Poll: UT or Q3A?

toph99

Diamond Member
Aug 25, 2000
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what is it? Unreal Tournament(the clearly superior game ;)) or Quake 3 Arena(a so-so game)
 

Abomination

Senior member
Aug 1, 2000
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UT is a much better all around game but I hate it because it's so uninvolving. I play Q3 all day and I hate it then I love but no matter where I am on the hate/love spectrum, I'm always fully involved. Either breaking my mouse or smiling with eyes as big as quarters, I'm still involved. Ut also has an intolerable netcode. Q3's netcode seems illogical at first but then once you get used to it, it kicks ass. Q3 is also much more based on aim so it's not very fun on line but on LAN... that's where q3 kicks ass.
 

damocles

Diamond Member
Oct 9, 1999
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UT
Im not sure how i can vote for agame with such sh*tty net code and cruddy engine. But i am. Guess its the greater variety in game play, Halflife (CS) would be a close second.
 

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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UT.

Netcodes not the best, but it handles lag the best, IMO.

Graphics lack some of the neato effects of Q3, but manage to look nicer, especially for realworld type maps.

Q3 needs hella fps, UT is smooth with 30+.

Q3 has bad interface, UT is simple yet powerful.

Q3 has some neat sounds, UT has as good(with mutators even the same)sounds. UT simply does music better as well.

Q3 hasn't lived up to the mod hype(the only reason I bought Q3), UT has a bunch of very good mods(RA:UT, Infiltration, Strike Force, Tac Ops, U4E) and hundreds of mutators.

I've said it before, and I'm saying it again, Id makes very good engines, but they don't know how to make a game!
 

Priit

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Nov 2, 2000
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The top of all-time FPS games looks to me like this:
Doom/Doom2, UT (kicks ass!), Heretic, Blood(1), .... (some games) ...
DN3D, Wolf3D ... (some more games).... Quake1, Quake2, Quake3 (EOF).
 

Viper GTS

Lifer
Oct 13, 1999
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Q3A for sheer deathmatch fun (eg perfect for LAN parties).

UT for playing against the computer.

I own both.

Viper GTS
 

PlunX

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May 26, 2000
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UT..

I have a lot of tearing in all OpenGL games (especially noticable in Q3A) and it's almost unbearable. UT is one of the best looking and performing games I've ever played.
 

stonerdave

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Jul 26, 2000
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UT - more options, & awesome battle themes like assault and domination. The weapons in UT rock.