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* OnlyTheLeadsGetADownerEnding: [[spoiler:The Necris invasion was fended off, so Taryd is safe. However, in their quest for revenge, most of the Ronin team ended up dead, with Jester [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dying in Reaper's hands]], and Reaper, the sole survivor, being on the receiving end of a BolivianArmyEnding]].
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It should also be noted that, like previous installments of the ''UT'' franchise, this one's UsefulNotes/GameEngine has been very popular amongst developers and their games, being by far the most popular of the series so far - as of 2020, over four ''hundred'' games have been built with Unreal Engine 3, compared to about 20 for the original engine and 60 for [=UE2=]. ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' franchise, ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', sibling Epic franchise ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' franchise, ''VideoGame/RainbowSix: Vegas'', the 2009 ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' preboot's tie-in ("Star Trek DAC"), and even ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade'' for [=iOS=] are just a few of the titles which utilize this game's underpinnings.

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It should also be noted that, like previous installments of the ''UT'' franchise, this one's UsefulNotes/GameEngine MediaNotes/GameEngine has been very popular amongst developers and their games, being by far the most popular of the series so far - as of 2020, over four ''hundred'' games have been built with Unreal Engine 3, compared to about 20 for the original engine and 60 for [=UE2=]. ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum'', the ''Franchise/MassEffect'' franchise, ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'', sibling Epic franchise ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar'', ''VideoGame/MortalKombatVsDCUniverse'', the ''VideoGame/MedalOfHonor'' franchise, ''VideoGame/RainbowSix: Vegas'', the 2009 ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' preboot's tie-in ("Star Trek DAC"), and even ''VideoGame/InfinityBlade'' for [=iOS=] are just a few of the titles which utilize this game's underpinnings.
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* StatOverflow:
** The game features a rare, usually well-hidden item which gives the player 100 hitpoints called Big Keg O'Health that surpasses the standard {{cap}} of 100. The player, however, won't be able to pick up other healing items until their life meter drops below 100.
** Health Vials can overheal at a rate of 5HP.
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* AdvertisingByAssociation: One of the later pre-release trailers outright tells the viewers that the game came ''"from [[Creator/EpicGames the creators]] of ''VideoGame/GearsOfWar''"''.
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* ObviousBeta: Shortly after the first retail release, the GUI was shown to be incomplete, with "[[GameBreakingBug GUI Breaking Bugs]]", especially hitting the server joining features and lacking essential features. There was also a bug where the game didn't save your progress on the campaign. Although all of them are currently fixed, they still made an impact on the game's first impression when it was released.

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''Unreal Tournament III'' is the latest installment in the VideoGame/{{Unreal}} series. It was made by Creator/EpicGames, and was released for PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 in 2007, followed by the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 in 2008.

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''Unreal Tournament III'' is the latest installment in the VideoGame/{{Unreal}} series. It was made by Creator/EpicGames, and was released for PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation3 Platform/PlayStation3 in 2007, followed by the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 in 2008.



On December 14th, Epic Games pulled off from both Steam and Platform/GOGDotCom the digital distribution of the ''Black Edition'', which contained the base game and its ''Titan Pack'' DLC, thus the game, outside of auction sites, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes can't be bought legally any longer]]. In its place, a FreeToPlay version of the game called ''Unreal Tournament 3 X'' was spotted on Steam and GOG, with the promise of crossplay between the Steam, GOG and UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore's versions of the game.

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On December 14th, Epic Games pulled off from both Steam and Platform/GOGDotCom the digital distribution of the ''Black Edition'', which contained the base game and its ''Titan Pack'' DLC, thus the game, outside of auction sites, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes can't be bought legally any longer]]. In its place, a FreeToPlay version of the game called ''Unreal Tournament 3 X'' was spotted on Steam and GOG, with the promise of crossplay between the Steam, GOG and UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore's Platform/EpicGamesStore's versions of the game.



* UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash: Ported by Epic to Flash 11, to show [[UsefulNotes/GameEngine Unreal Engine]]'s support for this technology.



* DownloadableContent: The [=PS3=] version had, aside of user-created content for the console, two official Bonus Packs, but again, all the content from the first Bonus Pack and the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 exclusive maps were included in the second pack, the "Titan Pack", which is also the biggest pack to the date. Needless to say, this pack is also available for the PC version.

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* DownloadableContent: The [=PS3=] version had, aside of user-created content for the console, two official Bonus Packs, but again, all the content from the first Bonus Pack and the UsefulNotes/Xbox360 Platform/Xbox360 exclusive maps were included in the second pack, the "Titan Pack", which is also the biggest pack to the date. Needless to say, this pack is also available for the PC version.



* GaidenGame: The Unreal Development Kit contains a game based on Unreal Engine 3, with weapons, vehicles, maps and gameplay similar to ''Unreal Tournament 3'', and features the Matrix character model with the other bots being based on this character model. Bots are divided into red and blue teams while in Team Deathmatch and Vehicle Capture the Flag. The maps Deck and Sanctuary are available in Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, the maps Necropolis and Sandstorm are available in Vehicle Capture the Flag, and a GDC Demo map shows off some of the game engine's visual effects. The game is compatible with UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, but is no longer supported by Creator/EpicGames.

