Unreal Tournament 3

I know this is an older game, but I have recently started to go back to this game because it now supports trophies which aren't impossibly hard to get. This is also a great game to escape to when you are sick of campers and the god awful spawning of all the Call of Duty games online.

This game has online but I rarely play it because the servers have integrated the PS3 and PC's together. So you basically have a bunch of keyboard/mouse players that are insanely good vs. us PS3 players with joysticks and low sensitivity levels that can't compete. There is however an option for PS3 users to choose servers with PS3 users only so bravo to the makers of Unreal Tournament. If only we had smarter people like you working for Infinity Ward instead of the monkeys that work there now.

I play this game mainly for the instant action that doesn't require you to be online. The game produces bots that are completely adjustable from novice bots which are easy to kill and god-like bots which are half impossible to kill. I love this about the game because I get sick of playing online a lot so I love popping this game in and enjoying a nice death match or capture the flag that is more relaxing than games like MW2 or Black-Ops.

This game also has a great weapon selection as long as you can find them in the maps. My gun of choice would have to be the Link Gun which fires fully auto bursts but has a secondary fire that heals allies and ally vehicles. There are many guns to choose from and it depends on the player and their playing style to which gun suits them the best.


There is also a player customization menu with items that can be unlocked while playing the campaign. The customization isn't the best I have seen, the items are unique, but the options are limited which is a slight downfall, BUT there are websites online that allow you to download all kinds of mods that give you more stuff for the game including options for this customization.

This biggest downfall to the game is the campaign mode. You can definitely tell that this game was designed for online game play and the creators really slacked off when making the campaign. It is basically made up of a series of death matches, capture the flags, and warfare matches that progressively get harder as you play through chapters. There is almost no story line and no goal except beat the other team in the matches. I thought it would be more of a story filled campaign where you fight your way through hoards of creatures to save the universe or something but no it is not like that at all. You might as well just create your own instant action match because there is no difference.

This website www.ut3mod.com has crazy amounts of free content for Unreal Tournament 3 including maps, mutators, and even entire gamemodes! I personally recommend the third person mod which allows you to toggle the camera view from first person to third person and the jet pack mutator that give your charactor the ability to fly by holding the jump button. I have yet to download a map that I didn't like and almost all the material can completely change the game somehow. That is why I refuse to give this game up because there is always new things coming out for me to download and the game is constantly changing. I highly recommend this game especially now that the trophies are available. My rating = 8/10