in my opinion it's way better. I like both sports in real life about equally. UFC feels like you're trying to hurt your oponent and FN has pitter patter unless it's the ...wait for it...counter window!
the "counter window" is this year's 'parry' ...it's no different and it's stupid.
I don't get why people are so high on FN4 - I own both games and see nothing better about it gameplay wise. The AI in FN seems like there are 2 or 3 'personalities' and while UFC certainly doesn't get every one of the 82 fighters right, there are more than 2 or 3 AI modes.
The absolute best stuff in FN4 is outside the ring and i'm talking about boxer-share which is brilliant.
I feel like FN's marketing translated to great reviews -
but their first campaign 'one clean punch'...is completely untrue it's a joke. but I feel like reviewers noted the elements the producers mentioned and when they confirmed they were in the game; gave it points or something. oh we have an inside game - check, oh we have muscles flexing - check ...but too bad it simply isn't boxing!?!?
that's one thing I love about the UFC game is they don't try too hard to get you to notice things..like the counters - they hurt more, you can knock someone down, or right out - out of nowhere just like in real life because they don't force one player to 'miss' and give you time to hit them unanswered. You just hit them at the right time and things fall into place. No one is forcing a 'game mechanic' down your throat.
Don't even get me started on the animations - if you want crisp and hard, don't look at FN.
Anyway I've made it clear in other threads how I think FN is getting undue praise, and how amazed I am at THQ's first effort. I literally played the demo hundreds of times and I'm on my 6th career w/ the full game. I just don't think FN4 is anything special where it counts which is in the ring (online or off)