Revisiting UT2004 two decades later! This sequel to UT99 (er, UT2003?) from Epic Games and Digital Extremes was a staple of PC gaming in the 2000s, with the ...
  • Nilz@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I remember playing on a RPG invasion server and it was one of the best gaming experiences up to that point. It was PVE where you’d get XP for every monster you killed and wave you’d survive and you could use it to upgrade your weapons and stats. Sadly just a few days after discovering it, the server went offline and I haven’t found another one like it.

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      6 months ago

      You should still be able to get the mutator, I believe it is called UT2004RPG, then you can host a server on your next LAN party

  • Altima NEO@lemmy.zipEnglish
    6·
    6 months ago

    Oh god… I never bothered to consider Unreal Tournament 2004 was 20 years old. I still consider it the “newer” unreal tournament compared to the OG and 2003…

    • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      6 months ago

      UT2004 is peak UT, UT3 was just a brown mess, and the latest UT never got out of Alpha before Epic shelved it infavour of Fortnite

  • ConstipatedWatson@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    This game was really awesome! I spent so many hours playing online with whoever. It had several awesome arenas.

    Now you make me want to play it again!

    • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I’m willing to bet you could probably still find servers with a handful of players on the weekend so long as you’re running the last version of the game (the patch is probably not on the official site anymore though). Or with All Seeing Eye.

      • stoy@lemmy.zipEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        I still play online from time to time, the key is to join an empty server with a friend, others will see and join fairly shortly after

  • mctoasterson@reddthat.comEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    This was amazing. I remember having LAN parties first with UT99 then with Counter-strike and UT2K4.

    Those LANs were peak gaming for me.

  • lobodon@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    This made me reinstalled ut2k4. Used to play the demo with orbital2 instagibCTF slomo low gravity. Good times.

  • ramblingsteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    You know you’re old when games you still play quite regularly turn up in retro reviews! The community master server is still pretty well populated, as are UT '99 servers. These games are still the pinnacle of their genre. No micro transactions, no DRM, no pay to win. Just you, your shock rifle, and as much amphetamine as your nerve endings will take. As the reviewer says, the level design and game mechanics are legendary at this point, and players of any ability can quickly get into a flow state that modern games can only dream of. These are fine wines in a world of cheap lager. New gamers should drink deep from the pc games of the 2000’s.

    • SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      6 months ago

      How noob-friendly are those servers? Haven’t played since it’s era, but I’d be interested in booting it up again. I’d imagine I’d just get constantly wrecked by dudes who have been playing consistently for 20 years.

      • Calavera@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        I played UT99 a few months and yeah I had no chance against the regulars. The only match I got a good position turns out I was playing mostly against bots and hadn’t realized it

      • ramblingsteve@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        They’re not hostile to new players, but there are a lot of veterans. UT2k4 is probably going to be easier than ut99 where the pace is a lot faster.