Unreal Tournament 3, and your thoughts.

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#1 LaNoOm
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I havent heard much talk about Unrealtournament 3. It has been released as of late, and its been 3 years since the last release.

They used this engine for Gear of War and looks great. What do you guys think? Does the game stay true to the Unrealtournament genre?

I played a lot of the demo and loved it, but I am hearing some things about the game that the menus feel too much like a console game. It got a pretty good review, but I dont hear anyone talking about. Is everyone busy on crysis or what? Come on it's UNREALTournament!!!

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#2 TeamR
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I played a lot of the demo and loved it, but I am hearing some things about the game that the menus feel too much like a console game. It got a pretty good review, but I dont hear anyone talking about. Is everyone busy on crysis or what? Come on it's UNREALTournament!!!

LaNoOm

They "fixed" the menu in a patch for the pc shortly after release. It's a solid game. I havent played the full version but it seems like more of the UT goodness we've seen since the original. I guess you dont hear too much about it because at this stage of the series' life, your either a fan or your not. it has a solid community so there should be plenty of players out there, even if there arent too many on these forums

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#3 LaNoOm
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Alright I am glad they fixed that menu thing with the patch. Do you like the game modes? I heard they got rid of a few since UT2k4.
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#4 ADG_
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I guess the reason nobody is talking about it is that there's nothing new. It's basically the same as the earlier UT games (except without my favorite gamemode). So far it seems like the only thing they have updated is the graphics, but the gameplay is the same. So far I haven't seen any improvements (and it still has the same things that annoyed me in the first UT, even though fixing it wouldn't harm anybody) But damn that menu is annoying. And what's up with the annoying "let's reset all your keys on exit" rule? I haven't played around with the game much, but so far every time I exit the game, all keys are reset (and to make it even worse, this game has the worst menu for setting the keys I've seen in a long time)
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#5 LaNoOm
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Well the demo wasnt that bad. It's just hard to get through those menus and I didint see a lot of advance user options.
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#6 smokeydabear076
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I haven't learned to enjoy the vehicle based modes in this one as fast as I did in UT2004. I think as time passes by I will be able to enjoy the modes more. As for the DeathMatch, Team DeathMatch, and Capture The Flag it's fantastic. The game hasn't changed so much so don't be expecting something completely new and innovative, but if you are a fan of the series and you liked the demo I would recommend that you purchase the game.
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#7 LaNoOm
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A lot of people say it feels like a console game. Is this true? Or only the bad menu interface?
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#8 smokeydabear076
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It doesn't feel like a console game to me, just the menus are lazy.
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#9 LaNoOm
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Do you like the engine? Or do you like the old school cartoonish feel of the last game?
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#10 Oom_Gert
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I like the new UT, some how (and I don't know why) I didn't like 2004 that much but the new 1 has got me playing it again. The menu issue wasn't that big of a deal and since when is a game bad because the menu is weird?

The Unreal 3 Engine is one of the most beautiful and even with those graphics it still runs smooth and it's not because I have a 8800 cause I don't. I reckon if your a fan get, and since you played the demo and liked it you'll surely like the full version. If there is something I've learned it's that a demo is never as good as the full version...

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#11 smokeydabear076
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Do you like the engine? Or do you like the old school cartoonish feel of the last game?LaNoOm
I like the new engine a lot and the fact that it runs really smooth while on max settings at a high resolution is a big bonus in my book.
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#12 rock_solid
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ut3 and gears of war for pc are duds. epic should learn from these mistakes fast or they will lose a lot of respect from pc gamers.
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#13 Oom_Gert
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ut3 and gears of war for pc are duds. epic should learn from these mistakes fast or they will lose a lot of respect from pc gamers.rock_solid

UT originally came on the pc, it's way better on pc. Gears is another story

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#14 TeamR
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ut3 is hardly a dud

gow for pc is technically better, it just shipped with some inexcusable bugs. One you play though, its a totally better game. With extra content to boot
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#15 zeus_gb
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I've played every UT that's been released so far and i'm disappointed with UT3. WTF did they do to my flak cannon? it's awful.

Good points:

Great graphics.
Great Sound.
Great maps.
Good vehicles.
Bio rifle is now even stronger.

