Gamespy on Unreal Tournament III PS3

[Zenien]

We fired up the PS3 version, and the first thing we noticed was how crisp it looked. Our demo largely showed off Necropolis, a stage that shows off the Necris' native environment. We'd describe the art design as something along the lines of if H.R. Giger got to design Constantinople.

Control-wise, UT III will let you play with a controller or use a keyboard and mouse setup. We played with a Sixaxis, and noticed that the action felt pretty smooth for a console FPS. Primary and secondary fires both felt intuitively placed on the shoulder buttons, and both reloads and jumps worked well.

In the single-player portion of Unreal Tournament III, you'll have a branching campaign written by the author of Gears of War's storyline. The path you choose at certain pivotal points will, as it has with multitudes of other games, influence your ultimate outcome.

More in the Gamespy preview

 

[Devil May Cry]

Sick cover. So, it has a single player and then free multiplayer with keyboard and mouse? Siiick

 

[The Guardian]

I LOVE THAT SCREEN SHOT, MAN THAT LOOKS AWESOME!!! THIS GAME WILL ACTUALLY BE MY INTRODUCTION INTO THIS SERIES, SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT!!!up:

 

[Havok83]

I ahte that cover

 

[Electro UK]

Not the best of covers, but when this comes out, it'll be the best of games on the PS3.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

That's probably true, actually. But this isn't going to be a Gears of War hit. It will do well for a PS3 game though.

 

[Electro UK]

I'll get it straight away. Everything else can wait till Christmas.

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Have you ever played a UT before?

 

[Cyrusbales]

Looks pretty cool so far, more info the better.

 

[Electro UK]

Have you ever played a UT before?

No

I was thinking about back tracking...

 

[Zenien]

Unreal Tournament is absurdly fast paced, though I'm looking forward to this a lot more now that it has a single player campaign as oppose to being the earlier online only Unreal Tournament 2K7 itteration we'd seen years ago.

 

[Havok83]

I think Im going to pick up the PC version. It'll probably be about $20 cheaper and will be a better game experience than the PS3 version. The only plus for me getting it on the PS3 is that I can play it on a bigger screen (22" vs 32")

 

[Zenien]

Do you have a PC capable of running the game like the PS3 version? You can still use a Keyboard and mouse on the PS3.

 

[Cyrusbales]

What sort of connection will you need to play this online at a decent level?

 

[Havok83]

Do you have a PC capable of running the game like the PS3 version? You can still use a Keyboard and mouse on the PS3.

My PC can pretty much run every game out there right now. Intel Duo 2 Core 6300, 2 gb of ram, 8600gt and no problems with anything

I know I can use keyboard and mouse on the PS3 but thats really not all that practical or comfortable from my bed. Id get better use out of it from my desk. Cross platform play pretty much leveled the playing field as far as finding matches so pretty much teh deciding factor for me is the price and comfort of k/m on PC

 

[Zenien]

Yeah if you have a god computer, might as well get the PC version. I have a 6 year old dell that has 1 gig or ram, and a geforce MX2 graphics card.

 

[Havok83]

I just got the new Games For Windows magazine in the mail and it looks like there will be some meat to the single player mode as opposed to UT2004 which was pretty much a tournament with bots. Looks like there will be a story complete with missions. Good stuff and should add to the replay value for those who prefer single player play

 

[Zenien]

Yeah, a misconception is that this game is just Unreal Tournament 2007, but it is actually Unreal 3, so the third entry in the series with a full single player campaign.

For those who want more of an idea what UT is.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/22158.html

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/24262.html?type=wmv

 

[Zenien]

A funny though just occured to me. Since Unreal Tournament III on the PS3 will allow any mods to run on it from the PC version (provided they'll fit within the PS3's 512megs of ram): How soon is it before someone gets Gears of War running on UT3 PS3?

Spoiler

or Bioshock

 

[WhatsHisFace]

Unreal Tournament is absurdly fast paced, though I'm looking forward to this a lot more now that it has a single player campaign as oppose to being the earlier online only Unreal Tournament 2K7 itteration we'd seen years ago.

They put a campaign in Unreal Championship 2 also.

It was worthless.

 

[Devil May Cry]

this game looks fantastic. The vid is from the PS3. Damn and I rmr people saying Epic couldn't do GOW graphics on the PS3.

Edit: Zenien, already beat me to posting the vid.

 

[Zenien]

Unreal Tournament III

November 2007

PC PS3

UT3 E3 HD Trailer

Gameplay Video

 

[Zenien]

 

[Havok83]

This pic looks sick!

 

[Zenien]

With Orange Box being a few weeks late for the PS3, this might fit the FPS whole in the PS3's lineup quite nicely.