This makes for exciting fights, less repetitive commentary and a more enjoyable experience.Īnother problem addressed from WMMA 2 is that submission attempts where automatic deaths in that game. The fight engine has been greatly enhanced, adding new positions (like North-South), new submissions, the ability for a fighter to refuse to tap, more varied takedowns (German suplexes, Judo throws), more submission escapes and a greater variety in the commentary. A BJJ fighter will gladly accept a takedown from a mediocre wrestler if he feels he has an edge on the ground. A boxer fighting a wrestler will try to use movement and quick strikes to stay away from the clinch and minimize takedown opportunities. For example, if you put two natural strikers (let’s say kickboxers) against each other, but one of them has better takedowns and submissions than the other chances are that this fighter will try to take the fight to the ground and tap his opponent out, something he would not do against a high-level BJJ fighter. Fighters are also smarter and utilize tactics and gameplans during fights in a much more intuitive way than they did in WMMA 2. WMMA 3 does a better job of utilizing a fighter’s strengths and weaknesses, making upsets much more common and forcing you to make good booking choices. In WMMA 2 a star would beat a tomato can 99% of the time.
Add in the random “destiny” stat variable and you could (in theory) play this game forever and always find something different and unexpected.Īs I mentioned above, the database has been rebalanced and every fighter feels useful. This simulates real life pretty well since the more you watch a guy fight the more you get to know about his style and skills.
A guy might seem like a future star after 4 fights because he has absolutely dominated weak opposition, but 10 fights later you realize he is just a journeyman or gatekeeper who happened to have had a good streak of bouts. The way it works is that the more fights a fighter has under his belt the better and more accurate the scouting report becomes. The introduction of Fog of War means that it is harder to get accurate scouting reports on young talents. One of the major complaints about WMMA 2 was that it was too easy to separate the good fighters from the bad fighters and it was too easy to create a mega-star by putting him in the cage with tomato cans (bad fighters). All the changes have made the database better since it is better balanced and every fighter in it feels useful. There is a total of 1,100 fighters, around 300 more than in WMMA 2 and many of the returning characters have seen drastic changes, like former 0-0 prospect Spencer Rubenstein who is now an established fighter in GAMMA (their Light Heavyweight Champion as a matter of fact) while other veterans (like Chuck Dooley) are now prospects. The database is set in 1998, one year earlier than WMMA 2 and features one new promotion set in Brazil. If, like me, you are a fan of the fake universe, be prepared to see some major changes. If you don’t like the fake fighters and universe, the game is highly customizable with mods, which means that user created databases with real-life companies will show up very soon. The Global Association of Mixed Martial Arts (or GAMMA) is a close approximation to the UFC, Xtreme Cage Combat (XCC) is a very close approximation to WEC and so on. Their heavyweight champion is Hazzan Fezzik, the most dominant MMA fighter in the world who specializes in Sambo and thus, can be compared to Fedor Emelianenko. For example, Japan’s #1 promotion is ALPHA-1 and it is as close to PRIDE as possible, complete with one 10-minute and two 5-minute rounds for fights (extended to 6 rounds for title bouts), battles that take place in the ring and judges that evaluate the whole fight instead of a round to round basis. The game’s default database is a fictional universe set in the Cornellverse (the same universe as the Total Extreme Wrestling games) that features fake fighters and companies that have some similarities to real life promotions.
#Wmma 3 real world mod simulator
After playing it non-stop for the past week and a half I have to say one thing: WMMA 3 blows its predecessors out of the water in every area and it’s a must buy for text-based game fans or MMA fans.įor starters, WMMA 3 is a text-based simulator developed by Adam Ryland, the creator of the Extreme Warfare, Total Extreme Wrestling and Wrestling Spirit series. World of Mixed Martial Arts 2 is one of my all-time favorite games, so I was very excited to get my hands on the sequel. Is this another victory? Read on to find out! The King of MMA sims is back to defend the title.
#Wmma 3 real world mod series
If anyone is interested in this game, play the free demo.Īdam Ryland is a great developer, as he makes the Total Extreme Wrestling series as well, which is a good game.