Unreal Tournament 3

Got a hankering to take your PS3 online for some first-person shooter mayhem? Then you're in luck: The long-running Unreal Tournament series lands with a nuclear sized explosion of awesomeness!

Unreal Tournament 3 is the long awaited next-gen follow-up to Unreal Tournament 2004. The combat is fast and furious and there's a wide variety of game variants, though the singleplayer campaign is really just a tutorial tied together by a thin storyline that prepares you for the main multiplayer event.

The differences between Unreal Tournament 3 and the more popular shooters of 2007 like Call of Duty 4 and Halo 3 are immediately obvious, the first and primary being the frantic pace. If you haven't played a UT game in a long time, get ready to move fast. I couldn't believe the contrast in speed between this game and Call of Duty 4; add to that all the double-jumping, side-dashing and wall-jumping chaos and UT3 is easily the most frenetic shooter currently on the market.

The single-player campaign mode, which you can play online with up to 3 other players, is basically an offline training mode for the online multiplayer. It does a good job of familiarizing you with all of the maps and level types with a revenge tinged story bits peppered throughout.

On the multiplayer side, there are 14 maps and 6 gametypes including deathmatch, team deathmatch, capture the flag, vehicle CTF, Warfare and Duel. The overall online experience is rather good, though I did experience minor issues with lag and random disconnects from the host. I also ran into random clipping issues and other graphical quirks but things ran smoothly for the most part. The game also looks, sounds and plays amazingly well, though several design and gameplay elements including Reaper, the main dewd and poster boy for UT3, feels very derivative of Gears of War.

Still, if you're PS3 owner on the hunt for a fast and fun online experience, UT3 is a compelling title that you should definitely consider.

PROS: Faster than any shooter out right now. Maps and characters look great.
CONS: The single-player mode is basically a long tutorial. Be wary of bugs.

Want to compare notes between the PS3 and PC versions of Unreal Tournament 3? Then check out our review of the PC version here!

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