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Unreal Tournament 3
Publisher: Midway Games
Developer: Epic Games
Genre: First Person Action
Release: December 10, 2007
Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360, PC
Reviewer: Eric
 Computer game sales have taken a turn for the worst in
November 2007. Sales for both the two major FPS games, Unreal
Tournament 3 and Crysis, both had dismal sales. There is no need
to worry though both these games are good and that’s why the
Playstation 3 has the honor to have Unreal Tournament 3 released
first on their console. Regardless what PC fans say both
versions of these games look identical and that is something
Sony needs right now.
I was a little worried even before I tried this game since it
wasn’t suppose to come out until mid 2008 on the Playstation 3.
There hasn’t been a game pushed forward this much for a long
time and there isn’t anything wrong at all. Unreal Tournament 3
is a strong FPS, but it slacks a little with its single player
mode.
Unreal Tournament 3 is mainly an online game. There is a story
mode for the single player experience and the cut scenes are
done real well. Think Gears of War with more armor on the
heroes. The aliens sort of remind me of Gears of War too;
actually a lot of everything in UT3 reminds me of Gears of War.
The story is different however. Really I don’t know what the
story is to tell the truth, you just fight in team death matches
and once you get a certain amount of kills you win.
The single player campaign mainly serves as a stepping stone to
all the mayhem you’ll encounter online. Some times when playing
UT3 offline your teammates are a bit too stupid. You may have to
play some levels more than once sine their skills may not be
like yours. Whenever you can get use to Unreal Tournament 3 it’s
best to go right online. This game really is not for anybody
that is lacking the Internet, it is almost pointless.
 What you see with Unreal Tournament 3 is pretty much the same
you’d see on the PC version. The cut scenes are beautifully done
too; UT3 is especially great looking on high definition
televisions. Even on standard, low resolution televisions this
game still looks good. UT3 is one of the best looking
Playstation 3 games out right now so if you like FPS games then
you have a gem available.
Since this game is meat to be played online mainly then I better
tell you about it. You have some favorites here from team death
match to capture the flag. All of the modes that we’ve seen for
years now don’t offer too much to the formula. The only thing
different UT3 has to offer, with these modes, are the weapons
and power ups.
The original online mode is Warfare; it has a more tactical feel
to it. Control different points and get to the enemies base. It
is a lot of fun but didn’t we actually see this before, maybe
Onslaught mode? Even though Unreal Tournament 3 doesn’t offer
the best modes for online play it is still fun.
Surprisingly the controls are much better than the computer
version. I am more of a controller person, using a mouse and
keyboard on FPS games can get a little crazy at times. With the
PS3 controller it works real well but I did feel like the
character was moving too fast and I wasn’t really moving up on
the thumb sticks too much.
Final Verdict
Unreal Tournament 3 is a lot like Call of Duty 4 in many ways.
Both these games are lacking in the single player mode compared
to Bioshock and their online modes are not nearly as good as
Halo 3. I am not saying that both these games are bad because
they’re both good. UT3 is one of those games that is nice to
have around since it is fast and action packed. You can easily
put this game on and play a few online matches within a few
minutes. If you want a game that shows off your Playstation 3
then Unreal Tournament 3 is the perfect choice.
Rating
8 out of 10
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