Unreal Tournament 3

[Thorgrim]

The demo just came out today... and yes... it looks as good in game as it did in the screenshots

Unfortunately no onslaught mode in the demo, but there is vehicle CTF at least

http://www.gamershell.com/download_21427.shtml

 

[Ingolifs]

I've been looking forward to a no-brainer shoot em up for a while now.

Oh, what are your specs and how does it run?

 

[Archonsod]

\o/

Shame about the lack of onslaught though.

 

[An4Sh]

What's that vehicle in the ruined city map called?

 

[Morbo]

That's the Hellbender methinks.

Unfortunately no onslaught mode in the demo, but there is vehicle CTF at least

There's not gonna be onslaught in the full game either, if I'm not mistaken. Thought they replaced it with some new game mode.

 

[miclee1]

Bleh, I hope they release the demo for the PS3 on thursday. They better, or they will die.

 

[Archonsod]

That's the Hellbender methinks.

It is indeed.

There's not gonna be onslaught in the full game either, if I'm not mistaken. Thought they replaced it with some new game mode.

Not exactly. It's the Unreal Warfare mode, which is basically Onslaught with triple the map size and Assault style objectives.

 

[Morbo]

Triple map size?

I highly doubt though that I'll actually be getting the game, despite it looking rather good (even on my 2 GHz CPU and radeon 9800 pro vid card) and the demo being alright. Just can't be arsed to play against random unwashed masses anymore, and that's what I'd mainly have to do with it. And getting an UT game for the SP alone...that's silliness.

Also, the darkwalker is a fun vehicle to melt people's faces with. Neat how you can simply step on top of low buildings with it, thanks to its extremely flexible legs.

 

[An4Sh]

That's the vehicle I was talking about, way too powerful in a deathmatch with no longbows.

 

[Lhorkan]

That's the vehicle I was talking about, way too powerful in a deathmatch with no longbows.

Yep, the player who got the DW wins the match.

 

[Archonsod]

Just can't be arsed to play against random unwashed masses anymore, and that's what I'd mainly have to do with it. And getting an UT game for the SP alone...that's silliness.

They've actually turned single player into a campaign this time around, since apparently only 40% of the audience ever went online with the previous incarnations. To be honest, I don't find the previous games particularly bad in single player anyway, so actually having a dedicated single player component could be fun.

Besides which, I'll probably start up a TW server if there's enough interest.

 

[Sir Prince]

So, what are the sytem specs? (I'd check but I have to go to work now).

 

[Nak Nak the Merciless]

Not very impressed. They could've done so much more. It is exactly the same as Ut2004, as far as I can tell.

 

[Ilex]

Why is it called UT 3 btw?

 

[Poil]

Because it's the fourth one?

 

[Nak Nak the Merciless]

Might be because that's the engine version or something? I have no idea.

 

[phbbbt107]

Probably 'cause UT2003 and UT2004 were so similar. Plus, they couldn't release it in 2007, so there's no point in calling it UT 2007. They just renamed it to UT 3.

 

[Archonsod]

Why is it called UT 3 btw?

Engine revision. Unreal used the Unreal Engine rev 1, UT2003 & 2004 used UnrealEngine rev 2, UT3 uses the third iteration.

 

[Trooper5445]

I have to say it just seems to base. I prefer realism to mindless shoot-em-ups. Not that a good LAN match is fun every now and then.

 

[Instag0]

I've been too busy playing it to post here . The AI is superb, though I've only experienced it on normal difficulty. It looks great, sounds great, runs very well-- very well for a "beta" demo, I might add.

What especially intoxicates me is the idear that our good buddies over at TripWire are using this engine for their next game (I honestly hope it's RO2- yeah, sounds kinda lame, but I'd love Red Orchestra with the UT3 engine).