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After a few hours tinkering around with Epic’s PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3, we have to say we’re very impressed. Epic has, at least upon initial examination, done a great job making sure PS3 users get the full Unreal Tournament experience. Not only does it control well with the SIXAXIS, but the game features fully customizable mouse and keyboard support, along with the ability to load in mods. Perhaps most impressive, especially considering the number of PS3 versions of games that run poorly when compared to their counterparts on other platforms, this version’s visuals are brilliantly detailed and run, at least as far as we’ve seen, as a very smooth clip. We have experienced a bit of slowdown on larger Warfare maps with the maximum number of bots loaded in, but it wasn’t anything to get worked up about.

A notable difference between the PS3 and PC version involves how dodging is handled. With the SIXAXIS, you tap jump while moving left or right to dodge – there’s no double-tapping of anything. With a USB keyboard plugged in, dodging still works the same way. You have to hold A or D then hit space (jump) to dodge, there’s no double-tapping of A or D. Note that you can still wall-jump using this dodge move. There also doesn’t appear to be a crouch command – it happens automatically when approaching a space that requires it.

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