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Preview of Unreal Tournament 2

Posted by michael on from the head-shot dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "Looks like we can finally have a glance at the Unreal Tournament 2 screenshots and a nice preview. Wow, games these days are just too real (but you wont hear me complain!). Enjoy!"

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  1. Re:Graphics Hardware by Bert+Peers · · Score: 4, Funny
    I hope they truly mean low end hardware, and not a Duron 1ghz and a Geforce 2


    Yeah, that's how the game got its name -- after playtesting it on a 486, in 320x240 in 16 color mode to get *some* framerate, the toss-up was for "dopey" or "unreal".

  2. Sniper Rifle by nzhavok · · Score: 4, Funny

    The sniper rifle has been replaced by an "instant hit lightning gun" which does the same thing. Oh man that sucks I always liked the sniper rifle, I thought it was a nice touch compared to all the sci-fi weapons. Besides which "I sniped that bitch between the eyes" has a nicer ring to it than "I insta-lightninged the sucker".

    The article says that it makes the snip^H^H^H^H intant-hit-lightning-gunner more visible, I suppose this is some justification because we all know sniping is lame ;-)

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  3. Tough Minimum Specs by ellem · · Score: 5, Funny

    Minimum Requirements

    Windows XXP
    5 Geoforce Cards
    4 1.4Ghz processors
    3 French Hens
    2 Turtle soundcards
    and <pinky_in_cheek>1 Billion MB of Ram</pinky_in_mouth>

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  4. Bad news for us crappy players by Tony+Shepps · · Score: 5, Funny
    "In other words, we are focusing more toward the actual skill of the player rather than luck."

    This is the only thing that worries me, personally, because frankly I suck. Maybe it's age, maybe it's the lack of patience to go check out the ultra-elite message boards where I can get the key bindings to use all these weird-ass dodges and double-secret jumps. Maybe it's the tendonitis which slows down my trigger finger.

    I can be competitive, but it's taken a year to get there, and when people are dominating I'm just not good enough.

    I hope there is still a place for me, the aging crappy FPS gamer. I'm the one who messes up your team by not playing well enough. I'm the one who accidentally fires at you when you're on the ledge, knocking you off and killing you. I'm the one who runs while firing the rocket launcher, forgetting that I'm about to run past a pole where my rocket will just blow me up, blow me up damn good. I don't want to be the lame one, it just happens.

    You elite players need people like me in order to climb the ladder. Every army needs its cannon fodder. But if there are too many dodge keys to remember, no chance of being even the slightest bit effective doing anything, I'll just have to pass and you elites are only going to be left killing yourselves.