Unreal Tournament III, Uncharted, Mas Effect.....umm....What da heck??

Unreal 3 - 8.5 :?

Uncharted - 8 :o

Mass Effect - 8.5 :|

Come on, everyone knows these games deserve AAA minimum. I have played all 3 of these and would prefer to play these over Halo 3 (no, i aint a fanboy).

Is gamespot losing the plot?

Really, I wish we could just use gamerankings. It just makes a heck a lot more sense using an average of many reviews instead of 1 dumb review. People take GS ratings too seriously. We all know in our hearts that all of these games are AAA titles._KenKittyragi_

You know how fanboys are gonna treat the reviews:

Uncharted - ":lol: No AAA for deh PS3"

Mass Effect ":lol: deh RPG dat only 15 hours, deh suxors"

Unreal "Epic lost deh plot, GEOW FTW"

Ive already read such comments from fanboys.

But true these games deserve AAA no doubt.

Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

In ur opinion.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.kcpp2b

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Halo 3 - deserved 9.5 for sure, theatre mode FTW! Forge FTW! Best game EVER to play with buddies too.

Cod4 - Should have gotten a 9.5

Mass Effect - Should have gotten a 9

Uncharted - should have gotten a 9

R & C - Should have gotten an 8.5

UTIII - should have gotten a 9!

name some more people!

Halo 3 - deserved 9.5 for sure, theatre mode FTW! Forge FTW! Best game EVER to play with buddies too.

Cod4 - Should have gotten a 9.5

Mass Effect - Should have gotten a 9

Uncharted - should have gotten a 9

R & C - Should have gotten an 8.5

UTIII - should have gotten a 9!

name some more people!

_KenKittyragi_

i pretty much 100% agree with everything you listed, although i cant comment about Halo as i haven't played it yet#

[QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

[QUOTE="_KenKittyragi_"]

Halo 3 - deserved 9.5 for sure, theatre mode FTW! Forge FTW! Best game EVER to play with buddies too.

Cod4 - Should have gotten a 9.5

Mass Effect - Should have gotten a 9

Uncharted - should have gotten a 9

R & C - Should have gotten an 8.5

UTIII - should have gotten a 9!

name some more people!

stefanlek

i pretty much 100% agree with everything you listed, although i cant comment about Halo as i haven't played it yet#

I personally dont think Halo 3 is that great. The melee was not so great, graphics were not at all that great either. Replay value was definatly there, but after 1 play through, i just had enough. The scarab fights were cool though, they should have had more of those kind of battles, but thats just my oppinion. A 9.0 is what Halo 3 deserved imho.

[QUOTE="stefanlek"][QUOTE="_KenKittyragi_"]

Halo 3 - deserved 9.5 for sure, theatre mode FTW! Forge FTW! Best game EVER to play with buddies too.

Cod4 - Should have gotten a 9.5

Mass Effect - Should have gotten a 9

Uncharted - should have gotten a 9

R & C - Should have gotten an 8.5

UTIII - should have gotten a 9!

name some more people!

RazMaTaz-1

i pretty much 100% agree with everything you listed, although i cant comment about Halo as i haven't played it yet#

I personally dont think Halo 3 is that great. The melee was not so great, graphics were not at all that great either. Replay value was definatly there, but after 1 play through, i just had enough. The scarab fights were cool though, they should have had more of those kind of battles, but thats just my oppinion. A 9.0 is what Halo 3 deserved imho.

My buddy and I were playin halo 3 last night and right before the match, welcome to the jungle started playing in the music player on the xbox guide. then right when we finished (an all hammers match, lol) the song ended. IT WAS PERFECT!

[QUOTE="stefanlek"][QUOTE="_KenKittyragi_"]

Halo 3 - deserved 9.5 for sure, theatre mode FTW! Forge FTW! Best game EVER to play with buddies too.

Cod4 - Should have gotten a 9.5

Mass Effect - Should have gotten a 9

Uncharted - should have gotten a 9

R & C - Should have gotten an 8.5

UTIII - should have gotten a 9!

name some more people!

