EA Sports UFC 2 the champion of realistic fighting games reaches a new next gen level of fighting

affinity · November 13, 2015, 10:20pm

EA Sports UFC 1 is a phenomenol attempt at a new next gen fighting game, and EA Sports UFC 2 is looking to surpass and raise the standards of quality new gen fighting, with the greatest most rewarding gameplay EA UFC fights feel more real and intense than any other), the greatest industry and genre leading graphics, and the most groundbreaking technology this genre has even experienced!!!

Whether people like arcade, MMA or other types of fighting games, of all of them, EA Sports UFC 2 spring 2016 is going to be one fighting game to definitely play and kick ass. (also this saturday the most anticipated UFC fights of the year are taking place, so people rusty on current MMA news may wanna check out the highlights).

The fighting genre is broad enough to have MMA as well as other types of games, but in my opinion, no other company has done MMA fighting at the level that EA is doing with it. When it comes to mixed martial arts, EA Sports does it best. I got countless intense matches online with the first EA UFC, and I’m so glad they are bringing the sequel spring 2016. It will make them more money and have more players online than any boxing game.

EA Sports UFC proves realistic fighting can be just as fun or more fun than arcadey fighting.

The first EA Sports UFC game was already gorgeous, but the sequel aims to take things like character likenesses and animations “to another level,” EA said.

“The game being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking is important to us, and the team is always working to find ways to outdo themselves,” EA Sports UFC senior producer Brian Hayes told GameSpot. "That includes updates to the in-game lighting, the facial animation system and lots of new physics and rendering details. It all comes together in the in-fight replays, where you can really see the fighter flinch a moment before a huge strike lands, sending ripples across their face, and how their hair whips around with the force of the blow.

In addition, UFC 2 boasts a new knockout physics system to deliver more realistic animations. You can visit the EA Sports UFC 2 website to get all the details about the game’s new features.

What was some of the feedback you received from the first EA Sports UFC and how are you applying those learnings to EA Sports UFC 2?

First and foremost, there was a lot feedback about how challenging the game was on the ground, or in the clinch. That wasn’t exactly a complete surprise, because those facets of the sport are generally the most complex. But in hindsight, it was more challenging than we would have liked. So for UFC 2 we put a big focus on improving the grappling controls, providing a better on-boarding experience, and giving players plenty of ways to learn how to master the game. The other thing we heard from fans is that they wanted more experiences and deeper modes. So we went big on that, added five new modes and took a close look at our existing ones to make them more rewarding.

The lack of support for female characters in create-a-character for the first game was something that a lot of people took issue with. What was behind the decision to deliver this feature in the sequel?

We’re excited about the addition of Women to create-a-fighter and Career Mode and we would have loved to do it for the first game. It was just that the timing of the UFC’s addition of the women’s bantamweight division came at a point in development when we were already well underway. Adding the women’s division alone was very challenging, and create-a-fighter tools are far more complex. We just couldn’t build the assets for a female create-a-fighter in time for the original game.

New modes include KO Mode and Ultimate Team

new feature called Grapple Assist

UFC 2 boasts a new knockout physics system to deliver more realistic animations.

BB_Hoody · November 13, 2015, 10:49pm

Fuck EA.

ArtVandelay · November 13, 2015, 11:24pm

It’s a goddamn sports game, not a fighting game.
Jesus Christ…

Darksakul · November 13, 2015, 11:32pm

I second this statement. UFC games aren’t fighting games.
It’s a sports game first and foremost and second there none of the in game mechanics you see in a fighting game.

BurnYourEgo · November 14, 2015, 12:09am

This is an affinity thread, dude makes threads to rustle jimmies. You guys must’ve missed the seminar.

Pertho · November 14, 2015, 3:10am

If smash is a fighting game, how is this not?

Hecatom · November 14, 2015, 4:11am

Oh you!!!

both @Pertho and @affinity

ArtVandelay · November 14, 2015, 6:39am

Next up WWE2K16 at EVO.

Plaid_Unicorn · November 15, 2015, 5:16am

damn… another UFC but no fight night? fuck off EA

Hawkingbird · November 15, 2015, 5:20pm

Another one for a not a fighting game camp.

d3v · November 15, 2015, 5:27pm

So, can we assume that this game has the makings of a Madden Curse?

Rick_Ross · November 15, 2015, 5:32pm

https://youtube.com/watch?v=DggAXSv53Qc

affinity · November 15, 2015, 8:47pm

1st of all, be educated. a MMA game is still a fighting game. And arcadey fighting games like Street Fighter, are loosely based off of real fighting, which is what MMA is about, real fights within MMA unified rules. Just like the conventional fighting game has their own rules, MMA has their own rules, and they ARE ALL FIGHTING GAMES. To say that MMA games are not fighting games, is embarrassing the so called intelligence of the fighting game community as a whole.

