.:~ UnREaL TouRnaMEnT III ~:.

[Hitboxx]

IT's UnREaL babY

Well, what can I say about this game? Its a beautiful canvas painted by the artists at Epic Games. In addition to the regular multiplayer(how regular is this ) there is a new(so to say) mode for single player called 'Campaign' in addition to the botmatches in instant action. I just started campaign and it appears to be a series of (bot)matches with a somewhat story( yeah right..) thrown in for good measure. But the intro movie is so damn cool., and so is the new faction lead by Reaper. ( How do they design such beautiful characters is beyond me)

And then you can customise the looks of the characters from head to toe which is again cool. All the weapons, animations, sound, music, gameplay and many many other things are in perfect harmony. I still haven't jumped into multiplayer as my irritating isp is updating something., and then I will post a video of a match I play there.

For now enjoy the images [..note this is max I can push my rig, can't go higher than this, if anyone else can (Harvik?), do it please and post some screens..]

[zyberboy]

^^looks nice......me still playing ut2k will try this now

[a_tif]

This games demo made my old rig cry

[ring_wraith]

ACtually, I played UT3 , and I don't like it much. For one, they have removed a lot more than they have added, especially Bombing Run. Why would they remove that???? UT2k4 is still the best for me.

[hahahari]

Not the best GFX I have seen but probably its bcs ur rig aint the recommended for running it.

[dOm1naTOr]

I dun think its dat heavy in gfx...i tried the demo and the performance if far better than Crysis. There is no probs in settings high except post process even on my 7600GToc.
The gameplay is much faster than UT2k4. Im a BIG fan of UT2K4. But now i think this is better. Also the bot difficulty has improved.
In UT2K4 u can do godlike with a lil bit practice, but this is more challenging. Will soon get the full.

[Siddhartha_t69]

Hell of a good graphics. what are the requirements?
Mine: Geforce FX 5200, 128+256 MB RAM, P IV 1.8 GHz.
will do?

[dOm1naTOr]

@Siddhartha_t69
test it here:
use IE with activeX control enabled to work
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest/

[Harvik780]

I have started playing UT3 on LAN with my brother in campaign mode.Looks Gr8,feeels Gr8.....its a good game..not overwhelming but good by today's standards.

[naveen_reloaded]

hitbox.. how does it far in multiplayer section..

if its better than cod4 .. i will buy it ..

please do reply,

[warfreak]

how does it far in multiplayer section..

if its better than cod4 .. i will buy it ..

please do reply,

It IS a multiplayer centered game.
You will like it if you like Run 'n' Gun arena shooters.

[naveen_reloaded]

no i just asked whether it fairs better than cod4....

understand the wuestion

[warfreak]

no i just asked whether it fairs better than cod4....

understand the wuestion

I said you will like UT3 better than COD4 if you like arena shooters.

[naveen_reloaded]

ok ... but i just want a comparison

[Hitboxx]

@naveen_reloaded, please do buy it, not because its better or worse than CoD4, but because its meant to be bought , if you know what I mean. I can't compare these two man, I just can't.. but if I have to tell, I'll say that when you and your friends setup a local LAN to play, I feel you will first fire this and then CoD4...now where is that games of the year thread.,.

After playing all aspects of the game, I'm lost for words, the sheer magnitude of the design surpasses every game I've known till now. They have raised the bar, that's all I can say. Being a mapper/modder myself, I always adored Cliff Bleszinski and his team of designers, and they only know to deliver, don't they?!

Some new things, hoverboards, how cool are these. These appear mostly in Vehicle-CTF matches and are a breeze to use. You can't carry flags in other vehicles but can do so on hoverboards. And if a friendly vehicle is nearby, you can hitch a ride back to your base. (..the 3rd screenie below.)

And some new vehicles, yes, you read my mind, cool again

And you can place blobs like these using the mine layer vehicle (don't remember its proper name lol) at core points to reduce the enemy movement through them, giving you time to kill them.

Finally some more screenies

[Hitboxx]

Oh and I forgot to add, it ships with Unreal Editor and all the tools to create your own custom mods and maps. Enjoy

[warfreak]

Being a mapper/modder myself, I always adored Cliff Bleszinski and his team of designers, and they only know to deliver, don't they?!

