Average Reviews:
(More customer reviews)Graphics 8.5
Sound 8.0
Gameplay 9.0
Overall the game felt more realistic than UFC 2010 and as anyone who has played ufc 2010 knows it still isn't quite right. The graphics are the best so far out of all mma games I have seen. It doesn't have a UFC roster but with the options of spectators and extensive create a fighter mode and downloads I have no doubt all those fighters will be in this game. Easily my favorite MMA game. I just hope they don't do what THQ did when they released 2009 a few weeks later boasting a 2010 killing the 2009 lasting appeal.
The fighter Share option allows you to download created fighters by other gamers. The top downloads are likeBrock lesnar, Chuck Lidell etc. So you end up having STrikeforce and UFc all in one.
The ability to use your own photo to create a fighter also I liked a lot.
In career mode with your fighter you can simulate workouts with no penalty like in other games.
The option to hold your own online tournaments which can be spectated by way of Link so people can use the pc to watch it as well.
Gamepad rumbles when your guy is transitioning a little early alert system.
I wish they allowed open weight tournaments maybe if enough requests. I liked the submissions in UFC 2010 a little better but this overall is a great game.
Pros
Create a fighter and sharing fighters
Different style of play a little more fluid
Unique feel traveling to special gyms around the world with their own look and teachings
Cons
Doesn't let you know if you are facing someone who has a created fighter with 100 Submission rating
Seems like a low population "some weight classes end up finding no fights" or very high ranked while white belt
Pairing white belts vs purple belts " more like black belts"
Seeing Green belts blue belts and purple belts tear through all the newbie white belts entering the game. This of course can be very discouraging. They need a better pairing system but this also makes me feel the population is very low and the white belts are like fresh meat to the more advanced players.
I know the game is new but after playing ufc 2010 I never got "couldn't find players". I wish I knew the population of players in this game. On EA sports it shows 80,000 players on console, figure 60+% of that is xbox and then figure 40-% on ps3 now with all the other sport games EA has I wonder how small the population is on this game and does the game have staying power... I don't think a lot of people went for this game they are missing out on a different style of play.
The anatomy of bones in the arms and legs that are about to be broken also looks very cool but you are so focused on the mini game of submission you can't really check it out all the time.
RENT IT you may love it or hate it give it a try.
"EA is likely to back out of the mixed martial arts genre after its debut offering, EA Sports MMA, made a poor start at retail ... EA's recently released 'MMA' appears to be more or less DOA at retail, while UFC recently announced an extension of its license with THQ, likely putting an end to EA's efforts to expand into the mixed martial arts genre," the analyst said in a research note this morning." - And apparently "good" just isn't "good enough," according to Cowen & Company analyst Doug Creutz
I have a feeling this may be another facebreaker or Fight night round 4. Even Medal of honor has maybe 15,000 players. EA MMA if they are lucky have a little over 5000 players on ps3. Now on any given time maybe 80 to 100. I noticed last night I ran into the same guy in different weight classes at least 6 times so I know the population just isn't there. Sad cause the game had potential and lack of having the UFC roster shows.
To me population is everything if the game has no population it's single player is not capable of carrying the game. The Meat of the game is it's online play and if in a month it's a ghost town the game ends up collecting dust. Another $60.00 title that maybe should have been $30.00. Guess I gotta go back to UFC 2010 and deal with some robotic gameplay instead... EA shouldn't have burned that bridge with UFC telling them MMA isn't a real sport they could have really made an awesome game.
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Product Description:
You walk into the cage and the floor pulses with the energy of the arena. Sweat drips down your brow as you step out to the center. The bell rings and the match begins. While sizing up your opponent, you find the weakness you've been searching for. A hook comes from your left and you dodge at the last possible moment. You feel a breeze as his fist barely misses your nose, and you counter with a devastating right uppercut - striking him squarely in the jaw. His head jerks back in a violent motion, spraying sweat into the air before he falls backward to the mat. While you prepare to make your opponent submit, the referee calls it a knockout and the crowd erupts. This is the world of mixed martial arts - are you ready to fight?
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