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* GaidenGame: The Unreal Development Kit contains a game based on Unreal Engine 3, with weapons, vehicles, maps and gameplay similar to ''Unreal Tournament 3'', and features the Matrix character model with the other bots being based on this character model. Bots are divided into red and blue teams while in Team Deathmatch and Vehicle Capture the Flag. The maps Deck and Sanctuary are available in Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch, the maps Necropolis and Sandstorm are available in Vehicle Capture the Flag, and a GDC Demo map shows off some of the game engine's visual effects. The game is compatible with UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Platform/{{Steam}}, but is no longer supported by Creator/EpicGames.



* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: A very unfortunate variation of this trope occurs in the game's setup program (assuming you didn't buy over UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) - if you watch the files being installed, you will notice that one of the video files is suspiciously named [[spoiler:"malcolmbetrayal"]].

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* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: A very unfortunate variation of this trope occurs in the game's setup program (assuming you didn't buy over UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}) Platform/{{Steam}}) - if you watch the files being installed, you will notice that one of the video files is suspiciously named [[spoiler:"malcolmbetrayal"]].
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On December 14th, Epic Games pulled off from both Steam and Website/GoodOldGames the digital distribution of the ''Black Edition'', which contained the base game and its ''Titan Pack'' DLC, thus the game, outside of auction sites, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes can't be bought legally any longer]]. In its place, a FreeToPlay version of the game called ''Unreal Tournament 3 X'' was spotted on Steam and GOG, with the promise of crossplay between the Steam, GOG and UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore's versions of the game.

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On December 14th, Epic Games pulled off from both Steam and Website/GoodOldGames Platform/GOGDotCom the digital distribution of the ''Black Edition'', which contained the base game and its ''Titan Pack'' DLC, thus the game, outside of auction sites, [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes can't be bought legally any longer]]. In its place, a FreeToPlay version of the game called ''Unreal Tournament 3 X'' was spotted on Steam and GOG, with the promise of crossplay between the Steam, GOG and UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore's versions of the game.
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* RealIsBrown: Though not to the extent of most other modern games, and the result is actually quite stylistic and... [[JustForPun unreal]]. The other games in the series are otherwise very colorful. Maybe it has something to do with [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar that other main franchise from Epic]].

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* RealIsBrown: Though not to the extent of most other modern games, and the result is actually quite stylistic and... [[JustForPun [[{{Pun}} unreal]]. The other games in the series are otherwise very colorful. Maybe it has something to do with [[VideoGame/GearsOfWar that other main franchise from Epic]].
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* NewbieImmunity: In the 1-on-1 section of the ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening'' tutorial, Raff plays against you by using a hologram version of himself. It doesn't matter if you win or lose a match, as you can exit the arena through the door, and nothing happens.

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* NewbieImmunity: In the The first chapter has you fighting a 1-on-1 section of the ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening'' tutorial, Raff plays match against your sister. Regardless of the result, you by using a hologram version of himself. It doesn't matter if you win or lose a match, as you can exit the arena through the door, and nothing happens.instantly start Chapter 2 after finishing that match.
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* NewbieImmunity: In the 1-on-1 section of the ''VideoGame/UnrealIITheAwakening'' tutorial, Raff plays against you by using a hologram version of himself. It doesn't matter if you win or lose a match, as you can exit the arena through the door, and nothing happens.

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* StoryBranchFavoritism: Played straight in Act II: With Caesar's Coin. You're given two major objectives in the chapter: reinforce Tokaido and make an alliance with the Iron Guard (and, by proxy, Axon). The game expects you to go all ''defence'' i.e. reinforce Tokaido's defences and ally with Iron Guard. You can take any other path, of course, but your final Chapter map has you playing a 4-on-7 [[HoldTheLine "Invasion Style"]] match in Torlan_Leviathan, which, considering how awful the AI on said map is, becomes quite a chore, whereas the intended path has a ''much'' easier end path.

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* StoryBranchFavoritism: Played straight in Act II: With Caesar's Coin. You're given two major objectives in the chapter: reinforce Tokaido and make an alliance with the Iron Guard (and, by proxy, Axon). The game expects you to go all ''defence'' i.e. reinforce Tokaido's defences and ally follow that path to the letter. Not doing so (either forsaking the reinforcement or accepting the truce from Axon/Iron Guard, or ''both'') ends up with Iron Guard. You can take any other path, of course, but your final Chapter map has you playing team fighting a 4-on-7 [[HoldTheLine "Invasion Style"]] match in Torlan_Leviathan, Torlan_Leviathan at the end of the Chapter, which, considering [[ArtificialStupidity how awful the AI on said map is, is]], becomes quite a chore, whereas the intended path has a ''much'' easier end path.map.

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