UT3 Goes Gold! And Finally a Release Date!

[Bonez]

US release date is November 19th

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=582650

[juneau]

22nd!

[Duke{CLR}]

[Slaughter]

But, we have no clue as to what bugs have been fixed or what changes have been made since the beta demo. Especially things like the UI/Server Browser. Or even running Servers.

I'm sure it will be fun but as far a communication goes, this time around Epic has really let the die-hard fans down.

[Slaughter]

I and other are trying (probably in vein) to get a change list. Please add your support for this:

http://utforums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=582655

[Rand{CLR}]

This is rather disappointing. What the hell is the point of a Beta if you're not going to make changes (and by not releasing a change list and not giving us a REAL demo, there's absolutely nothing to say what has or has not been addressed) and let people know that they've done something?

Where's the demo? That 1 month demo period with UT2k4 was excellent--it got people hooked, and it allowed them a full taste of what to expect.

If we're to go by the beta demo, then the full version is going to disappoint everyone because of what needs to be fixed--and how are we to know if it's been fixed enough, or if it has been fixed too much?

Rather than perfect their product as in the past, they seem to be taking a page from EA in this regard, and releasing a likely unbalanced and somewhat buggy product to patch it later.

And they're coming out just a week after Mario Galaxy. Not the smartest of moves there either.

-Rand

[MajorDeath]

I have faith in Epic that this will be a great game. I do wounder how you think a Wii game is going to compete with a PC game. They are not very much geared towards the same gamer audience at all.

As with most beta's I'd be surprised if the demo we have been playing was even the latest version of the game at the time it was released. Generally the development of the game is far ahead of the beta's. I'd be willing to bet that issues brought up like the UI had already been addressed. Most everything else people wanted changed were just personal preferences rather than actual bugs in the game, with a few exceptions.

MD

[paceman]

I'll be perfectly happy playing TF2 until I hear from the hard-core UT fans if the major problems have been addressed in the Gold release. I like UT a lot, but not enough to plunk down the cache if it's as big a pain as the demo.

[MrCleanX]

Like MD said, I have faith in Epic.

See you all on the Warfare server!!!

[LIMEY]

the new software business ethos is to sell first based on strength of title and slowly fix later.

[Starfire]

I'll get it no matter what but it makes you wonder why this game is getting developed differently than the previous 2 versions.....maybe pressure from Midway? At least Atari allowed Epic to say "we'll release it when it's done". The 2k4 beta was much more polished than this one.

[Bonez]

I'll get it no matter what but it makes you wonder why this game is getting developed differently than the previous 2 versions.....maybe pressure from Midway? At least Atari allowed Epic to say "we'll release it when it's done". The 2k4 beta was much more polished than this one.

The UT 2k4 demo did seem much more polished.

I just hope they at least fix some of the issues that were brought up (server browser, UI, vehicle balance problems).

I will play it either way.. I just want it to be popular like UT 2k4 so there are full servers for a long time to come.

[juneau]

The only problem i have is the server browser. The game itself is pretty good.

[Rand{CLR}]

I have faith in Epic that this will be a great game. I do wounder how you think a Wii game is going to compete with a PC game. They are not very much geared towards the same gamer audience at all.

Because there are a lot of people like me who like different types of games, own a Wii, and will be buying Mario Galaxy on date of release. But think of it more like movie releases. When something big comes along, like say, a Spiderman movie, NOTHING wants anything to do with that week or the one after it unless there is no other choice.

Mario's sales are going to completely kick UT's ass, and they should know it. I would have thought they'd give it at least 1 more week. They'd still catch the prime holiday sales period even.

-Rand

[Slaughter]

I think the game will turn out to be a great one as well and I will get it on release, but...

We could probably create a poll to guess how quickly the first patch will come out.