Two Excellent Mod Releases

UO Staff Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 524 Location: Atlanta

Well, yesterday, Comcast was thoroughly buggy - my connection was on and off all day. Today, I believe is supposed to be Zenmaster's day for news, but I don't see him anywhere... so anyway, I bring good news... two excellent mods have been released, Jailbreak 200X and Red Orchestra 2.0!
Both of these mods had previous iterations - Red Orchestra was available for UT2003, and is now updated to support UT2004 (sorry UT03 fans - it's not backwards compatible), while Jailbreak debuted for UT99, and now works with both UT03 and UT04. However, with Jailbreak, there ARE different versions - make sure you don't download the wrong one.
I have to give kudos to both of these teams, while I'm here... Red Orchestra is by far one of the most realistic mods for UT04, and it's good to see a WW2 game that isn't about the Americans and Germans. For those of you not in the know, you play either the Axis Germans or the Allied Russians. A refreshing change.
Jailbreak is very similar to Team Deathmatch... however, there's a catch. If a player on the enemy team frags you, you're placed in a prison. If your whole team ends up there, you're executed in a manner that differs from map to map. However, your team mates CAN rescue you - they have to get to the enemy prison and release the lock. The enemy team can do the same, so each round tends to be a scramble to frag as fast as possible while protecting your prison. It all makes for a very intense match.
Anyway, go check out Red Orchestra here and Jailbreak here. Enjoy!