I went from liking it to being apathetic towards it. Graphically it's merely 'ok' to me.
Something about it feels less cohesive and integrated compared to previous UTs even taking into account how the engine now lightmaps static meshes properly (before they stood out like a sore thumb, took ages when skinning to get them right). That along with the usual Unreal Engine 3 'problems' really killed my enthusiasm for the game.
And for reference i've been an unreal fanboy since 1998 (and proud of it) i've bought every Unreal/UT game on day of release except UT3 and I've been mapping for Unreal since Unreal 1... http://mapraider.com/member/?memberid=74#maps
But with this game I've just felt completely underwhelmed, even though I think the gameplay itself is a step in the right direction over 2k3/2k4, there are too many rough edges and console traits in it for me to truly feel compelled to spend the hours and hours with it that I did with earlier UTs. On top of that there is this 'too close to gears of war' look about it (and I liked Gears on 360!) and a loss of the old, more colourful unreal spirit/universe.
It's not a bad game (like Bioshock for example) and easily a 7 or 8 out of ten to the right players but I guess with games like Crysis/Sandbox2 being absolutely jaw dropping on my system I find it harder now to be pleased with merely above average, especially as I've got limited time at the moment to play so I only play the absolute best (HL2 EP2, Crysis etc).
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