Cliff Bleszinski isn't a part of the Unreal Series anymore. Now he is dedicated to Gears Of War.
AFAIK He didn't design a single map for UT3. In fact there are only a few designers from the original Unreal Tournament who worked for UT3.
@ naveen_reloaded, There is no comparison between Unreal Tournament and Call Of Duty. Both of them are great franchises in their own right. It only depends on your choice of genres.
However,if you are really broke for money and cannot buy both of them, then I would suggest COD 4 ONLY because there are more number of people playing it online. For UT 3,it will take time for players to join in after all the patches are released and user-created content starts to flow in.

[Hitboxx]

Oh isn't he? I knew he is there for Gears Of War, so I assumed it here too because of his previous role in UT games. Sorry, I stand corrected. Who heads the design team now then?

[warfreak]

I dont know about Level design, but Steve Polge is the main designing lead.There are a lot of new guys. Just watch the credits in the game.

[Harvik780]

Hitboxx have you tried it online cause if you did you would bump across "connection failed" problem.Many people returned their originals because of this.I can play online on UMG League servers by opening it through console.However non of the games is connectible through games own multiplayer server browsers.

[dOm1naTOr]

Oh...Ut3 is becoming better nd better after each matches

[naveen_reloaded]

What is your config guys who are playing online multi player of this game?screenshots seems pretty heavy on system.

[Hitboxx]

Hitboxx have you tried it online cause if you did you would bump across "connection failed" problem.Many people returned their originals because of this.I can play online on UMG League servers by opening it through console.However non of the games is connectible through games own multiplayer server browsers.

Yep, some issue there, but I was able to connect through its server browser to some two or three servers, but sadly because of my low speed isp, most of the servers have very high ping, couldn't get enough of online play. Hopefully this will change with their patch and I can wait for some UK servers to pop up as more people start to play online.

@naveen_reloaded, not too heavy but may tax the low end systems. If you can run CoD4 at playable framerates, then you can run UT3.

My config: C2D E6600, 2GB ram, nVidia Quadro gfx.

[dOm1naTOr]

Is UT3 that heavy? Im able to play @ max with intense post pro @ 1280*960 with 2X AA even on my 7600GT. Surelly it looks gr8, but other Unreal3 engine wala Vegas etc was 2x heavier.
Ive only the demo, but ll get full this saturday.
All servers in demo are full everytime. Is there ny India servers? From beamcables or vstreet?

[Hitboxx]

Never played the demo mate, no idea there. But I strongly doubt of Indian servers for anything other than CS.

[warfreak]

Is UT3 that heavy? Im able to play @ max with intense post pro @ 1280*960 with 2X AA even on my 7600GT. Surelly it looks gr8, but other Unreal3 engine wala Vegas etc was 2x heavier.
Ive only the demo, but ll get full this saturday.
All servers in demo are full everytime. Is there ny India servers? From beamcables or vstreet?

UT3 is very scalable. There is already a Low Poly map pack out for it called HOLP (Hardcore Oldskool Low Poly) for people with Low end machines

[Harvik780]

Is UT3 that heavy? Im able to play @ max with intense post pro @ 1280*960 with 2X AA even on my 7600GT. Surelly it looks gr8, but other Unreal3 engine wala Vegas etc was 2x heavier.
Ive only the demo, but ll get full this saturday.
All servers in demo are full everytime. Is there ny India servers? From beamcables or vstreet?

Vegas is not an Unreal Engine 3 game.Its a game made from highly modified Unreal 2 engine maybe 2.5,many people actually do not know about this.

[Hitboxx]

I dont know about Level design, but Steve Polge is the main designing lead.There are a lot of new guys. Just watch the credits in the game.

It is Dave Ewing and they have split it up. An excerpt from the interview

Dave Ewing: Well first of all I should mention that the role of Level Designer has for the most part been split into two distinct jobs for UE3 generation games. You have Level Artists and Gameplay Level Designers: Gameplay designers will generally start the level and finish it. Level Artists hit it in between to make it pretty. I’ll go into the distinction between jobs in more detail later on.

[Ambar]

well ut 3 is very fast..i feel its faster than 2k4.....the single player is gud....wat rocks is the multiplayer on lan..