How foolish those words look with hindsight. This game was the biggest failure in the history of Epic, so much so they have recently announced putting the franchise “on hold”. Even a raft of free weekends and numerous patches and expansion packs have not saved it from absolute obscurity.

I know for a fact you have better ’spatial awareness’ than me in games, the more intricate the graphics are in a game, the harder I find it to orient myself (I know that sounds contradictory)

In 1000 years will we be asking ourselves “Which came first, the Unreal Engine or Unreal?” :)

Ballpoint pens being invented because of the space race, cars being faster and safe because of advances made in motor-racing, people wearing a particular colour of jumper because of what was on the catwalks the year before. The same is true of UT3: they develop the tech for that, and it ends up making Bioshock looks beautiful. They bother because the deathmatch formula is now an easy one to deliver. They’re not trying to leap any major game design hurdles and the therefore becomes a proof-of-practice for the new engine.

Plus I think you’re wrong about people not appreciating presentation in fast paced FPS games. I might have played Quake III with all the textures removed, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t also use it to test every new graphics card I bought. Alternatively, look at Team Fortress 2, where presentation has a huge impact on the game. I suspect you’ll actually play UT3 at some point and change your mind.

Something to look at whilst waiting for you smeared viscera to respawn, innit.

Almost as shiny as Cliffy B’s famed ’shit-eating grin’, in fact.

I really really don’t understand why they bother, although I can understand that it’s an advert for the engine somewhat.

Sorry, crap joke I couldn’t resist.

Anyway, the vid, I liked his phrasing right at the start.
‘its the best way to kill people for fun…’ (small, but significant, pause) ‘… legally’.

It raises a whole world of questions about what this man does for fun in his spare time.

I mean the name conjures up logistics, fixing broken vehicles, that sort of thing.