EA Sports UFC Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here (Xbox One, PS4)

[urlacher51]

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ground defence, it is there, some in ground offense too.

thanks, must have missed it .

[aholbert32]

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All of the announcing and voice work done in UFC 3 was pretty spot on. Rogan and Goldberg sound good in this game as well, but Buffer's intros are atrocious. EA Sports has a contract with the UFC, and therefore anyone who works for them and is a part of this game would have been required to put in whatever work they were assigned to. Even if Buffer didn't have time to do the voice work, EA could've easily and probably more cost effectively just cut audio from any UFC event and used it in the game and it STILL would've sounded better than it does in EA UFC. But that's just one part of my disappointment, and sadly there are many. I'm trying hard not to hate this game because just like Madden, it's the only UFC game we've got. Exclusive licenses are the true culprit with games not living up to hype. But, as I said, I will still buy it and I will still play it. I can only hope that my mind changes once I'm able to dive into career mode.

Buffer sounds fine in my opinion. He is calling a non title/non-main event in the demo. He's always subdued when he's introducing those.

[aholbert32]

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Everyone including myself wants to have hope the over-aggressiveness of the AI will not be an issue in the full version once the difficulty has been turned up a notch or two. With that being stated, previously in combat games whether it be MMA or boxing the tendency seems to be as difficulty goes up, so does the aggressiveness of the AI. On top of that, I just cant help but feel so many aspects of MMA are missing form this game. It's going to be very difficult to get over this emptiness feeling and really have this game draw me in.

I'm very concerned. I really had high optimism for this game with how much positive hype it had, and EA does have a history of being able to talk a good game without backing it up.

We can keep making the argument of it is only the demo, but there is a reason developer put a demo out, and it isn't to show you the flaws that will be corrected for the retail version of a title.

My only counter to this is EA MMA's demo was horrible but the retail version was much better.

[SA1NT401]

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Thats the problem. They already are promoting it as a feature. "MMAi"



"A mixed martial artist’s mind is as important as his heart. Every licensed fighter in the game will have changing goals and fight plans, based on their real-life tendencies and each fight situation. Stop their Plan A, and they will adapt to Plan B or C. Down on the scorecards, look for the AI to end the fight with a knockout or a submission. A smarter opponent equals a more challenging and unpredictable fights."





Thats why I'll be pissed if its not different in the retail version.

That's would be great.... If.... The company making it didn't have a well documented history of literally making stuff up that is in no way integrated into the game in any way. Cuz that stuff certainly isn't in the demo.

Fingers crossed.


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[mjarz02]

My time with the demo has been limited. I'm waiting til the retail to pass full judgement on the game. I think one of the reasons for some negative views are the expectations set by the user. People expect games to play a certain way and if it doesn't fit their mindset, they become disapointed. This game is being built for the masses and many of those people don't want to grind it out. They want fast paced action and big hits. Until the game is released, many of us won't know if certain settings will adjust the cpu agressiveness. My hope is that it will, but I don't expect it to.

I enjoy the UFC and am excited to get my hands on the game but I have tempered my expectations knowing others have a different set than many of us.

Playing sports video games since the original Madden I have learned to deal with nuances and frustrations they bring. CPU agressiveness will only get in the way of having fun with the game if you let it.

[Cpre5]

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How do you get into the crucifix position? Been trying with two controllers with zero luck

[LingeringRegime]

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My time with the demo has been limited. I'm waiting til the retail to pass full judgement on the game. I think one of the reasons for some negative views are the expectations set by the user. People expect games to play a certain way and if it doesn't fit their mindset, they become disapointed. This game is being built for the masses and many of those people don't want to grind it out. They want fast paced action and big hits. Until the game is released, many of us won't know if certain settings will adjust the cpu agressiveness. My hope is that it will, but I don't expect it to.

I enjoy the UFC and am excited to get my hands on the game but I have tempered my expectations knowing others have a different set than many of us.

Playing sports video games since the original Madden I have learned to deal with nuances and frustrations they bring. CPU agressiveness will only get in the way of having fun with the game if you let it.

Great post.

This is the point that I am starting to come around to as well. If not, then I would only play text sims.

[ERA]

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Is anyone else struggling with this game? I've played the demo for a total of about 4 hours and the controls are too much for me. I love the game but the controls may sway me from buying it (this was my most anticipated game too).

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[Swamp Swagger]

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Even with Jones being rated a little higher it still seems way easier to win with him, like I'm fighting a nobody

[Phobia]

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Ok I'm off to give this a try, hope my hands on is better than how the videos look!!

