This is another game I'm looking forward to, on my list of upcoming games along with Deus Ex 2 and Doom III
Unreal II: The Awakening (PC)
Unreal II: The Awakening (PC)
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As for release dates and system requirements, this should answer many questions:
The official release date is still November 2002, but we fully expect that it'll slip into early 2003. March 2003 is the most popular rumor.
Recommended System Requirements:
Operating System: WIN 98/ME/2000/XP
CPU: Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz processor (*Pentium¢ç or AMD 1.0 GHz or greater RECOMMENDED)
Memory: 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM or greater RECOMMENDED)
Hard Disk Space: 3 GB
CD ROM or CD/DVD ROM: 8X
Audio System: Windows¢ç compatible sound card (*Sound Blaster¢ç Audigy(tm) series sound card RECOMMENDED) (NVIDIA¢ç nForce¢â or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby¢ç Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio. Also RECOMMENDED)
Video System: 3D Accelerator card with 16 MB VRAM (*32-128 MB VRAM RECOMMENDED) 16 MB TNT2-class DirectX¢ç version 6 compliant video card. (*NVIDIA GeForce 2/ATI Radeon RECOMMENDED) DirectX¢ç version 8.1 (Included on game disc)
However, Confucius says: "Never believe the official minimum requirements as stated on the box!"
If I were you I wouldn't even try running U2 on a P3-500, unless you're satisfied with a framerate of less than 20. This is just my personal opinion, but I expect the minimum system to run U2 at a decent framerate (>30) at a decent resolution (800x600) to be at least a 1GHz CPU with 256 MB RAM and a GeForce2 or equal video card. Anything less will be frustrating.
Q: DarkBis has a question for you bout the Engine itself, will the Engine be more sensitive to CPU Speed than your Graphics GPU?
A: Mark¡¯s Answer: Both are important still. Much of the setup for the rendering system is CPU based -- so a fast (1GHz+) CPU is still worth having. But, the big difference is that the new engine will be much better able to take advantage of the GPU. Instead of being able to render a maximum of 800 world polys and 4000 mesh polys, we're able to push 10s of thousands of polys, and the distinction between "world" and "mesh" has been radically reduced.
What platforms will U2 be released for? (PC, Linux, Mac, Consoles?)
Initial launch will be PC only, other platforms might follow later (time unknown).
The official release date is still November 2002, but we fully expect that it'll slip into early 2003. March 2003 is the most popular rumor.
Recommended System Requirements:
Operating System: WIN 98/ME/2000/XP
CPU: Pentium III or AMD Athlon 733MHz processor (*Pentium¢ç or AMD 1.0 GHz or greater RECOMMENDED)
Memory: 128 MB RAM (256 MB RAM or greater RECOMMENDED)
Hard Disk Space: 3 GB
CD ROM or CD/DVD ROM: 8X
Audio System: Windows¢ç compatible sound card (*Sound Blaster¢ç Audigy(tm) series sound card RECOMMENDED) (NVIDIA¢ç nForce¢â or other motherboards/soundcards containing the Dolby¢ç Digital Interactive Content Encoder required for Dolby Digital audio. Also RECOMMENDED)
Video System: 3D Accelerator card with 16 MB VRAM (*32-128 MB VRAM RECOMMENDED) 16 MB TNT2-class DirectX¢ç version 6 compliant video card. (*NVIDIA GeForce 2/ATI Radeon RECOMMENDED) DirectX¢ç version 8.1 (Included on game disc)
However, Confucius says: "Never believe the official minimum requirements as stated on the box!"
If I were you I wouldn't even try running U2 on a P3-500, unless you're satisfied with a framerate of less than 20. This is just my personal opinion, but I expect the minimum system to run U2 at a decent framerate (>30) at a decent resolution (800x600) to be at least a 1GHz CPU with 256 MB RAM and a GeForce2 or equal video card. Anything less will be frustrating.Q: DarkBis has a question for you bout the Engine itself, will the Engine be more sensitive to CPU Speed than your Graphics GPU?
A: Mark¡¯s Answer: Both are important still. Much of the setup for the rendering system is CPU based -- so a fast (1GHz+) CPU is still worth having. But, the big difference is that the new engine will be much better able to take advantage of the GPU. Instead of being able to render a maximum of 800 world polys and 4000 mesh polys, we're able to push 10s of thousands of polys, and the distinction between "world" and "mesh" has been radically reduced.
What platforms will U2 be released for? (PC, Linux, Mac, Consoles?)
Initial launch will be PC only, other platforms might follow later (time unknown).
I loved the original Unreal and the sequel looks to be a huge hit. Those models look amazing, especially that Skaarj. I have a 1 Ghz P3 and GeForce 2 Pro so I should at least be able to play it at medium details at the lower resolutions with decent frame rates. I'll be looking forward to this one a lot.
Hey, I just saw on www.planetunreal.com, that the official demo of Unreal Tournament 2003 (the multiplayer version of Unreal 2) will be released next week!
UPDATE (9/10): The demo is coming out this week. Here's the announcement:
Subject: Demo should be ready this week
Hi Folks,
The demo is nearly ready to go. It should be out sometime within the next few days. Keep watching this space (the stickies) for an announcement. When it's ready we'll just be releasing it randomly to a few major sites so that hopefully it will spread like wildfire and everyone will be able to get it from their favorite games site. There won't be any special exclusives or anything like that. We want everyone to be enjoying it the minute it goes live.
Keep your eye on http://www.planetunreal.com/ut2003/ for the release.
UPDATE (9/10): The demo is coming out this week. Here's the announcement:
Subject: Demo should be ready this week
Hi Folks,
The demo is nearly ready to go. It should be out sometime within the next few days. Keep watching this space (the stickies) for an announcement. When it's ready we'll just be releasing it randomly to a few major sites so that hopefully it will spread like wildfire and everyone will be able to get it from their favorite games site. There won't be any special exclusives or anything like that. We want everyone to be enjoying it the minute it goes live.
Keep your eye on http://www.planetunreal.com/ut2003/ for the release.
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