Any ideas for the next UFC game?

[Dean3790]

Just wondering if anyone has any ideas for the next game?

Watching WEC, I really think they should include WEC in the next game. All they need to do is have 15 or 20 WEC fighters, a WEC octagon, and a simple logo swap when the screen graphics come up. It would be good publicity for WEC and doesn't really cost anything to add.

So, anyone else have any suggestions?

[Wet Bandit]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

The WEC stuff would be great.

I'd also like for them to at least put in some sort of Ultimate Fighter-themed tournament at the beginning of the career mode. Dana does his thing at the beginning, you get 2 or 3 fights in the UFC gym from the show to try and get to the finale. If you make it, the finale's got a bit of the expected stuff like the intro and the trophy presentation after the fight. Depending on how you do in the tournament, you start off ranked in different spots when you make your proper UFC debut.

Those two things, utilizing the WEC and more of The Ultimate Fighter, are relatively simple things that would improve the game.

[feedthehorse28]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

yeah the career mode definitely needs some changes to spice things up, specifically the ability to use actual ufc fighters much like what fight night does

that and some sort of strategy involved in blocking transitions, not just holding back on the stick the whole fight. like you have to flick the stick like a reversal but if you dont time it perfect its a block not a reversal and just holding back on the stick does nothing

[MC Fatigue]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

They need about 5,000 new animations...

It's getting a little boring when every move results in the exact same thing. Unless you play Forrest, a leg kick counter always results in a take down... A punch counter into a clinch... A takedown into a sprawl or takedown...

Always the exact same thing.

some variance and randomness of different positions would be great.

[lazy afternoon]

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I agree the next installment needs more animations. A unique moveset for every fighter so that not every kickboxer or muay thai fighter has the same exact strikes.

The ground game still needs a bit of work. If you were in guard defense or mount defense (or any defense for that matter), you should be able to control head movement to make it harder for the offensive guy to land strikes. I know when you're on the ground, the left stick is used to move you're whole body around. But they should make L3 to modify you're movement, and after pressing L3, the left stick would control your head movement (up, down, left and right)

Anyone with me on this one?

[Dean3790]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

That would be awesome if they had that for stand-up too.

[jb12780]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

Pretty much everything that has been mentioned. Also more venues. having two large venues (MSG and Mandalay Bay), is not very many. Also, the ability to change weight classes in career mode would be cool too. This game was a great foundation for many potential awesome UFC games in the future.

[sven]

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Next time they should try to make it fun to play.

[goh]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

Make the stats actually work for one. Before this one came out I was displeased at Hendo being the same strength as Brock. Someone said a MW isn't going to do the same damage as a HW. Too bad they do. In fact in my test MW Hendo did MORE damage than Brock and LHW Hendo did the same ammount. The slams did the same ammount across all 3. Then there's my previous test that I actually posted here with Hardonk and Coleman taking nearly the same damage from a CroCop head kick with a 19 point stat differential.

Once they've got that sorted they can have open weight fights. Keep in mind they disproved their own reason of size problems with career mode alone having the same training partner for every weight class and I suspect the messed up stats are the real reason we don't have it.

Next would be making each fighter feel unique. Mir and Anderson Silva feel really unique but for the most part others don't. To some extent that goes back to the messed up stats but it's also in the movesets themselves. This would also tie into having more styles.

After that cage play needs to be added.

Need to be able to have AI vs. AI fights. Ones that aren't rigged like in career mode.

Speaking of wich career needs a big overhaul. They need to just scrap the whole thing they have there and a make a new one because it just doesn't work. Particularly in the training aspect. I also never really found what the deal was with the difficulty in it as it's not representive of exhibition.

Infinte CAF points outside of career mode in all aspects to properly make whoever was left out or those in other organizations.

More arenas.

I know there's no women in the UFC now but by the time the next game comes out they'll probably be close,if not there so they should have some foresight and add them to CAF. Of course THQ is involved so that's not going to happen and they'll be DLC after 6 months.

[miami01]

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First off, I would like to say this game could us a lot of work.

I would like see the submission system could use a revamping instead of just slapping on a submission when ever we want we should just be able to get subs after your opponent is attempting a strike or transition. After you lock on the submission you go through a series of transitions using L1 & R1 to move along the submission to finally get your opponent to tap. I think this would add a lot of realism to the moves like an armbar or triangle choke. I would also like to see more submission moves added to the game like heel hooks, kneebars like Mir's on Brock, and arm triangle chokes.

Another feature that would be cool would be fighter specific move sets. Instead of fighters like Dan Henderson be exactly like Brock Lesnar, give fighter moves they use in their fights. For example, Frank Mir is Muay Thai in the game, but his move set in the game is nothing like him in real life. I would give him the Thai clinch, Boxer punches, boxer punches from probing range, and maybe a left head kick like Rashad only has a right head kick. Another cool thing would be be for someone like Demian Maia. Give him just basic strikes, but a bunch of takedowns, trips, and subs. It would make fighting with specific fighters than feeling you are fighting with the same person, but just a different look.

