EA UFC 3

Axwell

Actually now I think about it maybe I just pressed L2 on its own - Im the same as yourself, I have an awful habit of going in to the pocket and pressing R1 and then going wtf when I start eating punches and then remembering to swap to R2.

Still figuring it all out, havent had much play time since it came out so would love if they extended it by a few days!

D.Q

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Axwell, that KO was savage, perfect timing!

D.Q yeah I destroyed a fella online with leg kicks, made it so 1 kick and he was on his back, was gas. Everyone afraid of getting knocked out they leave their legs wide open, excellent tactic against Nate's throwing 1-2 combos, just like real life

I'm the same though, I just keep high block with how dangerous the striking is but need to start timing my blocks better.

That could actually have been me... I was Khabib and just getting lifted into the air with leg kicks by barboza.

Zero-Cool

D.Q wrote: »

That could actually have been me... I was Khabib and just getting lifted into the air with leg kicks by barboza.

What's your psn? Sorry I can never remember any names unless they match the boards name

D.Q

Zero-Cool wrote: »

What's your psn? Sorry I can never remember any names unless they match the boards name

Azzlejazzle is mine, what's yours?

K.O.Kiki

What kind of micro-transactions bollox are EA putting in this one?

Zero-Cool

D.Q wrote: »

Azzlejazzle is mine, what's yours?

Ah yeah cool, mine is sheehy83. Gimme a shout if you see me on.

Zero-Cool

https://twitter.com/GeoffHarrower/status/936349207018971136

martyos121

Not had as much time with this so far as I’d have liked, but to put it simply;

Awful at the new striking, but still breaking the souls of McNugget players worldwide with Khabib.

Mr Blobby

No chance of getting into the BETA now I guess?

Podge2k7

If someone could send me a spare PS4 code it would be very greatly appreciated.

Zero-Cool

Blobby, Podge, sent ye PM's about codes. Anyone else I still have one PS4 code left if anyone is interested?

I'll take one if you have one spare, thanks

Zero-Cool

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I'll take one if you have one spare, thanks

Pm sent

Zero-Cool

All codes gone now (courtesy of lead Dev Geoff, sound man). Also it looks like the beta has extended to Tuesday 5th Dec as tweeted by official UFC account but they also said the beta was open which it's not so play and enjoy while you can.

If ye want a friendly scrap over the weekend give me an add on PS4 - sheehy83

Zero-Cool

After hounding the lead Dev for codes for a bunch of Irish fans, the beta just went Open to everyone

Beta closes 7pm Tuesday!

PS4
https://store.playstation.com/en-ie/product/EP0006-CUSA09826_00-EASPORTSUFC3BETA?utm_campaign=ufc3_hd_ww_ic_soco_fb_120117-ufc3beta-ps4-fb&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&cid=42667&ts=1512156156619

Xbox
https://www.microsoft.com/en-ie/store/p/ea-sports-ufc-3-beta/bp4kt1mkx4bc?rtc=1

Carroller

Jesus I don't like the controls. I hate having to use a and b for an uppercut. Might just need some getting used to. Love Ferguson's roll into leg lock

Zero-Cool

Carroller wrote: »

Jesus I don't like the controls. I hate having to use a and b for an uppercut. Might just need some getting used to. Love Ferguson's roll into leg lock

Yeah and the fact that if you get it but miss the heel hook, they sit right into mount, right move but lovely when you pull it off.

I started doing the ducking uppercuts and they are savage. Press right stick towards the opponent and quickly press an uppercut, kinda awkward but the momentum coming back up adds to the power.

I think in this game there is a bigger gap between strikers and grapplers than the last one. I picked Felder a while ago and fought a few matches against Dunham. I'm usually good and stuffing takedowns but he was getting me down a good bit and it was very hard to get back up, he kept missing up GNP and sub attempts. Felder was useless on the ground but he had great clinch work.

In this division alone, I'd have no problem bypassing our usual tourney role of no champions or too 3 allowed add they were OP'd. Now it seems like there's always answer to someone's attacks.

Downloading the BETA will get to play it tomorrow. Thanks again Zero-Cool.

