>>725569124
>why didn't it last
It lasted for quite a while and was uber popular. A definite upgrade from the half-assed release of UT2K3. Though the newer additions to the game like Onslaught felt like it was trying to piggyback on Battlefield 1942/Vietnam/Halo's success more then anything. Still fun, just prefer CTF and Deathmatch for my arena shooters the most.
Also the game has aged like fine wine in terms of looks. It was stunning to witness in 04, but at the sametime kept the player models simple and not uncanny messes like say Farcry or Doom 3. Shame Epic shat on it, removed it from stores, and didn't give it a F2P remaster or something. Though they have redirected people from their website to download the OG game, UT99, and Unreal 2 from a fan site (https://oldunreal.com/downloads/). Not sure why UT2K4 and UT3 aren't on that list either.

>>1988024
>get 1 PUR and 4 gold crates in mine
>PUR is a costume I already have and the gold crates were emotes (that I already have)
Great, I'm so glad I waited a week for this.
I fucking hate the existence of 2-star emotes.