EA Sports UFC 3

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  • Summary: Real Player Motion - New cutting-edge animation technology makes every move, strike, and combination more realistic, responsive, and rewarding. G.O.A.T. Career Mode - Build hype to gain fans and create rivalries that capture the world’s attention. Then fight to dominate the Octagon.Real Player Motion - New cutting-edge animation technology makes every move, strike, and combination more realistic, responsive, and rewarding. G.O.A.T. Career Mode - Build hype to gain fans and create rivalries that capture the world’s attention. Then fight to dominate the Octagon. Multiplayer Mode - New customizable multiplayer modes let you and your friends face off with highlight-reel knockouts.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. Game Over Online
    Jan 26, 2018
    94
    Overall, EA Sports UFC 3 is the best entry in the franchise yet – but falls a bit short of being the best MMA game ever. The roster is lean on legends, which hurts the ability to do dream matches compared to games like UFC Undisputed 3. The career mode is a huge improvement over past games and the revamped bobbing and weaving system makes combat more enjoyable and intuitive. Anyone who has enjoyed past entries can safely pick up this incarnation and jump right in, while newcomers would be best served trying out prior versions to avoid being in over their head.
  2. JeuxActu
    Jan 31, 2018
    85
    More technical than both previous games, EA Sports UFC 3 also has a less linear "Career Mode". Still gorgeous, still violent, it's currently the best MMA game of this generation.
  3. Cheat Code Central
    Jan 24, 2018
    80
    UFC 3 feels the most like a video game in the pool of big sports simulations. Being a one-on-one combat sim, it still feels like you’re at the mercy of your own ability even though there are stats. A punch is a punch, and while some chins are more durable than others, patience and care can help you overcome the odds. It feels like a different kind of fighting game for folks interested in real-life martial arts, with a cumbersome grappling system and some branded bumbling with numbers and menus to appeal to the core audience. UFC 3 is fun and exciting, and I can see it acting as a potential entry point for its real-life counterpart.
  4. games(TM)
    Mar 22, 2018
    80
    Brilliantly realised for hardened MMA fans. [Issue#198, p.75]
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  5. Polygon
    Feb 2, 2018
    75
    Even with simplified grappling and submission controls carried over from the last edition, EA Sports UFC 3 is probably the least pick-up-and-play game in the sports genre. It takes real dedication, and understanding of one’s fighter, to draw out the game’s virtues. But they can be found in the anticlimax of a career bout that ends in a fraction of the time spent training for it. For those who can take a staggering punch and remain focused on their game plan, EA Sports UFC 3 is as close as it comes to professional fighting, without the bruises and welts.
  6. XGN
    Feb 12, 2018
    70
    UFC 3 is very nice fighting game, but that doesn't mean it is a good wrestling game. The ground game leaves to be desired and really takes down the quality of the game. Overall the look and feel of UFC 3 entirely is still pretty decent.
  7. EGM
    Jan 31, 2018
    50
    EA Sports UFC 3 feels like one step forward and two steps back. Striking is more realistic than ever, but submissions and the ground game remain convoluted. The new G.O.A.T. Career mode has flashes of brilliance, but bogs you down in menus while losing the human side of fights. As well, Ultimate Team just feels like yet another cash grab. There is a decent core in UFC 3, but it needs a lot more time in the gym to become champion material.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 22 out of 95
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 95
  3. Negative: 56 out of 95
  1. ps4lover
    Jan 30, 2018
    10
    Career mode is hell fun to play.. gameplay is great including strike.. grappling is kinda annoying and kinda frustrating.. graphic look greatCareer mode is hell fun to play.. gameplay is great including strike.. grappling is kinda annoying and kinda frustrating.. graphic look great especially fighter model… Expand
  2. Deamon
    Jan 4, 2020
    10
    The best ufc game. I play ufc and ufc2 on ps4. The last ufc3 is the best game. Gameplay and grafik is so nice. About 2 years i played every Day
  4. Calitoris
    Feb 1, 2018
    7
    Striking is hit and miss (70% hit) but there are times when you try to throw and uppercut and end up throwing a leg kick (uppercut is twoStriking is hit and miss (70% hit) but there are times when you try to throw and uppercut and end up throwing a leg kick (uppercut is two buttons at once) even with that being said stand up has improved immensely. Ground game is still OK and not great. You can get pinned down until you die basically still with relative ease. I believe the game will be a great game with future updates like the last two. KO's look a little goofy still, but overall the best start to a UFC game there has been… Expand
  5. Aquvamaen
    Nov 1, 2019
    2
    A downgrade from an already mediocre game in UFC 2. EA shows that yet again don`t really improve game play from the previous title in seriesA downgrade from an already mediocre game in UFC 2. EA shows that yet again don`t really improve game play from the previous title in series to the newest one. Boring game play, more customization options, but apart from that it`s not a very impressive. Wouldn`t recommend… Expand
  6. snei
    Apr 11, 2020
    1
    Terrible. Fun only enough to play until you realize mechanics mean the computer can just decide you don't win. I enjoyed the career mode inTerrible. Fun only enough to play until you realize mechanics mean the computer can just decide you don't win. I enjoyed the career mode in the UFC Undisputed series in the last generation of consoles. I thought I'd enjoy this when I found it for $20 on the PS store.

    And I did, for awhile. I started playing on easy, to learn all the mechanics because I knew it was complicated. I've seen some complaints about the stand up controls, and they're a little clunky, but once you learn them they aren't too bad.

    At first the ground fighting and clinch seems complicated but once you figure it out it isn't too bad either, at first. But once you get good enough to move beyond easy you realize something about the computer.

    That is they are able to do things you aren't. You lose stamina when they don't. They can block whatever transition they want, until they decide to let you go. The normal level is frustrating enough. But the high difficulty level is just stupid.

    I had a character, with max ground stats, moves maxed, all the perks to support what I was trying to do, and my opponent's stats weren't maxed, but I couldn't win. I couldn't do anything. I could initiate a submission from every potion but I couldn't finish. The computer moves before the graphics even appear on screen.

    I made an account to complain about this game. Just don't buy it. I don't think they bothered to do much play testing.    … Expand
  7. xenomorf72
    Aug 8, 2018
    0
    I would rather perform in a real professional MMA fight, AND have a better chance of winning than with the completely untuitive controls EA isI would rather perform in a real professional MMA fight, AND have a better chance of winning than with the completely untuitive controls EA is offering here.… Expand
  8. aryaemami59
    Feb 12, 2018
    0
    The game is garbage. It is the most rage inducing game ever. overall probably the worst fighting game ever created

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