Zero-Cool

Some good stuff here about getting through someone's block, especially when they are rocked. A lot going on in the meta of this game that will take some time to really figure out. When I get rocked, I just shell up until I recover but Dev said before you should only block the first 1 or 2 strikes before swaying out of the way to get some space and recover. I've people learn how to get through blocks, you won't be able to just shell up.

https://twitter.com/GeoffHarrower/status/936723554606841858

stephenl15

Has everyone got 10 times better since yesterday, I'm literally losing every fight. Even the high volume Diaz fighters I'm trying to step back and counter, like you're supposed tp I end up with twice their stamina but they finish me in the third

Zero-Cool

My Spider-Man is ready to go in Ultimate Team, I really hope I can move this over to the full game, was my 3rd attempt as I got errors with the first 2 and lost them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu4R9CAJWRU

Zero-Cool

Khabib just dumped me on my head!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLW8E_vww58

Zero-Cool

Spidey's first fight on UT Online, destroyed the poor fella.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wok4NBqlU5c

Zero-Cool

https://twitter.com/GeoffHarrower/status/938122823796588544

Beta is toast, so how did ye find it? I put on UFC 2 and it feels awful compared to 3. The one thing I wish 3 had though was the ragdoll physics during KO's.

As for the beta, I think the jab is too strong. Full mount strikes are incredibly weak, I never got finished in mount once. Subs are OP. I unlocked a 'specialist' which I guess means submission artist, finishing fights in under a minute. I hate the way the ref doesn't interact with you. I was put to sleep by Tony, my guy never tapped and went to sleep which was cool but the replay showed the ref 3 feet back washing his arms. They really need to mocap a ref breaking up the fight. I like the flash knock downs but feels weird how you can't jump straight down on them or even enter stacked guard. I don't like the pros in Ultimate team, takes away from the uniqueness of the mode.

The good, movement and striking is immense, matched the ground upgrade in 2. The vulnerabilities are brilliant, swing for the fences and get KO'd. I see a lot of complaints about stamina but I think it's really good. When I went sheeting like a mad man, I was bolloxed in the 2nd and could barely move in the 3rd. I tried being very selective in my strikes and lasted well into the the 5th. Body shots really affect fighters in the later rounds as well, gives them a good long term plan. Playing against decent players online saw some great fights go to decision, I'd say we'll get some good scraps on here.

Will be interesting to hear more info about career mode and also the changes from beta to the full game.

Carroller

I hate the fact the punch cancel button was right trigger. Everytime I threw a punch I went to block but kept cancelling the punch and not blocking. It'll take a while to get used to

Zero-Cool

Update on stamina from beta feedback, more videos about updates in the next few days.

https://twitter.com/EASPORTSUFC/status/942862054100148224

Zero-Cool

Update on combo spam, ducking uppercut spam (guilty), imanari roll sub gate increase and faster sub gate speed, all welcome fixes!

https://twitter.com/EASPORTSUFC/status/943896772723617792

Zero-Cool

3rd update from the beta. Better ragdoll physics for KO's and the KO zoom has been removed, 2 very nice additions. It's nice when a beta is used to actually improve a game and not just to see how many people can fit on a server.

https://twitter.com/EASPORTSUFC/status/944301519343558656

Zero-Cool

Some new info on career mode. Sounds like some of the best bits of EA MMA are back with starting in a low level org and specific gyms you can train at. From the WFA, you can get an offer to join TUF or if You're good enough, get a straight UFC contact. This will have real gyms with real fighters who can teach you specific moves, you can spar to increase attributes and/or you can get rivals going to increase your social media. You have to manage your time per camp to meet contract goals but you can also get cut from the UFC. Not sure if can that ends career mode or puts you back in wfa though.

Only downside which EA acknowledges is that they haven't figured out how to stop fighting the same UFC fighters multiple times. In UFC 2, most UFC fighters had retired by the time I got to a title shot and spent most of my time fighting generic fighters. EA said you will fight more UFC fighters this time but it may be necessary to change weight division at some point to change up opposition. Still, sounds like a huge improvement over three last career mode.

http://mmajunkie.com/2017/12/ea-ufc-3-career-mode-a-deeper-experience-with-added-replay-value

RebelSoul

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Some new info on career mode. Sounds like some of the best bits of EA MMA are back with starting in a low level org and specific gyms you can train at. From the WFA, you can get an offer to join TUF or if You're food enough, get a straight UFC contact. This will have real gyms with real fighters who can teach you specific moves, you can spar to increase attributes and/or you can get rivals going to increase your social media. You have to manage your time per camp to meet contract goals but you can also get cut from the UFC. Not sure if can that ends career mode or puts you back in wfa though.

Only downside which EA acknowledges is that they haven't figured out how to stop fighting the same UFC fighters multiple times. In UFC 2, most UFC fighters had tried by the time I got to a title shot and spent most of my time fighting generic fighters. EA said you will fight more UFC fighters this time but it may be necessary to change weight division at some point to change up opposition. Still, sounds like a huge improvement over three last career mode.

http://mmajunkie.com/2017/12/ea-ufc-3-career-mode-a-deeper-experience-with-added-replay-value

I'm looking forward to career mode. It got boring very quickly last time.
I hated fighting the generic fighters as well.