EA Sports UFC Hands-On Impressions, Interviews and Videos From Around the Web

[Steve_OS]

Here are a bunch of EA Sports UFC hands-on impressions, interviews and videos from various sites around the web. If you find more, post them and we will update the post.

• EA Sports UFC Exclusive Interview with Brian Hayes (Connected Digital World)
• The Numbers Game: A Hands On With EA Sports UFC (Kotaku)
• Interview with Brian Hayes - EA SPORTS UFC (GAMES.CH)
• EA Sports UFC: 10 Things We Learned After Hands-On Time With The Game (What Culture)
• EA Sports UFC - Entering Into A World Of Pain (Game Informer)
• EA Sports UFC: Blood on the Mat, Blood on My Hands (VG24/7)
• EA Sports UFC Preview (The Telegraph)
• EA Sports UFC Preview – Introducing The Next-Gen of Sports Games (God is a Geek)
• Into the Octagon with Jazz Brousseau, Producer of EA Sports UFC (NZGamer)
• New Look: EA Sports UFC Pulls No Punches (CVG)
• EA Sports UFC Preview: A Happy Couple at Last (Polygon)
• EA Sports UFC Looks to Bring Out the Mixed Martial Arts Fighter in You (Engadget)
• EA Sports UFC Sets the Standard for Next-Gen Fighting Games (SI Extra Mustard)
• EA Sports Scores Unanimous Decision, Not a KO, with its First UFC Video Game (Fox Sports)
• What Makes EA Sports UFC a Next-Gen Experience? (IGN)
• EA Sports UFC Gameplay - Starts at Roughly 4:21 (Begeek Video)
• EA Sports UFC Interview with Jazz Brousseau, Gameplay, New Info (Submission Radio)

[allBthere]

polygon was a good read and touched on very important points:

"What I did notice throughout was a sensible use of momentum from punch to kick to movement that, in the long run, required me to think strategically about my strike combinations. If I threw an unreasonable number of strikes in other MMA games, they would step in to artificially reduce their effectiveness according to a stamina rating. In EA Sports UFC, the game's natural animation of moving from, say a roundhouse kick to a body blow from the opposite hand, if you're panicking and keying in those strikes, reduces the effectiveness of such a combination on its own."

That combined with an approval of the 3 stages of fighting (standup, clinch and ground)

[Jdoug312]

Quote: Originally Posted by allBthere

polygon was a good read and touched on very important points: "What I did notice throughout was a sensible use of momentum from punch to kick to movement that, in the long run, required me to think strategically about my strike combinations. If I threw an unreasonable number of strikes in other MMA games, they would step in to artificially reduce their effectiveness according to a stamina rating. In EA Sports UFC, the game's natural animation of moving from, say a roundhouse kick to a body blow from the opposite hand, if you're panicking and keying in those strikes, reduces the effectiveness of such a combination on its own." That combined with an approval of the 3 stages of fighting (standup, clinch and ground)

That just sounds like a positive way of saying, "throw as much as you want, stamina won't limit you" to me. Yikes.

[jaredsmith83]

From reading the Polygon article, it seems like they've managed to take the best of both worlds as far as the controls go and mesh them together. I'm still a bit concerned with the ground game. It was entirely too easy to transition into a mount in the EA MMA game and what I was reading about the ground game has me worried that it is going to be like that. I'm definitely curious about the submission defense though, it seems like it will give a decent challenge. I still think that it is better than shining/mashing to escape. Hopefully this turns out as good as its sounding. I'm more excited now after reading some of these articles.

[Phobia]

Quote: Originally Posted by Jdoug312

That just sounds like a positive way of saying, "throw as much as you want, stamina won't limit you" to me. Yikes.

Not from how I'm interpreting it. It is basically saying that the natural flow of momentum would mean a round house kick then opposite hand body blow would deal less damage and carry you into a unfavorable position due to the momentum. I have no idea where you got that stamina won't matter.

[LingeringRegime]

Poor Benson Henderson.

He only kicked off the fence once, and now he gets kicked ad nauseam through these trailers.

[scottyp180]

Quote: Originally Posted by Phobia

Not from how I'm interpreting it. It is basically saying that the natural flow of momentum would mean a round house kick then opposite hand body blow would deal less damage and carry you into a unfavorable position due to the momentum. I have no idea where you got that stamina won't matter.

My same thoughts. The momentum and physics are more natural and realistic instead of allowing the user to throw any combination of kicks and punches effectively. I'm sure that stamina is still taken account for. This is the same team behind fight night so i trust they have an understanding of how stamina effects fighters and fights.

[ManiacMatt1782]

Quote: Originally Posted by scottyp180

My same thoughts. The momentum and physics are more natural and realistic instead of allowing the user to throw any combination of kicks and punches effectively. I'm sure that stamina is still taken account for. This is the same team behind fight night so i trust they have an understanding of how stamina effects fighters and fights.

My one worry is that according to how they programmed fight night champion, they don't understand countering. According to fight night, you could only be countered off a miss or parried punch. Sticking a hard jab or cross into the face of someone attempting a wild haymaker before it landed did not register as a counter. The early counter of beating someone to the punch and landing while thier momentum is moving foward is one of the most devistating and potentially fight ending shots you can land. Also stamina was still a little too forgiving in fight night champion. Not as bad as default mode on UFC 3, but still too frogiving.