Unreal Tournament 3 "Titan Pack" Expansion Coming In March

An anonymous reader writes with news that Unreal Tournament 3 will be getting a free expansion called Titan Pack on March 5th. It will contain a variety of new maps, and two new game modes: Greed and Betrayal. There will also be new weapons, deployables, and achievements. IGN's preview of the expansion mentions a few more improvements, such as an improved voting system and client-side demo recording for the PC version. Quoting: "... the most obvious addition to the series is the new Titan. As you play through the game, killing enemies, completing goals and generally avoiding damage, you'll build up your Titan meter. Once it fills up, you can instantly mutate into a 15' tall Titan. The Titan has massive health, a decent shield belt and can fire homing rockets. Oh, and he can also pound the ground to knock back any enemies that get too close. In short, the Titan is a real game changer."

Comments

Re:Linux client

[rm999]

Don't worry about it, UT3 is not a very good game. The lack of Linux/Apple support was just another in a long line of disappointments regarding the game.

Strong get stronger, weak get weaker

[JohnFluxx]

> As you play through the game, killing enemies, completing goals and generally avoiding damage, you'll build up your Titan meter. Once it fills up, you can instantly mutate into a 15' tall Titan

Isn't this the kind of thing that makes stronger players stronger, and weaker players weaker?

I always liked mods which made weaker players stronger. Like the 'fat head' mod, or whatever it was called, that would increase the size of your head the more kills that you got, making it easier for the weaker players to get headshots. Evened out the game when playing with people with mixed abilities.

Re:Strong get stronger, weak get weaker

[Awod]

I hate things like that. I play to win, maintaining that constant advantage is important and the difficult part of being good. Given a handicap because you didn't fuck up makes it pointless to give it your all.

-- UT 03/04/3 player

Re:Strong get stronger, weak get weaker

[Sable Drakon]

If anything, wouldn't mutators like 'fat head' give you even more incentive to get better? That way no matter how hard to nubs try, they still can't kill the broad side of a barn that happens to be your bulbous ass? That's how I always looked at it, because getting owned by n00bs is embarasing when you're at the top of your game and if you're that good, it's even more demeaning to the nubs.

Re:Strong get stronger, weak get weaker

[El_Muerte_TDS]

Larger targets are easier to hit. Becoming a Titan makes you stronger in attack, but weaker in defense.

Re:Linux client

[Anonymous Coward]

Agreed, it was disappointing. However, I discovered after playing UT3 online that the issue wasn't really the game itself, but the choice of weapons/maps that shipped with it. The defaults SUCK compared to what some people have put together on their own, particularly the guys at hedsteem.com. Some of their maps are great fun, and with the weapons mods (e.g., flamethrower) they put EPIC's efforts to shame. The game has much greater potential. I now consider it a "good game" when it is sufficiently modded. I've got a couple hundred megabytes of downloaded maps.

Unfortunately the game got the mediocre reaction the vanilla release deserved, so it isn't likely that online participation will increase much (you need good players too), but maybe this update will help, and people will rediscover it.

Doesn't help with the lack of linux/apple support, though.

UT3 Was A Game Changer

[Atomm]

for me. It's the game that made me decide that Epic no longer made good games and had all but abandoned the PC.

I loved UT, 03 and 04. But UT3 was really bad.

Re:No posts?

[WiiVault]

Yeah its kinda sad to see that franchise die. I always liked the Unreal series because I thought that unlike the recent Quake/Doom's that they actually cared about the game not just selling the engine.