stillfastasleep Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Pop in GR:IT and a new level Refinery is available for download. Gotta love stuff that's free. 656 blocks is required for the dl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Monkey Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Thanks for the heads up, I had no idea that content was due! -j Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Excellent. This plus four more tomorrow via the RS3 demo disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 I forgot the demo disc was coming tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Merrick Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 AWESOME! I can't wait to get home and download the new level. My hopes for the RS3 demo disk though are not very high... I went into two different GameStop stores today and neither one knew anything about the disk. In fact, the first guy was like "yeah I've got it here somewhere hold on..." and after like 5 minutes he says "it's not in here with the rest of our PC demos, but I think you can download it from their site for free." Apparently, it's not even on the GameStop radar yet... If anybody here gets it, please post where you got it asap... thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 Just played a quick game of firefight on it. Its a rather large map with both open areas for sniping as well as close quarter combat when in and around the refinery. Should make for some interesting gameplay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted September 15, 2003 Report Share Posted September 15, 2003 I look forward to checking it out tonight! I can see it now - Jason will be scoping out the open areas while he sends the grunts in for the close combat... :green: Add: Just saw this post on the UbiSoft forum: _____________________________________ The Ghost Recon Island Thunder content includes four brand new maps: Aurora - A barren nighttime desert scenario with campfires and a walled compound. You have to prevent friendly troops from being ambushed Riverbed - Desert canyons are separated by a dried-up river and road with a useless bridge. You have to neutralize and enemy stronghold Roadblock - An intersection with an old fortress and hospital is littered with debris. You help man the roadblock and fight off attacking rebels. Tank - A narrow road with bridges that cross canyons a river. You help escort a supply convoy. The new maps for both games were likely intended to be downloadable content at some point, but using the popularity of Ghost Recon:Island Thunder and Splinter Cell to leverage early sales of Rainbow Six 3 makes plenty of sense if you're Ubi Soft. Plus the company gets to show off its spiffy new logo sooner rather than later. ______________________________ Just sharing, not verifying accuracy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Pants. All well and good for UbiSoft, but blimmin' useless if you're not in the US and so can't get the demo disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 How does one get this vaunted demo disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Josh, it comes out today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 So...just pick it up at a videogame shop or...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Yeah I'm stopping at EB during my lunch break to get it. This seems to have popped up on the radar rather quickly so I'm wondering if many people such as those working at the Gamestops Jason visited don't know about it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Merrick Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 I'll be checking the closest EB today as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 The EB clerk knew nothing about it either. :x He said there was nothing in the system and nothing scheduled for delivery. But did mention that they aren't notified of all incoming demo disc they get. I'll check back with him later today. I guess it wouldn't make much of difference if I did find the disc. If its this hard to come by most people wouldn't be able to play it anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishepa Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 If anyone gets this demo disc please post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillfastasleep Posted September 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 According to gamers.com, the demo disc offer for RS3 pre-orders isn't scheduled to begin until sept. 22nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Merrick Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 I saw that 9/22 date on one of Ubisoft's websites as well, but ebworld.com still says "ships 9/16". I called my local EB and the guy said he has already taken pre-orders ON THE DEMO DISC (!) and it will be in tomorrow morning. He claims to have enough for the pre-orders plus a few extra. He didn't know anything about it coming free with an RS3 pre-order though, only as a purchase for $9.99. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrJames Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Ship date now conveniently changed to 9/18. http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/238778.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bryan Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 James was right about the map - it is a big one! The western portion of the Refinery map looks like a hybrid of Train Depot and Ghost Town. As I worked my way around to the east side I was impressed with the variety of tactics that seem to be available here. You can fight in the refinery itself - over and under pipelines, around buildings and through fences; or you can snipe it out in the desert surrounding the refinery. I think playing Siege on this map will be alot of fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DataTox Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Bryan: Seige on the new map is a blast. I played for a while last night and was impressed with the number of different strategies that you could use with it. The desert and mountain-like terrain were good for long range sniping and the inside of the refinery provided for some nice stealthy close quarters games (just like you said). I'm definitely looking forward to some more games this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 OK, so FYI, I've figured out what the new GR:IT downloads that are availabe (#4 and 5) are. One is the mission for the Train Depot map, and the other is various co-op modes (defend, firefight, recon?) for the team multiplayer maps(marketplace, island village, etc.). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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