Unreal Tournament 3 (PC)

“Woo-hoo! So much fun wrapped into shock rifles and rocket launchers. The only thing I really didn't like was the ending --no spoilers here-- Play it, pwn it, pwn your friends. Teamwork is always the stuff of fun in the UT series and the limits...”

“Woo-hoo! So much fun wrapped into shock rifles and rocket launchers.
The only thing I really didn't like was the ending --no spoilers here--
Play it, pwn it, pwn your friends. Teamwork is always the stuff of fun in the UT series and the limits and levels of fun are boundless. Play the campaign offline by yourself or online as part or a cohesive military unit, you'll not be disappointed! Same modes: Death matches, CtFs, KotH (with capturable nodes), and vehicular manslaughter in all the aforementioned.”

“Nothing brings back good memories such as sniping on a CTF map, hidden in a tower, and after hearing head shot several times, hearing the announcer scream "HOLY S*%$!". Unreal Tournament is a well known franchise so there's little...”

“Nothing brings back good memories such as sniping on a CTF map, hidden in a tower, and after hearing head shot several times, hearing the announcer scream "HOLY S*%$!". Unreal Tournament is a well known franchise so there's little introduction to what you need to know about this game. If you've unfamiliar though, all you really need to know is shoot the other colored team. Shoot them good!

UT3 feels really familiar since it is essentially the same exact game as all of the other Unreal Tournaments, just with fancy graphics. So why upgrade to the new UT3? Aside from the graphics, the gameplay is enhanced with new modes and new takes with deathmatch and team deathmatch. One of the more interesting things they've added is the titan-style vehicles in certain maps. Basically, you are pitted in a normal deathmatch with players (or bots) and dual until a giant vehicle is available to mount. At this point, you literally just rake up kills until the machine is destroyed. It's a load of fun.

There is a single player campaign, but it's really nothing more than a tutorial to show new players how to play all the game modes. It is co-op, which can be a bit more fun than just playing against the bots. Playing through the campaign allows you to unlock new characters, so it's at least good to go through once. However, you may feel annoyed during some of the capture and hold missions, as your team usually will not hold a territory for an extended period of time.

Anyone who's played several of the Unreal Engine 3 based games already know how wonderful this engine looks. Everything from particles to lighting look great on this engine. Something you'll really like is even though this engine looks amazing, you can usually crank up the graphics and experience no lag whatsoever. This has always been a great feature of the UT series. So slower PCs should still be able to load this sucker up and crank out frags at a steady frame rate.

This game sounds just as amazing as it looks. If you are fortunate enough to have an X-Fi sound card, you'll be thrilled to hear an amazing piece of software to test the quality of your card. This game was built with the X-Fi in mind. All of the guns will thump with bass and bullets will literally sound like they're whizzing past your head.

One of the only disappointing choices they made was the lack of "Assault" game modes. These modes were similar to those of Team Fortress 2, where one team has an objective and the other team tries to prevent it from happening. However, the reason this mode was not included is because according to Epic, it was the least played mode in the series. Hopefully a future patch or mod will fix this issue.

If you're a fan of Quake or Unreal Tournament, you'll feel right at home with Unreal Tournament 3. The maps are better, there's modes bleeding from the sides, and there's a good heavy arsenal at your dispense. The mod community hasn't jumped this one like the others, but there's still a good selection out there, including maps and characters. Let's just hope this is expanded soon.”

“Well... Too good to be true. But i'm still not leaving TF2 alone xP”

“Well... Too good to be true. But i'm still not leaving TF2 alone xP”

“fun game. (mostly if you play with someone) great graphics. fast action. long battles. overall: 9/10.”

“fun game. (mostly if you play with someone) great graphics. fast action. long battles. overall: 9/10.”

“AWESOME, LOVE THE GEARS OF WAR-LIKE GRAPHICS.”

“AWESOME, LOVE THE GEARS OF WAR-LIKE GRAPHICS.”

“dissapointing at best.. the single player is pethetic, shoulda stuck with the whole tournament thing, and overall its just nowhere near as good as 2k4”

“dissapointing at best.. the single player is pethetic, shoulda stuck with the whole tournament thing, and overall its just nowhere near as good as 2k4”

“One of the best shooters ever just got better.”

“One of the best shooters ever just got better.”

“Ultimate Carnage.”

“Ultimate Carnage.”