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Thursday, May 13, 2004 UT2004 Okay, my lunch-buddy Jill couldn't take lunch today, so I usually do one of two things when that happens. I either go to Toys R Us and at least fondle the Lego there, usually I'll get something and feel guilty. Or I go to Best Buy and fondle the merchandise in the DVD and Games areas. This time I wanted something specific, U2's The Unforgettable Fire and my own bloody DVD of Donnie Darko. The last time I was there, the U2 was MIA and I was bumming. This time, I get there and there's lots of U2 to page through and, luckily, one last copy of TUF. Go me. And, yup, Donnie Darko, ten bucks! Go me again! Groovy, so I wander over to the games section and begin the fondling. And there it is, Unreal Tournament 2004. DVD version. I mull it over. I put it back. I wander around. Oh, look Knights of the Old Republic has dropped in price. I really want that at some point. I pick it up and a voice in the back of my head bemoans how difficult it'll be to get into a RPG right now. I can't even finish Tron single player never mind NWN, much less KOTR. So I put it back. I stroll around. Tine calls me (more later). And I'm back in front of UT2004. After all, it's easier to drop into a FPS than any other game. I love on-line gaming. I love knowing those other figures running around, talking smack, getting the shit blown out of; they're all real, live people sitting at home some place, cursing my name as I put a sniper round between thier eyes. And I do love FPSs. The UT2004 demo kicked ass. All the things I've heard, kick ass. PCGamer gave it a 90+ rating. The Onslaught mode was awesome. Teams had to take control points in a specific succession in order to lower the opposing team's shield around their reactor. Once down, you had to blow it up before they could retake a control point from you. That one map in the demo, I've played hundreds of times, and you can get pretty sick of seeing the same terrain over and over again. It's the same combination that wound me up with Battlefield: 1942. The Wake Island demo totally blew me away. The right mix of combat: Ground, Air and Sea. Although, I think I played that one for six days before I had the full-blown game in my hands. The UT2004 demo has a lot of the same things going for it and well... that was pretty much it, I guess. So I've got it now. I'll have it installed tonight and probably be up on-line all bloody weekend getting my ass fragged and no sleep (but what else is new). Come find me. I'm either Hot_Monkey_Love or Hootie McBoob ... or Evil Wayne. Le Sigh. posted by Evil Wayne | 2:25 PM 0 comments 0 Comments: |
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