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  • Lakers 24 7
    MVP
    • Nov 2006
    • 1046

    #16
    Re: EA Sports MMA Review

    Originally posted by Smokez4DAyz
    Is this game reallly better than UFC or easier, there's a difference. Also, are you guys giving a 6 game an 8 because its different than a game you have gotten used to? An eight is a really great game. Is MMA a really great game? long hours of play, no cheesy computer a.i., is it as fun alone as it is online? How's online lag? How's the online opponents? do they just button mash? are you forced to adapt to a different way you play the cpu as opposed to when you play a human? Just asking, cuz I'm interested. A better control scheme than THQ? Really?

    It's definitely better, but I don't know what makes it easier. A good sports game should be realistically challenging so IMO it's a knock against EA MMA to say it's easier than the UFC. To me the UFC version is much more pick up and play, it's easy to get lucky KO's, just spam the stick for Take downs and defense, slap on subs whenever and with whoever, etc. Anything that's arcade is going to be easy to play. EA MMA actually requires a bit more skill, both strategically and stick wise. That's the main thing that separates the two games, UFC 2010 was far too basic and thus not fun to play.

    Online opponents is hit or miss. I've had some great battles online, just awesome MMA matches that went down just about how I would picture the fight going in real life. Managing range, fighting to your strengths, avoiding your weaknesses, proper timing, and looking for good counter opportunities. Then you run into guys who throw all of that out the window and playing against them is more annoying than the worse Madden cheeser that you can dream of.

    Basically when you have guys that won't abuse the irrelevant stamina system and the fact that anyone can throw out punches at rapid succession then the game plays very sim and is a lot of fun. The matches where you're dealing with guys who throw litterally 3-500 strikes in 3 rounds that's when the game feels completely cheese and arcade. That goes for TSC and classic, the latter just being even worse than the other for button mashing.

    So, there are times where I love the game and it feels like a 9/10, then there are times where I feel the game needs a lot of work.

    I'd say 95% of my matches online were lag free. Sometimes it does take awhile to find an opponent though.

    Yes, the control scheme is better, but harder to learn. Also, should point out that the judging system is completely broken.

    With all that said I'm still glad I purchased the game and with the proper patch it will have phenomenal longevity. If they don't address the button mashing and potential strike output, then it'll be a completely different story so we'll see what happens.

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    • Anim8or
      EA Sports MMA Animation Director
      • May 2008
      • 88

      #17
      He DID take my middleweight belt online (in a totally random chance match up, while I was on an 8 game winning streak I believe). We then did a fight card, where I won in round 3 in the same match up (by KO), but then in true "I am a sports gaming god" fashion, he immediately flash KO'd my Cung Le (my favorite fighter in the world) with Scott Smith (the only guy who has ever beaten him) in the first 30 seconds of our second fight card match up. I honestly loved seeing a guy reviewing our game with over 100 fights under his (blue) belt online, it's great to see someone reviewing our game with enough skills to actually win 2 out of 3 fights against a developer (I am no Mark Taylor, but I am also not a chump in the stand up game, so I was quite impressed).
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      Simon Sherr
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      Electronic Arts Tiburon
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      • jugganott
        Rookie
        • Oct 2009
        • 84

        #18
        I bet it hurt to give EA any type of love on this site.
        Magic Johnson= G.O.A.T.

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        • ManiacMatt1782
          Who? Giroux!
          • Jul 2006
          • 3990

          #19
          Re: EA Sports MMA Review

          fifa and nhl get almost nothing but praise on this site pal, ncaa football gets alot of praise too. madden is a mixed bag but its not ALL negative. do you even read when you come here? OS is not this anti ea haven you make it out to be.
          www.twitch.tv/maniacmatt1228
          www.youtube.com/maniacmatt1782

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          • n8ccwa
            Rookie
            • Aug 2010
            • 22

            #20
            EA MMA is a great game with better controls then UFC. The career mode is similar to other titles but I really enjoy being able to train in different parts of the world. Online is very competitive, the different fighters styles really shine.
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            • Buckeye
              MVP
              • Dec 2009
              • 2947

              #21
              Re: EA Sports MMA Review

              I went and rented the game this past weekend.

              I enjoyed it but as mentioned earlier UFC has the better fighter choices.
              The game play is amazing though.The career mode had me jumping up and down. It was that much better than the past two UFC games.
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