Unreal Tournament 3

First off, I want to start by saying, that I did have a hard time giving this game a score below a 9 rating. I think it easily has the potential to become a great game of substance and depth, yet, feels a tad bit lacking in content right at the moment. But to no surprise, UT2K4 was not the giant of content at its release, however it was a little easier to get away with 4 years ago. The graphics are really nice, and detailed.. the framerate is very smooth, which is a huge plus knowing Epic took it's time, and got the PS3's platform show it's not an inferior machine to the X360. The action doesn't skip a beat while playing single player. At the time of this review, I did notice a few minor lag issues (online), but nothing people can't look past with a few updates or patches i'm guessing, in the near future.

Content wise, and story wise I do feel has came up a bit short in this latest UT installment. This single player is just a bounce from game mode to game mode, trying to link together some sort of story. While it's not particuarily bad (as there are some nice cinematics), it can easily be forgotten. Warfare is a balanced mulitplayer experience, and is a great addition or change to the Onslaught formula, however a few new takes on previous modes, or another concept gametype, would have added to the depth the franchise is known for....

The reason I won't however, spend too much time on the negatives is because, as well all know.. UT always has and had great user content. I have no doubt in my mind that over the next 4 years this game will continue to grow and flourish. The PS3 will have this user created content appearing on the console in the very near future, and the fact that Epic and Midway are making this possible, is a huge, huge plus. At the time of this review I do state the game as stands deserves a 8.5, however given another 6-8 months I have no doubt this game will be deserving of a 9.0-9.5. It's the modders out there that bring this franchise to shine.