Unreal II Demo Released

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Posted by simoniker on Thursday May 1, 2003 @01:31PM from the last-train-to-na-pali dept.

G9o writes "The demo for Unreal II: The Awakening has been released. The 153MB file is available for download at Fileplanet or FileShack. Originally Epic said they weren't going to release a demo for it, but perhaps the mediocre reception changed their mind?" In related news, French games site FactorNews are hosting a press document that claims "Unreal II" for Xbox, "Unreal Assault" for PS2 and "Unreal Tournament 2004" for PC will all be shown by Infogrames at E3, albeit possibly behind closed doors.

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Here is the 3DG URL by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-01 13:45 · Score: 1, Informative

And I even posted it anon to avoid karma whoring.
Bada bing
Re:maybe? by SanLouBlues · 2003-05-01 14:21 · Score: 1, Informative

Or they'll suggest worthwhile changes and make the release product better . . .
Re:Ahh, the old days.. by Anonymous Coward · 2003-05-01 14:42 · Score: 1, Informative

Boughten isn't a word.
Another place to download by Sim9 · 2003-05-01 15:47 · Score: 2, Informative

Also mirrored:

http://editingarchive.com/view.php?ID=332

No registration needed!
Re:Linux? by lspd · 2003-05-01 16:10 · Score: 3, Informative

I believe Epic made the case against another Linux release when they revealed the server connection stats a while back. See the post here. Sure, there are quite a few good reasons that the numbers may be artificially low, but that's a completely different subject.

Hopefully the folks at icculus.org can come up with a way to play Unreal II using Unreal 2003 as they did with Unreal, Unreal Gold, and Return to Na Pali
Re:maybe? by Slime-dogg · 2003-05-01 16:55 · Score: 4, Informative

Conversely: Epic will put the single best level in the demo (maybe the defense level w/ sniper rifles and artillary). Then people will get it, be wowed by the amazing graphics, have their heart pounding because they think that it's so exciting...

Then they'll buy the game and find that it has a thin plot that doesn't seem to go anywhere. Seriously, the plot is the same as Zelda... mainly get pieces of this miraculous old-technology and then face the evil of all evils.

:Yawn: The parent has it right. The game content sucks. The presentation is astounding. I justify my purchase of it as supporting the research and development of the engine. (Heh... kinda like Wolf3d-the original, Doom, Heretic, Quake, Quake 3......) Sorry, but the original ID games have the same problem. They were brand new to the market, which is why they did so well. I play the original Doom now, and I know where every secret door is, I know how to get every single item, I can play on Nightmare with custom respawn and beat the game. It just doesn't have a plot.

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150megs for THAT?!?! by iamhassi · 2003-05-01 17:56 · Score: 2, Informative

The demo was only 10 minutes long! And there's a 10 minute non-skipable video at the beginning at that!
What a crock.

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Um, don't blame Epic... by orthancstone · 2003-05-01 18:18 · Score: 2, Informative

Hate to sound like a troll, but first things first...Epic didn't make Unreal 2, just the engine.

Blame Legend for the demo coming out well after the game (they weren't sure they wanted to release one) and for the game not being that great (well, I should warn I haven't played the game but am very disappointed to say I haven't heard many positive things about the actual game's value and challenge).