HEADSHOT!
Unreal Tournament III is a wonderful game, recently added on GameTap, for those in the States (or select other locations?), and I've had a fun time with it.
Single Player: I love single player in a game. It's the man's way of playing. At least in my opinion. That or co-op, and UT:III has both. The co-op works just like the single player, which is incredibly short but sweet, by adding in a second player to the action. It's fun and easy on casual, and I was too much of a wimp to try it on anything else.
Unique Gameplay: While the UT series is hardly known for unusual gameplay, UT:III has some interesting aspects. First, Warfare mode. Sure everything has a similar mode, but it's still incredibly fun, especially with the action-style weapons, and it feels like a challenge, and rewards the player. The hoverboards are also particularly awesome. They offer what is probably the best experience in an action game in terms of having speed and mobility since Tribes. And that's a lot for me to say. The Translocator is cool too, but after the hoverboards, I'm not so sure that it's anything that spectacular (except, of course, for the telefrags, which I intentionally got a couple of at the beginning, then quickly started playing normally).
Graphics: The graphics are nothing to sneeze at. UT:III delivers very good graphics. They aren't too over-the-top in terms of special effects, but they show what they need to show with a glossy finish. Still, I would've enjoyed a noir-style mode or desaturation mode (think Far Cry 1 here), but I'm just a nut for stuff like that. You can also adjust the violence level, for the squeamish or those with young (or sheltered) children, which makes it much less gory (in an entire play through, I would have given it a T rating, even with spatterings [okay, a fair deal] of harsh language)
Ultimately, Unreal gets a 5/5 for GameTap Users and a 4/5 overall, making it a must play.
Unreal Tournament III is a wonderful game, recently added on GameTap, for those in the States (or select other locations?), and I've had a fun time with it.
Single Player: I love single player in a game. It's the man's way of playing. At least in my opinion. That or co-op, and UT:III has both. The co-op works just like the single player, which is incredibly short but sweet, by adding in a second player to the action. It's fun and easy on casual, and I was too much of a wimp to try it on anything else.
Unique Gameplay: While the UT series is hardly known for unusual gameplay, UT:III has some interesting aspects. First, Warfare mode. Sure everything has a similar mode, but it's still incredibly fun, especially with the action-style weapons, and it feels like a challenge, and rewards the player. The hoverboards are also particularly awesome. They offer what is probably the best experience in an action game in terms of having speed and mobility since Tribes. And that's a lot for me to say. The Translocator is cool too, but after the hoverboards, I'm not so sure that it's anything that spectacular (except, of course, for the telefrags, which I intentionally got a couple of at the beginning, then quickly started playing normally).
Graphics: The graphics are nothing to sneeze at. UT:III delivers very good graphics. They aren't too over-the-top in terms of special effects, but they show what they need to show with a glossy finish. Still, I would've enjoyed a noir-style mode or desaturation mode (think Far Cry 1 here), but I'm just a nut for stuff like that. You can also adjust the violence level, for the squeamish or those with young (or sheltered) children, which makes it much less gory (in an entire play through, I would have given it a T rating, even with spatterings [okay, a fair deal] of harsh language)
Ultimately, Unreal gets a 5/5 for GameTap Users and a 4/5 overall, making it a must play.