EA Sports UFC Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (Xbox One, PS4)

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackceasar

Do you think they will really patch this game? I mean Madden got patches and what not, but the NFL is not the UFC.. Football is not MMA.. I'm sure the sales of one vs the other will determine how much post launch love the game gets from EA sports when it comes to patching.

Sales wont have much to do with it. Fight Night Champion had 3-4 patches. This game will have at least 1 or 2. Thats one of the reasons why I was happy the game was coming from EA. They are consistent when it comes to patching their games.

[bwiggy33]

Quote: Originally Posted by blackceasar

Do you think they will really patch this game? I mean Madden got patches and what not, but the NFL is not the UFC.. Football is not MMA.. I'm sure the sales of one vs the other will determine how much post launch love the game gets from EA sports when it comes to patching.

Absolutely. This isn't a yearly release game so it should get proper attention with patches and what not for at least a year. Those other yearly release games have a pretty small window where they will patch a game because they are so focused on making next years game. Those games always have the question of whether it's worth taking time to fix in the current version, or make sure it's fixed for the next. I think UFC will probably have most of the big issues fixed by the time they shift their focus from this game to the next.

I downloaded the demo last night but didn't play until this morning. I'll say right now I don't know the UFC all that well or the strategy and what not. Besides Basketball, it's really the only major sport I don't know strategy and don't pay attention to a ton. I love the UFC I just pay attention to other sports more. So with that said I probably won't find the flaws that many see which is probably a good thing. I encourage this game to be as sim as possible though. I love games that are as close to sim as can be. Those are just my types of games. As a few of you said we probably won't ever get a close to true sim game with UFC.

So far though I totally agree on the aggressive AI. That needs to be toned down. This game was extremely hard for me though. The only UFC game I bought and have played was UFC 2010. I played the absolute hell out of it until I grew tired of the lack of presentation and found some gameplay issues. Either way that was fun while it lasted. This game just knocks that out of the park haha. I always struggled with their controls though and it seems partially the same in this game. It's just a matter of learning them, and understanding what each move does. As I said before it's tough when you don't know names of moves or have strategy. I could easily be considered as a button masher and I cannot stand that I am. That's why I'm hoping to learn. I think this game could be a ton of fun though. I'm still debating on whether to get it or not (not sure how much I'll play it being I play The Show) but none the less it would give me something new to play.

[aholbert32]

Tweets from Good Game Bro:

One observation between @EASPORTSUFC demo and retail; AI seems much more (over)aggressive in the demo versus my time on the retail code.

— Brian Parker (@Paakaa10) June 4, 2014

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No idea how much older the @EASPORTSUFC demo is compared to retail code, but that's the most significant difference I have observed so far.

— Brian Parker (@Paakaa10) June 4, 2014

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Again, limited sample for me with @EASPORTSUFC (2 hours Career mode on retail, one night with demo). But AI seems more aggressive in demo.

— Brian Parker (@Paakaa10) June 4, 2014

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[phillyfan23]

that is great news and gives me bigger hope that this game can be good....fingers crossed

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[Phobia]

Coming from UFC 3 to this is a slight change but I didn't find it that different. The striking is similar in regards to the face buttons it is just the confusion of what combinations of buttons do what move. The clinch and ground game is very much just like UFC 3. The only difference is in UFC 3 you just had to hold the right stick in any left/right direction to block a pass then ratings dictated the rest. EA UFC is using the same type of pass system but the defense system changes slightly by having to hold R2 then you must flick the RS in the DIRECTION of the pass. That has been my findings at least, I'm pretty certain the direction they attempt to pass towards is the direction the right stick needs to be flicked to prevent the pass. So this alone allows for a more challenging ground game, which I like.

Then by adding even more options of the RS to defend things on the ground. R2 + RS DOWN blocks opponents on top from trying to get up and R2 + RS UP blocks submission attempts. So you throw in all these different combinations and it really makes a more strategy filled ground/clinch/takedown game.

If they can tone down the aggressiveness, plus give a bigger stamina hit for "highlight" moves then that would make it worthy of a purchase. If they would go even further and allow custom control maps then that would be incredible, but we all know that won't happen lol

[tha_show256]

Quote: Originally Posted by bwiggy33

Absolutely. This isn't a yearly release game so it should get proper attention with patches and what not for at least a year. Those other yearly release games have a pretty small window where they will patch a game because they are so focused on making next years game. Those games always have the question of whether it's worth taking time to fix in the current version, or make sure it's fixed for the next. I think UFC will probably have most of the big issues fixed by the time they shift their focus from this game to the next. I downloaded the demo last night but didn't play until this morning. I'll say right now I don't know the UFC all that well or the strategy and what not. Besides Basketball, it's really the only major sport I don't know strategy and don't pay attention to a ton. I love the UFC I just pay attention to other sports more. So with that said I probably won't find the flaws that many see which is probably a good thing. I encourage this game to be as sim as possible though. I love games that are as close to sim as can be. Those are just my types of games. As a few of you said we probably won't ever get a close to true sim game with UFC. So far though I totally agree on the aggressive AI. That needs to be toned down. This game was extremely hard for me though. The only UFC game I bought and have played was UFC 2010. I played the absolute hell out of it until I grew tired of the lack of presentation and found some gameplay issues. Either way that was fun while it lasted. This game just knocks that out of the park haha. I always struggled with their controls though and it seems partially the same in this game. It's just a matter of learning them, and understanding what each move does. As I said before it's tough when you don't know names of moves or have strategy. I could easily be considered as a button masher and I cannot stand that I am. That's why I'm hoping to learn. I think this game could be a ton of fun though. I'm still debating on whether to get it or not (not sure how much I'll play it being I play The Show) but none the less it would give me something new to play.

I'm right there with you. I LOVE THE UFC!! However, I'm only a causal if you pit it against basketball, baseball, or football. I think the demo looks OUSTANDING graphically, and sounds amazing! Now to the actual game play, it felt kind of sluggish at 1st, but then I realized it's because I was getting gased just spamming buttons all over the place causing this. I really don't have a strategy at this point because the controls are so unfimilar. I have no idea how the submission game works even after going through the tutorial?? Should I hold the right stick and flick the left when I see it?????? Overall, the final product I think will be just fine as soon as I and we (all of us here at OS) get better at the controls I'm sure the game will grow on us...I also remember reading the forums for all other MMA game both by THQ and EA and both received some unjust and just critism, but mostly on unjust.

[Phobia]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Tweets from Good Game Bro: One observation between @EASPORTSUFC demo and retail; AI seems much more (over)aggressive in the demo versus my time on the retail code. — Brian Parker (@Paakaa10) June 4, 2014 ******** async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"> No idea how much older the @EASPORTSUFC demo is compared to retail code, but that's the most significant difference I have observed so far. — Brian Parker (@Paakaa10) June 4, 2014 ******** async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"> Again, limited sample for me with @EASPORTSUFC (2 hours Career mode on retail, one night with demo). But AI seems more aggressive in demo. — Brian Parker (@Paakaa10) June 4, 2014 ******** async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8">

If you come across any more info on guys who have played both please keep us updated

[DaveDQ]

The one question I do have is, what exactly is Ignite? Where is it in this game? That is a legitimate question because it is based on some of the things EA Sports touted. AI, crowd dynamics, physics etc.


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