Tangerinediesel
Neo Member
Review embargo lifted in 5 mins I take it? I have it preordered, but will probably back out if it's less than an 8.5.
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EA Sports UFC |OT| Bigger than FIFA
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Wait are you serious?
I mean, who would you trust as a reviewer? Someone who played the previous UFC games, or anyone on a major review site?
I'm just looking forward to some dedicated GAF impressions- I've got it preordered, but a Metacritic cutoff seems so arbitrary to me.
BigJonsson
Member
I'm getting it for 40 dollars and I know it'll be fun so I am still excited
Tangerinediesel
Neo Member
It was a day one purchase when I saw the previews, but the demo left me with mixed feelings and on the fence. I'm mostly just throwing a number out there.
Ah. I hear you- the demo did leave me feeling a little bit cold regarding the grappling game; specifically the reversals, and stamina management. Quarter circle transitions helped simplify it greatly, but I feel like the Undisputed series offered more variety in how to transition/pull guard.
I also felt like the striking took awhile to get used to- the impact felt sorely lacking in the beginning, but stringing together a successful combination always felt like a triumph. The clinch felt a bit stiff to me as well, without the ability to direct your opponent towards the fence. Submission system still feels a bit strange- but I like the levels of progression that are depicted as you advance with it; the quadrant game feels like a mini-game at times.
But for a first effort, I'm somewhat satisfied. The game is beautiful, the animations aren't all particularly fluid (clipping on the ground, interrupting strikes, etc.) but it's nice to have a new UFC title that tries to capture the subtle complexities of the sport. I'm hoping each individual fighter's sets are tweaked to mimic their styles in real life, and that the slam takedowns are harder to pull off.
polyh3dron
Banned
lol I just went to the customize music menu and changed it to "UFC Bonus Tracks" to make the music authentically Zuffa.
lol @ the extended version of the TUF theme
I can't believe Dana actually thinks this music is hip.
Bumping Stemm's "Bum Rushed" instrumental right now hahaha
Why the fuck doesn't Faber walk out to California Love? And why is Nick Diaz walking out to some horrible wannabe Nu Metal instead of a badass Deftones track? And why is GSP walking out to Imagine Dragons' bullshit Radioactive song instead of some corny sounding French rap? And why isn't JDS walking out to the Rocky theme? And why is Miesha walking out to fucking AFI instead of some Katy Perry track? They got some of the walkout songs right but they got a lot of them really really wrong.
Oh and listening to an edited version of Schoolboy Q's "Break the Bank" is so lame.
lol @ the extended version of the TUF theme
I can't believe Dana actually thinks this music is hip.
Bumping Stemm's "Bum Rushed" instrumental right now hahaha
Why the fuck doesn't Faber walk out to California Love? And why is Nick Diaz walking out to some horrible wannabe Nu Metal instead of a badass Deftones track? And why is GSP walking out to Imagine Dragons' bullshit Radioactive song instead of some corny sounding French rap? And why isn't JDS walking out to the Rocky theme? And why is Miesha walking out to fucking AFI instead of some Katy Perry track? They got some of the walkout songs right but they got a lot of them really really wrong.
Oh and listening to an edited version of Schoolboy Q's "Break the Bank" is so lame.
IMACOMPUTA
Member
UFC still has so far to go in that regard.
Edit: is there any kind of Sim mode that makes the game play a little more strategically?
Yeah, don't ever trust reviewers on sport games. Most of them are casual players that may not know much or anything about the sport. I can guanrantee you a lot of them will complain about the controls and how complicate it is.
Script_Flipper
Member
so much for 1080p patch for ps4.
You guys should take a look at BigRedNY's vids on the game, the commentary he does is hilarious.
Good demonstration of the game too, BigRed has a good grasp on MMA moves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatntYM3zdk
Good demonstration of the game too, BigRed has a good grasp on MMA moves.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zatntYM3zdk
polyh3dron
Banned
If anything there needs to be a PS4 patch that tones down the AA to fix the frame rate if it's still the same as the demo. I played the demo on both consoles and while the image quality was better on PS4 the frame rate suffered and the XBOne version ended up with the smoother frame rate albeit with more jaggies.
The Xbo version seems to be the one they're demo'ing all the time. Not sure if it's some kind of cross promotion but it doesn't really seem obvious to be that way, so I don't see why it would be.
Baldwin_the_First
Member
That is so wrong. lol All of the fan events opened before the game was released was demoed on PS4. All of the Hands on, except the one on Showdown Joe, which was a small interview at the same time, was on PS4 too.
tokyostomp
Banned
You can't create Female Characters.
GameFace need some work. I have issues with the head mesh not wrapping correctly and thus side bald spot.
GameFace need some work. I have issues with the head mesh not wrapping correctly and thus side bald spot.
