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[vpizzle28]

Something else I noticed.

In the demo I saw all kinds of blood and bruised faces. In the retail game it seems I don't see the same amount of blood. Has anyone else noticed this?

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by vpizzle28

Something else I noticed. In the demo I saw all kinds of blood and bruised faces. In the retail game it seems I don't see the same amount of blood. Has anyone else noticed this?

Nah, I'm happy with the varied cuts and swelling I've seen.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by vpizzle28

Something else I noticed. In the demo I saw all kinds of blood and bruised faces. In the retail game it seems I don't see the same amount of blood. Has anyone else noticed this?

Depends on the difficulty level you play on. On Pro and Hard it takes a large amount of strikes to cut somebody and that would usually be in the later rounds. On Normal and below, fighters cut and bruise much quicker.

[Lakers 24 7]

Servers have been down a lot :/

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson

So I been playing around with all the difficulty settings yesterday. To me normal difficulty has the least amount of CPU AI BS. I also noticed fighters fight much closer to their real life counter parts on that difficulty setting as well. Where as on Pro and Hard every CPU AI pretty much fought the same, head hunting. I fought against the weakest person in each division and they fought like the champion of the divisions. Doing stuff way above their skill level of what their ratings listed them as. Fought against them again at normal and they fought like they suppose to, like the scrubs of the division. Then I fought against all the submission guys. On Pro and Hard, they never looked to take me down at all. Instead they were just head hunting. On normal, they looked to take me down 4 to 6 times in the 1st round and actually attempted submission moves. And finally, I noticed on normal strikes do way more damage and the recovery time from those strikes are not as fast for the CPU like it was on Pro and Hard. For example, on normal a liver shot is a long health state damage that last a good 30 seconds of them moving in pain holding their liver. On Pro and Hard, the damage last 3 seconds and they instantly recover. Jab strikes play more of a factor in fights on normal as well because hey they actually do damage. Which was nice to see. I also noticed more cuts on normal. Which is probably because strikes do more damage on this setting and the AI don't recover as fast. The amount of flashy moves is severely toned down as well on Normal. The CPU AI sway more then they block too, which is nice. When I played on Pro and Hard, they simply just blocked and parried, but they blocked way more then they parried. Leg kicks actually slows them down too and they are quicker to change their stance to protect it and back up off of you. Where as on Pro and Hard they would just check it while constantly plodding forward. So to me anyway, Normal gives you a more strategic AI. Pro and Hard gives you nothing but a head hunter always plodding forward looking to throw nothing but flashy moves type of AI.

I gotta agree with GMSS on this. Ive been playing Normal most of the day and it gives you a variety of AI tactics. The problem I'm running into is that takedowns are a little too easy and so is grappling. I think I'll just have to roll out the house rules I used for UFC 3 to make it more of a challenge.

[Swamp Swagger]

Still dumb leg kicks are pointless for the most part since they seem to heal fast and can't be a KO at least online it seems like they are

[Lakers 24 7]

A fight stopping from leg kicks is so rare it really shouldn't even be in the game imo, that is leg kick tko's. Now sustained damage to the leg is another thing and should be implemented, but I wouldn't say leg kicks are useless as is.

If anything they're overpowered for what they do overall, outside of simply damaging your opponent. Leg kicks are the only attacks in the game that can interrupt anything your opponent is throwing. Your opponent can be mid strike and stop his swing due to being kicked in the leg. From what I've experienced anyway. That's huge and extremely impactful. Also, once the damage turns red it really opens them up for other attacks. In general including leg kicks into your combos are extremely effective as well and a great "poke" to open your opponent up. They're far from useless.

[DirtyJerz32]

I wish there was a practice mode like fighting games (Tekken, DOA, etc...) so I could practice with certain guys.

I'd like to see what buttons I'm pushing