EA Has Acquired the UFC License, Will Develop New UFC Game

[Phobia]

Re: EA Has Acquired the UFC License, Will Develop New UFC Game

SO SO HAPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[DJ]

Smart move by UFC. Hopefully this leads to a better UFC game. I thought the follow-ups to 2009 (which was an awesome debut) were underwhelming.

[MattyEdgeworth]

A year ago I would have thought this would be fantastic news now I'm not so sure, personally I think EA MMA feels much more arcadey than UFC Undisputed 3 although I think this might becuase of how old EA MMA, I loved it at the time. It'll be interesting anyway and I will defintely be looking forward to it.

Anyways, Hopefully it'll be good, at least the fighters will look far more realistic if nothing else.

[branch]

Re: EA Has Acquired the UFC License, Will Develop New UFC Game

Maybe we'll get some good servers to play on now.

[TheShizNo1]

So I'm the only one in this thread that doesn't view this as huge? In terms of marketability, yes of course. But as a game? Look at the struggles of Fight Night. The last two FN's have been bug/glitch breaking failures. Round 3 still over shadows them both. Throw in MMA w/ a whole new complex w/ the ground game/cage interaction/MT clinch, etc. EA MMA gives me some faith, but I stopped playing that when Undisputed 3 came out. I hope this goes as good as everyone says, but I have reasons to not be so sure.

[MattyEdgeworth]

So I'm the only one in this thread that doesn't view this as huge? In terms of marketability, yes of course. But as a game? Look at the struggles of Fight Night. The last two FN's have been bug/glitch breaking failures. Round 3 still over shadows them both. Throw in MMA w/ a whole new complex w/ the ground game/cage interaction/MT clinch, etc. EA MMA gives me some faith, but I stopped playing that when Undisputed 3 came out. I hope this goes as good as everyone says, but I have reasons to not be so sure.

I agree with you mate, I'm optimistic but I don't get why people think it'll be miles better than Undisputed 3 right out of the gate. Although if they can match the gameplay the better graphics and player models will make it a buy for me because it adds to the imersion so much. I'll almost certainly get it anyway I suppose because I've never missed an UFC or Fight Night/EA MMA game.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: EA Has Acquired the UFC License, Will Develop New UFC Game

So I'm the only one in this thread that doesn't view this as huge? In terms of marketability, yes of course. But as a game? Look at the struggles of Fight Night. The last two FN's have been bug/glitch breaking failures. Round 3 still over shadows them both. Throw in MMA w/ a whole new complex w/ the ground game/cage interaction/MT clinch, etc. EA MMA gives me some faith, but I stopped playing that when Undisputed 3 came out. I hope this goes as good as everyone says, but I have reasons to not be so sure.

Victor Lugo was in charge of the game play for EA MMA and he is also the guy who created the Infinity Engine that gives Madden 13 real time physics.

[JoeMimic]

I'm not as jazzed up as most about this but hey at least the online will work now haha.

[TheShizNo1]

Victor Lugo was in charge of the game play for EA MMA and he is also the guy who created the Infinity Engine that gives Madden 13 real time physics.

Feel free to elaborate on this...

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: EA Has Acquired the UFC License, Will Develop New UFC Game

Meaning since EA now has that engine, I'm pretty sure they will add it to their UFC game.

[videlsports]

WOW ea tries to buy out everything.. well I EA I have a new game that will make millions It's called "my Mortgage" interested LOOOL.

[MattyEdgeworth]

Meaning since EA now has that engine, I'm pretty sure they will add it to their UFC game.

Fight night has had real time physics, it would add to the game but not that much. For something like Madden adding real time physics greatly improves the gameplay so much more by defualt because it changes so much. However for combat sports it doesn't really have quite the same impact.

[btrapp]

Re: EA Has Acquired the UFC License, Will Develop New UFC Game

So I'm the only one in this thread that doesn't view this as huge? In terms of marketability, yes of course. But as a game? Look at the struggles of Fight Night. The last two FN's have been bug/glitch breaking failures. Round 3 still over shadows them both. Throw in MMA w/ a whole new complex w/ the ground game/cage interaction/MT clinch, etc. EA MMA gives me some faith, but I stopped playing that when Undisputed 3 came out. I hope this goes as good as everyone says, but I have reasons to not be so sure.

I agree with this 100%. This news scares the crap out of me and my heart sink when i heard it. Undisputed 3 was light years better that ea mma in terms of depth and control imo. EA mma was fun, but it's gameplay felt arcadish and the fighters lacked individualism and animation variety. I can only hope that they build on what thq has already accomplished with undisputed 3's dozens of submissions, ground positions, cage positions and strikes. Not to mention the fantastic Pride FC incorporation. This great news for the ufc and Ea because both companies will make a lot of money from this deal, but for me, I'm very concerned.

[TheShizNo1]

Meaning since EA now has that engine, I'm pretty sure they will add it to their UFC game.

Wasn't that the same or similar engine that Backbreaker used? Is that supposed to be comforting? As innovative as BB may have been, that engine had/has issues. Again, I don't think MMA is something you can throw an engine or programmer at and say here you go. Or, we'd have had decent ones to play before this gen.

[MattyEdgeworth]

Wasn't that the same or similar engine that Backbreaker used? Is that supposed to be comforting? As innovative as BB may have been, that engine had/has issues. Again, I don't think MMA is something you can throw an engine or programmer at and say here you go. Or, we'd have had decent ones to play before this gen.

No its not, bb had real time physics but was much more arcady. EA's physics engine is fantastic but like I say, you can't just automatically make the game play great by adding physics like you can with Madden.