Baldwin_the_First
Member
I don't get Gameface at all. I imported my gameface from the website, and my character was nowhere near the the guy I had, the one that got imported had a fauxhawk and a big beard (same as Roy Nelson) which couldn't even be edit. lol
tokyostomp
Banned
Lol. I ended up looking like Keanu.
Morphine_OD
Banned
Will they have a career like FNC had? I loved it.
polyh3dron
Banned
I just played as Shogun vs Forrest and Forrest KO'd me with a fucking Superman Punch.
That's ridiculous.
Shogun has an iron chin, only having been KO'd by the H-Bomb and Forrest is one of the more pillow fisted LHW's in UFC history.
That's ridiculous.
Shogun has an iron chin, only having been KO'd by the H-Bomb and Forrest is one of the more pillow fisted LHW's in UFC history.
I noticed this in a couple of streams so I thought I'd bring it up here. The parry moves are done by holding block + a punch or kick button. I've noticed people in streams saying they can never time it right. No need to time it, just keep both buttons pressed. Obviously if you're holding down block and punch, and you get kicked low, you won't parry, but if you match the high punch with a high parry you will succeed. Just make sure you're holding it down and not trying to tap it as the punch or kick comes as that will rarely work.
In the run up to launch I've constantly seen it shown on Xbo. Pretty sure at that livestreamed event at the weekend of fighters playing themselves on stage was on Xbo also.
I doubt there's much to it, seems they're obviously showing it on both consoles throughout the life of it. And from the demo both versions are almost identical. I'll be grabbing it on Xbo purely because I have 2 pads for that console and only 1 for my PS4.
Any idea when the review embargo lifts? The game is out now right...?
JPeeples83
Member
The career mode is basically like EA MMA's, but with a TUF setup and you rising through the ranks instead of going from league to league. I didn't like it anywhere near as much as that, which I actually enjoyed so much I went through it FOUR TIMES (taking both paths for both versions).
polyh3dron
Banned
I'm liking this TUF Career mode. I don't understand why THQ never tried doing this.
I've played a few games on champion mode (Ranked online), and I'm currently 7-6, but i learned a lot from those losses on how players play online. Be wary of body strikes lol. I need to work on defending those more, it's the go to technique of guys now because people seem attached to blocking head strikes but not body strikes.
Online seems to be holding up well, there is some lag but that's also due to the fact that I'm playing in the Philippines I guess.
Online seems to be holding up well, there is some lag but that's also due to the fact that I'm playing in the Philippines I guess.
Impeccable
Member
My initial excitement over the lack of online trophies is incredibly stupid looking back at it - damn you, EA.
My copy will be here tomorrow.
My copy will be here tomorrow.
Haven't seen any yet, maybe they didn't send out review copies before street date, I dunno.
Metacritic does have this gem though:
Maybe a Yuke's employee.
Can't speak on behalf of all journalists as I know the big players tend to get them earlier than others, but I just got my review copy today in the UK.
What confidence ein their product they seem to have....
Did you use your Game Face when you created your fighter?
Got confirmation about mine yesterday, so yea, usual EA review policy is in effect.
Yeah, it is worth pointing out that EA Sports review copies do not usually arrive until on/around release day. It's been that way since I've been covering games back in the early 2000's.
JonnyKtyler
Member
If anyone gets the retail game and it's drastically better than the demo please inform us. I wanted to love this game so bad but it's just not that good. Will pass until it's 10 dollars
Same, so I guess not.
Damn, the sweeps are so stupid in this game. As soon as I get someone taken down, the sweep me from every single position. I am a Heavyweight, that just does not happen.
Damn, what difficulty? I noticed this in the demo, but was hoping it would change for the final version.
Eurogamer review is up. It got 7/10
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-17-ea-sports-ufc-review
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-17-ea-sports-ufc-review
Here's our review. I liked it. Not a huge UFC fan, but as a game, I liked it in spite of some obvious flaws.
http://zoknowsgaming.com/2014/06/17/ea-sports-ufc-review-ps4/
7/10
http://zoknowsgaming.com/2014/06/17/ea-sports-ufc-review-ps4/
7/10
Normal. I am guessing there is a way to stop this, but it shouldn't happen this often anyway.
About what I'd expect honestly, 7s-8s. The one thing that really brings me out of the game is seeing all this stupid spinning shit by guys who don't do spinning shit, or off the cage crap or cartwheel crap. I wish that they tone this down. We don't really need this. For example, I felt they got the essence of Nick Diaz's style, pressuring forward, attacking the body, and the head, however, seeing him do these spinning wheel kicks takes me out of it.
Anyway, it is a fun game especially when playing with the right competition.
They also have an article about what it did wrong:
http://www.videogamer.com/ps4/ea_sp...icle/everything_ea_sports_ufc_gets_wrong.html