Lastly, the TKO system need major reconstuction. Currently if you get someone in "TKO" mode once you start punching them the fight basically will end right there. It should definantly change. Let's go to an in game situation. Let's say you punch your opponent and he gets rocked, there should be many different things that happen after this to keep things fresh. This could be one of them, the rocked fighter stumbles against the cage and the other fighter runs up to him and throws wild punches that might not all connect. If he blocks or dodges strikes for a period of time, he is not rocked anymore and can punch or move away, but if the fighter does connect a few puches the rocked fighter will fall to ground where he continued to have punches rained on him. He can still block and move his head, and if he doesn't get finished he grab his opponents leg to try to bring the fight to the ground.

I think we all have some pretty good suggestions and I hope thq checks these out. There are some other things that would make this game even better, but I am just naming a few. To end this, I would like to say more fights need to end in decision. KO's do not happen often and it would be cooler if they very rarely and I would be a nice shock to see one in this game

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

Submissions

1. Need way more, I want to see the darce choke, triangle from top, rolling kneebar, gogaplata, omaplata, heel hook etc.

2. Make the submission rating mean something. Guys like BJ Penn, Maia, Florian, Almedia should have BJJ moves that ONLY they can do because they are world class BJJ fighters who won world championships in BJJ. I mean what is the point of having purple belts being able to pull off the same moves as world champion black belts ??

3. Wrestlers SHOULD NOT be able to do an armbar from the bottom from a punch counter or be able to do knee bars.

Striking

1. Leg kicks should do damage. How is it leg kicks do no damage at all but 3 or 4 solid kicks to the body will drop an opponent ? That completely changes the way fighters like Jardine and Forrest fight strategy. Because they throw a lot of leg kicks, but being leg kicks do no damage, there is no point of doing them.

CPU AI Logic

Quite of few fighters in this game run away all the time instead of moving forward. Then you have some fighters who don't fight the way they really do in real life. Real annoying seeing BJJ guys who stand and bang instead of looking for the take down or see wrestlers throwing a lot kicks but kickboxers going for the take down a lot instead of throwing kicks.

[Dean3790]

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What fighters shouldn't be in next year's game, and what fighters should be?

Need to be taken out, off the top of my head:

Arlovski
Sylvia
Werdum

Need to be added:
Guida
Jon Jones
Shane Carwin
Couture...even though he has that EA deal.

[Bird006]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

First off, this game is incredible. I bought it about two weeks ago and have already hammered through career mode twice. Sports game of the year for me.

With that said, it could use a little bit of tweaking.

One thing I'd like to see is more sloppy and awkward animations. MMA in general is never straight up and accurate, unless we're talking elite fighters like Machida and Silva. I'd like to see more awkward transitions on the ground, random takedowns where you grab a leg or arm and try to take down the body, and varied animations with kicks and strikes.

This game has a very solid foundation to build off of. If they build on this engine with a bunch of new animations, THQ and Yukes have an amazing franchise ahead of them.

[Perfect Zero]

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First off, for being the first game of a brand new series, UFC 2009 really is a great game to play. Having said that, they have a LOT of work ahead of them. Most of it has to do with adding more content like movesets and cage pay. There has to be more animations, and there has to be more when it comes to replayability. Having all the fighters you think will fight in the next year could also help a lot.

[Dcooks]

Re: Any ideas for the next UFC game?

Submissions

1. Need way more, I want to see the darce choke, triangle from top, rolling kneebar, gogaplata, omaplata, heel hook etc.

2. Make the submission rating mean something. Guys like BJ Penn, Maia, Florian, Almedia should have BJJ moves that ONLY they can do because they are world class BJJ fighters who won world championships in BJJ. I mean what is the point of having purple belts being able to pull off the same moves as world champion black belts ??

3. Wrestlers SHOULD NOT be able to do an armbar from the bottom from a punch counter or be able to do knee bars.

Striking

1. Leg kicks should do damage. How is it leg kicks do no damage at all but 3 or 4 solid kicks to the body will drop an opponent ? That completely changes the way fighters like Jardine and Forrest fight strategy. Because they throw a lot of leg kicks, but being leg kicks do no damage, there is no point of doing them.

CPU AI Logic

Quite of few fighters in this game run away all the time instead of moving forward. Then you have some fighters who don't fight the way they really do in real life. Real annoying seeing BJJ guys who stand and bang instead of looking for the take down or see wrestlers throwing a lot kicks but kickboxers going for the take down a lot instead of throwing kicks.

I second this completely, they also need to have like 20 diffrent types of each style so,each fighter can be unique. cage use is a must, and fighter intros are also needed.