2nd of all, boxing is obsolete at the mainstream level and will always be inferior to Mixed Martial Arts, in popularity, diversity, and depth. Only conservatives and boxing traditionalists would be in denial of that fact. boxing still makes headlines, but it doesn’t have the broadest viewer and competitor demographic.

Even champion boxers like Holly Holm see there is greater potential in MMA, and MMA is a higher tier of fighting, than boxing alone can ever be. MMA is a taller mountain than boxing.

3rd of all, EA Sports UFC is vastly underrated because the average “fighting gamer” are too lazy and closed minded to learn a fighting system that is universes different
from Street Fighter, Tekken and their clones.

4th of all, it’s very ignorant to hate EA as a whole. It’s funny people are unforgiving for the things EA does wrong, but they treat Capcom like a saint.
It’s very foolish and moronic thinking to label anything EA publishes as “bad”. Also, EA was nice enough to patch EA Sports UFC and improve it better,
plus adding SEVERAL FREE DOWNLOADABLE FIGHTERS. Even Tecmo doesn’t do that for its paid DLC fighters. Yes I read somewhere SFV is going to add more fighters for free,
but SFV’s roster is going to be pathetic compared to EA Sports UFC 2’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulO8DyPQ34w

UFC continues to make real history, the competition is improving, and there’s literally no better company for MMA fighting games than EA Sports. And fighting game fans that feel the usual fighting franchises aren’t what they want, can find a lot of exclusive values from EA Sports UFC fighting games, even those upset about the pre EA era of fighting games (Undisputed), that weren’t at the level of fighting game they wanted.** You know there are a lot of fans of arcadey and simulation alike, that find EA Sports UFC fighting to be the ideal fighting game series for them. and they are not wrong to feel that way. **

Gamers that hate on MMA games, and EA UFC, are just butthurt they can’t be handed a win from footsies, dial a combos and fireballs.

the mainstream even acknowledge SSB and NSUNS as fighting games, it’s gutter stupid to claim that MMA/UFC games are not fighting games, just because they don’t follow the formula mechanics you expect out of the genre. I dunno if the haters here are clueless kids or just senile. Ah, they’re mostly trolls that are clueless AND senile.

Plaid_Unicorn · November 15, 2015, 9:11pm

affinity:

1st of all, be educated. a MMA game is still a fighting game. And arcadey fighting games like Street Fighter, are loosely based off of real fighting, which is what MMA is about, real fights within MMA unified rules. Just like the conventional fighting game has their own rules, MMA has their own rules, and they ARE ALL FIGHTING GAMES. To say that MMA games are not fighting games, is embarrassing the so called intelligence of the fighting game community as a whole.

2nd of all, **boxing is obsolete at the mainstream level and will always be inferior to Mixed Martial Arts, in popularity, diversity, and depth. ** Only conservatives and boxing traditionalists would be in denial of that fact. boxing still makes headlines, but it doesn’t have the broadest viewer and competitor demographic.

Even champion boxers like Holly Holm see there is greater potential in MMA, and MMA is a higher tier of fighting, than boxing alone can ever be. MMA is a taller mountain than boxing.

3rd of all, EA Sports UFC is vastly underrated because the average “fighting gamer” are too lazy and closed minded to learn a fighting system that is universes different
from Street Fighter, Tekken and their clones.

4th of all, it’s very ignorant to hate EA as a whole. It’s funny people are unforgiving for the things EA does wrong, but they treat Capcom like a saint.
It’s very foolish and moronic thinking to label anything EA publishes as “bad”. Also, EA was nice enough to patch EA Sports UFC and improve it better,
plus adding SEVERAL FREE DOWNLOADABLE FIGHTERS. Even Tecmo doesn’t do that for its paid DLC fighters. Yes I read somewhere SFV is going to add more fighters for free,
but SFV’s roster is going to be pathetic compared to EA Sports UFC 2’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzCHfRdyuI

UFC continues to make real history, the competition is improving, and there’s literally no better company for MMA fighting games than EA Sports. And fighting game fans that feel the usual fighting franchises aren’t what they want, can find a lot of exclusive values from EA Sports UFC fighting games, even those upset about the pre EA era of fighting games (Undisputed), that weren’t at the level of fighting game they wanted.** You know there are a lot of fans of arcadey and simulation alike, that find EA Sports UFC fighting to be the ideal fighting game series for them. and they are not wrong to feel that way. **

Gamers that hate on MMA games, and EA UFC, are just butthurt they can’t be handed a win from footsies, dial a combos and fireballs.

the mainstream even acknowledge SSB and NSUNS as fighting games, it’s gutter stupid to claim that MMA/UFC games are not fighting games, just because they don’t follow the formula mechanics you expect out of the genre. I dunno if the haters here are clueless kids or just senile. Ah, they’re mostly trolls that are clueless AND senile.

