Game Review: Unreal Tournament 3

Whether playing the campaign with its AI controlled multiplayer mayhem or online against the real thing you will be in for a fast paced frenzy of a Sci-Fi shoot out.

Ratings: Graphics & Audio: 20/25, Gameplay: 22/25, Creativity 22/25, Fun 23/25
Total: 89/100

Unreal Tournament 3 does not make huge changes to the steadfast formula of people duking it out with futuristic weapons on unreal landscapes. It does change the gameplay up some, adds a few new game types but follows the classic formula for fun in online multiplayer gaming.

Unreal Tournament 3 follows quite closely on the heels of the previous Unreal Tournament games and does not vary from the gameplay and fast paced multiplayer combat that makes the game such a hit. With a decent campaign to show you the ropes of the games play and how to use each weapon and game type you get a good grounding in training. The campaign is a fresh look and a new way to get you involved in the games various features as well as a good training.

You can start in on the fun multiplayer gaming or start on the campaign that introduces you to a decent story line and tougher and tougher missions that are all the various game types you can play in the multiplayer game. They have created a nice storyline of revenge against attackers of your colony but it does not go much beyond that. It gives you a reason for your battles and gets you used to the gameplay and weapons as well as an introduction into the new game types.

The campaign is nice for those that have not played Unreal Tournament before or as a refresher to the game if you have been absent from the Unreal world for long. The Campaign uses the unique but simple story to introduce and place you in each combat scene but the scenes are your various multiplayer games on the whole gambit of maps just using the AI controlled bots.