The Great Tournament

by Andre on Oct 24, 2002 7:24:49 PM

-New maps
-Exciting New features
-Better Translocator
-Great Mutators

-Terrable AI for higher difficulty levels
-Bombing run is made to be too even

---Unreal Tournament 2003 is a good game. Unlike most reviewers i didn't think that it was revolutionary or great. It has many componets like UT, but at the same time it's a bit different. The first shock that i had was how each and every person has stats and qualities to make it feel more like a sports game then a shooter.

---I next was shocked about how I could pick my team and later swap them based on their skills. The skills tell a lot about your team too. If you fight a team with just a little bit better stats it shows on your team. If your team is a lot better you don't even have to do a thing, yet if your team is a lot worse you have to do everything. I like the game and would recommend it to anyone who liked the other games from the UT universe. I do not recommend playing it online with Windows XP professional though.

In detail: Unreal Tournament 2003

Graphics

10.0

I can't beleve the Graphics in this game, its almost to the point of being lifelike.

Sound

7.0

Way too much bass. I felt like it was almost fake how the guns sounded. The music is great though and although most people will probably hate it, I loved the announcer and the taunts. It made it feel alot more lifelike to me.

Control

5.0

The controls are exactly the same as the previous versions.

Gameplay

8.5

It felt like the good old days from Unreal and Unreal Tournament up to the average game level. Above average, it felt like if you were killed before everyone else you would be killed constantly just as you became alive. Yet if you were the last one to die they wouldn't only target you and it became alot easier to move more then one step before you were first shot at.

Lastability

8.0

Its a game that you will remember, but you won't be playing it for long unless you get new maps.

Total (not an average)

8.5

Although it was a good game. It could have been a bit better if they had left in all the modes and used the new "bombing run". The bombing run is also for some reason extremely even. To the point that I didn't see a single point given to anyone for a couple of games before I finally decided to cheat because no one was winning. Overall the game would be must for anyone's Unreal collection!

Andre