The xbox 360 version is pretty disapointing on many aspects. Read on.

User Rating: 8.5 | Unreal Tournament III X360
The following review is based on 15 hours of online gameplay, and ONLY online, for I played the campaign on my computer a couple of months ago ( since I couldn't handle the game very well since of low framerates, I stood no chance online )


The game series always had an awesome vibe to it, since 98', UT's been rocking LAN parties between friends and still today, it brings loads of cool memories. How does it stands about 10 years later ? I'll give here my opinion, so don't take it personnaly.

I think that the game has aged well over-all, since they brought us lots of new stuff to tool with, but most likely game modes and vehicules. As for weapons, they're the same since 10 years, and honestly, they all feel underpowered and clunky to use compared to the PC version, wich is odd, very odd.

The xbox live community is a lot dumber than the PC one, since most of the player just keep heavily trash talking and quit early in the games.

The bots, while a neat addition, makes the whole thing odd. For instance, I never joined a single CTF or VCTF game that had more than 2 human players in them, the rest is filled with stupid bots who keep following the same pattern.

Is it fun with bots offline? Hell yeah. Online ? no. It feels old and dated, and teams are never balanced that way. Also, when you lag, ( and trust me, it will happen ), the bots have the upper hand on you, since they're part of the matrix of the game, they don't lag, leaving you heavily handicaped.

The graphics are generally good looking,with lots of varied locals and interesting map designs although the character models seems pretty bland, wich is weird since the overall package seems super polished and such.

With little to no offline interest, and online flaws that leads you to play against bots more ofthen than you should, the game just left a bad taste in my mouth.

If you can play it on PC, do so, since the 360 version seems inferior in very aspect, even the online community. For the first time i'd say, UT3 is better with NO voice chat other than the pre-defined insults than hearing tons of kid screaming in their mikes when you blow them up. But, UT3 can be loads of fun with your very own friends.

8.5/10