aren't very textured and as a result are great to play.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Subjective to persons opinion. I wouldnt say either are better then one another.

UT99 was focused on map layouts and AI.

Uhhh UT99 was modded to hell XD Way more mods for that game. I personally think 2004's main attraction point was onslaught and invassion.

[Utopian]

Am I the only one in this thread who likes all UT games, including 3?

[UmbralPenumbra]

A lot of people liked UT3 back on release. Maybe that view has changed since the game came out almost 15 years ago

And I've never seen much criticism of UT99 or 2K4

I like all 3, I just like 2K4 the most. I'm sure opinions run the gamut though

[DoesUntoOthers]

Originally posted by BeeTheImmortal:

Am I the only one in this thread who likes all UT games, including 3?

I've loved every UT I've ever played.

[Scuzz MB]

Originally posted by DoesUntoOthers:

Originally posted by BeeTheImmortal:

Am I the only one in this thread who likes all UT games, including 3?

I've loved every UT I've ever played.

Still waiting for the Unreal Championship 2 PC port...

While I've found very few that started with the original UT to find UT2003/2004 "better" it's definitely the most popular game in the series after the original. I love them all. Don't dislike any of them.

[UmbralPenumbra]

Originally posted by Scuzz:

While I've found very few that started with the original UT to find UT2003/2004 "better" it's definitely the most popular game in the series after the original

Generally peoples favorite game of a series is the first one they played

[papalazarou]

i played them all , starting with unreal, i played ut99 for a while then when 2003 came out it was a revelation varied traversal around maps boost jump double jumps, way more exciting, was a big jump in gameplay and skills, then 2004 refined it. Looked forward to ut3 and realised it was amazingly good looking but a step back in game mechanics, then ut4 seemed promising but went nowhere. For me ut2k4 is best, but enjoy whatever suits you