Unreal Tournament 3 - 9/10
Summary:
The Tournament for Next Gen has hit! But how shall it fare? Well ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to say that through the bloody mess that it fought to get here, it emerged a winner!
Read on to find out why!
Gameplay - 9/10
Well this is what we're waiting to find out right??? If you were a fan of the initial UT on PC, you will love this iteration. It retains all the goodies of the orginal UT (including multiloading rocket launcher and the all-purpose flak cannon) including the insane speed of the game! In 10 seconds you can go from double kill to monster kill, pick up a rampage and then have your killing spree ended by a tri-shot of rockets in the face! Most of the game modes made it (DeathMatch, TeamDM, CaptureTheFlag, VehicleCTF) and a bonus one. Warfare - a crazy mix of Onslaught and Assault from previous games, capture power nodes to get to enemy prime node. If that's your kinda thing? Buy this NOW!
Controls - 10/10
This section would normally be a part of Gameplay section, but it deserves to be on its' own!
This game not only supports the controller (inc. DualShock3), but is also the first game to fully support a keyboard and mouse (wired or wireless). With fully configurable keymappings (however no console yet) and even sixaxis (for piloting vehicles and hoverboard) this is the best controls I have seen on PS3.
Kudos to Epic for this! Really appreciated!
Graphics - 10/10
The graphics in this game are so intense, I have thought up of a new description for them: eyemeltingly good! Of course this game uses UnrealEngine3 and therefore is somewhat reminiscent of Gears of War, however is taken to another level. As this game features HUGE maps with quite a nice variety of scenery (space levels are AWESOME!)
Similar models for player are available as in other UT games including UT2k4: you get Iron Guard(humie), Liandri (bots), Kraal (reptilian freaks), Ronin (humie) and Necris (goth/borg loking freaks). Somehow most human male models look like steroid pumped up freaks with no neck (think Gears...), but hey, it's just that kinda game, right?
Vehicles are awesome and all the vehicles from the 2k4 iteration of this game are present (albeit with some modifications), however what is new is the Necris Vehicles! Think if Aliens had vehicles, this is what they would be. Everything from a flying 4-tentacled Fury (that shoots lasers from those tentacles.... yes LASES!). To the "war of the worlds" monstrosity known as a Darkwalker... meeting one on foot (especially with the Enemy's flag) is NOT fun!
The game fully supports resolutions up to 720p and runs at 30fps. With some of the levels being as huge and detailed as they are, it's surprising not to see any framedrop. Expect a little bit of texture pop at the first 3-5 seconds of level loading, but after that it's smoooooth! An optional install of 2.5gb is there, and definitely cuts down the load times!
Sound - 10/10
Everything is as it should be in this category, all from ambience to the announcers' voice going "M-M-M-M-MONSTER KILL!" (all deep an MK Like). There are some nice awards for getting 30 kills with each weapon (like "Rocket Scientist!") which makes a nice addition...
Music is mainly a techno mix, which keeps up nicely with the game, although here's hoping for custom soundtrack support in the future patch...
All of this is 5.1 and very nice!
Online - 10/10
As far as online is concerned it's a fairly common gamespy affair. With fully searchable games, ranked/non-ranked games, custom servers. A few nice things should be noted: being able to sort by ping/gametype/servers that allow kb&mouse. The game also features an online campaign. Yes, if your PS3 is online while you play the campaign, up to 4 of your buddies can jump in and help you finish it! Awesome addon!
Also if the server is running custom mutators and you don't have them, it will download them for you (currently not possible with custom maps, but will be added soon via patches)
Other Stuff - 9/10
Herein lies the thing UT3 has that, again, I felt needed to stand out as they are special, especially for a console game.
This game is the first console game to support PC maps, mods and mutators! All that PC creators would need to do is "cook" the mod or map for PS3. There is already over 60 maps and 20 mutators available, with more added every week!
Expect this game to last you for a LONG time, especially online!
Now we wait for a few small issues to be squashed. Here come the patches...
Overall - 9.5/10
Gameplay - 9/10
Controls - 10/10
Sound - 10/10
Graphics - 10/10
Online - 10/10
Other Stuff - 9/10
So why is it 9/10 (well 9.5, but we can't do that). The main .5 is taken off because of split-screen(or lack thereof), c'mon Epic, we trust in you!
Submitted by Shadowblade
29/01/2008
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