EA Sports UFC 3

 PlayStation 4
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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 297 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 84 out of 297
  2. Mixed: 65 out of 297
  3. Negative: 148 out of 297
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  1. Davidnotavailab
    Jul 1, 2023
    7
    its pretty fun. playing it with your friends is fun, the online can be pretty fun at times, but other than that not much
  2. VincentValen
    Jun 23, 2023
    9
    I personally found UFC 3 to be the best UFC game. It's better than 4 in my opinion. I enjoy the gameplay and career mode more on this one. I enjoyed Ultimate team as well. I recommend this over 4.
  3. juniortiger
    Apr 7, 2023
    10
    I love feeling you in game haptic feedback control and graphic amazing and I recommend pick one up in store
  4. hector_bcn98
    Nov 14, 2022
    8
    Dejando de lado todo el apartado online, que desconozco, el offline es muuy interesante, proponiendo un sistema de lucha MMA con diferentes partes del cuerpo a ser golpeadas. Creo que es bastante interesante y gráficamente está muy currado.
  5. MaxPayneIsGod
    May 17, 2022
    7
    I really, really like UFC 3, but there are some huge issues with certain aspects of the game.
    I've put a lot of time into Career Mode and feel that I have enough experience with the game to voice an opinion.
    As a whole the game is really solid, it looks good and there are plenty of game-modes to keep everyone busy. Where the game lets itself down is the AI. I understand how damage,    I really, really like UFC 3, but there are some huge issues with certain aspects of the game.
    I've put a lot of time into Career Mode and feel that I have enough experience with the game to voice an opinion.
    As a whole the game is really solid, it looks good and there are plenty of game-modes to keep everyone busy.
    Where the game lets itself down is the AI.
    I understand how damage, stamina and stats work but some of the things that the AI does is simply superhuman. I don't care how good a certain fighter is in the real world but when they are rocked twice in quick succession and knocked down they are not going to be able to whip out an arm bar from the bottom position when you are at near full stamina.
    It feels like the game was almost ready but EA or maybe UFC demanded it be released without that little bit of polish that it needed.
    Some of the physics are kind of janky too, the collision detection at times is all over the place, but again, on a whole the game is really good.
    Its a technical fighter, almost a strategy game where you need to think and pick your punches. Its nothing like the cartoony violence like MK or SF. The blows are brutal and the damage is visceral. You can really feel the hits.
    Overall, there is a really good game here if you want to put the time in and work past the AI inconsistencies. I'm going to keep playing, because there's nothing else out there like it and I am looking forward to UFC 4. I just wish people would stop moaning about it like they do, its pretty cheap now on PSN and if you're a UFC fan you really owe it to yourself to give it a go. 7/10    … Expand
  6. 5150-Gonzo
    Sep 2, 2021
    6
    The grappling and the submission in this game are such a nightmare it will have you pulling your hair out. Be warned, the striking in this game is fantastic, everything else is absolutely horrid.
  7. Tattednerd510
    May 20, 2021
    0
    What a huge surprise that yet another EA game is way more focused on microtransactions than actual fun. The grappling is just atrocious. The striking is fine, but shouldn't we get more than just fine from a major sports game. Another shocking surprise, the critic reviews are pretty good. They always are, but the games are always terrible. Can we cancel EA? Is that a thing? Its likeWhat a huge surprise that yet another EA game is way more focused on microtransactions than actual fun. The grappling is just atrocious. The striking is fine, but shouldn't we get more than just fine from a major sports game. Another shocking surprise, the critic reviews are pretty good. They always are, but the games are always terrible. Can we cancel EA? Is that a thing? Its like they're holding our happiness hostage. Remember when you paid full price for a complete game that was enjoyable? Pepperidge farm remembers.… Expand
  8. Brunoprado
    Apr 8, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Muito bom muito bom muito bom pra vc e sua família também é só pra ver se dá pra ir cortar… Expand
  9. TheDazPaz
    Feb 6, 2021
    8
    As I never got to play UFC Undisputed 3, this game remains my favourite MMA game to date, there's just something about it that made it more fun than UFC4, probably the ranked mode offering more choice to the player and the career mode being much less grindy. Gameplay is great, visuals are great and any MMA fan will have a blast playing the game.
  10. GODvaria
    Feb 1, 2021
    5
    Это конечно та еще помойка,но по сравнению с 4ой,еще более менее дыхабельно.
  11. Maurer
    Jan 13, 2021
    6
    Carrier mode is okay, online really could be better and solo mode is boring. Indeed this is a game, but powerfull strikes should deal more damage and KO should be a little easier due to how many kicks and power strikes on head oponent can take. Sadly the best way to win is to spam lowkicks. Grappling aginast AI is incredibely hard.
  12. Sagrell
    Jan 6, 2021
    0
    This is a bug, not a game. Worst game i've ever seen in my life. This is embarrassing
  13. Pessucksdik
    Dec 2, 2020
    0
    Online ranked is full of babies (im guessing by the way they spam overhands and stuff) and if you quit a fight you get minus 30 points but if someone else quits on you you only receive 2 points or something like that Its just a very broken system. I dont care about the career mode so i dont know
  14. TheNights
    Nov 18, 2020
    0
    Oyunda el boyunca adamı dövüp sadece tek yumruk ile beni nakavt etti oyun kısacası iğrenç oynadığım en kötü 2 kişilik oyun budur
  15. Sportsfpsadv
    Oct 15, 2020
    1
    Wtf were these guys thinking this time around... like this is bad, sad and a total mess. Can't adjust sliders or anything for quick fight to make things a little more realistic. And the lack of freedom with this kind of thing is absolutely ridiculous. Its a video game, let us have fun the way WE want.
  16. manul92
    Jul 31, 2020
    1
    1 ball for graphic. EA release the most **** MMA simulator. Don't play it. ...........................
  17. Angelocoelho10
    Jul 19, 2020
    10
    one of the best games I played
    in addition to the great graphics, great gameplay and just a microtransaction for characters among more than two hundred others for free!
    simply perfect
  18. ToshLichev
    Jun 21, 2020
    6
    Overall good gameplay and great visuals can't change the fact that this game feels like it was made by an EA Game Generator AI - empty, generic and unimpressive.
  19. Andrealex98
    Jun 3, 2020
    2
    As good as this game could have been, as **** it is. Submissions and ground game are absolutely retarded, go against khabib and it is almost impossible to deny any transition altough The opponent is just spamming them. Meta combos are also retarded, everybody does knee-elbow or overhand-hook. I really like mma and I fell like breaking The controller when a retarded kid spams elbows and knees
  20. Thejodjeremie
    May 5, 2020
    8
    The gameplay fun and interesting. It makes you feel like you are a ufc fighter.
  21. drewbrees9
    Apr 29, 2020
    6
    Carreer mode is Amazing (except some inexplicable bugs) and I also like gameplay except for the submissions that are annoying and frustrating. Nice online 1vs1, but Ultimate Team is really useless and it feels like UFC 3 needs some more modes.
  22. FrenchToast
    Apr 17, 2020
    7
    Fun game to play with friends and the career mode is overall good but the striking is way too slow and draining. It's like there's almost an input delay when you press a button and your person gets gassed after one combo. The grappling system is incredibly frustrating because there's no clear way to get out of a grapple and despite beating the career mode I still don't know how theFun game to play with friends and the career mode is overall good but the striking is way too slow and draining. It's like there's almost an input delay when you press a button and your person gets gassed after one combo. The grappling system is incredibly frustrating because there's no clear way to get out of a grapple and despite beating the career mode I still don't know how the submission system works. Anytime I was put in a submission I had to restart the match because I would automatically lose despite following the in game prompts.

