Looking for honest opinion of Unreal Tournament

UTIII on PS3 looks superb and runs almost perfectly. Chugs a little in one map with vehicles on it, but otherwise, ran perfectly for me. The sound is great too. The cutscenes for the single player campaign are also very well done.


Controls are extremely well done, and user-made mods are being introduced into the game at an incredibly fast rate. There's already a ton of new maps to choose from if you download them.


When I played, there was plenty of people playing, finding a server was never an issue.


All that said, I stopped playing it because I need a good single player campaign to keep me going, and UTIII is extremely lacking that respect. I had thought that playing the campaign co-op would at least offer some fun into the equation, but found that by playing co-op, you are unable to view the cutscenes, and are just forced to read a little text blurb before jumping into a new map.


Lame.


But the online multiplayer is done extremely well, no worries there at all. It's a fast-paced fragfest that looks stunning.

now i never played GOW. I am a huge Orignal UT fan, it was the first FPS i ever got into. I skipped on all the other UTs (for some reason), but once i saw this forthe ps3 i sold all my games i didnt play anymore and bought it. I got a wireless mouse and keybaord for this game too (ehh it doesnt handle so smoothly). I honestly think the game is great, but i love to play FPs with my friends and after playing CS (counter strike) i got more into Tactical FPs's like COD4 (which i cant stop playing) (not saying Ut3 takes no skill (it takes tons! its hard, i can hold my own, barely). Ut online hasnt been thegreatest, and still no headset support that i know of (i havent played it in 2 weeks) and this is the most important, all my buddies who bought it Sold it already for that simple fact. Personally its a beautiful game, i love it and would play it over COD4 if i had friends who would play it, but since i dont, COD4 it is (not a bad choice i love it)! The mods are definately a cool feature, i love the 3rd person mod!

UT3 is a fun game.


But what makes it fun?

-Dying is not much of a problem. EVERYONE will die many times on each map. This aint Battlefield where the super players get 50 kills and 2 deaths. And you dont need to wait 10 seconds or whatever to respawn. Spawning is instant, so the action stays fast and furious and even if its just 10 people on the map, it seems like more because you kill a guy and he comes right back. It keeps the maps fun IMO.


-Easy to learn, Hard to master. Getting the quick drop on someone doesn't guarantee death. This isnt one shot one kill type of game. Knowing how to dodge, how to use the weapons, maps etc will seperate the good from the bad.


-Downloadable content: Mod maps will keep this game fresh as long as you use own the game. Just keep downloading mods and the game will always seem fresh. This game has a HUGE following on the PC because of this.


-Online: I have not experienced much of a lag problem. My connection is pretty solid like 98% of the time. There are a lot of servers to choose from, and you can seperate keyboard people from controller people if you think that makes a difference (I dont). Only downside, not many people use a mic. Would be fun if everyone on a team could communicate with one another.


The only real negatives about this game is that single player sucks and there is no offline multiplayer (however I heard there could be a downloadable fix to allow this in the future). Other than that, this game is fun if you like fast and furious action.


Dont get this game if you just wanna hide in building and snipe people all day long, or you get angry because you shot a guy in the head and he didnt instantly die.

I'm an old Unreal Tournament fan, and honestly I think UT3 blows.


1. Not many people playing online. There seem to be many more people playing Resistance and CoD4.


2. The frame rate is ok, but it isn't quite as glass smooth as the PC versions of the game. Which is a problem because UT is a twitch shooter, which leads me to...


3. The controller really blows for this game. It really needs a mouse, which you can use, but good luck finding a game if that's your control scheme.


4. Maybe this is isolated to my setup, but I had a hard time with maps locking my PS3 up while loading.


At the end of the day, I ended up selling the game and going back to CoD4 for my online shooting needs.