Well, my favourite local (South African) online shop has opened pre-ordering for UT3 PC version, with an expected release date of 6 Dec.

Mine won't come till next week, damn amazon...

I won't get it til this coming Saturday.

Not interrested for awhile till I got trough Oblivion, Portal, HL2 series and other games

But after I looked after those games, I'll probably end up playing X3 Reunion all day, and then I'll probably find another interresting game (could be UT3, maybe crysis) and THEN I'm pretty sure I get UT3.

lol

Dumped Amazon, Will have mine tomorrow thru Gamespot.

I will probably never buy UT3 until it gets dirt cheap, which will be years after the release. And even then I don't see much point.

Well by then im sure the majority of problems have been fixed.

I have decided to wait on UT3 myself after hearing that many of the issues in the demo still remain in the retail version. This game was not released "when its done"

Years? What if BW3 work is started for UT3 a half(or less) of a year after release?

Wasting money on a game just to play a free mod? That's not my strategy. But if the said game costs very little, then I can make exceptions.

heh... a man has to have his priorities i guess.

i dumped amazon and got D2D (direct2drive)

Dumping a physical copy to use an unreliable and slow download service? Bad idea.

Hmm... seen the reviews... most say it's a step back from UT2004, with its improvements only in the visual department...

Call me when Runestorm gives this game a much needed fun-factor...

I'd much rather buy a stand-alone game made by RS.

i second that.

true it's slow, but it beats waiting for 2 weeks to get the game from an unreliable online buying store.

So I take it that no stores in your area sell video games?

Getting the box from the store is even more reliable, I would far better recommend that than D2D. At least then you know what your getting and theres a garuntee that you will get it.

But back to UT3:

Good news to all you UT nay-sayers, UT3's first patch is soon to be available and it fixes alot of the most complained about problems, particulary with the UI. I beleive it is the biggest patch in UT history

The server browser now has some more features and inconsistencies have been fixed, it's still missing some options that were present in the UT2004 browser, but so far this is a good start.

Some weapons now have a better chance against vehicles. While some underpowered vehicles have been given much needed muscle.

More video options and graphics settings have been added, Player scale has been addressed, major errors fixed and much much more.

They still have not fixed the incorrect flak trajectory or the overpowered (and silent) Manta but they will probably get around to that later, so far they did alot of work on this patch.

More info

Yeah i just was going to post info about that, and holy crap thats alot of fixing, guess they were doing all of that.

On an annoying note, my UT3 copy is at home, but my dad is holding it hostage til the weekend (though i know where it is).

Why is he doing that?

Cause of Cjep (Pre=College) tests and examing tomorrow.

Either way, doesn't really bother me, i'll somehow get him to hand it over on Friday.

You have a good father, in that case. My parents save my ass from video games during exams as well.

so far, our online retailer has been excellent.. UT3 is just a bit pricy at the moment..

I need to update my computer, quick.

I'm installing UT3 atm.