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| From: Midway Entertainment
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 2086
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Shooter Action Games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 30106
Model: 30106
UPC: 031719301065
EAN: 0031719301065
ASIN: B000O5K3TO
Release Date: July 7, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Unreal Tournament has always been known for brutal weaponry. Detonate your opponent from a distance with theShock Rifle or blast away at close range with the Flak Cannon. Over two dozen weapons and vehicles have been enhanced. | | • | New and Favorite Characters: Fight side-by-side with or compete against new and returning characters from the Unreal universe, all with enhanced abilities, extremely detailed designs, and distinct personalities. | | • | This is Unreal Tournament like you've never seen it before! The Necris invasion has begun, and your clan was one of the first to be slaughtered. Head to the front lines and join this Epic battle to defend humanity while taking your revenge. | | • | Online Innovations: Unreal Tournament 3 brings back all the award-winning online features of previous Unreal Tournament games, plus seamless loading on servers, improved matchmaking, and co-operative campaign play online. | | • | Enhanced Popular Game Types: A variety of game modes including Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, an all-new Warfare mode and more. |
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Continuing the intensity of the well-known series, Unreal Tournament 3 unleashes the full power of the Unreal Engine 3. In this adventure, you're thrown into the thick of the Necris invasion and immersed in the battle of your life. Defend what's left of your clan with an arsenal of more than 24 powerful, futuristic weapons and a slew of upgraded vehicles. Both new and returning characters can be friends or foes, so watch your back. Whether you're under attack from advanced Artificial Intelligence adversaries or from human online warriors, one thing's for sure ? you're in for gut-wrenching, breathtaking action once you've entered the world of this compelling first-person shooter.
| Features - New single-player campaign thrusts you into the heated Necris invasion, where you must exert brutal force to defend your dwindling clan
- Choose from an arsenal of more than 24 close-range and long-range weapons, including the Shock Rifle and Flak Cannon
- Utilize a fleet of upgraded vehicles to travel through incredibly detailed landscapes generated by the famous Unreal Engine 3
- Enhanced Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch and Capture the Flag modes, as well as an all-new Warfare mode, keep you engulfed in the action
- Extremely detailed AI characters and awesome graphics provide a high level of realism
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| | Share the battlefield with familiar and all-new characters, each with enhanced abilities and distinct personalities. Decide which weapon works best as you take your revenge on the invaders. Should you use the Shock Rifle to obliterate the enemy from a distance? Or would the close-range Flak Cannon do the job? It's all up to you to devise the winning strategy, proving that this saga requires just as much brain power as firepower. Put your survival skills to the test in challenging Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag and all-new Warfare game modes. |
Product Description
Unreal Tournament 3 unleashes the full power of Unreal Engine 3, taking graphics, gameplay, and challenge to a whole new level. Players engage in intense battles with other human players online, or against Unreal artificial intelligence that sets the industry standard. With the most powerful futuristic weapons and vehicles available, this is FPS action at its best!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 16 more reviews...
Gonna frag like it's 1999 January 2, 2009
Trevor C. Cook (Fort Benning, GA)
Back in 1999, there were three things the PC gaming world cared about: Y2K, Quake III: Arena, and Unreal Tournament. Quake was all about colorful, super-fast-twitch death. Unreal Tournament was fast as well, but had more game modes, including an absolutely bar-setting Capture the Flag mode and a unique Domination mode.
Well, id Software has long since fallen off the charts (Quake4 put too much emphasis on its mediocre campaign, and Doom3 was nothing more than a giant technology demo for an engine that demanded more than it performed), but Epic has kept the Unreal franchise alive, and after some mis-steps with its sequels, is back for more with Unreal Tournament III.
Available for the first time on the new generation of consoles, UT3 goes for its roots and a less is more approach and jettisons most of the crazy crap that cluttered its predecessors (FPS hand to hand combat?!). Even from the main menu, it's clear the game is trying to go old-school, with the original UT's music. Maps like Facing Worlds (a UT CTF classic) are back, and everything from the game's background score to the announcer bellowing "HEADSHOT" will give anyone who played the original serious deja vu in the best of senses.
But ironically, they don't go back far enough. Vehicles are present on some maps, but they feel like a weak stab at Halo3. The game's iconic weapons are all present, but the art direction is too heavily insired by newer games like Halo and Gears of War. UT always had sleek, futuristic and spartan environments with gorgeous lighting; these environments feel too lush by comparison. And finally, that amazing Assault map, where one team would defend a beach while the other tried to storm up it into the base (seriously, think a futuristic D-Day) is nowhere to be found.
UT3 does, however, offer a fast, frag-style gameplay that's not really seen anymore, especially on the Xbox360, where Call of Duty and Halo rule. Additionally, while Microsoft nixed the game's map and game mode editors sadly, the game does come packed with some 50 different maps (50!), and the caliber of the map design overall is outstanding. While the fast-twitch nature is better suited to the keyboard and mouse, the controls are good, and the UNREAL engine looks especially fantastic, seriously toasting both Halo3 and Quake4 visually.
