judging from the trailer, the gameplay looks solid (for a ut game...)

The event was yesterday
Actually pretty fun to watch. The Epic team sucked so bad tho. The other matches were more balanced.

I tried to watch, but the stream was so choppy. Maybe I was just unlucky and checked in the couple of times it was choppy, but I could not watch a stream that choppy. And it's not related to my end of the connection.

Game is pretty decent... except the dodging is so damn touchy you can't do small strafes you have to sort of commit or you wind up doing something you don't want to do... annoying.

I'm pretty sure there's an option to change the time required between taps to activate the dodge under 'dodge double click time' or similar. I haven't tried changing it myself as I'm ok with the default timings.

They've also introduced an option for assigning a specific button to dodging under 'single tap dodging' or something so you don't even have to double tap.

After 15+ years of double tapping a button to dodge I don't think i want to could relearn it as a single tap, so no idea how effective it is :)

Yeah I found the option, an improvement but not perfect. I'll look into the single tap options.

Thanks.

I should say the servers are fairly busy too. Like most times of day - in America no less.

After 10+ years of double tapping to dodge, I was glad to start playing quake and give my fingers a rest with much better movement physics. Last time I loaded ut99 I was in pain within 10 minutes! I'd be happy to learn a single tap dodge to avoid carpal tunnel syndrome.

coooool

This game isn't a 1:1 exact, identical copy of Quake 3. Therefore, absolutely everything about it sucks!!


Best regards,
Every ESR user ever

I'm an ESR user and I play all kind of games all the times.... that being said; sorry but I don't like the feel of UT somehow, it feels weird, can't help it.

yeah, it feels weird coming from years Quake..

but as a casual game with friends, the game is godlike.. simply because it's very accessible (it has in-built movement options + really nice tutorial) and the weapons are very fun.

I played a bit of UT2k4 about ten years ago for a short while, and it did feel weird compared to any Quake.

I didn't like the weapons overall, but have to admit that Flak Cannon with its projectile collision/ricochet and shock combo are truly awesome.

Apparently they're actively working on the movement system, haven't checked it for myself, but it does look indeed better on videos.

So its Quake for noobs?

That's not far from the truth IMO, esp. for UT2k4 with introduction of its admittedly quite ridiculous double-jumping, dodge-jumping, wall-dodging, and shield-jumping.

If UT4 would sanitize its movement, it might get chance to drop that "Quake for noobs" sticker it was carrying for now more than ten years. ;-)

UT4 is faster and better than Doom 4 in every aspect :)

it stays true to itself and not a bastardized version.. also it's free to play, just crazy when you think about it!

Right, and with its openness and community involvement, Epic is on the right track and who knows, might even take Quake's place as #1 competitive FPS.

Are there any player numbers for the UT alpha?

None that I know of, unfortunately, and I failed to find something akin to qlstats.net or ut2004stats.epicgames.com for UT4. My understanding is that Epic isn't hosting public servers for the game yet (there are some hosted by community members though).

In-game server browser should provide some information; too bad they require registration at EpicGamesForum to be able to download the game which I can't be arsed to do right now.

what about csgo?

the rail gun from ut2k3/4 was awesome.
like a lightning gun.
now its a sniper rifle :(

I've always liked ut.

It always seemed strange to me that they've reintroduced Sniper Rifle in UT2k4 while having Lightning Gun already which has a longer reload time but deals slightly more damage per shot and takes less time to switch to/from, thus making it more favorable choice...

SR just does not quite fit among other futuristic weapons IMHO; if they've decided to ditch the Lightning Gun in favor of the Sniper Rifle in UT4 that's kind of weird and sad.

its pretty good even in prealpha