Bad points:

Flak cannon is awful as is the sniper rifle.
Nothing really new.
Annoying console menu system.
Problems getting online.
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#16 pminooei
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Unreal Tournament is using unreal engine 3 and gears of war is using Unreal engine not the other way around :p
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#17 osan0
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imho its a fun title overall. theyve cut back on modes though which is annoying.

overall id score it an 8 from me. looks lovely, it does what it does very well and its great crack. its also quite stable in my experience.

it looses marks though for the simple reason that i wouldnt remove UT2k4 from my HDD because 3 is there. modes have been lost (no assault...i love assault :( ).

well worth a look but id recommend UT2k4 over it to be honest.

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#18 Qixote
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Somebody wake me up when the ripper returns to the series.
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#19 Ney_
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Played all UT games in the series a lot. I'm loving UT3!
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#20 Baphomet_X
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UT3, it's not really an advancement of the series, in terms of gameplay....however, the graphics are amazing, and UT is still a helluva lot of fun to play :) I like it and don't regret buying it.
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#21 FlakGunRhodes
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Unreal Tournment 3 is probably one of the most addicting games for me right now. Nothing like fragging a guy with a flak cannon.
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#22 Ney_
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I get owned so much online it's unbelieveable. Shooters like CoD4 made me slow...

I'm just hoping someone will write a post about how high the skill-level online is soon so I won't feel so bad...

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#23 Bananasniper
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I'm just glad it still runs on my old system :)

Although I do hope to upgrade my RAM for it.

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#24 LaNoOm
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I played the demo for over 10 hours. Like the Gamespot review said there just arent many shooters like UT.

There are some flaws in the game, but nothing that can't be fixed in a patch.

I think people aren't getting into the game as much because it's just such a diffrent feel then pasts UT games.

By the way the collectors edition box looks sweet!

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#26 Ironfungus
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I havent heard much talk about Unrealtournament 3. It has been released as of late, and its been 3 years since the last release.

They used this engine for Gear of War and looks great. What do you guys think? Does the game stay true to the Unrealtournament genre?

I played a lot of the demo and loved it, but I am hearing some things about the game that the menus feel too much like a console game. It got a pretty good review, but I dont hear anyone talking about. Is everyone busy on crysis or what? Come on it's UNREALTournament!!!

LaNoOm

The menus do make it feel like a console game (in my opinion), but that's no reason not to buy it.

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#27 OkuLaris
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It doesn't feel like a console game to me, just the menus are lazy.smokeydabear076

Ditto smokey, this is a great game if your a fan of UT you will enjoy this game. (Not the menus though) :P

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#28 Forerunner-117
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ok well i havne't played this game yet (not even the demo) but i'm really thinking about getting it but can someone please explain what the problem with the menu is?
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#29 crapdog
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i am a big fan of the UT series and played it since the beginning but imo ut3 is the worst of all ut games. ut3 has the fewest game modes and the guns feel crappy especially the flak gun which doesnt feel powerful any longer. i also dont like the ut3 engine it looks to "consolish" for me (i always turn of that whole post processing und motion blur thing in all games cause i hate it but that doesnt work in ut3 without messing around with the .ini files) the game also has a lot of bugs and i think the net code is done very badly -> regular disconnects and poor ping on a 6Mbit connection. so i am a bit dissapointed with ut3 and hope the game becomes better when new patches get relesead.
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#30 Deihmos
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I can hardly connect to a game. I always get a connection failed error.
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#31 9mmSpliff
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I love it. best ut yet.
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#32 Deathbourn
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I got it the day it came out. While the game is slower in pace that Ut2004 and the menus aren't as complex the gameplay definitely feels better. Some game modes were removed from Ut2004 but these modes weren't really all that popular. UT3 added Vehicle CTF which is pretty good, the vehicles are easier to handle, they added quite a few new vehicles based on a diferent race and the maps are much better in UT3. The graphics are insane on max detail and intense post processing and if you give yourself the excuse that because the menu looks so and so then the game must be crap then how can you call yourself a gamer. In my opinion UT3 is a more refined version of Ut2004 and is worth it.

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#33 Impulsive20
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The game is sweet but not one realy plays it online yet

i wish there was assault and last man standing