Unreal Tournament 3 Review

I’ll admit, I am new to multiplayer games. It was Call of Duty 4 that brought me into online multiplayer gaming, so I review Unreal Tournament III with virgin eyes, having never played any previous versions on the PC. I realize that this series is dear to many people, and I ask that you understand my reviewing this game as a single entity, not as part of a series.

Let's start with the visuals. The game is smooth and looks a lot like if Gears of War. Everything is very detailed and beautifully rendered. I died many times just trying to get better looks at the environment and details. Characters look really cool, again very similar to the style of Gears of War. The vehicles look awesome and there is a nice variety of them. I can tell a lot of effort went into making the game sparkle but unfortunately, this is where the effort seems to stop.

There is a campaign mode for offline play, but it is utterly pointless. The story is so weak that I can barely remember there even being a story. An alien race attacks...the end. The campaign is basically, and I emphasize the word “Basic”, all the multiplayer game modes with bots instead of people. These game styles just doesn’t seem to support a story. Why do I need to capture a flag in order to stop an infiltrating army of lizard beasts? How many “nodes” can one army have that need to be destroyed? The actual gaming feels so disconnected from the story, you might as well not have the story at all. There is an instant action mode to play a quick round with bots, but this feels like practice or training for the online modes.


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