Samus enters the Unreal Tournament III fray

by Jem Alexander { Apr 4th 2008 at 12:00PM }

It's all very well being able to play as Master Chief or Marcus Fenix in Unreal Tournament 3, but what about Nintendo fans? Who can they play as? Thankfully, one skillful modder has created a Samus Aran character model to placate the UTIII playing Nintendo mob. The model itself looks excellent and we can't wait to try it out. You can find more information as well as links to the mod (cooked for the PS3, naturally) at ut3mod.com. Go check it out and let us know what you think.

Tags: metroid, samus, unreal-tournament-3, unreal-tournament-iii, UT3, utiii

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Christian @ Apr 4th 2008 12:14PM

I want a Heroin Hero mod!! :)

Paul Lach @ Apr 4th 2008 12:24PM

I have a stupid question, but one that I need answered none the less. Where do you download all these mods. I have been wanting to use them, but I am an idiot.

Christian @ Apr 4th 2008 12:25PM

check out ut3mod.com link in this very story :)

Paul Lach @ Apr 4th 2008 12:26PM

Thanks! See I told you I was an idiot!

Jack (SFC: 4983 4617 3409) @ Apr 4th 2008 1:15PM

While I'm grateful for the mod, after checking out the screens at the Epic forums its not as good as the other mods. I was hoping for a true next gen Samus.

Ty @ Apr 12th 2008 9:43PM

Shut up. Its a mod... the fact that it exists is the most important part. Not how polished and refined it is... its NOT a game so dont' judge it like one. Its a mod.

Jack (SFC: 4983 4617 3409) @ Apr 7th 2008 12:41PM

How do you properly judge a mod then? I'm going to have to disagree with you. I think if someone is making a mod for a game it should be judged almost the same as a game. Afterall, in order for a mod to be a "good" mod I think you must judge it on the same principles we judge games. Things like playability, bugs, and yes sometimes graphics and overall execution. While I understand that this mod isn't making a profit and is the work of a single person in his or her spare time, all I was trying to get across in my statement was I've been dying to see a Samus Aran that could have been if Nintendo didn't go the route that it did this gen. My no mistake, I am grateful for its existence. I thought I made that clear in the first few words of my original statement. But perhaps not.

Either way, I did kind of blast my mouth of a little quick. I saw some better pictures else where the mod is better than I first thought. The proportions seem off so I'm certainly not in love with it.

A question to you: Have you ever disliked a mod? If the first batch of mods (Master Chief etc.) looked off would you have been disappointed? What valid reason do you have for not allowing anyone to dislike something that someone else created?

adamevex @ Apr 4th 2008 1:37PM

Ok, I'm definitely getting this game now. Can you play as these characters in the single player campaign or are the mods for only online play?

Herby @ Apr 4th 2008 2:05PM

The mods are work for offline play and online play. But you cannot use them in the single player campaign.

Darkseide @ Apr 4th 2008 1:37PM

Hmm... All we need now is somebody from a SEGA game and perhaps Solid Snake, and the World is UT3's Oyster...

Popfrogs @ Apr 4th 2008 2:40PM

Damn, a proper solid snake model would be so awesome.

Mr Khan @ Apr 4th 2008 2:46PM

How about Vectorman?

I was waiting for this mod to emerge

mat parker @ Apr 4th 2008 2:26PM

eww Nintendo Lawyers

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=nintendo+sues&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

koehler83 @ Apr 4th 2008 2:33PM

Uh oh.. Nintendo WILL sue >.>

CJLopez @ Apr 4th 2008 2:48PM

Do this mods only works on the PS3 version? They don't work on the PC version????

Well, in that case this will be another must have on my future PS3 library.

Herby @ Apr 4th 2008 3:59PM

Every mod is first available for the PC then cooked for the PS3. Just follow the links on the post to the websites, and you will find the PC version.

CJLopez @ Apr 4th 2008 5:40PM

holy sh**, i just checked the model website

http://alcor.planetquake.gamespy.com/indexe.htm

They took away the sexyness of Samus from Brawl!!!!!!!!! Never though that was possible

ArmorForVictor @ Apr 6th 2008 6:50AM

haha yeah the suit looks good, but when the helmet is off she looks like crap. he should have used the face model from brawl and tweaked it.

Szu @ Apr 4th 2008 4:25PM

It needs more arm cannon.

agelgamer @ Apr 4th 2008 5:40PM

i wonder when nintendo will unleash their lawyers. regardless, the model looks really good. Weird clipping with her feet in that screenshot... looks like its going through the floor. probably unnoticeable during game play.

here's hoping the 360 version allows mods - as a former pc gamer, my favorite mod was the homer simpson mod for UT complete with sound effects!!

will @ Apr 4th 2008 6:17PM

Heres a site im working on to show how mutch I like this ps3fanboy site. http://psnfans.weebly.com/

email me at fastwill15@yahoo.com to give me some tips on how and what the site should contain. thanks