It's old-school, but if you're old enough to remember when old-school was new-school, you'll get a kick out of it.
Unreal Tournament 3 delivers on its promise of fast, and fun, multiplayer action October 27, 2008
Zeph Greenwell (Decatur, IL)
Unreal Tournament has always been about fast paced FPS action. This version delivers on that experience and provides a different flavor than other online shooters on the 360. The graphics and sound are both exceptional and every aspect of the game seems well examined and well executed. For better or worse, UT3 does one thing and does it well. Its all about multiplayer.
The core of this multiplayer game is well built. There are a lot of stages built into the disc and they're all impressive. UT3 uses a heath pack system where you can pick up health and armor, it doesn't recharge automatically. This might be surprising to someone new to the franchise but it works really well in the game. The guns, spread out over the stages, are all very unique and fun. Even if your opponent is using a rocket launcher when you spawn it doesn't leave you without any options. In that regard, the gameplay is well balanced. There is also vehicle combat in the game and the vehicles are just as interesting. I personally liked the Darkwalker a lot, but there are many to choose from.
There are a few different modes of play in this game. There is of course the standard deathmatch and team deathmatch. A variation on deathmatch, called dual mode, is made specifically for 2 people to fight one on one. There is also capture the flag and vehicle capture the flag. The final mode is called warfare and has both teams fighting for control of different connected points until one team is forced back to their own base and eventually destroyed.
If you are looking for a single player experience that game does throw you a bone. There is a campaign mode, which sets you through a series of missions until you reach a final boss that you fight in a duel. The campaign is really just bot matches in the same modes you could play in an instant action or online. The game tries to explain things like respawning and why you're trying to capture the enemies flag so often in the story, but the story doesn't matter. You can also earn cards in the campaign which can change the settings of the matches a little more in your favor. That adds a little but not a lot.
One plus to the console version is the split screen co-op play. You can play through the campaign or online with one additional person on your console. It would have been nice to have up to four, but two is still more than the PC version allows.
I really enjoyed UT3 and I think anyone who enjoys multiplayer FPS games will find a lot of enjoyment too. The only drawback to the game is that despite its attempts at the campaign its still all multiplayer. The game is quick to get into and has a high replay value. For those that think they would enjoy it, this game is definitely worth picking up.
 This game is a blast! October 3, 2008
R. Robins
This game in my opinion is one of the best shooters out there. I really like the taunts that your character can say to keep the action going. I also love the team deathmatch which you can play with other players on your team to try and defeat the other team online. Go out and buy this game, you won't be disappointed.
Unreal is a blast! September 26, 2008
Eric Henkel (Gilbert, AZ)
This game is very enjoyable. Fragging online is a blast, and a classic Unreal experience. The graphics are absolutely gorgeous.
A few problems however: One, the single player is something to be desired. But in games like Quake or Unreal, we all know that we arent looking for a phenomenal single player experience. But another problem i consistently experience is occasional extreme lag when playing online.
These problems cause me to give this game a 4 out of 5, but to anyone who is a fan of playing online, i strongly recommend this game.
Very Cool September 11, 2008
Andrew P. (Hollywood CA, United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It seems that most people I've talked too are/were very familiar with all of the old computer versions of Unreal. But my review is for the Xbox 360, which, like many of us, had never played any version up until buying this one for the 360.
This game will have you hooked. It is super fun, and the gameplay on plasmas and lcd screens is amazing. There are LOTS of things to do, including the main campaign, and random fun instant action levels.
NOTE: The best part about this game is that the initial campaign is basically just a training mode to get you online (great idea!). The game is designed for online play. So, by just going through the campaign and having fun, you are now ready to hook up Xbox live and you'll fit right in.
The 1up.com review of a "C" grade is absurd, and I've read it. If only because every reviewer is comparing it to all the other releases dating back years and years. As a new player to this great xbox 360 game, I was very impressed.
IMO, this beats Halo 3 in a heartbeat. Why? Because there are, among others, two specific 'mutators' (which modify the game play) that you can turn on together. One is Speed Freak, and the other in Low Gravity. Now, imagine this. Playing the fastest Xbox 360 character ever made, and then being able to jump the equivalent of about 300 feet in the air while looking down at flying machines, tanks, other aliens and firing your crazy alien gun at everything! THAT is what I call fun. I put Halo 3 away, and simply love hosting matches with these mutators on.
This is by far one of the years most underrated games, without a doubt. The 'maps' that you can play are beautiful. There's something for everybody here, trust me.
Kids LOVE it! (Forget the M rating, it's ridiculous, and based on a few bad words ONLY in the campaign) And older dads will love this too. Plus, the best part is that there are no Halo 3 GODS for the most part. Meaning that when you join Halo 3 online, you usually get clobbered. With Unreal Tournament 3, I've met some of the nicer people online, and there is plenty of space for the average gamer to grow his/her talent, including the BOTS that you can set up in "Novice" mode to help you along.
This is a GREAT game, and I only wish the gamer magazines would've reviewed this with fresh eyes specifically for the Xbox 360.
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