Unreal Tournament 3 (PC) Review

"UT3 is a blast! There may not be as much custom content available as for it's predecessor (ut2004), but it's got the same ol' fun action-packed game-play and lots of eye candy to boot. The hoverboards and other new vehicles add lots of fun to already satisfying game-play."

- My original steam review from 2011

2023 Thoughts: It was indeed a blast! I didn't spend as much time with this one as UT2004, because there wasn't anywhere near as big of a modding community for the game, but it's still a solid entry in the Unreal series. The story campaign was fun to play through, having a story-line based more around a war with the Necris, and lots of cut scenes, as well. It had a nice mechanic where you could occasionally use a "card" (or something, it's been a long time) to skip a mission if it was getting too frustrating, which helped me out a few times.

The graphical upgrade to the game is really cool and slick looking, and blew me away when I saw the first screenshots of the game back in 2007. The new dynamic-style soundtrack is solid, too, and a lot of the same great game-play from UT2004 is present here. There's some new vehicles, like the Necris walkers, which are very much like those creepy tripod things from War Of The Worlds. The game introduced the ability to customize your characters outfits, which was a fun new addition as well. I doesn't have as many maps as UT2004 did, but what maps were available were definitely fun.

Enjoy some nice screenshots below!

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