EA Sports MMA Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[Jukeman]

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They DON'T throw the same way. They DO throw the same punches. I don't know if that makes sense or not. A head kick from my carreer fighter was the same animation but didn't feel the same as one from Overeem. That's simultaneously a good job and a problem.

31/31 in career. Just for fun I tried to stand with Bob Sapp. Having picked a sambo style my defense wasn't very good (that's the default weakness in sambo) that started out very badly. Then I decided I'd take him down and get his arm. Sure enough his 33 or 38 or whatever in submission was of no use to him compared to my 100 rating in arm subs and ground passing. Each overall stat has it's own catagorey btw. My subs rating overall was only a ~78,100 in arm,87 in leg but only a 30 something in chokes bringing down the overall. That's the contributor to having the same animations but feeling different as it also goes for stand up. You can have a 100 in punch speed but only a 44 power. That said there was nothing stopping my 6'7 HW from using Aoki's climbing armbar.

One day rental but I played the hell out of it. I'll rent it again later to finish up. I kept wondering if you end up scoring the girl. I think it's illegal to bet on your own fighter btw.

Dunno about the reach thing. I obviously had it throughout career but it can certianly be effective. Didn't throw a whole lot,usually only if I knew there wasn't much danger. (EX Bad idea againsts Sapp,not so bad against generic guy with 50-60 rated stand up) Everything in the game has a purpose and can be effective though. Except for maybe weight,that might limit your speed but I'm not sure.

The magnetic takedowns/grapples were still pretty bad with the suction,getting stuck in place and over riding strikes/not having strikes connect on the way in. Presentation can use work. Would like to be able to pick my own walkout song and would like full walkouts,not just half way down the ramp. As mentioned they do all throw the same punches/kicks/knees so that's something to improve. Also the number of different takedowns and subs. Would also like to see the female fighters for something different. They had the fight chicks logo and Cyborg's name to select in CAF so maybe there just wasn't time. Still never found out how to do a soccer kick either,did find the face stomps.

Overall it's FAR better than UFC 2010 and a very good base but there's still a decent ammount of work to be done and improvements that could be made. It's in the 7-8 range.

have you finished the career?

Overall how was it?

[Gotmadskillzson]

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EA MMA needs more throws and slams. This is one aspect of the sport of MMA they seem to have missed. So far I have only seen 4 takedown types.

1. Judo hip toss
2. Leg trip
3. Belly to belly
4. Double leg on a shoot

Needs way more variety and discipline specific takedowns. Especially when you have somebody up against the cage. Need some single leg takedowns, belly to back, drag takedown, side scoop, etc.

[Phobia]

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I wouldn't say everybody punch and kick the same way. Visually it looks that way, but in reality when playing the game it is different for the following reasons:

1. Body movement rating
2. Foot speed rating
3. Hand speed rating
4. Hand reach rating
5. Punch combo speed
6. Kick reach rating
7. Kick combo speed

So really playing to the strengths of your fighter makes all the difference in the world when it comes to striking. Somebody with fast body movement, fast punch combo speed and a long reach will destroy somebody like Fedor, Dan Henderson, or anybody with heavy hands but slow speed.

Just like somebody with a high heart rating can survive way longer then anybody else. You can rock them, put them in dozens of submissions but their high heart rating will always keep them in the fight until the last round.

Just like I made a leg lock specialist. He can't stand and bang. But if he gets a hold to one of your legs the fight is over.

My career guy, who I have been using online also is that way. 60s in the stand up and clinch game. 70s in health and pretty weak chin in the 50s with a weaker gut in the 40s. So he can't eat a single punch with out being rocked often.

But my submissions are beast. Legs locks are my special, with a max 100 rating for leg locks. 88 arm locks, 94 neck locks. Once I get a hold on someones leg I can mash on the attack button a lot and it only knocks off a slight tick each time.

Don't let me catch that leg or it is SNAPPPPPP!!

[Phobia]

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EA MMA needs more throws and slams. This is one aspect of the sport of MMA they seem to have missed. So far I have only seen 4 takedown types.

1. Judo hip toss
2. Leg trip
3. Belly to belly
4. Double leg on a shoot

Needs way more variety and discipline specific takedowns. Especially when you have somebody up against the cage. Need some single leg takedowns, belly to back, drag takedown, side scoop, etc.

I agree GMSS, this is one weak area.

[King10Sooted]

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You must press it as fast as possible when you are rocked and they are beating u up for the TKO. You must regain the full bar for them to wrap up and "survive". So it is a speed game of how fast you can build the bar back up vs them landing each punch to drain it.

At first I was doing it the speed of the submissions and quickly learned that is not the correct route.

Thanks. I was doing it totally wrong too.

I still suck at chokeholds too though. No matter what I do it seems I get submitted.