RazMaTaz-1

i pretty much 100% agree with everything you listed, although i cant comment about Halo as i haven't played it yet#

I personally dont think Halo 3 is that great. The melee was not so great, graphics were not at all that great either. Replay value was definatly there, but after 1 play through, i just had enough. The scarab fights were cool though, they should have had more of those kind of battles, but thats just my oppinion. A 9.0 is what Halo 3 deserved imho.

Those scores seem much more reasonable for the games. I agree with that, Halo deserved a 9.0. Or maybe a 9.2/9.3 if we still had the old ratings.

i pretty much 100% agree with everything you listed, although i cant comment about Halo as i haven't played it yet#

I personally dont think Halo 3 is that great. The melee was not so great, graphics were not at all that great either. Replay value was definatly there, but after 1 play through, i just had enough. The scarab fights were cool though, they should have had more of those kind of battles, but thats just my oppinion. A 9.0 is what Halo 3 deserved imho.

I wouldnt be surprised if Gamespot got over-excited with it and got sucked into the hype machine. The amount of hype around it was insane.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.kcpp2b

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

I play both, sorry though but I like some complicated games.

[QUOTE="kcpp2b"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

I play both, sorry though but I like some complicated games.

Oblivion is not complicated? :o :lol:

stefanlek

i pretty much 100% agree with everything you listed, although i cant comment about Halo as i haven't played it yet#

I personally dont think Halo 3 is that great. The melee was not so great, graphics were not at all that great either. Replay value was definatly there, but after 1 play through, i just had enough. The scarab fights were cool though, they should have had more of those kind of battles, but thats just my oppinion. A 9.0 is what Halo 3 deserved imho.

I wouldnt be surprised if Gamespot got over-excited with it and got sucked into the hype machine. The amount of hype around it was insane.

Halo will always get a great score on these sites, but theres also a reason why people think Halo is the most over rated game in history along with GTA. Its a great game, but not "9,5" great. Gears beats it in every catagory apart from online

Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

[QUOTE="kcpp2b"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

I play both, sorry though but I like some complicated games.

As arrogant as that sounds... I feel some truth in it. PC games have always been... to put it mildly... a bit more complex. Just bought Bioshock, and though I'm late to the party and loving it, I feel like whatever RPG there should have been from the creators of System Shock was sadly lost in an effort to casualize and 'halo'fy the game.

It sold trucks load yes, so maybe, my opinion doesn't matter in the larger scheme of things.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.legol1

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.RazMaTaz-1

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

I play both, sorry though but I like some complicated games.

Oblivion is not complicated? :o :lol:

No ... you can warp everywhere, your targets are automatically marked on maps, compared to Morrowind ... its like Bioshock to System shock 2 ... made for dummies.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.RazMaTaz-1

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

I play both, sorry though but I like some complicated games.

Oblivion is not complicated? :o :lol:

Actually, compared to a lot of PC games it's very simple (I'm talking strategy and MMORPGs).

Compared even to older ES games (Morrowind, Daggerfall) it's a lot simpler.

i agree with uncharted... but the other two hell no!

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.legol1

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

[QUOTE="RazMaTaz-1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="kcpp2b"]

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

In ur opinion.

True, but Oblivion , Bioshock & UT3 ,,, and possible mass effect all back my opinion. Teh dumbing down with prettier graphics is teh win for consolitez right?

Whatever dude.... keep ur holy PC chair. Console gaming is great for me.

I play both, sorry though but I like some complicated games.

Oblivion is not complicated? :o :lol:

No ... you can warp everywhere, your targets are automatically marked on maps, compared to Morrowind ... its like Bioshock to System shock 2 ... made for dummies.

I wouldnt say dummies, it was just toned down a bit so casuals can get the hang of the game. Big woop. Even so, Both Bioshock and Oblivion outscored their previous games that you mentioned. What does that tell you? Complexity can also be a bad thing in games. Both Oblivion and Bioshock were not too complex, nor was it dumbed down to an extent that a kid could play it.

