Need some quick advice [UT3 vs 2004]

UT3 is alright. 2004 was a flop.

My opinion is to avoid both and just buy the original Unreal Tournament, the only game in the series worth playing.

I got UT2004 just based on the nostalgia feeling. I tried UT3 once and for me it was too much of a graphics display and I just simply didn't like the visual style it had. I think the relatively "clean" look of UT2004 is better for this type of game.

To be honest both games have really scarce player base (and UT2k4 has just as many players as UT3 actually). Many people say UT2k4 is better than UT3, however I disagree with them. Both are similar, though, so it's not like they vary a lot. Original UT, however, does, and still remains the best one in the series if you are not looking for Onslaught/Warfare modes. Moreover UT seems to have just as many players as the new UTs.

So... yeah, it's a choice between a mandarin, a banana or a kiwi. If you were to buy just one and never played any UT before - go for the original UT. Preferably buy two games though - the original UT for DM/TDM/CTF and UT3 for Warfare (a territory game with vehicles) or UT2k4 for Onslaught (Same as warfare except with less flavour, but just as good).

If you have enough money you might just consider buying the whole pack (although UT2k3 is quite... pointless if you have all the other games).

To be honest both games have really scarce player base (and UT2k4 has just as many players as UT3 actually). Many people say UT2k4 is better than UT3, however I disagree with them. Both are similar, though, so it's not like they vary a lot. Original UT, however, does, and still remains the best one in the series if you are not looking for Onslaught/Warfare modes. Moreover UT seems to have just as many players as the new UTs.

So... yeah, it's a choice between a mandarin, a banana or a kiwi. If you were to buy just one and never played any UT before - go for the original UT. Preferably buy two games though - the original UT for DM/TDM/CTF and UT3 for Warfare (a territory game with vehicles) or UT2k4 for Onslaught (Same as warfare except with less flavour, but just as good).

If you have enough money you might just consider buying the whole pack (although UT2k3 is quite... pointless if you have all the other games).

2004 is the best unreal

UT3 still has players. I don't know for UT2004. But both are great and a bit different, so it's really up to you. I'm sure there are still UT2004 players online, but of course less than UT3. I won them both and UT3 still has the fast-paced action of its predecessors. But it lacks some great modes UT2004 used to have. It's still a great game and you can't go wrong, you'll have fun with it. In the end it depends if you prefer old-fashioned UT and playing mostly LAN or if you want a more recent version, with less modes but good online activity.
FYI, I play UT since the first one.

Just select UT99 aka Unreal Tournament: GOTY
;)

I like Unreal Tournament 2004 better than 3. 3 looks very clunky and weird despite the higher spec requirements.

UT 2k4 or 99 - 99 has still the highest number of active servers of all UTs [UT 3 has the lowest from what I've checked lately]

Gametracker - that's ut99, 61 pages of servers, 31 for ut2k4, 17 for ut3

How hard it is to check gametracker anyways? (First result in google for online server ut2k4 :P)

UT99 > UT2004 > UT3
My favorite mode: Mission(UT99&UT2004), Onslaught(UT2004), Warfare(UT3)

UT3 for me was a really disappointment. I like much 2004 and I don't feel is so different from the original... Just avoid 3, is another game, not an UT one...

I only have 10 bucks and I'm leaning more towards Ut2k4 and UT99

UT3 was dissappointing, mostly due to the single player campaign. Multiplayer was fun, when people actually played it, but I really don't like the maps, there's barely anything remarkable about them, they're dull and grey.
On the other hand I've played UT2004 for a few years and never got bored of it, Assault was my favorite game type.
I've played UT99 quite a bit, too, but it never grabbed me as much as 2004 did for some reason.

1. Unreal Tournament

2. UT2K3/UT2K4

3. UT3 (Black)

i loved ut3, but all the fanboys of the series will tell you 2k4

to be fair ive played barely any 2k4 and TONS AND TONS of UT3 i really enjoyed it

i really loved ut3. just there weren't enough people online even years ago so i stopped playing.

it's a shame this series never received popularity it deserved.

I prefer UT3 for the main campaign (also in coop) and the beauty of the Unreal Engine 3. The maps are really suggestive/impressive, and the music ingame too. To be honest i love UT2004 too, i own both on steam. But in 2004 there are few people ready to play. Maybe UT3 is pretty underrated and there are few people too, but UT3 (in my humble opinion) is way better

Best gameplay element of UT3: hoverboard!!

UT 2K4 had Bombing Run, which was probably my favorite game mode.
They sort of merged it into UT3, using the orb to fast capture nodes, but Bombing Run was a fun mode all by itself.

UT 2004

UT2k4 is dead. Only a few servers are still up. But it is the better game. Dont know how active UT3 is.

UT99 is still the best. Great campaign (which actually resembles a tournament)

UT2004 is good, but they concentrated too much on the vehicles, which simply destroy the old feeling. The game itself seems to have a good mod-base.

UT3 is very well polished in regards of gameplay. It wasn't well received by modders, I don't know why. The downside: Absolutely stupid Campaign (short, stupid story), some maps have just too much eye-candy, many interesting gamemodes from the previous titles are missing, basically nothing really new. It's still a very good game.

All UT games can still be very enjoyable with bots. I wouldn't count on an online playerbase.