So the word is that 6 is underway and it may drop before the end of 2025. Thats pretty good news. I'll try to be as brief as possible about what we NEED in 6.
-CLINCH: We need interactive clinch back. At the very least, we need it back up against the cage. Pummeling, underhook(s), advancing/denying/reversing position. Cage work is present in 90+% of every fight we see. "Boo hoo, I dont like getting stuck against the cage!" With that rationale, full mount should be removed too. We have kayo/S&B mode, have fun with that. We had this in UFC3 and to be frank, it was a ridiculously stupid decision to remove it in 4 and 5.
-CAF: Bring back FULL CUSTOMIZATION. Stats, attributes, moves etc. Archetypes are cool, leave them. They get CAFs in the game quicker. But, they are limiting when trying to create an accurate representation of alot the MMArtists on the roster (or in other orgs) but not in the game. It would be a really nice touch too if you could allow us to create OUR OWN archetypes. Many fighters have similar styles and assigning a custom crafted/saved archetype would be sweet. Also, lets up the CAF slots substantially. 50 is a hell of a lot better than 22 but when theres 600+ active fighters on the roster, maybe 300 unique fighters in the game, we're still not getting close to filling out the ranks.
-UNIVERSE: This is probably a tough build with alot of moving parts and needs a lot of creativity. Even if it's just a calendar based system that just goes on and on and allows us to assign specific events (i.e. numbered events, fight nights, ESPN and ABC events) to specific days on the calendar. Keeps track of fight history/results, keeps track of who's already assigned to an event that hasn't been played/simulated yet. I have a great universe system set up in Excel that tracks everything (except rankings) and im not really a computer nerd. You guys could def build something better. Ya know what, throw in a generic arena and leave us a slot to enter the name of the city so when its on the upcoming calendar or history it'll say UFC 500 Boston, Mass. Simple stuff that adds a nice touch.
-PRESENTATION: Please don't butcher the presentation anymore. When 5 dropped you had it nailed. They were accurately represented full intro's with Buffer announcing their style, record, where they're fighting out of etc. The skipping of cut scenes was on point (from walkout to tale of the tape, to blue corner intro to red corner intro to "are you ready"). Now its walkout to "are you ready." And post fight it was skipping replay, to official decision, to corner "celebration." Now its one skip and its right to the "celebration." I know EA loves their metrics, but WHY did you remove all this stuff. IT WAS ALREADY THERE! "People didn't like having to hit skip multiple times..." So what. Deal with it. It's a total of maybe 3 seconds to skip thru everything. Thos eof us who wanna see it get to. Those who don't can skip. Why force everyone play like a casual?
Theres definitely more but these are my biggest hopes.Be nice to see PRIDE (and their rules)/ring/Strikeforce cage etc. But for me i feel like whats already there needs to be tightened up significantly. UFC3 was great and I had huge hopes for 4 but the shotcallers at EA slapped the fans in the face. Big time. Lets get back on track.
-CLINCH: We need interactive clinch back. At the very least, we need it back up against the cage. Pummeling, underhook(s), advancing/denying/reversing position. Cage work is present in 90+% of every fight we see. "Boo hoo, I dont like getting stuck against the cage!" With that rationale, full mount should be removed too. We have kayo/S&B mode, have fun with that. We had this in UFC3 and to be frank, it was a ridiculously stupid decision to remove it in 4 and 5.
-CAF: Bring back FULL CUSTOMIZATION. Stats, attributes, moves etc. Archetypes are cool, leave them. They get CAFs in the game quicker. But, they are limiting when trying to create an accurate representation of alot the MMArtists on the roster (or in other orgs) but not in the game. It would be a really nice touch too if you could allow us to create OUR OWN archetypes. Many fighters have similar styles and assigning a custom crafted/saved archetype would be sweet. Also, lets up the CAF slots substantially. 50 is a hell of a lot better than 22 but when theres 600+ active fighters on the roster, maybe 300 unique fighters in the game, we're still not getting close to filling out the ranks.
-UNIVERSE: This is probably a tough build with alot of moving parts and needs a lot of creativity. Even if it's just a calendar based system that just goes on and on and allows us to assign specific events (i.e. numbered events, fight nights, ESPN and ABC events) to specific days on the calendar. Keeps track of fight history/results, keeps track of who's already assigned to an event that hasn't been played/simulated yet. I have a great universe system set up in Excel that tracks everything (except rankings) and im not really a computer nerd. You guys could def build something better. Ya know what, throw in a generic arena and leave us a slot to enter the name of the city so when its on the upcoming calendar or history it'll say UFC 500 Boston, Mass. Simple stuff that adds a nice touch.
-PRESENTATION: Please don't butcher the presentation anymore. When 5 dropped you had it nailed. They were accurately represented full intro's with Buffer announcing their style, record, where they're fighting out of etc. The skipping of cut scenes was on point (from walkout to tale of the tape, to blue corner intro to red corner intro to "are you ready"). Now its walkout to "are you ready." And post fight it was skipping replay, to official decision, to corner "celebration." Now its one skip and its right to the "celebration." I know EA loves their metrics, but WHY did you remove all this stuff. IT WAS ALREADY THERE! "People didn't like having to hit skip multiple times..." So what. Deal with it. It's a total of maybe 3 seconds to skip thru everything. Thos eof us who wanna see it get to. Those who don't can skip. Why force everyone play like a casual?
Theres definitely more but these are my biggest hopes.Be nice to see PRIDE (and their rules)/ring/Strikeforce cage etc. But for me i feel like whats already there needs to be tightened up significantly. UFC3 was great and I had huge hopes for 4 but the shotcallers at EA slapped the fans in the face. Big time. Lets get back on track.
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