Mega Kill.
After the mediocre-at-best release of the title Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, a breath of fresh air has been gratefully sent in the form of Unreal Tournament 3, around a year after its release. With epic games at the helm of development, it's obvious that quite a bit of polish and work has been added to create one heck of an app for both ps3 and Xbox 360.
Into The Depths
The campaign takes you through the vast majority of the multiplayer maps, keeping a nice pace of the modes by easing in the player to the newer modes of gameplay, such as Vehicle CTF and Warfare. he story itself is pretty thin, but much like Ninja Gaiden and its sequel, it hardly hinders the gameplay.
Tools of Destruction
Weapons have recieved the Bioshock-style cycle method, as well as enabling you to prioritize your favorite weapons to immediately pop up once you've run over them. All of the weapons seem to play out well and feel balanced in each match, all of them naturally gruesome to use. They all come with handy dandy alternate fires, giving short range weapons like flak cannons a little more long-range usage and a little more oomph in some of the weaker weaponry.
Highway to...
The vehicle, simply put, are freakin' awesome. From speed vehicles like the scorpion and the viper, to the towering Necris Darkwalker, the matches involving any or all of these are a sight to behold and unique every time. I can't help but feel like it's a version of C&C3 in First person(that's a good thing)
Ooh la la
The graphics of UT3 are most certainly 360/PS3 worthy, taking advantage of what looks like a souped up version of Havok 2.0. All the vehicles, particularly the Necris fury and darkwalker look fluid and well on par of the competition. The main character, nicknamed reaper, looks suspiciously like another of epic games' characters... cough.
Symphony of Destruction
As far as audio goes, I've got 2 words for you: MEGA KILL. The infamous UT announces is back again and as crazy as ever. All the voicing is simultaneously well done, and very amusing for the new taunts, from Necris' "I shed little black tears for you", to the Liandi's "I see the blue screen."
What's the jibber jabber add up to?
After hours, and hours, and hours of UT3, the answer is obvious: If you're looking for intense, vicious, and awe-inspiring multiplayer-centered action, look no further and be ready for blood. UT3 is one heck of a fragfest for all ages... 17 and up, anyways. Oh, by the way, did I mention you can use hoverboards?