Supremacy MMA Demo Impressions

[goh]

Well I don't have any. It's only on PS3 right now even then I'd have to put up with MS' shenanigans but thought I'd start the topic anyway.

[sportznut02]

I am downloading this right now. I will play it sometime today and come back on here with some impressions.

[LingeringRegime]

The game is about what I expected it to be. At first I didn't like it very much, but I spent some time with the tutorials so I am having some fun with it. The story about each fighter is pretty cool. Nice comic book art style. I like that you can turn off the injuries if you want to.

Takes some time to get used to the timing of it, and the control scheme. I will pick it up sometime, but probably not on release day. I expect the price to drop fairly quickly so I will wait for that.

[nyj721]

Yeah I thought I would be able to just pick up and play but the Judo guy had a different plan for me. Got smashed in my first fight so then I went to the tutorial for about 10 minutes. Then I thought I would at least come close to winning my second fight. I was wrong. I'm going to do some more fights today and I hope I can get the controls down.

[goh]

So it's not as arcadey as we thought? You actually have to use strategy and stuff?

[LingeringRegime]

Quote: Originally Posted by goh

So it's not as arcadey as we thought? You actually have to use strategy and stuff?

It is a good mix between the two, more arcade than strategy, but there is some strategy involved. By all means it isn't a sim game.

The circle button is used for defense, the triangle for kicks, the square for punches, and the x button is for grappling. It is all timing based. Hit the circle button at the wrong time, then you won't block the attack.

I believe if you use the Left Stick in combination with the face buttons they will pull off more variations in the moves.

The left stick controls transitions on the ground, and that part is very intuitive and simple.

The fights are brutal with a capital B. I was knocked out last night by the french dude jumping on my face with both feet when I was on my back.

I can see it being a great game to play, when friends come by the house. If you button mash, you are bound to get lucky. But, at the same time it helps if you know what you are doing. Kind of like Virtua Fighter.

[rocket21]

Quote: Originally Posted by DEFTFUNDAMENTALZ

It is a good mix between the two, more arcade than strategy, but there is some strategy involved. By all means it isn't a sim game. The circle button is used for defense, the triangle for kicks, the square for punches, and the x button is for grappling. It is all timing based. Hit the circle button at the wrong time, then you won't block the attack. I believe if you use the Left Stick in combination with the face buttons they will pull off more variations in the moves. The left stick controls transitions on the ground, and that part is very intuitive and simple. The fights are brutal with a capital B. I was knocked out last night by the french dude jumping on my face with both feet when I was on my back. I can see it being a great game to play, when friends come by the house. If you button mash, you are bound to get lucky. But, at the same time it helps if you know what you are doing. Kind of like Virtua Fighter.

I agree - I'm kinda liking this demo, which I never would have expected or imagined. I will also admit that it takes some practice to do things right. Hopefully there will be a manual packaged with the game. That would help me know the moves a little better.

[goh]

They're on the pause screen in videos.