Petition directed at Epic to work on a new UT

[thiagofb]

[PACO]

Online petitions mean next to nothing and you'd need more than just a new UT.. you'd need a committed effort from Epic to compete with the big boys and develop an E-Sports scene. They seem more focused on developing the engine (which is fine). If there is a proper arena shooter sequel, my money is that it comes from a different company.

[thiagofb]

Now that you say, yeah. I don't think it'll come from epic. But could they encourage other dev teams to work on a sequel UNDER the Unreal IP? USING the Unreal Tournament title and content?

[dR3]

Instead petitions (aka complaining and demanding other people to do stuff for you) -----> kickstarter.com Get those funds, start a company and create your own ut4goty on the new epic engine.

[thiagofb]

Easier said than done, but it's still one of my dreams. What worries me is if Epic would let us do such thing.

[blade]

[RickJames]

There are 3 ongoing projects that might have potential to be the "next UT":

CliffyB's independent arena-shooter game that will "hearken back" to UT. http://www.polygon.com/2013/12/11/52009 ... shooter-pc

2GD's Reborn FPS project, which is in early development stages and has UT influences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zlrdpvAj2s

ReflexFPS, which is supposedly UT influenced and has some tech demos http://www.reflexfps.net/

EDIT: Make that 4: Project Nex (has UT style dodging) http://nexfps.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NYJ935xPv0

[vitz^]

[ph34r]

so by UT he meant quake

[RickJames]

My mistake, it's the Nex FPS one that has the dodging (more similar to ut3 with the walldodges and stuff). Was thinking of this:

[RickJames]

Update on CliffyB's fps project that I found:

It's codenamed "Silverstreak", it will be PC-only, and he wants to use UE4.

Also mentioned returning "to his roots" and "the game that he cut his teeth on" in multiple interviews. Also, a few possible hints that his old Epic team could be helping out?

http://www.igameresponsibly.com/2013/12 ... a-shooter/

Can't find any info more recent than January, but if I trust any (former) Epic employee to make the next UT, it's cliffyB. He runs the offical UT facebook pages, was commenting/promoting the recent 2k4ctf draft stream, and seems to be the only person at Epic who has a real passion for the series.

PS. "There's this thing that happens where stuff that was cool 10 years ago becomes cool again" - from his Joe Rogan interview 2 months ago.

[kud]

nex movement reminds me of 3d megaman

[SJA94]

Give them a lot of money, then they might make another unreal tournament.

[thiagofb]

[thiagofb]

Sorry, It was just plain stupid.

[thiagofb]

[thiagofb]

I also have a project of mine for a spiritual successor, but it still hasn't left the paper. I'm beginning my Computer Science course at the university next month, and I'll work hard to learn coding and start working on it. About gameplay, I'd try and do what Unreal did at its time: bring realism to a genre that was solely focused on strafe jumping and rocket jumps, while maintaining the ludicrously fast pace of play. I'd also add Parkour elements, but they'd be limited by the player's momentum. I'd also add mechanics that would add a lot of tactical depth to the game: customizable gamemodes. Think of all the gamemodes you've played in FPS before, all supported by this system. This is what I intend to do.

[thiagofb]

Oh, about the realism part, I forgot to say: You might disapprove this, but it'd be a arena shooter with Sprint, mechanics. I think it may attract modern FPS gamers that want something new, without them feeling it's all too weird and different. It's another times, goddammit!

EDIT: forget that part. Aim to shoot is still a maybe, but stamina, no way!

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[vitz^]

[thiagofb]

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