October 30, 2007
Rants
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In recent days I’ve talked quite a bit about the Unreal Tournament 3 beta demo. Whether it’s DeathMatch or Vehicle Capture the Flag, I’ve had them both covered. Meanwhile I’ve mostly been playing UT3 DeathMatch alongside the people in my clan, Third Command. Aside from the regular bits of public server play, we’ve recently also gotten into organised 2vs2 and 3vs3 play some more, with some measure of success.
Last week the first 2v2 tournament for the Unreal Tournament 3 demo was announced. Me and Killer397 decided to join in on the fun, so on Thursday - the day before the first match - we played our first organised 2v2 game against fnatic. Surprisingly we managed to drag out a 36 to 31 victory. On matchday one we were immediately pooled in the worst half of the cup, with all but one of the favorites for gold to be our opponents after the first match. This first match against Alliance of Fathers was won comfortably, with a 56-10 victory.
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October 29, 2007
Rants, Impressions, blog, Recurring
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It’s been over a month since the last Gamers’ Log, which is slightly more than I intended. Fortunately this also means I have plenty of games to talk about this time, so you can enjoy an exceptionally varied entry! I’ll also try to get the next Gamers’ Log in on the usual, roughly biweekly, schedule.
So I blog about PC games, but I bet you’re wondering what it is that I actually play. What do I do in between blog posts? That question will be answered every other week in the “A Gamers’ Log” feature. Think of it as a quick overview of the games I played and perhaps a small prelude to some of the entries to come.
Of course there’s plenty of room to discuss your own gaming habits for the past few weeks as well. So if you’d like to respond to what I’ve written, or add in your own list of cool (or horrid) games you’ve played recently, then by all means: do so! Note that in order to keep this entry somewhat manageable, I’ll limit things to just the main games I’ve played this past month.
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October 27, 2007
blog, Recurring
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It’s been way too long since I lasted updated the poll, but on the bright side this means we have a healthy 12 votes to work with! As you might recall the question for the past weeks has been ‘Which game are you most looking forward to?’. Unfortunately by now most of these games have already been released, and the remainder is scheduled to release in a matter of weeks. Anyhow, Company of Heroes: Opposing Force came in last place with no votes whatsoever. Half Life 2: Episode 2, Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer and The Witcher tied for third place with 1 vote. Crysis, Hellgate: London and Unreal Tournament 3 tied for second place with 2 votes - and Call of Duty 4 stole the crown with 3 votes. Good for CoD4, but I’m still not buying it… I definitely did not like that demo. As for the two Hellgate: London fans, I’m certain they’re wishing they voted for something else by now.
Anyway, on to the new poll of the next two weeks! A very simple question focusing on fellow Unreal Tournament fans: ‘What do you think of the Unreal Tournament 3 Beta Demo?’. There’s a wealth of options for you to choose from… and as for my opinion - well, you already know that. Select whichever option comes to mind as the most suitable - and we’ll talk more in two weeks when the results are in! Also please don’t forget it’s a beta demo, so try to take that into account when rating… bugs and performance issues or lack of content aren’t the things you should be scoring. Everyone always says gameplay > all, so prove it!
Now vote :>
Pretty please?
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October 25, 2007
Impressions, Previews
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Last week I reviewed the DeathMatch portion of the recently released Unreal Tournament 3 beta demo. Needless to say I’m absolutely in love with UT3 DeathMatch gameplay and have spent a fair few hours at it as of late. In fact, I’ll even be competing in a 2v2 tournament this weekend. But DeathMatch is not all there is to this beta demo.
The other game mode available in this demo is Vehicle Capture the Flag. While ‘introduced’ in Unreal Tournament 2004, this is the first time it will be a fully supported game mode. In all honesty I expected this game mode to be an utter and complete failure. I’ve never been much of a fan of vehicles in online shooters and this looked to be no different. Strangely, the beta demo changed my mind…
How? Why? Read on to find out!
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October 24, 2007
Free Games, Impressions, Previews
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After the Call of Duty 4 demo, Half Life 2’s Orange Box and Unreal Tournament 3 Demo… it’s not hard to miss the freshly released Hellgate London demo. As a new action/RPG in development by Flagship Studios, mostly comprised of the guys who did Diablo, 
it’s certainly been met with an air of eager anticipation by many fans of Blizzards’ old hack & slash games.
Personally I’ve never actually played any of the Diablo games, and in light of the fairly mediocre trailers I was expecting to be thoroughly disappointed by this demo. Particularly with two great, genuine, RPGs releasing at the same time (NWN 2’s Mask of the Betrayer and The Witcher) this game certainly hasn’t been prominent on my games radar. So did this demo manage to sway me into the camp of believers, or would it prove to be the final nail in the coffin for my Hellgate London experience?
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