The only thing that may be correct in that statement is depth. I would argue Boxing is more diverse then MMA, both in competitors and fanbase. When I go to a boxing match or watch it in a bar, all types of people are there cheering rooting for their fighter. When I go to a bar and MMA happens to be on ( I would never intentionally watch a match) its a bunch of white dudes with backwards baseball caps.

Boxing is crazy popular in the UK, and a lot of eastern European countries, Mexico where it pretty much is only second to soccer and its still pretty popular in many South American countries. I’m not going to get into this with you on this thread but you like MMA, but to use this chic who just won as a testament that MMA is a taller mountain is garbage. If you can box you go to boxing (if you are a male anyway, Rousey has made female MMA extremely popular… In fact there was a poll and there was only 12 percent of people who could name another MMA fighter outside of Rousey). If you can’t box… and you want to fight there is always the MMA. There is simply more money for the top boxers than there is for the top MMA fighters. That isn’t debatable.

I do agree however, It is a fighting game and should be in this thread. Not sure how people think it isn’t…

ShogunZ · November 15, 2015, 9:13pm

Psychic motherfucker.

Don_Barracuda · November 15, 2015, 9:28pm

Plaid_Unicorn:

affinity:

1st of all, be educated. a MMA game is still a fighting game. And arcadey fighting games like Street Fighter, are loosely based off of real fighting, which is what MMA is about, real fights within MMA unified rules. Just like the conventional fighting game has their own rules, MMA has their own rules, and they ARE ALL FIGHTING GAMES. To say that MMA games are not fighting games, is embarrassing the so called intelligence of the fighting game community as a whole.

2nd of all, **boxing is obsolete at the mainstream level and will always be inferior to Mixed Martial Arts, in popularity, diversity, and depth. ** Only conservatives and boxing traditionalists would be in denial of that fact. boxing still makes headlines, but it doesn’t have the broadest viewer and competitor demographic.

Even champion boxers like Holly Holm see there is greater potential in MMA, and MMA is a higher tier of fighting, than boxing alone can ever be. MMA is a taller mountain than boxing.

3rd of all, EA Sports UFC is vastly underrated because the average “fighting gamer” are too lazy and closed minded to learn a fighting system that is universes different
from Street Fighter, Tekken and their clones.

4th of all, it’s very ignorant to hate EA as a whole. It’s funny people are unforgiving for the things EA does wrong, but they treat Capcom like a saint.
It’s very foolish and moronic thinking to label anything EA publishes as “bad”. Also, EA was nice enough to patch EA Sports UFC and improve it better,
plus adding SEVERAL FREE DOWNLOADABLE FIGHTERS. Even Tecmo doesn’t do that for its paid DLC fighters. Yes I read somewhere SFV is going to add more fighters for free,
but SFV’s roster is going to be pathetic compared to EA Sports UFC 2’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzCHfRdyuI

UFC continues to make real history, the competition is improving, and there’s literally no better company for MMA fighting games than EA Sports. And fighting game fans that feel the usual fighting franchises aren’t what they want, can find a lot of exclusive values from EA Sports UFC fighting games, even those upset about the pre EA era of fighting games (Undisputed), that weren’t at the level of fighting game they wanted.** You know there are a lot of fans of arcadey and simulation alike, that find EA Sports UFC fighting to be the ideal fighting game series for them. and they are not wrong to feel that way. **

Gamers that hate on MMA games, and EA UFC, are just butthurt they can’t be handed a win from footsies, dial a combos and fireballs.

the mainstream even acknowledge SSB and NSUNS as fighting games, it’s gutter stupid to claim that MMA/UFC games are not fighting games, just because they don’t follow the formula mechanics you expect out of the genre. I dunno if the haters here are clueless kids or just senile. Ah, they’re mostly trolls that are clueless AND senile.

