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[Captain N]

| Roster |

Lightweight Class

Welterweight Class

Middleweight Class

Light Heavyweight Class

Heavyweight Class

| Controls |

| Release Dates |

10/19/10 US
10/21/10 AU
10/22/10 EU
11/11/10 JP

| Reviews |

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[Square Triangle]

The demo really turned me off. I will still give it ago though since UFC 2010 was pretty disappointing. It just seems like asking for a UFC MMA game with good controls is too hard!

Also might want to add the pre-order bonuses:

Best Buy: “Big” John McCarthy
Gamestop: Herschel Walker
Walmart: "classic" version of Frank Shamrock

 

[Gravijah]

I'm freaked out by the fact that there's tons of people with the same exact pose in those roster pics.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

I'm freaked out by the fact that there's tons of people with the same exact pose in those roster pics.

That and repeated fighters in different weight category. Make up your mind, Ken Shamrock!!

 

[TheKaeptain]

The demo really turned me off. I will still give it ago though since UFC 2010 was pretty disappointing. It just seems like asking for a UFC game with good controls is too hard!

Well this isn't a UFC game...

 

[TheSeks]

(No interest in the game, as I'm not a huge MMA/UFC man but a minor nitpick)

How are you supposed to read the ABCDEFG... in those profile/class shots? I guess you're meant to know who they are, but for some of us (*cough*) it's not explaining anything.

 

[Fersis]

Maybe you can add these in the OP?

Designer Vic Lugo shows you how to Submit and Choke your opponent

 

[Square Triangle]

Well this isn't a UFC game...

>< MMA in general.

 

[dream]

(No interest in the game, as I'm not a huge MMA/UFC man but a minor nitpick)

How are you supposed to read the ABCDEFG... in those profile/class shots? I guess you're meant to know who they are, but for some of us (*cough*) it's not explaining anything.

Front row, left to right, middle row, etc.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

How are you supposed to read the ABCDEFG... in those profile/class shots? I guess you're meant to know who they are, but for some of us (*cough*) it's not explaining anything.

3 lines. Read left to right in Ascending order.

e.g.: Front left is A, next one on the right is B, etc etc. Once front row is done, alphabet continues in the back row.

 

[Bishman]

The demo turned me off. This game will flop.

 

[Jubbly]

I'm freaked out by the fact that there's tons of people with the same exact pose in those roster pics.

Their shorts are all reskinned too. All identical, right down to the super tight crotch creating stretch marks in all directions :lol

 

[Buckethead]

The demo turned me off. This game will flop.

Agreed. I wanted to like the game, but meh.

 

[canadian crowe]

I'm trying to decide between this and Vanquish. Which game lets me kick somebody in the face the hardest?

 

[alr1ght]

Why is Ubereem so tiny, and why is Trigg's head all fucked up?

 

[Captain N]

The demo turned me off. This game will flop.

It'll be interesting to see how well MMA does in the Holiday season. I will pick it up, but that doesn't really mean anything. It almost feels like this would make for a good September release for EA Sports in the future.

 

[Haunted]

Playable Bob Sapp, oh yeah!


It's Sapp Time, bitches.

 

[Daigoro]

I love the fact that all of the preorder bonuses make you not want to preorder anywhere.

Finally!

 

[Truespeed]

Lightweight Class:
Jabroni's

Walterweight Class:
Jabroni's

Middleweight Class:
Jabroni's

Light Heavyweight Class:
Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Heavyweight Class:
Fedor, Randy Couture and Jabroni's

 

[SnakeXs]

Lightweight Class:
Jabroni's

Walterweight Class:
Jabroni's

Middleweight Class:
Jabroni's

Light Heavyweight Class:
Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Heavyweight Class:
Fedor, Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Spoken like someone who doesn't have the first fucking clue about MMA.

Also, jabroni is what?

 

[polyh3dron]

Lightweight Class:
Jabroni's

Walterweight Class:
Jabroni's

Middleweight Class:
Jabroni's

Light Heavyweight Class:
Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Heavyweight Class:
Fedor, Randy Couture and Jabroni's

LW: Melendez, Kawajiri, JZ, Shaolin, Alvarez, Aoki, Hansen - NOT JABRONIS

WW: yeah other than Diaz, Shields, Zaromskis and Woodley, jabronis

MW: Mousasi, Mayhem, Jacare, Kennedy, Shields, Misaki - NOT JABRONIS

LHW: Couture, Babalu, Mousasi, King Mo, Roger Gracie, Hendo - NOT JABRONIS

HW: Couture, Fedor, Overeem, Werdum, Arlovski, Barnett, Sylvia - NOT JABRONIS

 

[Sinatar]

Lightweight Class:
Jabroni's

Walterweight Class:
Jabroni's

Middleweight Class:
Jabroni's

Light Heavyweight Class:
Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Heavyweight Class:
Fedor, Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Herp Derp

 

[polyh3dron]

Lightweight Class:
Jabroni's

Walterweight Class:
Jabroni's

Middleweight Class:
Jabroni's

Light Heavyweight Class:
Randy Couture and Jabroni's

Heavyweight Class:
Fedor, Randy Couture and Jabroni's

So Fedor's not a Jabroni, but he got beat by one?

 

[Baby Milo]

well i enjoyed the demo

def picking this up

 

[-viper-]

I tried the demo for 5 minutes and it honestly felt terrible. I'm not going to spend 100 hours to get used to a game. The controls were worse than UFC. The controls, combined with the animations, make the game so janky. Lacks any sense of fluidity.

 

[DiscoJer]

So half the people in the Welterweight division are vampires? So pale, it's like a Twilight poster. Even the asian guy looks like he's one, except for his legs.

