EA Sports UFC 2 Beta Available, Post Your Impressions Here

[The JareBear]

Practice mode is very helpful. I have been going against the "skilled grappler" AI and just working on defending transitions.

This game is gonna be goooood

[melo627]

im loving the game so far.

+knockouts are great

+hard hits look good makes ppl stumble

- replays need to start five min faster to show more of the fight
-some of the ground in pound looks weird the person head going with the punch and coming back into position like a bobble head instead of a person thats knocked out.

-it would be nice if a sprint was added to chase the opponent when he is stumbled.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Maia has some SICK advanced ground moves. Those switches on the ground he can hit, OMG.

[The JareBear]

Lost my first ultimate team fight unanimous 29-28 scores. I created a women's 135er "jojo bailey" and I lost to "Gina Carano"

[pdandy]

Some notes:
Pros:
- Lunging Jabs and takedowns have much less range
- The moveset guy did a great job. I know it is a controversial topic but I like differentiation. BJ Penn has no head kicks Royce's standing moveset is very limited. Maia is a grappling god. Rory has a much more diverse set of strikes compared to Robbie but Robbie just has to make contact a few times and your head damage gets red. Matt Hughes has some nice takedowns and special wrestling reversals.
- Similarly move level has done wonders for fighter uniqueness.
- Looks like the AI can finally solve superman punch spam now
- Robbie and Hector Lombard AI (and I suppose any other fighter that follows the same style) no longer combos into the air like in EA UFC 1.
- Could be just the practice AI but it doesn't rush you like in EA UFC 1.
- Striking is so much better.


Cons:
* Note I understand this is an old build so these may no longer be issues
- Same issue as aholbert pointed out: AI seems more interested in transitioning rather than striking during ground exchanges. Needs more balance.
- Pull guard move. Would be nice to have this as a Royce Gracie player
- Submissions are still too easy to achieve


Other:
- Accidentally pulled off takedown to full mount using Matt Hughes. Wow!

[bballshawn24]

15-3 so far online. my striking is too legit. ground game will take some time to get use to. hopefully there is a guide up from a expert soon

[EL_GABE]

i think i found a bug

in ultimate team or w/e its called
when i fought a guy in a title match and i got at least 8 take downs on him hold him ddownm down and beat him up..and i lost the fight

i go look at the stats of the fight and all the takedowns was not recorded 0/8

so i do another fight and every takedown i get it does not add it so if in the fight i get 6 takedowns the stats will say 0/6 as if i dint get any

so point is takedowns are not getting counted right

[The JareBear]

Some dude just body KOd me with Nick Diaz in the first round. Shameful I didn't defend his easy body shots better. Ughhhh gotta get better