EA Sports UFC Patch 1.03 Available Now, Details Included

[countryboy]

I've fought 5 fights since the patch, and this game seems like the next installment of the series vs what was in the demo.

3 of the 5 fights went the distance, something that was rare for me at least pre-patch. One of those was a championship fight.

I wish I could learn the ground game better, as I get frustrated when the fights go to the ground. I simply cannot "get" the controls and how the ground game works.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Best way is to spar with a friend who does understand the ground game, live and have them explain things to you. It's not really that hard, but easy to be lost if you don't "get it"

[The Senator]

This is by far the best update I can ever remember a game receiving via patch. Stipe and the Immortal were well welcomed and Pyle's pretty fun to use, too. Can't complain about adding fighters to the roster like that.

The gameplay improvements are huge. Simply changing the single->side control into a takedown to side control changes a ton. It was far too easy to gain a dominant position with that one move, and everyone had it. The kick catching was another pleasant surprise. Now I have to think before I throw a lot of kicks out there, which feels much more like real life. Frankie Edgar fans should be especially excited about that addition. The movement feels much more realistic, perhaps a bit more precise. All in all, it feels like a new installment more than an update, and I'm enjoying it so much at this point that I'm playing it instead of the brand new Madden. Well done.

A few suggestions going forward, whether it be for UFC 2 or the next patch:

*Give the single->side control back to most people, but not as a regular takedown, but as a replacement for the suplex takedown from standing. Few people aside from Jones, Cormier and Faber should have that move.

*Another moveset related thing, fighters with fancy kicking arsenals should have easier access to a mid roundhouse. It irks me that I can't throw a nice quick liver kick off a counter with some people like Anderson who have lots of spin kicks and knees(which is good), but no basic mid roundhouse.

*Tone down the parries a bit, there's some good suggestions in here already for that.

*Knees to the ribs from side back mount and elbows to the ribs from side control would be nice.

*Keep working on fighter differentiation in their fight styles, movement and techniques.

*Make the jab more effective, jabs are far too easy to parry, which negates much of their purpose. This can probably be fixed with a parry balance and not much else, but I'd really like to be able to use the jab to set up my offense and not have to worry about eating big shots every time I throw it out there with a good boxer like Jones or GSP.

*I'd like to see more cage interaction, probably not as easy to do for this one, but it'd be great if the cage came into effect much as it does for Undisputed 3.

*On a related note, more pushback for a fully connecting front kick and side kicks would be great, especially if you could bounce an opponent off the cage a bit. Think of Cung Le landing his spin side kick and sending his opponent staggering back.

*PUT THE MANUAL IN THE GAME!!! Sorry for yelling there, and it's really not a big deal, but it irks me that the place in the game where the manual goes simply tells you to go to the website. Putting it in couldn't be hard to do, and if anything changes, just patch the manual, too.

[unBEARable]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

Just did two rounds. One against Jones (High Aggression) and one against Machida (Low Aggression). Jones threw 86 in the first (I made sure to keep the fight standing so that the strike totals wouldnt be skewed). Machida threw 64 (couldve been less but I trade with him a little). The numbers are a bit on the high side but I dont mind them because its a video game and I understand the need for action. I would be happier if the number skewed about 10-15 strikes thrown lower but you can clearly see aggression has been tweaked. Pre-patch, Machida was throwing 90 plus in the first round.

That's promising!

Out of interest what difficulty are you playing on? That probably has an effect on it as well.

[talucchesi]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

This is like a completely different game than the one I played a week ago! Very well done with the patches!

This is TERRIFIC. Im actually thinking about purchasing the game now

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by unBEARable

That's promising! Out of interest what difficulty are you playing on? That probably has an effect on it as well.

Normal. Another example: I fought Carmont (who has low aggression) and he averaged around 55 strikes around.

[DaveDQ]

One thing I'd like to see tuned is the modified strike being less effective when a fighter is gassed. Just like the inability to throw a kick when you have a health event on your legs, I think a gassed fighter should have a stop animation for mod strikes.

Also, I'd like to see stamina not parallel between the two fighters. It seems like the disparity between an aggressive fighter and one that is not is too small.

[DBMcGee3]

I played a match this morning against the CPU and I really like the changes. The aggressiveness is much more realistic, and also it was a great idea to allow kicks to be caught when guys are gassed. It really eliminates the endless strings of head kicks that I would always see before. The funny thing is, making the CPU less aggressive actually increases the difficulty in my opinion, because there are so many less chances to parry and counter, which is where the most damaging strikes come.

I'm anxious to get home this afternoon and play some more, good job EA!