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ckmlb on 12 July 2007

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/unrealtournament2007/news.html?sid=6174560&tag=newlyadded;title;1

This first-person shooter appears to be running quite well on the PlayStation 3, with plenty of graphical detail from top to bottom, all running at a good, firm frame rate. The demo station we saw was running a standard deathmatch against bots, allowing us to get a good feel for the controls. R1 and L1 handle your primary and alternate fire. R2 is used for dodging, something that required you to double tap the movement keys on the PC. Epic’s Jeff Morris, who was on hand to talk about the game, commented that he’s been dodging much more frequently on the PS3 due to this easy-to-use controller mapping.

Aside from the PS3 version looking to be on par with the PC version, the other key thing to know is that the PS3 version of the game will have support for mods and other user-created content, in a way that sounds like it will be a first for consoles. Mods built for the PC version will work on the PS3 version of the game. Right now, Epic is testing this functionality by copying the content onto a memory stick and then copying that to the PS3 hard drive, but they’re hoping to get the PC removed from that equation and make mod and map downloading a part of the PS3 version. To speed up loading overall, the game can be completely installed to the PS3 hard drive, but you’ll still need to have the disc in the drive for copy protection purposes.

To hear Epic describe it, the differences between the PS3 and PC versions are few, and aside from the controller differences, the two versions do look quite similar. For one, the game will implement Sixaxis tilt control for steering the hoverboard or piloting the redeemer missile, which is a super weapon that you can steer into targets. Game speed and the size of collision areas are also being adjusted a bit to better tune the game for gamepads.

 

Looks as good as the PC version, has the same framerate, mod-support, tilt functions, mouse-keyboard support and short loading times because of the PS3's hard drive? All sounds very very good... 

 



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Celb on 12 July 2007

Epic is one dev iam jolly happy to see pushing the PS3 hardware.



akuma587 on 12 July 2007

Hmmm, I am wondering which FPS's to pick up. Definitely Killzone, definitely Uncharted because it blends multiple genres well, and maybe UT3. Probably not Haze, but we'll see how it is rated by reviewers and such.



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Celb on 12 July 2007

Is there any single player in UR3 ???



Dallinor on 12 July 2007

There is an orgy of games coming this holiday season, and this is a must buy.



 

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ckmlb on 12 July 2007
Celb said:
Is there any single player in UR3 ???

 Yes there is, thankfully.



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baddog992 on 12 July 2007

Yes but to be honest I have never cared for the single player mode. I think its boring, however a lot of people love the single player mode so maybe its just me.



CameronHall1 on 12 July 2007

I wonder how the single player is. Anyway Im surprised that Call Of Duty 4 runs at 60fps on both consoles according to Infineity Word



ckmlb on 12 July 2007
CameronHall1 said:
I wonder how the single player is. Anyway Im surprised that Call Of Duty 4 runs at 60fps on both consoles according to Infineity Word

 Why is this surprising? Every game except for those EA football games are running at the same 60 fps if they run that high.



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CameronHall1 on 12 July 2007

Army of two runs at 30fps on PS3 and 60fps on 360. Its good that Infineity Ward are real serious about great quality work no matter what console