I would argue Boxing is more diverse then MMA

Plaid_Unicorn · November 15, 2015, 9:35pm

The_Furious_One:

Plaid_Unicorn:

affinity:

1st of all, be educated. a MMA game is still a fighting game. And arcadey fighting games like Street Fighter, are loosely based off of real fighting, which is what MMA is about, real fights within MMA unified rules. Just like the conventional fighting game has their own rules, MMA has their own rules, and they ARE ALL FIGHTING GAMES. To say that MMA games are not fighting games, is embarrassing the so called intelligence of the fighting game community as a whole.

2nd of all, **boxing is obsolete at the mainstream level and will always be inferior to Mixed Martial Arts, in popularity, diversity, and depth. ** Only conservatives and boxing traditionalists would be in denial of that fact. boxing still makes headlines, but it doesn’t have the broadest viewer and competitor demographic.

Even champion boxers like Holly Holm see there is greater potential in MMA, and MMA is a higher tier of fighting, than boxing alone can ever be. MMA is a taller mountain than boxing.

3rd of all, EA Sports UFC is vastly underrated because the average “fighting gamer” are too lazy and closed minded to learn a fighting system that is universes different
from Street Fighter, Tekken and their clones.

4th of all, it’s very ignorant to hate EA as a whole. It’s funny people are unforgiving for the things EA does wrong, but they treat Capcom like a saint.
It’s very foolish and moronic thinking to label anything EA publishes as “bad”. Also, EA was nice enough to patch EA Sports UFC and improve it better,
plus adding SEVERAL FREE DOWNLOADABLE FIGHTERS. Even Tecmo doesn’t do that for its paid DLC fighters. Yes I read somewhere SFV is going to add more fighters for free,
but SFV’s roster is going to be pathetic compared to EA Sports UFC 2’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzCHfRdyuI

UFC continues to make real history, the competition is improving, and there’s literally no better company for MMA fighting games than EA Sports. And fighting game fans that feel the usual fighting franchises aren’t what they want, can find a lot of exclusive values from EA Sports UFC fighting games, even those upset about the pre EA era of fighting games (Undisputed), that weren’t at the level of fighting game they wanted.** You know there are a lot of fans of arcadey and simulation alike, that find EA Sports UFC fighting to be the ideal fighting game series for them. and they are not wrong to feel that way. **

Gamers that hate on MMA games, and EA UFC, are just butthurt they can’t be handed a win from footsies, dial a combos and fireballs.

the mainstream even acknowledge SSB and NSUNS as fighting games, it’s gutter stupid to claim that MMA/UFC games are not fighting games, just because they don’t follow the formula mechanics you expect out of the genre. I dunno if the haters here are clueless kids or just senile. Ah, they’re mostly trolls that are clueless AND senile.

I would argue Boxing is more diverse then MMA

http://i.imgur.com/kK69EfM.gif

Well I could very well be wrong, since my knowledge of UFC isn’t that great (that’s what we are talking about I presume) but there are champions from all over the world in boxing. And the fan base kind of reflects that.

Running_Wild · November 15, 2015, 10:48pm

Are these games even designed around competitive play? I can’t even find any actual player matches, just lots of CPU fights.

Rioting_Soul · November 15, 2015, 11:00pm

Plaid_Unicorn:

The_Furious_One:

Plaid_Unicorn:

affinity:

1st of all, be educated. a MMA game is still a fighting game. And arcadey fighting games like Street Fighter, are loosely based off of real fighting, which is what MMA is about, real fights within MMA unified rules. Just like the conventional fighting game has their own rules, MMA has their own rules, and they ARE ALL FIGHTING GAMES. To say that MMA games are not fighting games, is embarrassing the so called intelligence of the fighting game community as a whole.

2nd of all, **boxing is obsolete at the mainstream level and will always be inferior to Mixed Martial Arts, in popularity, diversity, and depth. ** Only conservatives and boxing traditionalists would be in denial of that fact. boxing still makes headlines, but it doesn’t have the broadest viewer and competitor demographic.

Even champion boxers like Holly Holm see there is greater potential in MMA, and MMA is a higher tier of fighting, than boxing alone can ever be. MMA is a taller mountain than boxing.

3rd of all, EA Sports UFC is vastly underrated because the average “fighting gamer” are too lazy and closed minded to learn a fighting system that is universes different
from Street Fighter, Tekken and their clones.

