King of the Cage | UFC Undisputed 3 Review

<p>UFC Undisputed 3 is the first UFC game in 2 whole years&period; Why&quest; Because THQ did something unheard of when it comes to a yearly franchise in gaming&period; It took a year off&period; And it’s a very good thing that they did&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>2010’s UFC Undisputed game left many fans of the sport shaking their heads&period; It was an almost exact replica of the first UFC game and left a bad taste in our mouths and an empty space in our wallets&period; This year&comma; THQ has made the game worth every penny&period; Added are the new weight classes and the WEC absorbed fighters bolstering this year’s roster &lpar;with DLC fighters already available and more on the way&rpar;&period; Also added&comma; is Pride and it’s a real service for fans&period; Pride rules are different than standard UFC rules which means you can head stomp and soccer kick opponents while they’re on the floor&period; It sounds brutal because it is&comma; but it’s so fun&period; And that’s what the game is all about&period; Even if you’re not a fan of MMA&comma; you’ll find a fighter you know like GSP or Jon Jones and have blast beating the crap out of your friends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;king-cage-ufc-undisputed-3-review&sol;ufc3pride-shogunflyingpunch-2&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-10001"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10001" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;04&sol;06223629&sol;UFC3PRIDE-ShogunFlyingPunch1-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a>The game looks great but it always has&period; The character models look clean and real and the physics are fun to watch in slow motion&period; THQ really amped up the production this time around&period; There are weigh ins and pre fight video introductions that add to the authenticity of the game&period; Mike Goldberg and Joe Rogan do an excellent job on commentary as usual and the only gripe I have is with the walkouts&period; They’re too short and I wish there was the option to add customizable music&comma; but it’s a small issue that I’m sure will be available in future editions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The big changes in gameplay really help the game appeal to a wider audience&period; First off&comma; there’s an option to switch from standard grappling controls to simpliar ones&period; If you’re an Undispiuted vet&comma; you’ll likely stay with the standard&comma; but it’s nice to have the option to switch to an easier method&period; Gone are the vigorous rotating of the joystick in order to get or escape a submission&period; Instead&comma; a minigame pops up on the screen requiring you to chase &lpar;if attempting a submission&rpar; or avoid &lpar;if trying to defend against a submission&rpar; the other player’s icon&period; It’s a much&comma; much simpler and easier method than the last&period; If I have one complaint about it is that the HUD of the octagon looks very out of place&comma; as if it was just poorly placed on top of the action&period; Another change is an improvement when it comes to recovery&period; In the previous installments&comma; once your fighter is rocked that’s it for you&period; In this year’s game it’s much easier to recover after being rocked with a hard shot&period; This makes fights last longer and it brings a better sense of realism to each match&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;king-cage-ufc-undisputed-3-review&sol;dan&lowbar;hardy&sol;" rel&equals;"attachment wp-att-10002"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10002" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;04&sol;06223617&sol;dan&lowbar;hardy-300x168&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"168" &sol;><&sol;a>There are all kinds of things in UFC Undisputed 3 that will keep you busy&period; A revamped career mode &lpar;no more stat deterioration&excl;&rpar;&comma; title mode and then title defense mode&comma; create a fighter&comma; online matchups &lpar;although THQ servers leave much to be desired&rpar; as well as the opportunity to relive classic fights or change the outcome&period; UFC Undisputed 3 is fun for fans of the sport and even for those who aren’t&period; Do yourself a favor and go get a copy and stomp on a friends face right now&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;