Team Fortress 2 or Unreal Tournament 3?

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#1 the_best_sarek
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I just got a new PC and I've tried the demo of Unreal Tournament and it was so smooth that I really want to go back into FPS. I haven't played since Enemy Territory and before that it was a bit of UT and Q2 :P So I was wondering which one of these 2 games I should get. I think I'm leaning toward TF 2 because my favorite FPS ever was a mod called Weapon Factory for Q2 and it was pretty much similar to this game. I liked also Tribes 2 which is similar a bit to the Vehicule CTF in UT3. I like competitive game play and one think I liked into Q2 WF was that the maps were made in a way so that a lot of strategies could be used. That's one thing I didn't like that much about UT in the past was that the maps were mostly either too straightforward or too overly complicated and too big so it ended up being: get the flag, run somewhere there is nobody, capture it. I also like when the team play is important (you can be rambo if you want but a good offense/defense combo will win the game). One thing I don't like too much is when it's too realistic. I don't mind lightning guns, acid guns, big energy guns, name them.

So now, any piece of advice to help me pick? I could buy both eventually, but I can't play both so I'd like to make a good choice first and don't need to buy the other one :)

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#2 phatrawk
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I would get TF2 and UT2004. You'll get sweet team action with TF2, and UT2004 is pretty much UT3 but at a much lower cost (hence most of the hate for UT3). Plus, there are already a ton of mods available for UT2004 (including vehicle CTF)!
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#3 ferrari2001
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TF2 no contest it is the best multiplayer shooter ever!!
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#5 CheeChee_Macko
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Yeah, I would definitely go for TF2 if I were you. It is an awesome online shooter already and Valve has announced some awesome updates for the future, so it will only get better.
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#6 BigD
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UT3 has been a bit of a flop, looking at the gamespy stats atm. UT3 has 570 players and TF2 has 3835 players. So finding a good populated server can be quite hard. Moreover, UT3 just seems to be more of the same, where TF2 feels a little more fresh.
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#7 deactivated-59d151f079814
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Get Team Fortress 2, and Unreal Tournament 2k4..
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#8 the_best_sarek
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Alright I guess I'll go for TF2. Gonna install this tonight after the raid in WoW... I can feel a laaaaaate night Friday ;)
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#9 Danili0
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Definatly TF2

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#10 bobaban
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TF2 is soooo good.

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#11 SKaREO
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I think ~700 people are playing UT3 right now, whereas over 25,000 are playing TF2.

Not to say you should make a choice based on thousands of other opinions, but...

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#12 the_best_sarek
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I think ~700 people are playing UT3 right now, whereas over 25,000 are playing TF2.

Not to say you should make a choice based on thousands of other opinions, but...

SKaREO

That should make it easier to find a server ;)

Is there any global statistics service for this game?

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I would get TF2 and UT2004. You'll get sweet team action with TF2, and UT2004 is pretty much UT3 but at a much lower cost (hence most of the hate for UT3). Plus, there are already a ton of mods available for UT2004 (including vehicle CTF)!phatrawk

Yeah, get two of the best online shooters available for less than the price of UTIII. UTIII is pretty much UT2004 in the Gears graphics engine. The game is practically the same except minus the bright artstyIe. TF2 is one of the finest choices you could make if you are looking for a superb online team-based multiplayer shooter.
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#14 napp123
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Was just in that same predicament! Got TF2 and I'm very satisfied
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#15 DiabeticDood
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Get TF2 because you get more then just 1 game you get 5 games for the price of 1.
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#16 napp123
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That's the orange box! it depends if he just wants TF2($30)
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#17 Termite551
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No point in getting TF2 alone, as it doesn't cost much more to get 4 more high quality games. And yes TF2 is awesome, get that one
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#18 sand-which
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TF2 Definetely!

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#19 Jd1680a
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Team Fortress 2 is a great multiplayer game, while UT 3 is great for soloability. Often I wish more FPS be like UT3 since it have a sort of free mode like RTS games.
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#20 marklar123
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i'd go with TF2 just based on the fact that it has Portal with it. (and he might as well get the OB since it's only $20 more and he'll get one of my favorite games of all time in Portal..oh and then there's the whole HL2 + EP1 + EP2 along with it. i've heard that's a pretty good series)
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#21 Flaming_Spoon
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I have played both and I would say that TF2 is much more fun... they are both great games and are really fun, but I think TF2 is just a bit more fun.
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#22 the_best_sarek
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I bought the orange box last night and damn TF2 is fun :)

Thanks for the advices all!

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#23 wheezal
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get the orange box, it's only a few bucks more and yet you get so much more sheer gaming fun out of it.

then find a copy of UT 2K4, still the king of unreal.

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#24 SKaREO
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I bought the orange box last night and damn TF2 is fun :)

Thanks for the advices all!

the_best_sarek

Cool! I'm glad you like it. You can setup your SteamID page through your control panel in Steam (here's mine). it tracks your stats, you can add friends and groups too. When you upload your custom avatar it shows up in game instead of the default '?' question mark. Maybe I'll see you around sometime. Cheers!

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#25 napp123
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No point in getting TF2 alone, as it doesn't cost much more to get 4 more high quality games. And yes TF2 is awesome, get that oneTermite551
you're right! but I'm just saying