[mikenoob]

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Is anyone else struggling with this game? I've played the demo for a total of about 4 hours and the controls are too much for me. I love the game but the controls may sway me from buying it (this was my most anticipated game too).

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Took me awhile, but after watching the tutorial videos I'm destroying the CPU in the first couple minutes


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[Shaffer26]

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Can't say I'm a big UFC fan, but after spending about an hour playing, I am very interested in this. My brother and I played about eight matches worth and had a great time with it. Some of the animations were a little wonky and the speed at which those animations play out are a bit to fast, but overall it is very enjoyable.

[Saintsfan2085]

I'm starting to gather that you have to plan every strike before throwing it. I haven't lost to Gus since I changed my mindset as far as how Jones fights. I've even KO'd him within 30 seconds. I think it will grow on me by the time the 17th arrives. I have played nearly 100 fights trying to master the controls and I'm starting to feel a bit better. Btw, I hope that is the case with Buffer sounding off to me. I'm just saying, if I were the dev, I would've made sure that the demo displayed my game in all it's glory. I would've included the best intros, the best Bruce Buffer intros, the best commentary, and made the fight a title fight. I hope they limited the demo so that our expectations went down considerably, and then when we get the retail we will all be happy with the things that were left out of the demo...if that makes any sense...

[JoeMimic]

Buffer sounds fine in my opinion. He is calling a non title/non-main event in the demo. He's always subdued when he's introducing those.

He sounds fine but his intro's are probably exactly the same for title fights just like they were in the other UFC games. I hope it's not the case.

[Redskins_Hokies]

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My time with the demo has been limited. I'm waiting til the retail to pass full judgement on the game. I think one of the reasons for some negative views are the expectations set by the user. People expect games to play a certain way and if it doesn't fit their mindset, they become disapointed. This game is being built for the masses and many of those people don't want to grind it out. They want fast paced action and big hits. Until the game is released, many of us won't know if certain settings will adjust the cpu agressiveness. My hope is that it will, but I don't expect it to.

I enjoy the UFC and am excited to get my hands on the game but I have tempered my expectations knowing others have a different set than many of us.

Playing sports video games since the original Madden I have learned to deal with nuances and frustrations they bring. CPU agressiveness will only get in the way of having fun with the game if you let it.

However, some of the expectations were set from the way developers talked about the game and ways they were telling you it would work. People were expecting a very realistic style gameplay. People were expecting that each fight would be different and in fights where you had the same opponents if you attack the CPU differently they will adjust their gameplan.....it doesn't. We were told it was only for next gen because ONLY NEXT GEN could pull off the things they are doing in this game.....other than graphics the game plays in most areas, WEAKER than last-gen/current-gen.

I was expecting the game to be rough but not be almost laughable. When I see things like spinning cartwheel kicks fighters doing things they have never or would never do in a fight it makes me so upset.

Developers and game companies need to stop cattering to the casual fan. What you do is alienate your actual audience. We should not sit here and have to turn a SERIOUS FIGHTING SPORT LIKE MMA into a Tekken/Street Fighter/Def Jam NY/WWE game where the object is to spam the special move until you win. Let them buy the game and sink or swim - if they can't spam their way to victory and do not ever buy the game, OH WELL!

EA is becoming a company I can't support when it comes to sport games. I would go out and buy every NCAA AND MADDEN every year at midnight, now I MAY go out and rent it off gamefly or redbox for a few days until I see that they are still making arcade games. I want pure simulation style games - they need to stop going out and showing huge lists of things they are doing and how the game and AI works without it actually being there. It is a slap in the face to the fan of the sport. Without the REAL UFC/MMA fans you would not be MAKING THIS GAME - but when you release a demo and instantly turn a game that was a must buy for majority and they see it is a casual game the fans realize that $60 would be better spent somewhere else than a game that will be on the shelf in less than a month.

Maybe our feelings and negative remarks are too hasty, but the "it's an early release, it's just a demo" is said way too often when it comes to an EA Sports game. Too many times the final product is almost identical to what we got in the demo.

Sure we may have had higher than achievable expectations, sure we may have put this game up there to extremes that could not be met, but if it comes out and is a game that still delivers in the SPORT OF MMA and not a Tekken/Street Fighter style then maybe fans will cut them some slack and want to continue to support this franchise, but sadly with this demo it is hard to want to do that.