    The ai difficulty curve is fantastic as long as they aren't doing grappling. Sometimes you'll have a fight that goes the distance and other times you'll win a fight with a lucky shot 30 seconds in. The controls are a bit more intuitive than 2 as well as the difficulty being much more manageable. If you're a UFC fan pick this one up.    … Expand
  23. straddieman
    Apr 17, 2020
    0
    A lot like nba2k. You can win all you like and then hey wow computer cheats in last seconds. If you want to smash the ufc's poster boys heads in like adesanya and mcgregor the game has been rigged so those fighters dont lose.
  24. 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 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    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 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
  25. thenoobbob
    Apr 10, 2020
    0
    The worst game in my collection of games. It is complete garbage. The whole game is depending on the stats of your fighter. So have fun seeing the same overpowered fighters over and over.
  26. memrace
    Apr 9, 2020
    0
    this game is **** ****
    here are the reasons:
    1. **** servers
    2. The poor mechanics of wrestling
    3. broken animation
    4. unbalanced characters

    DO NOT BUY AND DO NOT PLAY!
  27. Logi2002
    Mar 25, 2020
    5
    I had to write a review for this game as ive played it since it came out in 2018, now 2020. most peoples reviews haven't tried to put time into the game because its too boring.

    The Good Parts Ufc 3 is the Best Ufc Game Yet, Gameplay Wise. The Striking is Detailed and Competitive Ufc 3 Customisation is better than Ufc 2 and 1 The Bad Parts... The Grappling is Very boring, Even    I had to write a review for this game as ive played it since it came out in 2018, now 2020. most peoples reviews haven't tried to put time into the game because its too boring.