Halo 3 - deserved 9.5 for sure, theatre mode FTW! Forge FTW! Best game EVER to play with buddies too.

Cod4 - Should have gotten a 9.5

Mass Effect - Should have gotten a 9

Uncharted - should have gotten a 9

R & C - Should have gotten an 8.5

UTIII - should have gotten a 9!

name some more people!

_KenKittyragi_

Prime 3 deserved a 9.0

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

I got unreal tournament 3 and i dont see anything wrong with it. its amazing in both gameplay and graphics and thrashes all the previous Unreal games. Unreal 2004 was PC exclusive, and that game didnt do anything different from a game of its age like Halo. Both had online, both had vehicles you can drive, both had great single player campaigns.

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.RazMaTaz-1

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

I got unreal tournament 3 and i dont see anything wrong with it. its amazing in both gameplay and graphics and thrashes all the previous Unreal games. Unreal 2004 was PC exclusive, and that game didnt do anything different from a game of its age like Halo. Both had online, both had vehicles you can drive, both had great single player campaigns.

Oh really...

1) Awful menu ... I noticed this the second I fired up the Demo .. not a big deal but it was awful compared with UT2004.

2) Double Jump ... what the hell has happened. .. not only cant we do trick jumps anymore, we cant even jump over peoples heads without struggle ... making it a strafe-twitch like console shooters.

3) Vehicle movement ....

4) Weapon enphasis on close range, particulally the flak cannon which is no stripped of its glory.

5) Huge hitboxes ...

Want me to continue?

Its not that they should be checking what people hyped those games to be, its that you should be checking your standards, which are lax.

Games with flaws don't get 9.0s (usually, but there's always Bioshock).

some of there reviews are horrible, while other of their reviews are completely fair.

thier AC review was horrible, they ignored so many issues that 1up touched upon.

so was thier R&C review as well as metroid prime 3 and halo 3.

but uncharted and mass effect seemed pretty fair to me.

Ohh, and Oblivion is the most simple RPG I've ever played. There is little understanding actually needed, and the objectives never really stray away from retrieve, kill, investigate (and kill/retrieve). The game is truly, a western RPG, and nearly all of the side quests lead you about by your nose. Despite these issues, it is (so far) my personal best game of the generation.leejohnson7

Stopped reading right about there.

Oblivion is one of the worst examples (along with Fable) one could use to define a western RPG.

Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

This is so true.

[QUOTE="RazMaTaz-1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

I got unreal tournament 3 and i dont see anything wrong with it. its amazing in both gameplay and graphics and thrashes all the previous Unreal games. Unreal 2004 was PC exclusive, and that game didnt do anything different from a game of its age like Halo. Both had online, both had vehicles you can drive, both had great single player campaigns.

Oh really...

1) Awful menu ... I noticed this the second I fired up the Demo .. not a big deal but it was awful compared with UT2004.

2) Double Jump ... what the hell has happened. .. not only cant we do trick jumps anymore, we cant even jump over peoples heads without struggle ... making it a strafe-twitch like console shooters.

3) Vehicle movement ....

4) Weapon enphasis on close range, particulally the flak cannon which is no stripped of its glory.

5) Huge hitboxes ...

Want me to continue?

1) The menu looks quite cool, ontop, its just a god damn menu.

2) There is double jump and double straff. you can jump over people with ease.

3) Same as unreal 2004 :| only difference is that the mouse aint used to turn left and right, which is a great thing imho.

4) Didnt understand what you said. both Unreal 2k4 and III have same weapons, both do equal amounts of damage

5) WTF is that?

95% of the stuff you just said was just utter nitty gritty stuff :|

[QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="RazMaTaz-1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.RazMaTaz-1

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

I got unreal tournament 3 and i dont see anything wrong with it. its amazing in both gameplay and graphics and thrashes all the previous Unreal games. Unreal 2004 was PC exclusive, and that game didnt do anything different from a game of its age like Halo. Both had online, both had vehicles you can drive, both had great single player campaigns.

Oh really...

1) Awful menu ... I noticed this the second I fired up the Demo .. not a big deal but it was awful compared with UT2004.

