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

[TheGhost215]

It's tough at first to stuff a takedown, but once you get used to the timing it feels a little OP. Of course, I do have Jon Jones tho lol. Blocking transitions and attempting subs are giving me problems tho...LOVING the demo so far

[myownsun]

I downloaded the demo and gave it a go but it's just not for me, thanks for the Eu account making tips gents.

[rivershark82]

Really hope in some sort of improvements for the final version cause this is not an mma game .. its an arcade, button mashing, fighting game...

[cdk10]

Quote: Originally Posted by Factzzz

Knockouts are kind of an eyesore, specifically how you can't get on top of them after and have the referee pull you off. Just looks way unrealistic, it also looks like they almost die when they get knocked out, and the fighter and the referee are just standing there looking at him, hopefully something to be worked on for the next version. Have knockouts look more realistic.

Wondering if not being able to jump on opponent is because of UFC not wanting it in. Kinda like how NFL wouldn't allow EA to put in late hits out of bounds because they didn't want to promote that kind of action.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by cdk10

Wondering if not being able to jump on opponent is because of UFC not wanting it in. Kinda like how NFL wouldn't allow EA to put in late hits out of bounds because they didn't want to promote that kind of action.

I thought that too but the UFC did allow THQ to do that in UFC 3.

[SoMiss2000]

Getting rid for PS4. One demo reminded Mr of how much I really don't like the triggers on the One.

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[Phobia]

Can someone inform me just how you make a EU PS4 account? I don't need it so much for the EA UFC demo because it should be released by the time I get off work, BUT for the future I'd like to have one in the wings for cases like last night.

Thanks in advance

[jeremym480]

DL'ed on PS4 last night and quickly went through the tutorials then played 5 fights. I lost all of them except 1. I really need to go back through the tutorials again because I was so excited to actually play the game that I didn't really retain any of that. The submissions are still confusing to me, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it after playing a little more.

The game is good, but far from great. The main thing about it is it's fun, but in my short time with it, it seems like more of a fighting game that an actual sports game (although I realize it isn't supposed to be a "sim")

Positives- The game looks and sounds amazing. I remember someone saying that footwork looked robotic after seeing one of the videos, but it's great, in my opinion. Landing a solid punch stepping forward looks and feels much better than throwing a punch while going backwards. Damage is well done and the atmosphere is amazing.

Neutral - Honestly I don't have much of an opinion now on the submissions system or ground game. In all of my fights no one even came close to a sub. The system is a little confusing, but I'm sure I will get it after playing more. The same thing goes for the ground game... I'm really not quite sure of what I'm doing on the ground yet. If I got taken down I basically just spammed the R Stick and eventually could get back to my feet without taking too much damage. If I got on top I normally got in a few shots and sometimes even improved my position before getting reversed. I'm sure I'll get this down after going through the tutorials another time or two.

Negatives - Let me preface this my saying that I knew most of it beforehand, but once I started playing I really, really missed a lot of things. This game really could be improved by adding sways, feints, the ability to catch kicks and fight stoppages. Little things like being able to pounce on a fighter once he goes down and the ref jumping in would be great additions, as well. Also, unless I'm just extremely unlucky it doesn't seem like you can use the cage at all in this game - which is a disappointment, especially for a Next Gen game. Other than that the CPU is extremely aggressive and is constantly pushing forward. Like I said it's more of a fighting game than a UFC game, so if you go into expecting a realistic fight sim then you're going to be let down. Side note: If guys like Machida fight the same as the guys in the demo, then I'm going to be pretty put off.


Overall, this is still a day one buy for me. I'm hoping that once we get to use more fighters that we'll be able to tell a bigger difference between each of them and that most of them aren't aggressive as the guys in the demo.