UFC Undisputed 3 To Be Released on January 2012, PRIDE Mode Added

Okay you convinced me, I will purchase this even though for the most part my xbox just sits around gathering dust.

We’ll probably see some of it in motion at e3.

Not sure who the developer is for this. If it’s a different developer it might be worth a look, if it’s still Yuke’s… well, buyer beware.

I hope those body textures are normal maps and not just baked in. Same for those gloves. Also lol hair, lol shorts.

Looked at EA MMA and taken some of the better ideas for the new UFC game. Skipping 2011 for a UFC title was a shrewd move.

Pride is officially becoming like one of those weird zombie movie franchises with increasingly contrived sequels. They say marketing, I say necromancy.

PRIDE rules … in an Octogan? WTF?

Here’s hoping them take the controls of the EA MMA game and combine it with the Undisputed career system. That would be the perfect game

Thanks to you Anton!

Nice! Pumped that they’re changing the sub system. I went from a beast on Undisputed 1 to a scub on 2 when it came to subs.

I still play 2010 from time to time.

I’ll pass on this one. Looks alright but it’s too slow for me compared to Tekken and Street fighter and MvC3

I rather get the air jordans that retro in Jan 2012

If they aren’t going to redo the whole game I’m just going to pass. New submission system is alright but the grappling and just the whole mechanics of the game is terrible from 09 and 10. its like 2 robots fighting.

Also now with UFC owning all the major orgs then don’t feel the need to protect the UFC brand as much and can push these PRIDE modes and whatnot. I love where this is heading.

It’s a guaranteed buy for me…simply because my girlfriend isn’t a huge video game fan, but loves MMA.

That being said, I really wanted to like the career mode in 2010…and while I know there are others that figured it all out…it just didn’t make much sense. The stats were wonky, and why some of my abilities degraded to zero after a fight…and no matter how many points I put in them it still happened…I never figured out.

As fun as it is to pick a current fighter and work up to the title…making your own guy and coming up through the unknowns was fun. Kinda discouraged they haven’t mentioned ANYTHING about that in what I’ve read so far.

Hey look! Ryan Bader made the cover! He must be so excited!!!

On the ground, there’s an entirely new submission system that replaces the analog stick twirling that led to so many blisters in previous games. Now it’s a sort of cat-and-mouse minigame where an octagon image pops up onscreen with red and blue lines on the perimeter of it. Basically, the player being submitted has to outrun the one doing the submitting, with each player represented by their red or blue line that they can move around the perimeter of the octagon with the analog stick. It sounds a little bizarre, but there is a logic to it: the size of your line is affected by various factors, such as how fatigued you are, whether you’ve rushed into a submission prematurely, and the general effectiveness of a certain hold. So if you’ve ground-and-pounded for a solid 20 seconds and your attacker immediately goes into a submission, his line will be substantially bigger than if he’d rushed into a hold, making it easier for him to chase you down in the minigame and thus cause a tapout.

I hated the old submission system and I’m glad they’ve changed it….but this sounds exactly like EA MMA’s choke system.

OMG

Shows how much I give a shit about games these days.

Best part about this game? NO MAURO! Just Bas and Quadros.

Leaving you 1 decision (CPU vs. CPU) out of every 100 fights.

I can’t wait for Sam Stout to KO Gray Maynard with a head kick.

then i’ll pass.

I’m guessing we’re having a similar thing to Madden where the people making the game don’t even watch the sport.

I’m very excited…. both UFC games have gained heavy rotation on my 360. Personally, I hope they incorporated the “blood smearing” of EA MMA. I also preferred the graphics of EA MMA as well. UFC’s have seen sort of “campy” and arcade-ish. Other than that, I freakin’ have loved both. I was a straight up beast on 09, and so so at 10. Very happy. Add that with Batman: Arkham City of games I’m stoked to play.

Why isn’t Trigg commentating in Pride mode? I really miss him shouting “Oh No!” repeatedly any time anything interesting happens in a fight

they must have learned enough from EA MMA to change the submission system and add soccer kicks and headstomps. that PRIDE mode was a great way to bypass unified rules. they just need to pace the striking, sometimes it looks like Rock ’em Sock ’em Robots instead of, you know, an actual fight. if the career mode borrows from the EA series where you train with different masters in different disciplines to gain certain moves or techniques as well as sharpen your skills, this could possibly be the best MMA game ever.

The gameplay for all these games have been awful. Adding Pride stuff is nice, but getting rid of THQ is the real solution. The Career modes are so repetitive, and the online is not that great. I am as big an MMA and ps3 fan as there is, but this game has never done it for me. Anyone back me up on this?