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Unreal Tournament 3 - Better than Gears of War? |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 30 May 2007 |
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According to developers Epic Games and OXM staff who've played the latest build and are previewing it in next month's magazine it's looking in its current state better than Gears of War. The reason for that is Epic Games has improved the Unreal Engine 3 for Xbox 360 since they shipped Gears of War six months ago. In the preview, Epic's Steven Polge, the lead designer of Unreal Tournament 3, confirms that the Xbox 360 version of the game will support four-player co-op and two-player split-screen in the single-player campaign, which will let you take different paths depending on the decisions you take.
The preview also revealed that Unreal Tournament 3 will feature 18 vehicles and 5 types of turrets. Epic also promises “zero-time to spectacle” thanks to the hoverboard (two of them being linked to a Manta in the picture below).
Regarding the controls, Polge revealed that they are so good that half the people who work on the game prefer to play the Xbox 360 version. Furthermore, the guy responsible for the controls has stepped in playtest sessions, where everyone was on keyboards, and with a controller he kicked everyone’s butt.
Now that Epic is known among Xbox gamers for Gears or War rather than its emblematic Unreal franchise, the comparison between the two series is inevitable.
Jerry O’Flaherty, the art director for both games, says that “Gears if a more confined game. UT is about big, huge distances. The speed of UT is so quick; it’s not a walking environment, it’s a running or flying environment.”
Finally, Polge chipped into the discussion saying: “It’s Gears on crack. Cover is for wimps!” 
Readers have left 8 comments. Quote(1) Untitled30-05-2007 08:30:49 looks great, theres no denying that Quote(2) Untitled30-05-2007 09:40:34 It will probably feel just like Gears did. Im not sure if thats a good thing or a bad thing Quote(3) Untitled30-05-2007 10:37:04 It will look like gears, better maybe, but it wont feel or play anything like gears. its still a run & run fps. Quote(4) Untitled30-05-2007 10:53:57 I'am getting ready to run & run Mr.Critical  should be good fun, catch me if you can Quote(5) Re:30-05-2007 11:33:27 It will look like gears, better maybe, but it wont feel or play anything like gears. its still a run & run fps. — critical.
in other words it's going to be a good game 
cover is for wimps, the quickest and most accurate shot should win a game but not on gears where you have to shoot someone in the head for half an hour before they turn round and whack you twice and your dead  Quote(6) Untitled30-05-2007 15:53:32 Ok ill give you that 'run & run' typo, affectivley chase then lol
Dont get me started tho shadow.. if your shottin ppl in the head for 1/2 hour & cant kill somone before they melee you. I would suggest sticking to you tradional FPS. Quote(7) Untitled30-05-2007 16:03:50 im so looking fward to this game, me want this Quote(8) Untitled30-05-2007 18:15:30 ok maybe not half an hour but more than one shot in the head with a machine gun is too much 
i've tried gears and it just wasn't for me. i found it to be boring. many people have this view too but nobody, not even critical can say that COD2 is boring. and i might add that when i played GoW and COD2 at first i was already a month behind everyone else so it has nothing to do with not knowing the game as well as others. |
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