    The Good Parts

    Ufc 3 is the Best Ufc Game Yet, Gameplay Wise.
    The Striking is Detailed and Competitive
    Ufc 3 Customisation is better than Ufc 2 and 1

    The Bad Parts...

    The Grappling is Very boring, Even once you've learned it thoroughly and is almost a copy paste of Ufc 2's grappling with Minor Tweaks.

    Avoid Ultimate Team All together
    Ultimate Team introduced Real life fighters, which takes the fun out of what ufc 2's ultimate team was about. making your own fighter and cimbing the ranks, it makes it feel like ranked mode but your fighter has less moves, and attributes, And the Moves.... Ultimate team is made to take your money, and moves are made easily accessable with real life money, you make around 700 - 300 coins in a normal match, packs cost upwards of 5000 coins.

    The Knockout Mechanics and Physics
    the knockouts get old fast, you'll find yourself seeing the same knockouts you saw ten 5 games ago
    there is no variation and the ufc 2's Ragdoll physics were MUCH better than Ufc 3's
    in ufc 3 when you hit your opponent when he/she going down it gives you the sound effect, but doesnt actually affect them, their head doesnt move, they just follow the same pre made knockdown which takes the fun out of it. the ground and pound.. when you knock your opponent down your ground and pound punches do not vary at all, the same straight punch, every. single. fight. in ufc 2, when you knocked your opponent down (in which the ragdoll was beautiful) you could vary your punches and look like a gorilla smashing your opponent with whatever you had,

    Overall ufc 3 is headed in the right direction with the standup

    Ground game and clinch needs revamped.
    ultimate team needs to be made like ufc 2 again but made better
    Knockdowns need Major improvment, Ufc 2 did it best
    Career mode is not detailed enough and is only needed to be played around twice if you try it without HUD.
    DONT LET ANDRE WARD AND ISACC FROST BE USED IN RANKED MODE ARE YOU DUMB.

    6/10
    In some ways better than UFC 2 and in some ways Not    … Expand
  28. TheDatenshiMMA
    Mar 10, 2020
    0
    I put a 0 cause of the fakes or biased reviews. As a fighter with a 2-0 record in amateur (you can follow me on ig ippomma) the gameplay mechanics feel weird, they want to be sim oriented but at the same time it feels really arcady ! The animation are terrible it look lile all the fighters are Dominick Cruz and are light sparring but make their opponent fly 7 feet above the ground with aI put a 0 cause of the fakes or biased reviews. As a fighter with a 2-0 record in amateur (you can follow me on ig ippomma) the gameplay mechanics feel weird, they want to be sim oriented but at the same time it feels really arcady ! The animation are terrible it look lile all the fighters are Dominick Cruz and are light sparring but make their opponent fly 7 feet above the ground with a jab, the imput lag is crazy there is a full 1.2 second between the time you press the button and you charachter execute. everything has a purpose lets say in the game you throw an uppercut and my opponent throw a hook, for wathever reason the Uppercut will win wich is not always the case (lidell vs evans finish for exemple) well people say the striking is good and ground game bad but compared to ea ufc 3 everything is bad … Expand
  29. Bloodnes
    Feb 16, 2020
    5
    Как и предыдущая часть, игра не залетела, не понимаю данную игру, управление, логики нет в кнопках. Исключительно для фанатов, движения в игре, как по мне, далеки от совершенства и играет напоминает больше аркаду чем файтинг. 5/10Как и предыдущая часть, игра не залетела, не понимаю данную игру, управление, логики нет в кнопках. Исключительно для фанатов, движения в игре, как по мне, далеки от совершенства и играет напоминает больше аркаду чем файтинг. 5/10
  30. Hellothere22
    Jan 25, 2020
    1
    Another dog crap game from EA. Way to hard to body strike, ground is over powered and scummy micro transactions. Don’t buy this game
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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 56 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 56
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 56
  3. Negative: 0 out of 56
  1. CD-Action
    May 16, 2018
    80
    Revamped career mode is extremely enjoyable this time and the game as a whole is a step forward for the franchise. UFC 3 looks amazing, as you can clearly see the effects of trading blows – injuries, blood staining the shorts, sweat trickling down the skin. What needs to be dealt with in the next installment is the ground game, which trails way behind entertaining, dynamic stand-up fighting. [04/2018, p.70]
  2. games(TM)
    Mar 22, 2018
    80
    Brilliantly realised for hardened MMA fans. [Issue#198, p.75]
  3. PLAY! Zine
    Mar 22, 2018
    75
    After turbulent end of the last year, EA managed to release a good game in UFC 3 without many scandals. The game itself is better than its predecessor, but it still lacks a way to connect with players new to this sport. New GOAT mode is a great innovation and adds a new twist to the known career mode. Fighting, even though it’s very good, still has problems, which are already annoying the players.
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