AirBuccaneers 1.5 for UT2004 Released
istewart writes "Version 1.5 of the AirBuccaneers mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 was released today. This isn't a typical FPS mod, since it's about pirates on balloons and the player is allowed to select from 4 roles on the different craft : pilot, cannon loader, aimer, and musketeer. Hand to hand combat is de-emphasized in favor of strategic air battles."
...there's been a billion other mods released, including favorites like Red Orchestra and Frag.Ops. Check beyondunreal.com. It's just becuase of the MSU deadline.
I've played Air Bucaneers quite a bit and I'd have to say that it's my favorite mod for UT2004. The ballon to ballon combat is really quite fun and once you get a crew of four or five buddies together it's an absolute blast with everybody working feverishly away at their assigned task and the captain yelling "YAAARRR" into the teamspeak server as loud as possible.
Add to that the humerously non-english (finnish maybe?) names and grammer and the comical hideousness of some of the character models and you've got a game that will absolutely leave you in stitches. I've died on many occasions because I have been laughing too hard to properly control my guy.
Can't wait to play the new version.
-Pinkoir