[DaveDQ]

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Dave, from watching your video, I really think your stand up would improve if you learned to bob and weave (hold the block button, remain stationary, and flick the left stick up, down, left, or right). It's a terrific skill that can really help you avoid some strikes while your opponent spam punches.

Thanks, I'll give that a try. When they jab like that it's like I get stuck and I can't trust the weaving to work. But I will keep at it.

[King10Sooted]

Re: EA Sports MMA Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

EA MMA needs more throws and slams. This is one aspect of the sport of MMA they seem to have missed. So far I have only seen 4 takedown types.

1. Judo hip toss
2. Leg trip
3. Belly to belly
4. Double leg on a shoot

Needs way more variety and discipline specific takedowns. Especially when you have somebody up against the cage. Need some single leg takedowns, belly to back, drag takedown, side scoop, etc.

There is a single leg takedown that you can learn. It was the first special move I learned in my career. I agree though, they need some more takedowns and slams. Overall the game is great though, Im having a blast with it, even though I suck online.

[gswarrior]

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I think they will release CAF dlc, stances nicknames..just a guess tho

[Gotmadskillzson]

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have you finished the career?

Overall how was it?

Career is a blast, in the fact you really got to remember the rule set of where you choose to fight in. Like in strikeforce rules you can't do elbows on the ground, in brazil anything goes and in japan anything goes except for elbows.

That being said when you fighting in Japan and Brazil, get the heck up off the ground as fast as possible when you see your opponent get off the ground. If not you will either get soccer kicked to the face or face stomped.

Also the round differences really effects your strategy too. In Brazil and Japan you really got to pace yourself. Over all the higher you rank up, the tougher the cpu is and every know and then you will fight somebody that is really good at a skill that you are really bad in. And they will exploit it too.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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Oh I must say I am amazed how effective jabs, leg kicks, fake shots and fake shooting is in this game. I played as Randy vs Tim Silvia last night and it was a blast.

I was able to take big Tim down at will in the 1st round. Came second round I would fake it, Tim would try to block it, which allowed me to clock him with an overhand right.

Just like when I play as Nick Diaz I love jabbing my opponents. Also when I played against the cpu, forgot who it was but he was eating my leg up with leg kicks and the guy I was using had a low block rating and low leg health. Needless to say my movement came to a snail pace.

[DaveDQ]

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You must press it as fast as possible when you are rocked and they are beating u up for the TKO. You must regain the full bar for them to wrap up and "survive". So it is a speed game of how fast you can build the bar back up vs them landing each punch to drain it.

At first I was doing it the speed of the submissions and quickly learned that is not the correct route.

Thanks for this..can't wait to try it now.

Thanks. I was doing it totally wrong too.

I still suck at chokeholds too though. No matter what I do it seems I get submitted.

In the career tutorial they teach you to go from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock and vice versa. I hardly ever go above that when in a choke.

[goh]

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have you finished the career?

Overall how was it?

Nope. They're talking about a champion vs. champion match so I'm pretty far in I guess. I went with Japan instead of Strikeforce.

Pretty good overall. Sapres a lot of hassle being able to sim and get the same grade in training. It feels like they wanted to add a lot more to it though. Like they say when you train with someone they'll be in your corner for the next fight,I'm not sure what,if any effect it has,doesn't seem to be any. Then there's the e-mail girl that's constantly flirting,not sure if that ever goes anywhere or not. Though last time she said "with all those wins you should have enough money to get a decent haircut now." You've got your very own internet fan that writes articles on you but I don't think you ever actually meet him or do an interview or anything like that. Based on the achievements a rivalry fight should've happend at some point but maybe you have to lose to have it considered a rivalry? I did fight the same the guy 3-4 times but didn't get the achievement. Was expecting more gyms as well. What's there is good though. Other than not knowing how to change difficulty for quite some time there were no major problems. They're good about learning moves too. It doesn't take up a week and you can have all the attempts you want. That was useful when trying to learn some of the stand up ones. Just wanted to fill it out and had all the ground/sub stuff I wanted/needed. Really liked the look of the Japan and Thailand places. Also as I mentioned earlier you get to actually train without worrying about having to go into a fight with half your health or something stupid like that.

[King10Sooted]

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In the career tutorial they teach you to go from 3 o'clock to 9 o'clock and vice versa. I hardly ever go above that when in a choke.

Yea, I played through that. I still suck at it and have problems with it lol. Still a great game though.

[goh]

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Forgot to give love to the parry system. Nice job there too.

[JoeMimic]

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I love how they will pronounce some created fighter names even if they aren't on the list and you put them in there custom. For instance they have the first name Clay but not the last name Guida however if you input Guida as his last name it will announce him as such. Very cool.