4th of all, it’s very ignorant to hate EA as a whole. It’s funny people are unforgiving for the things EA does wrong, but they treat Capcom like a saint.
It’s very foolish and moronic thinking to label anything EA publishes as “bad”. Also, EA was nice enough to patch EA Sports UFC and improve it better,
plus adding SEVERAL FREE DOWNLOADABLE FIGHTERS. Even Tecmo doesn’t do that for its paid DLC fighters. Yes I read somewhere SFV is going to add more fighters for free,
but SFV’s roster is going to be pathetic compared to EA Sports UFC 2’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzCHfRdyuI

UFC continues to make real history, the competition is improving, and there’s literally no better company for MMA fighting games than EA Sports. And fighting game fans that feel the usual fighting franchises aren’t what they want, can find a lot of exclusive values from EA Sports UFC fighting games, even those upset about the pre EA era of fighting games (Undisputed), that weren’t at the level of fighting game they wanted.** You know there are a lot of fans of arcadey and simulation alike, that find EA Sports UFC fighting to be the ideal fighting game series for them. and they are not wrong to feel that way. **

Gamers that hate on MMA games, and EA UFC, are just butthurt they can’t be handed a win from footsies, dial a combos and fireballs.

the mainstream even acknowledge SSB and NSUNS as fighting games, it’s gutter stupid to claim that MMA/UFC games are not fighting games, just because they don’t follow the formula mechanics you expect out of the genre. I dunno if the haters here are clueless kids or just senile. Ah, they’re mostly trolls that are clueless AND senile.

I would argue Boxing is more diverse then MMA

http://i.imgur.com/kK69EfM.gif

Well I could very well be wrong, since my knowledge of UFC isn’t that great (that’s what we are talking about I presume) but there are champions from all over the world in boxing. And the fan base kind of reflects that.

MMA has fans, competitors and champions of all colors and creeds.

BB_Hoody · November 16, 2015, 1:34am

affinity:

1st of all, be educated. a MMA game is still a fighting game. And arcadey fighting games like Street Fighter, are loosely based off of real fighting, which is what MMA is about, real fights within MMA unified rules. Just like the conventional fighting game has their own rules, MMA has their own rules, and they ARE ALL FIGHTING GAMES. To say that MMA games are not fighting games, is embarrassing the so called intelligence of the fighting game community as a whole.

2nd of all, boxing is obsolete at the mainstream level and will always be inferior to Mixed Martial Arts, in popularity, diversity, and depth. Only conservatives and boxing traditionalists would be in denial of that fact. boxing still makes headlines, but it doesn’t have the broadest viewer and competitor demographic.

Even champion boxers like Holly Holm see there is greater potential in MMA, and MMA is a higher tier of fighting, than boxing alone can ever be. MMA is a taller mountain than boxing.

3rd of all, EA Sports UFC is vastly underrated because the average “fighting gamer” are too lazy and closed minded to learn a fighting system that is universes different
from Street Fighter, Tekken and their clones.

4th of all, it’s very ignorant to hate EA as a whole. It’s funny people are unforgiving for the things EA does wrong, but they treat Capcom like a saint.
It’s very foolish and moronic thinking to label anything EA publishes as “bad”. Also, EA was nice enough to patch EA Sports UFC and improve it better,
plus adding SEVERAL FREE DOWNLOADABLE FIGHTERS. Even Tecmo doesn’t do that for its paid DLC fighters. Yes I read somewhere SFV is going to add more fighters for free,
but SFV’s roster is going to be pathetic compared to EA Sports UFC 2’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgzCHfRdyuI

UFC continues to make real history, the competition is improving, and there’s literally no better company for MMA fighting games than EA Sports. And fighting game fans that feel the usual fighting franchises aren’t what they want, can find a lot of exclusive values from EA Sports UFC fighting games, even those upset about the pre EA era of fighting games (Undisputed), that weren’t at the level of fighting game they wanted.** You know there are a lot of fans of arcadey and simulation alike, that find EA Sports UFC fighting to be the ideal fighting game series for them. and they are not wrong to feel that way. **

Gamers that hate on MMA games, and EA UFC, are just butthurt they can’t be handed a win from footsies, dial a combos and fireballs.

the mainstream even acknowledge SSB and NSUNS as fighting games, it’s gutter stupid to claim that MMA/UFC games are not fighting games, just because they don’t follow the formula mechanics you expect out of the genre. I dunno if the haters here are clueless kids or just senile. Ah, they’re mostly trolls that are clueless AND senile.

The reason why most wont give this game the time of day is because, it’s more of a fight simulator than a game. It tries so hard to imitate real life fighting that it’s to the point where why not just go out to a gym or something and do this shit for real? Where as games like Street Fighter. Mortal Kombat etc are loosely based off of real fighting and have elements in them that just aren’t doable in real life. Thus makes them fun and worth playing. That’s the point of games. A fun interactive escape from reality and the norm. UFC games are the opposite of that. As well as sports titles like Madden and NBA 2K.