I was watching LGR’s Unreal Tournament 2004 video and in terms of amount of available content and the sheer size and scale of the maps, it makes the multiplayer of every single Halo game on the 360 look quaint by comparison, and UT2k4 came out a year before the console even launched.
LGR complained that Unreal Tournament 2003 from the year before only had 37 maps, which is crazy considering most multiplayer shooters on the 360 had maybe 10 maps with additional map pack DLC costing like 20 bucks for 3 maps
Not the game you’re talking about but reminded me how surprisingly good Space Marine was. Came out of nowhere, played tight, was slightly cheaper than most AAAs at the time (I remember anyways), and that was it.
Wonder if the sequel was any good.
the first game was a fun and campy space ork beat em up that was brisk, slightly jank, funny, had bloody mark strong as the protagonist, and didn’t overstay it’s welcome. a nice capstone on the dawn of war 1-2 era of 40k
the second game was a dour and desaturated affair that took itself too seriously, cost seventy dollars, and genuinely had me going “damn I could be playing gears of war instead of this more boring version of gears of war” the entire time
so I did I just quit and played through gears again lmao love me some bloody gears yup still the goat ☺️👐
The sequel was pretty fun, but felt like it didn’t respect player’s time - there were like a dozen different in game currencies lol