Amazon.co.uk Review
The popular first-person deathmatch frag-fest is back, but this time on the Xbox. The game that revolutionised the first-person shooter on the PC is once again doing what it does best and immersing you in a fast-paced action-packed adrenaline rush.
Gameplay follows the same style that hardened gamers will recognise, however Epic Games has done a lot to improve the game for the Xbox. New levels, new game types--all fully customisable--and special moves designed specifically for the Xbox give plenty of options to play with. Players now have a number of choices available to them; single player, tutorial, instant action and Live play.
The Live option, is of course the main crux of this game and connecting to the Xbox servers brings a host of other players to challenge and an endless supply of unpredictable gameplay ahead of you.
If you have time to notice the graphics of this game, then you obviously aren't getting into enough fights. That said, the Unreal Championship world is very impressive with the Xbox ably coping with numerous players and heavy action on the screen at the same time.
Likewise the sound, with its almost perfect 3-D soundscape of stray fire, pick-ups and taunts will make you feel you are right in the thick of the action.
Like Halo, this is a benchmark game for the Xbox. In that it has the same sense of actually giving the gamer what they want. If you need to fill 30 minutes of frag-tastic mindless mayhem then is the game for you. --Jason Denwood
Product Description
Built by Digital Extremes, part of the team responsible for
Unreal and
Unreal Tournament,
Unreal Championship is introducing ground-breaking multi-player gameplay to the Xbox video game system from Microsoft.
The latest addition to the Unreal universe will immerse console gamers in the adrenaline packed first-person frag-fest that has revolutionised PC gaming. Designed specifically for Xbox and the Xbox controller, Digital Extremes has incorporated console-specific features, such as joypad-activated special moves, double jump, power-ups, unlockable features and more, to keep gamers glued to their couches with knuckle-whitened tension.
Unreal Championship uses the latest Unreal technology created by Epic Games to render the most amazing graphical effects seen on any console to date. The game combines a brilliant single player experience with an unparalleled multi-player component--players can fight through a series of matches in the single-player mode against computer-controlled opponents (bots) or play online against human-controlled adversaries.
