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E3 - Metal Gears, Jungle Beats, Unreal Tech?

Posted by simoniker on from the tentacles-and-keys-are-pimped dept.

Thanks to continuing coverage of the E3 Expo show from GameSpot, from 1UP, from GameDaily, and many other sources - highlights for the second day included Eurogamer's detailed write-up of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater, apparently "an overwhelming spectacle" in both positive and other ways, GameSpot's first images of Unreal Engine 3.0, a "complete game development framework for next-generation consoles and DirectX9-equipped PCs", IGN Cube's hands-on impressions of DK Jungle Beat, allegedly "the sleeper hit of the show", 1UP's musings on The Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age, an "attempt to make a Japanese-style turn-based console RPG in America", and even GameSpot's brief impressions of a mobile phone-embedded Turrican, as the Factor 5 classic returns "pre-loaded on Siemens 65 Series phones."

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  1. Unreal 3 Engine Video by rmathew · · Score: 3, Informative
    ...is here:

    http://germanjulian.com/open/unreal3_0002.wmv

    It really is quite awesome.

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    1. Re:Unreal 3 Engine Video by rmathew · · Score: 4, Informative
      Sorry, that link is not working any more - try this one instead:

      http://download.beyondunreal.com/fileworks.php/dem os/unreal3_0002.wmv

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  2. What sucks about MGS3 by Pluvius · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...is that it's not a remake of the real Metal Gear 2 (as opposed to the poor substitute that America originally got, Snake's Revenge). Should be interesting to see a story about another Snake, though, even if it is as clogged with narrative as MGS2 was.

    Rob

  3. Re:Unreal engine 3 by ChibiLZ · · Score: 5, Informative

    Per the Unreal Technology site, Unreal Engine 3 is completed and ready to be licensed. As to when we will see games on it, I think it would be safe to say no sooner than mid next-year for PC games. Hopefully UT2k5 will be on this engine. For console gaming, wait for the next generation, about 2006 or so. This just announced: The Duke Nukem Forever team has announced that they are switching engines to the Unreal Engine 3! They apologize, but this will unfortunately add another year or 2 delay. :)

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  4. unreal engine 3 by WormholeFiend · · Score: 4, Interesting

    right now just one person can make a custom character, and a team can manage a total conversion mod.

    with all the detail that one can put in a custom character, will its creation require a whole team?