2) Double Jump ... what the hell has happened. .. not only cant we do trick jumps anymore, we cant even jump over peoples heads without struggle ... making it a strafe-twitch like console shooters.

3) Vehicle movement ....

4) Weapon enphasis on close range, particulally the flak cannon which is no stripped of its glory.

5) Huge hitboxes ...

Want me to continue?

1) The menu looks quite cool, ontop, its just a god damn menu.

2) There is double jump and double straff. you can jump over people with ease.

3) Same as unreal 2004 :| only difference is that the mouse aint used to turn left and right, which is a great thing imho.

4) Didnt understand what you said. both Unreal 2k4 and III have same weapons, both do equal amounts of damage

5) WTF is that?

95% of the stuff you just said was just utter nitty gritty stuff :|

I'm sorry its not nitty gritty, its complete changes that effect the way the game is played, except the menu.

1) Yes it looks artisticly good but its clumsy, has very little options and is generally not PC friendly, everyone has picked up on this, im sorry but thats a classic case of consolitus.

2) Double jump? ROFL you call that a double jump!? UT2004 you jumped twice the height, in UT3 the second jump is an abysmal that barely does anything, cant even get up on ledges with it.

3) then its not the same .... its worse.

4) Flak Cannon Canistors dont shoot half as far, making skill shots impossiple instead its close range cannistor at legs spam , taking away a good portion of fun from the weapon.

5) ... as in ... you can get a headshot way too easily, even if your not directly on thier head.

Unreal 3 - 8.5 :?

Uncharted - 8 :o

Mass Effect - 8.5 :|

Come on, everyone knows these games deserve AAA minimum. I have played all 3 of these and would prefer to play these over Halo 3 (no, i aint a fanboy).

Is gamespot losing the plot?

RazMaTaz-1

A couple of things. One it is their opinion. Two their review system has changed drastically. (Don't know where you have been) And three, IGN = IGNorance. And 4, gametrailers/gamespot is where it's at. Meaning that first look at GT then GS.

One last thing to the guy above me ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

WARNING! More than 5 quotes in a post, flaming, trolling and posting in an account suicide thread will result in a moderation, and a possible suspension on your account.

Just helping out :)

1) The menu looks quite cool, ontop, its just a god damn menu.

2) There is double jump and double straff. you can jump over people with ease.

3) Same as unreal 2004 :| only difference is that the mouse aint used to turn left and right, which is a great thing imho.

4) Didnt understand what you said. both Unreal 2k4 and III have same weapons, both do equal amounts of damage

5) WTF is that?

95% of the stuff you just said was just utter nitty gritty stuff :|

RazMaTaz-1

1. I have UT3, didn't really fiddle with the menu to much as it is really anoying, all I know is that I didn't find any "advanced settings" only a drop down, for post processing effects, where is the rest? Maybe I need to check again.

2. It's not double jump it's dodge what you are describing, the speed is deffo gone from UT. you could strafe right twice to dodge jump and then press your regular jump to jump one more time, so 3 jumps in fact, which speeded up the game by a lot.

3. I never fiddled much with vehicles in UT games, but the new mode Vehicle CTF is just dumb, you can't use most vehicles for carrying the flag, they are only there to make the game end in 0:0 after 20 minutes, or go into overtime and play one map for 6 hours before one scores, ergo, stupid mode.

4. The weapon balance is seriously messed up. The Gattling is way to overpowered, the Biorifle is overpowered, there's no actuall kickback, and I could go on, but this can easily be fixed and will be.

5. Hitboxes are kinda huge, this are the boxes around player models, they register hits from weapons, but they are not that bad.

6. The armor system sucks. In duel games, you can't pick up armors anymore if you are full, this is a huge mistake for true duel games.

7. Vehicles forced to modes where there shouldn't be any, darkwalker inside a duel map etc. Guess who will win the duel if there is a overpowered vehicle on the map. And mistakes like tat.

I'm sorry its not nitty gritty, its complete changes that effect the way the game is played, except the menu.

