The character upgrade system in career mode proves to be rewarding. Each match you play however inches your character closer to their inevitable retirement. Here you create your own fighter and ascend through the ranks to become champion. The Career Mode is structured well enough and for me was the biggest drawcard in terms of modes. This was a shame because the game built around the gameplay is actually okay. Ultimately, I lost interest in playing EA Sports UFC 2 and found every moment a chore due to the poor gameplay. How quickly I managed to do this varied from mere seconds into a fight to having to restart the match a couple of times. With both strikes and grappling feeling broken, I found myself relying on a quick takedown followed by a ground and pound until a KO results for victory. Things often end up being locked in a loop with you and your opponent going backwards forwards between positions until someone finally manages to get up. You move between different positions by holding in a direction on the joystick. While it is possible to capitalise on these to gain a quick victory, generally they prove to be time consuming and ultimately boring. Your alternative to these standard strikes is the super tedious clinch and ground grappling mechanics. If you don’t manage to turn you high damage hits into a KO quickly it feels as you may as well not have got the hit in the first place. Everyone possesses superhuman regenerating capabilities that eliminates the effects of damage over time. Another seemingly weaker hit however can bring your opponent on the brink of being knocked out.Įven if you manage to deal considerable damage to your opponent, the impact is only short term. You can launch a combination of what appears to be several good hits that do next to no damage. Other than feeling tedious and boring, dealing damage this way feels inconsistent and unrewarding. Landing a hit therefore simply involves hitting your opponent when they are defending the wrong one or when they launch an attack. Conversely you can choose to defend from one of these two types of attacks at any one time. Your general strikes are broken down into those aimed at the head and those aimed at the body. Also the button combinations themselves can get a bit too much with some moves requiring pressing in three buttons at a time in combination with moving the analogue stick in a certain direction. The sheer number of moves you have at your disposal in each fight however does come with some drawbacks however.įirst of all, it is difficult to initially remember what button combination does what. This attention to detail also extends to the gameplay itself with an impressive amount of kicks, punches and grapples available to select and bring with you to fights. For a game with so many punches and kicks being thrown everywhere, character movement seems extraordinarily smooth and reactive to everything.
The first thing that will draw your attention are excellent character models and animations. While it is evident that a great amount of care and attention went into a great many things, when you jump into a fight it is ultimately just dull. EA Sports UFC 2 woefully fails to capture this. From the walkout to the knockout, EA SPORTS UFC 2 delivers a deep, authentic, and exciting experience.To me a fighting game should focus on the excitement of a fight.
#UFC 2 REVIEW PS4 PRO#
You’ll be fighting like a pro by hitting the gym in practice mode or following the visual cues in grapple assist, an in-game display to guide you through takedowns, submissions, and much more. All along the way, EA SPORTS UFC 2 is in your corner with all the tips and tools to master MMA.
EA SPORTS UFC 2 has a mode for every fight fan. No matter what kind of fighter you are, there’s a mode to match your style of play…finish the fight with devastating knockouts in the all-new KO mode, create and customise a team of champions in UFC Ultimate Team, or craft your dream fight card in the Custom Event Creator. The game delivers an experience for every fight fan, including five brand new game modes, a revamped career mode which introduces the option to create female fighters for the first time in a UFC game, and a new title chase system for online championships. EA SPORTS UFC 2 innovates with stunning character likeness and animation, adds an all new knockout physics system and authentic gameplay features, and invites all fighters to step back into The Octagon to experience the thrill of finishing the fight.