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UTIII 360 demoed in two weeks
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Beer Monkey
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GHG said:
People assume that PS3 gamers own serious PC gaming rigs because of certain posts by Sony fans in threads for games like Mass Effect, Bioshock, Gears of War, etc.
Hammer24 said:
Well when it released on the PC the sales weren't that great, I think allot of PC guys were worried about finding communities to play with. The option of getting it on the PS3 with KB/M and it having full mod support swayed allot of PC gamers to pick it up for the PS3. (my theory)
Also they love the idea of killing controller users who go into controller/KB&M servers. But the controller is set up really well in UT3 (you can up your turn speed & stuff) so those matches work out really well for both sides.
Kestastrophe
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Firewire said:
How do you know?
I AM JOHN!
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Dear God I love mods.tanod said:
Metalmurphy
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Why would you need to pirate windows? It comes free with every pc.Draft said:
mr_bishiuk
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Excuse my ignorance but whats to stop Epic just putting the mod maps up for free download on market place, other games do it, from what I understand as publisher they can set the price? Or is it simply they want to avoid certification and the costs of certification?
Kestastrophe said:
I get warned at the start of matches that this server is full of KB/M players, and if I don't want to get slaughtered I better find another server! I always stay and hold my own, usually finishing somewhere close to the top.
Also most of the servers are set up KB/M & controller & you can tell the pro's (PC guys) are using KB/M because they turn things into a slaughter fest! Allot of the controller users for some reason don't max out there settings so they turn slower, the PC guys are fast as hell.
I AM JOHN!
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Because Microsoft doesn't want people to do that because they get a cut of every download.mr_bishiuk said:
Basically, corporate greed fuck-wittery. Which is why I pose the question again: does anyone care?
I would be honestly shocked if there were mods in UT3 X360. MS appears to be completely against user content on their system. I mean beyond the obvious financial incentives. Like there is someone up top in the MS game division who has a poor opinion of any sort of uncontrolled content making its way onto XBL.
Metalmurphy
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On a side note, someone is making a Chrono Trigger map
my understanding of Forge is that it's pretty limited in scope, and basically amounts to dropping various objects into existing maps, or cooking up "mutators" based upon game setting adjustments built into the game already.meddow said:
It's a first step, I guess, but still a LONG way from letting people import maps.
I don't even understand what MS is so worried about. If the Sony camp reaction to mods is what we can expect from console guys, all anyone's gonna do on UT3 X360 is import Nathan Drake and Nariko character models.
mr_bishiuk
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Metalmurphy
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That's not the whole map, each portal teleports to a different part of the map, like this:Teetris said:
I AM JOHN!
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There's nothing in the TOS that says "we're not responsible for whatever content is created by our users so don't come crying to us when you get a face full of wang-shaped N+ level"?mr_bishiuk said:
I don't buy it, and I'll bet one of my crazy conspiracy theories on it.
BenjaminBirdie
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tanod said:
Like Criterion? There are plenty of developers who give away free content.
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Earlier in this thread I pointed out some items that may be included in the 360 version to compensate for it being late and lacking mods. Now I seriously am interested in what Epic/MS will add to the mix to make it compete with the PS3 verison. Anyone willing to guess at potential additions?
And to think that Epic put some free maps up on PSN.
tanod said:
And to think that Epic put some free maps up on PSN.
BenjaminBirdie
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tanod said:
Even an MS published game released free maps (Gears Of War). Midway is publishing this and can do what they want. ("Still Alive" was released as new free content and that was, what, last week?)
flamesofchaos
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tanod said:
So? It's not like Nintendo or Sony doesn't have to pay bandwidth for their online game servers, Wiishop, PStore. Microsoft is the most willing out of the big three to nickel and dime for everything online such being able to play online, 95% of all add-ons, wallpapers, a little .gif image that counts as a gamer picture.
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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ThirdEye said:
Fixed again... again?
BenjaminBirdie
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tanod said:
Why? Why is Criterion's massive drop of a brand new island irrelevant to the conversation because it's not a Map Pack? Do you really think MS has some kind of Marketplace Map Pack Specific Clause in their contracts?
BenjaminBirdie
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tanod said:
They can't establish ANY standard except for games they publish. It's up to the publisher to decide how much they want to sell it for. Obviously, most want to make money off them, but MS can't stop them from giving them away for free.
I AM JOHN!
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The difference is that for Gear's first map pack, they had a sponsorship deal with Discovery Channel. As for the Halo and second Gears maps, it made sense because Bungie and Epic wanted them to be free and not split the community, but by making them paid content for the first six or so months, they could get the hardcore crowd (of which there is a fuckton of people) to pay. Had Epic or Bungie not complained, I'm sure you'd see something like Stranglehold, Perfect Dark Zero, or Call of Duty's pricing, where the maps will never become free.Ariexv said:
In short, Microsoft doesn't like to make things free unless they have to or have other avenues from which to get money from a game.
tanod said:
This isn't true, though. The recently released Turok map pack (5 maps) sells for 400 MS Points aka $5.
And an older example would be Microsoft themselves releasing the Perfect Dark map pack (4 maps) for 500 MS Points or ~$6.25. I think most publishers just charge $10 because they can get away with it.
Beer Monkey
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tanod said:
CoD2 had the free Bonus Map Pack.
CoD3 had one free map
Command and Conquer 3 had a free map
Many games have had map packs for 400 points.
If you like a game and the publisher isn't giving you anything for free or cheap, I'd look to the publisher first.
with things like the whole xna community download thing they're unveiling, i think we're probably gonna see something different coming from MS soon.
i'd imagine that since this game is still scheduled for release, they'll have mod support at least from external sources like usb drives. hasn't Epic and Rein stated how important they think the support is for the game and that they were working with MS on it?
i'd imagine that since this game is still scheduled for release, they'll have mod support at least from external sources like usb drives. hasn't Epic and Rein stated how important they think the support is for the game and that they were working with MS on it?