1) Yes it looks artisticly good but its clumsy, has very little options and is generally not PC friendly, everyone has picked up on this, im sorry but thats a classic case of consolitus.

2) Double jump? ROFL you call that a double jump!? UT2004 you jumped twice the height, in UT3 the second jump is an abysmal that barely does anything, cant even get up on ledges with it.

3) then its not the same .... its worse.

4) Flak Cannon Canistors dont shoot half as far, making skill shots impossiple instead its close range cannistor at legs spam , taking away a good portion of fun from the weapon.

5) ... as in ... you can get a headshot way too easily, even if your not directly on thier head.

Meu2k7

I think you're forgetting something.

GS has had some very strange reviews recently.

ME gets tons of praise but because the vechicle combat isn't that great it gets an 8.5?? The best story, great graphics, characters, sound, levels are nothing? wtf?

R&C...well yeah.

Rock Band has a crap small list of songs and the drums look like something out of a fisher price playset yet it gets 9.0??

UT3 which has great graphics and a TON of maps gets 8.5 because of the menus?! WTF!


Seriously there are great games out there and because of a tiny fault it gets knocked down to 8.5 or lower. Complete and utter crap. Sorry but GS has been slipping badly recently.

[QUOTE="RazMaTaz-1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="RazMaTaz-1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"][QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]

[QUOTE="legol1"][QUOTE="Meu2k7"]Its called Consolitus... the degrading of gaming.Meu2k7

Where do I mention the Gamers? I blame Multiplat ... purely.

Ofcourse .... if youve played UT3 youd know what I'm talking about.

I got unreal tournament 3 and i dont see anything wrong with it. its amazing in both gameplay and graphics and thrashes all the previous Unreal games. Unreal 2004 was PC exclusive, and that game didnt do anything different from a game of its age like Halo. Both had online, both had vehicles you can drive, both had great single player campaigns.

Oh really...

1) Awful menu ... I noticed this the second I fired up the Demo .. not a big deal but it was awful compared with UT2004.

2) Double Jump ... what the hell has happened. .. not only cant we do trick jumps anymore, we cant even jump over peoples heads without struggle ... making it a strafe-twitch like console shooters.

3) Vehicle movement ....

4) Weapon enphasis on close range, particulally the flak cannon which is no stripped of its glory.

5) Huge hitboxes ...

Want me to continue?

1) The menu looks quite cool, ontop, its just a god damn menu.

2) There is double jump and double straff. you can jump over people with ease.

3) Same as unreal 2004 :| only difference is that the mouse aint used to turn left and right, which is a great thing imho.

4) Didnt understand what you said. both Unreal 2k4 and III have same weapons, both do equal amounts of damage

5) WTF is that?

95% of the stuff you just said was just utter nitty gritty stuff :|

I'm sorry its not nitty gritty, its complete changes that effect the way the game is played, except the menu.

1) Yes it looks artisticly good but its clumsy, has very little options and is generally not PC friendly, everyone has picked up on this, im sorry but thats a classic case of consolitus.

2) Double jump? ROFL you call that a double jump!? UT2004 you jumped twice the height, in UT3 the second jump is an abysmal that barely does anything, cant even get up on ledges with it.

3) then its not the same .... its worse.

4) Flak Cannon Canistors dont shoot half as far, making skill shots impossiple instead its close range cannistor at legs spam , taking away a good portion of fun from the weapon.

5) ... as in ... you can get a headshot way too easily, even if your not directly on thier head.

1) meh, just a menu. Easy to navigate.

2)The double jump is fine, i aint fussed with it. Ontop, you have those Jet boots which can make you jump freakishly high, which is quite cool

3) Thats in your oppinion. I hated Halo for that right analog movement along wit the camera. I like how unreal 2007 is set control wise.

4) Didnt notice

5)I am playing it on hard difficulty and never noticed that either.

Everyone is entitled for their oppinion. I think Epic have done a better job compared to Unreal 2004. Unreal 2004 was freakishly too fast in some cases, expecially the last fight against malcom. Unreal III speed is just about right, Double jump never really concermed me anyway.