Ut2003

[mike009]

Gotta say I'm a Unreal Tournament man. But only because I've been playing the game for over 2 years and I have a Radeon 9700. So graphix show up nice for me ... especially water reflections. mmmmmhhmmmm :D

I imagine in the next 5 to 10 years we'll start seeing more massive networked pc/online pc First Person Shooters combined with 3rd Person commander roles... where the commander has an RPG map view and tells lower ranking first person players on his/her team where to fight. I've spoken w/ a game developer friend of mine ... he gives it 5 years before we'll see a networked football game with coaches and player roles.

Kinda makes you wonder if real football is becoming a relic of the past.

[Renzatic Gear]

Already being done, man. You've got Savage which is pretty much a RTS game where individual players take on the roles of the units and you have a 3rd party giving orders and Planetside which is a massively multiplayer FPS. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of these in the future.

[Static_Fred]

Tribes did this years ago, and i think it was sorely under-rated.
Even though the concept sounds awsome, online gaming has always been plagued with many immature players who like to ruin the experience. I wonder how well the "coaching" or "overlooking" role would play out if the majority of the players were too selfish to act as a team.

[Suicides-by-Steve]

<div class=\"smallfont\">Tribes did this years ago, and i think it was sorely under-rated.
Even though the concept sounds awsome, online gaming has always been plagued with many immature players who like to ruin the experience. I wonder how well the "coaching" or "overlooking" role would play out if the majority of the players were too selfish to act as a team.</div>

Well, Savage does it in a way that is your traditional Top Down resource gather game... you know the game, pick one of a thousand out there... Starcraft, AoE, Warcraft, etc. Did Tribes have the top-down mode? I can't remember... it's been awhile... I seem to remember a map of some sort, but I may be wrong there.

Speaking of Tribes... you guys hear of Tribes: Vengeance... developed and coded by none other than our great friends at Irrational Games? This time, it not only sports the MP game, but a single-player mode as well. And if the writing is anywhere as near the quality of SS2, this may be one to watch out for.

[Suicides-by-Steve]

<div class=\"smallfont\">Already being done, man. You've got Savage which is pretty much a RTS game where individual players take on the roles of the units and you have a 3rd party giving orders and Planetside which is a massively multiplayer FPS. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of these in the future.</div>

Kyosho brought up something to my attention a few months back. Natural Selection (a HL Mod) apparently does the same type of thing (RTS/FPS). Not too sure about mimicking Savage's resource gathering though. That definitely seems unique to me.

[Fragmastar]

Hey Mike009,

I find Unreal Tournament a little bit better than UT 2003. I guess it's because UT had more competition and fun than its sequel game,