Yet by the 10th fight, the repetition and grind became obvious. There are now long-term goals to check off, rivals to face down and contract bonuses to earn, all good things. Mode, comprises several stages of a fighter’s rise through his or her weight class.
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On the whole, UFC 3 is an order of magnitude above UFC 2, which offered a spare career experience and a pro forma Ultimate Team adaptation and, even two years later, remains bothered by glitches and stutters.īut for anyone other than a serious fight fan, the honeymoon with UFC 3 is short. The game’s Ultimate Team mode incorporates real fighters, making it a more intriguing proposition for fans of that game type. UFC 3 wants nothing more than to look the part, to appear like a believable facsimile of the real thing. In the career mode, players can round out their emergent narratives with peripheral distractions like social media and training obligations, though it still comes off as anodyne compared to the rowdy real life of the UFC between big events. This visualization extends beyond the match. Fighters’ expressions are consistent with the moment a luxurious pre-fight presentation communicates that both fighter and fight are now a Big Deal and the sounds of fist to face, foot to midsection, are meatier, thwackier and more connected than 2016’s EA Sports UFC 2. In this way, the meaningful improvements to UFC 3 are mostly surface-level, which is not to say that they’re unnecessary. Big hits and stunning blows have always been central to the series, but in UFC 3 they look more connected to something determinative - the meeting of skull and tibia, for example. Within the octagon, the striking delivers the fun far more than the grappling or the submissions, which are largely unchanged from the game’s predecessor of two years ago. The fighting action and the visual environment are better than ever, and sell the game far more than any of the other reconditioned features surrounding them. The moment lingers with me because it compactly summarizes UFC 3’s biggest appeal. But that look - I really believed that she was pissed, and that if I hadn’t finished her off right there, I’d be the one regretting it. In similar situations in most video games, I’ve seen a vacant stare or comically gritted teeth. The blow staggered her, a computer-generated bantamweight. My opponent had leaned the wrong way, connecting my spammed roundhouse kick to her noggin. The above video not only showcases this mode, but also the newly overhauled motion-captured fighter animations.ĮA Sports UFC 3 is due out Februfor Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.Going through the replay in an early match of EA Sports UFC 3, I caught a look I’d never seen before in a sports video game: hate.
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You can fight with the skin of a UFC fighter if you wanted to."Īlong with Ultimate Team, UFC 3 features a promising Career Mode, which has robust training and self-promotion components to complement the actual cage matches.
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Now you can get something like a Conor McGregor card and you can upgrade him just as you would a created fighter. In UFC 2, it was user-created fighters only. Another big change is that you can fight in Ultimate Team with licensed fighter avatars. It's a much more robust chemistry system. Hayes continued by detailing how UFC 3 Ultimate Team mode differs from its UFC 2 counterpart, "We also overhauled the fighter customization UI so you have a much better view of what items your fighter has and how well those items fit together. If you are not interested in microtransactions, you still can play Ultimate Team." You can buy UFC points in Ultimate Team but they get you nothing outside of Ultimate Team. You can spend these coins on item packs or you can buy UFC points to buy item packs. Now Playing: UFC 3 - Career Mode Reveal GameplayĪll these activities earn you coins. By clicking 'enter', you agree to GameSpot's