Brock actually trains with someone I grew up with, about 50 miles from me. He's actually a pretty decent guy. Obviously, he's got a bone to pick, but damnit if he doesn't keep the UFC exciting.

I'll be going to see Lamb of God for the 3rd time!

Bob, my comment was not directed entirely towards you. I was merely stating the noteworthy and positive reasons for someone who may not share your same views, or hasn't had the opertunity to play the game yet. I know there are alot of people looking to buy this game, and probably thought it may be a good time to check it out. It sucked that the first comment they read is one putting down the game, IMO as it's gotten a solid 8.5-9.0 review average. I just wanted to stand up right away, and provide another reaction to Epic catering to their fans. (and some tough critics)
For what it's worth Bob, If I wasn't going to get excited about this, someone else would have. Maybe this will give us one more person online to play against, and quite possibly make us prove our eliteness to a human and not a bot.

This upcoming update is obviously a step in the right direction, if a bit late.. but it doesn't mean it wasn't a great game. It has a hard time being more than anything it's not, and it's not a story driven game.. nor has ever been. People should know when they purchase any type of Unreal Tournament game, that it's going to be a fast paced FPS with your standard deathmatch, CTF, "zones" (Warfare) etc etc. This of course is going to be best displayed online or splitscreen which is now possible.

And finally to Andrew Ryan, you sound like a little angsty 16 year old, swearing for the first time. Did I once say that HE wasn't appreciative? no, i said, "I UT3 may not be the best game out there, but it's great that Epic has done things I don't think some people appreciate enough." Was I including him? Possibly. My case in point was using Bobs first statement as an example:

"Wow, thanks Epic! A game that I played for like a week!" (slight sarcasm?)

You're right about the game's fan base thinning out though. Yes, it became hard to find a match for many reasons... it could have been the dividing of players who played with Keyboard and Mouse and others who only had Controllers. Also, the many modes spread people out.. and by the 3 week point.. Vet's were scaring off Noobs. So yea, it's going to decline in userbase.

And finally you state: "but let's face facts, although UT 3 was an awesome an outstanding online achievement it's not a great FPS in the campaign"

You know you're also right about this as well.. but I consider UT to Deathmatch and CTF, like others do to Killzone = War Perfected. ...It does what it's supposed to do, and nothing more.. I don't want to hear the story of UT, (go play Unreal or Unreal II: The Awakening) I just want to blow your head apart.

UT3 may not be the best game out there, but it's great that Epic has done things I don't think some people appreciate enough. Just the fact that you are able to have a kb/m option says alot about the company. 2, they listen to their fans to not only shove split screen in whiney faces... but they're doing the 800mb update/pack free. Adding in trophies, even though they could just move on? Oh and lastly.. all of those wonderful mods and maps that they let you download free of charge, thanks to awesome PC UT3 players efforts. So next time you want to complain about how sorry we should all feel for you... maybe you should go play something else.

I hope you're ready for a bit of a downer though.. NO FIGHTING! .. yea, WTF.
Oh, and theres no real modes other than, "arcade"... it looks nice, and might be fun for about 5 games.. then what? This could have been a MUST have for hockey fans, instead It'll be another shallow way to charge 10 bucks.

I like everything feature wise and structure wise... and the graphical menu at the top is nicely done (checkers). However, the main info page needs just a little something, if it was even the opacity of 10-15% behind the white. Or give the boxes where content is written just a very slight shadow. The page went from simplistic, to trying to be simplistic, and the side bars are graphically bold and may be a tad distracting.

Just to avoid confusion, to anyone who was a little thrown off by the time of the update.. it'll happen today, not tomorrow. Andrew wrote this up at 12:24am! :P... had me a little confused myself at first.