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[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

You must press it as fast as possible when you are rocked and they are beating u up for the TKO. You must regain the full bar for them to wrap up and "survive". So it is a speed game of how fast you can build the bar back up vs them landing each punch to drain it. At first I was doing it the speed of the submissions and quickly learned that is not the correct route.

Thanks!!!!

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by mgoblue

I'm getting this eventually, waiting for the Amazon B2G1 I think (right now playing Fallout, so kinda sucked in there). Thanks for the single player impressions though, I do a lot of my playing there and glad it's fun. This is now a must buy, just a matter of when i break down and buy it lol

I'm in the same boat; mostly offline player that's just trying to figure out when I'm going to break down and pick this up. I said no more games after 2K11 but the reviews from guys on the boards here have all been good.

EG, if you can provide any more offline impressions, that would be great. Are you noticing that the CPU fighters play to their strengths, i.e. a wrestler looks to bring the fight to the mat while a striker will keep it standing?

How is the difficulty?

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Djwlfpack

I'm in the same boat; mostly offline player that's just trying to figure out when I'm going to break down and pick this up. I said no more games after 2K11 but the reviews from guys on the boards here have all been good. EG, if you can provide any more offline impressions, that would be great. Are you noticing that the CPU fighters play to their strengths, i.e. a wrestler looks to bring the fight to the mat while a striker will keep it standing? How is the difficulty?

I find it difficult if you don't play to your own fighter's strength. If you take Rogers and try to make him be a submission specialist, you'll get killed.

Honestly, I've just been doing exhibition fights, and haven't paid too much attention to the style of the AI guy, especially since I've been doing all CAF type fights. Like I did Lesnar vs. Tyson, Lesnar vs. Fedor, Rampage vs. Evans, etc.

It's a blast though, the controls are just awesome and kill the UFC game. If UFC doesn't steal these for the 2012 game, then they are insane.

I'm really excited for the first live broadcast Tuesday night. Want to see how this goes off with live announcers and what not. Should be a cool experience.

[koolbubbaice]

Quote: Originally Posted by Gotmadskillzson

One thing i wish they added are the following: 1. More submission moves. It would be cool to have the anaconda, north south choke, kimura from half guard bottom, peruvian necktie. 2. The ability to choose the type of throws you wanted to do in career mode or create a fighter. This is one aspect UFC 2010 is better. I found it odd going to all these camps and you can't learn ANY throws. Makes making a judo fighter kind of boring because you can't learn any throw at all. Would have cool that if you wanted to learn Judo throws you had to go to Judo school. Wanted to learn suplexes had to go to wrestling school. Want to learn dirty boxing go to Randy Coutoure camp. The way the camps are in this game, you only get to learn a special move from these camps. Which is find and dandy, but camps & styles also have their own unique way of throws and sweeps too. I created a Judo fighter, went to Judo school just to find out the only thing I could learn there was inverted kneebar, knee bar and jumping arm bar. That was a huge let down. No game so far has captured the true beauty of Judo. All the different kind of throws, sweeps, etc they have. Speaking of sweeps, that needs to be improved upon. I want to see butterfly guard with butterfly sweeps. Kimura sweeps from guard. Kimura from the body clinch. Inverted triangle chokes. Crucifix mount. More disicpline based takedowns and throws. This game has a great base, just needs to be expanded upon. Specifically the takedowns and throws.

As someone who practiced Judo, Sweeps, & throws are the foundation of this art.. They rely much less on submissions & joint minipulation then Ju Jitsu... My Judo training also helped me win a fight.. Guess what I used, a Sweep, which lead me to get the mount position to end the fight.. Another great thing about Judo is.. The first thing you are taught is how to fall... Yes, there's a way to fall to avoid injury.. Why do you think pro wrestlers spend hrs falling on the mat? To reduce injury.. When thrown, you go with it, lead into it to reduce the impact, & never land flat on your back.. Judo is a great discipline. I just hate wearing GI's..

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

I find it difficult if you don't play to your own fighter's strength. If you take Rogers and try to make him be a submission specialist, you'll get killed. Honestly, I've just been doing exhibition fights, and haven't paid too much attention to the style of the AI guy, especially since I've been doing all CAF type fights. Like I did Lesnar vs. Tyson, Lesnar vs. Fedor, Rampage vs. Evans, etc. It's a blast though, the controls are just awesome and kill the UFC game. If UFC doesn't steal these for the 2012 game, then they are insane. I'm really excited for the first live broadcast Tuesday night. Want to see how this goes off with live announcers and what not. Should be a cool experience.

That's good to hear. I agree that this game, control-wise is miles ahead of where UFC is. I LOVE that I can actually go for submissions in EA's game and not have to worry about ripping skin off my palm while "shining" the R-stick. I hated that system so much, it's why I won't go back to 09 and I skipped 10 all together after not liking the demo and seeing the reviews on this site.

I've had trouble with kicks in the Demo using Overeem but I know that the more I practice, the better I'll get.

I'll be getting this for PS3. I hope the figther share is good on that system.

I might get this tomorrow. I'm trying to decide if I should trade in some games I've yet to play like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops towards this game.

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by Djwlfpack

That's good to hear. I agree that this game, control-wise is miles ahead of where UFC is. I LOVE that I can actually go for submissions in EA's game and not have to worry about ripping skin off my palm while "shining" the R-stick. I hated that system so much, it's why I won't go back to 09 and I skipped 10 all together after not liking the demo and seeing the reviews on this site. I've had trouble with kicks in the Demo using Overeem but I know that the more I practice, the better I'll get. I'll be getting this for PS3. I hope the figther share is good on that system. I might get this tomorrow. I'm trying to decide if I should trade in some games I've yet to play like Uncharted, Assassin's Creed and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops towards this game.

I would hope, and see no reason why it can't, but they should at some point be able to patch the fighter share to work on both consoles. So if you make a great Lesnar on 360, you should be able to download it on PS3. They did eventually fix that for NCAA Football so it should work here too.

[Mossfan8480]

Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

Here's a fancied up video of me (Miller) vs an online opponent (Henderson). As you can see, he comes out very aggressive and almost does enough damage to my head that I go down, but I managed to evade him enough. The key here to me is that he never let's his stamina recover. It's almost always at 50% of the stamina bar. Fortunately, I make him pay for it.

Dave, from watching your video, I really think your stand up would improve if you learned to bob and weave (hold the block button, remain stationary, and flick the left stick up, down, left, or right). It's a terrific skill that can really help you avoid some strikes while your opponent spam punches.

[DJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

I would hope, and see no reason why it can't, but they should at some point be able to patch the fighter share to work on both consoles. So if you make a great Lesnar on 360, you should be able to download it on PS3. They did eventually fix that for NCAA Football so it should work here too.

Wait, so there's no Fighter Share on the PS3? Or are you just talking about being able to share created files across both consoles?

Oh, and add Madden 11 to the list of games I'm considering trading towards this. If I get this, I need to trim my collection and I have NCAA 11 and play that much more than Madden 11.

Game-related question: Can you have Title fights in Exhibition? I'd like to set up my own cards and defend titles, if possible.