 

[Truespeed]

Spoken like someone who doesn't have the first fucking clue about MMA.

Also, jabroni is what?

I see you take your MMA very seriously - good for you. As for what a jabroni is - it's a person that get's into an octagon, ring, square or triangle and gives it 110%.

 

[rvy]

I hate you so much, Fedor... I do not want to buy this trash.

 

[dskillzhtown]

I am going to wait for the eventual justin.tv streams of this tomorrow night. I played the demo and started to get a bit better with it, I just want to see what improvements were made since the demo.

 

[Captain N]

I am going to wait for the eventual justin.tv streams of this tomorrow night. I played the demo and started to get a bit better with it, I just want to see what improvements were made since the demo.

they are planning a ustream of the launch party event tonight.

 

[BigKaboom2]

I know I'll get bored of any MMA game in which everyone throws hooks and passes guard with the exact same animations. It's like if NBA games still had one jumpshot animation for every player.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

does it seem to anyone else like EA is giving this game the "sent out to die" treatment? I haven't seen very much advertising or fanfare. I wonder if the disappointing sales of UFC2011 made them realize the mma game market is pretty small.

 

[BigKaboom2]

does it seem to anyone else like EA is giving this game the "sent out to die" treatment?

They ran numerous commercials for it during UFC 120 (somehow).

 

[Ninja Scooter]

They ran numerous commercials for it during UFC 120 (somehow).

I stand mistaken then. I guess it just feels like there is no buzz.

 

[Wessiej]

The thread title should be: Takedown Takedown Takedown Takedown Takedown

 

[polyh3dron]

I stand mistaken then. I guess it just feels like there is no buzz.

There were commercials for it NON STOP during the NFL games on Sunday.

 

[polyh3dron]

they are planning a ustream of the launch party event tonight.

And where is this launch party taking place anyways...

 

[dskillzhtown]

I stand mistaken then. I guess it just feels like there is no buzz.

I would think they would have used the NBA Elite ad buys for this. Maybe they transferred them to FIFA or Medal of Honor?

edit - This ustream thing is kinda lame. 3 guys on a couch playing the game and 2 guys have never played it.

edit2 - Okay it just got better when a fighter button mashed his way to a win vs the creative director for the game.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Playable Bob Sapp, oh yeah!


It's Sapp Time, bitches.

My thought exactly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceCRgf5tf0g

 

[Ninja Scooter]

I would think they would have used the NBA Elite ad buys for this. Maybe they transferred them to FIFA or Medal of Honor?

edit - This ustream thing is kinda lame. 3 guys on a couch playing the game and 2 guys have never played it.

edit2 - Okay it just got better when a fighter button mashed his way to a win vs the creative director for the game.

link?

 

[Zeliard]

Hilarious how the demo killed all hype and anticipation for this game, when they're usually intended to do the opposite.

Shame, too, because the roster is great and I like the visuals in general. Gameplay is so amazingly basic though.

 

[dskillzhtown]

link?

http://www.ustream.tv/easportslive


Fedor is about to play.

 

[RBH]

Also, jabroni is what?

:lol


Anyways, this game will probably bomb.

 

[dskillzhtown]

:lol


Anyways, this game will probably bomb.

I am sure it will bomb. They really aren't supporting it at all as far as ads.


edit - Two developers are playing it now. When two people who are used to the controls play, it looks incredible. But the fact that the AI competitors play as takedown machines is a shame.

They haven't showed single player at all.

 

[DUFFMCWALIN]

The demo really turned me off. I will still give it ago though since UFC 2010 was pretty disappointing. It just seems like asking for a UFC MMA game with good controls is too hard!

Also might want to add the pre-order bonuses:

Best Buy: “Big” John McCarthy
Gamestop: Herschel Walker
Walmart: "classic" version of Frank Shamrock

Best pre-order bonus by far is Big John McCarthy. I didnt like the demo either. Controls were weird and the characters moved strange to me. Like they were on ice or something. It seemed really weird to watch.

 

[Syringe]

First review, I think: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/10/19/ea-sports-mma-review/

 

[Baby Milo]

But the fact that the AI competitors play as takedown machines is a shame.

is this still the case in the retail

I heard that was one of the things that would be improved on.

 

[dskillzhtown]

is this still the case in the retail

I heard that was one of the things that would be improved on.

They mentioned on the ustream that the takedown stuff had been toned down.

Towards the end of the show they showed some of the career mode and the AI didn't try to take the player down at all. Again, it was early in career mode, so he was fighting against a scrub, so not sure how it is when you get to some better opponents.

From all I saw last night it seems the game is much better than the demo was, but that demo did some damage that I am not sure can be fixed.

 

[RS4-]

I didn't bother with the demo...but the full game is pretty damn slick, typical EA presentation values and such.

It's easier to pick up than UFC and feels more fun. The ground game is simpler that doesn't involve you spazzing out on the analog sticks; strikes feel and look better as well.

I'm only a few matches into career, so I'll post later and see how it goes.

It doesn't suffer from EA robo punching that plagued their fight night games and to some extent UFC and their flash KO's and bullshit thai clinches :lol

 

[polyh3dron]

Hilarious how the demo killed all hype and anticipation for this game, when they're usually intended to do the opposite.

Shame, too, because the roster is great and I like the visuals in general. Gameplay is so amazingly basic though.

Similar to how Strikeforce has shitty matchmaking IRL, they put the wrong fighters in the demo. Diaz vs. Noons would have made sense because, y'know, the fight happened a week after the demo dropped.