UFC Demo impressions - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

JasonS · 04-25-2009, 04:55 AM

The controls are much better than I thought they would be. Very steep learning curve (like I had read) but after you learn them or go through the Tutorial they become very intuitive. This game is a blast. I've spent a good 3 hours tonight just playing the demo! My only concern though is that the fighters could end up being extremely unbalanced. I won every single fight as Chuck Liddell, half the time without even trying. As Shogun I have only managed to win 2 out of 7 and I wasn't doing anything different??

jomari · 04-25-2009, 05:00 AM

kept on using Iceman on this one, and pretty much impressed by the game itself. too easy to knock out someone tho, and not knowing my 'health' or the other players stats are a bit misleading too.

graphics were pretty nice for what it is, and you can tell that the player starts to sweat at one point or another, based on its training 'area'... i like the fact that you can 'play' the way you want to, without any miscontrusions.

all in all, i think this is a great game, something different. i hope it does end up being a good seller.

gringo flip · 04-25-2009, 06:49 AM

I played the demo yesterday for nearly 3 hours with Shogun, my first impressions was that the game played out a lot like WWF Wrestlmania 2000 in the way it controlled and also the pacing / speed of the game. To me it was really fun but also its far from perfect. When the fight would get to the ground, I could do a triangle, kimura, or armbar. I wish you could do transitional submissions like if I can't get the kimura to go I wanna transition to an omaplata or get into rubber guard position. I'm not sure if its in the list of moves but I was wanting to do Shoguns kill switch scissor kick he does in mid-air, so far its been no avail. This is a first for a franchise so its forgiveable as first time sports titles are never perfect. They could have made Arianny look more true to life like they did with Stitch and Mario Yamasaki and henceforth. haha I'm hoping that when I play with BJ Penn or Demian Maia I can do their signature stuff like rubber guard, taking the back, using flexibility and balance to defend a takedown and so forth. By the looks of the screen shots I've seen, I believe it will be included in the game. Another thing that comes to mind is that I notice there seemed to be a lack of bobbing and weaving, which I know Shogun does.

definitivejx · 04-25-2009, 04:01 PM

they made shogun weak in the game and chuck was way to strong but i will be picking this up on release day can't wait!

lettucenpico · 04-25-2009, 04:05 PM

I just downloaded it last night, the controls are complicating! I just wanna learn how you do a roundhouse kick to the face.

jomari · 04-25-2009, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettucenpico

I just downloaded it last night, the controls are complicating! I just wanna learn how you do a roundhouse kick to the face.

Roundhouse kicks are done by using the L1 button and either a X or an O (designated kicks, with left and right respectively)

theu715 · 04-25-2009, 05:55 PM

I played the demo a ton already. It's freaking sweet! What people aren't realizing is that Rua doesn't have a ton of punching power in the game, but his kick power is higher. Chuck's punching is higher, but kicking is lower. If you play the game the way people fight in real life it is enjoyable and seems great so far. I'll be picking this one up on launch day for sure. I'm a huge MMA fan though also.

lettucenpico · 04-25-2009, 08:54 PM

I haven't kept up with UFC in years so I dont know who's good these days. Wonder if they're gonna have Lesnar or Ortiz on here? Hopefully Lesnar

lacubs · 04-26-2009, 03:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettucenpico

I haven't kept up with UFC in years so I dont know who's good these days. Wonder if they're gonna have Lesnar or Ortiz on here? Hopefully Lesnar

Heavyweights:

* Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
* Brock Lesnar
* Frank Mir
* Brandon Vera (LH)
* Gabriel Gonzaga
* Cain Velasquez
* Cheick Kongo
* Eddie Sanchez
* Heath Herring
* Andrei Arlovski
* Mirko Crocop
* Fabricio Werdum
* Tim Sylvia
* Mark Coleman
* Antoni Hardonk
* Justin McCully

Light Heavyweights:

* Chuck Lidell
* Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
* Forrest Griffin
* Tito Ortiz
* Keith Jardine
* Wanderlei Silva
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
* Lyoto Machida
* Rashad Evans
* Stephan Bonnar
* James Irvin
* Wilson Gouveia (MW)
* Houston Alexander
* Kazuhiro Nakamura
* Thiago Silva
* im Boetsch
* Ryan Bader (DLC)

Middleweights:

* Anderson Silva (LH)
* Rich Franklin (LH)
* Dan Henderson (LH)
* Michael Bisping (LH)
* Kendall Grove
* Chris Leben
* Jason MacDonald
* Nate Marquardt
* Drew McFedries
* Ricardo Almeida
* Evan Tanner
* Yushin Okami
* Demian Maia
* Martin Kampmann (WW)
* Amir Sadollah (WW)
* Thales Leites

Welterweights:

* Georges St-Pierre
* Matt Hughes
* Matt Sera (LW)
* Jon Fitch
* Karo Parisyan
* Josh Koscheck
* Diego Sanchez
* Mike Swick (MW)
* Marcus Davis
* Thiago Alves
* Chris Lytle
* Ben Saunders
* Josh Burkman
* Kyle Bradley
* Matt Arroyo
* Anthony Johnson

Lightweights:

* BJ Penn (WW)
* Sean Sherk (WW)
* Kenny Florian
* Roger Huerta
* Joe Stevenson
* Mac Danzig
* Nathan Diaz
* Spencer Fisher
* Tyson Griffin
* Gray Maynard
* Thiago Tavares
* Joe Lauzon
* Rich Clementi
* Mark Bocek
* Hermes Franca
* Frank Edgar
* Efrain Escudero (DLC)

mugupo · 04-26-2009, 03:37 AM

the graphic put wwe in shame really, this game is deep require some time to master the moves, i think the comp is a cheater, easily knock me off with few punch.

lettucenpico · 04-27-2009, 02:40 AM

It's made by the same company. THQ. I don't see anything different. But it will be a more enjoyable game than SVR. Which has gotten very repetitive over the last several series.

LifeOfAPirate13 · 04-27-2009, 12:40 PM

This game is tons of fun. I played it for about 4 hours this weekend. There are a few glitches that would be nice if they fixed before release. Things I have found which annoy me...

1.) Blocking needs to be tweaked slightly in the favor of the defender more. Even when I have the block in the right place I'd say about 50% of the time he actually blocks. And when you are on your back on the ground you can't block worth jack....

2.) When executing punches standing toe to toe very closely when one guy starts punching you the guy freezes every punch and you can't block or move. This happens on the ground as well.

3.) As stated before replays need to be enhanced because a lot of the time it shows a hit not hitting the opponent and that shouldn't be too hard to fix as well.

So far those are my only complaints with the game but other than that it is very fun. The computer on advanced is really cheap on the ground as he usually manages to turn you over and have a full mount on you. But playing with friends is awesome and I can't wait to have a bigger range of fighters to choose from!

lettucenpico · 04-27-2009, 06:43 PM

I wanna learn how to do grappling moves instead of just taking them down then rockin em w/punches. I think I got most of the moves down with Liddell but I still wanna armbar someone, Kata ha jime be a cool move to pull on someone.

Bear28 · 04-27-2009, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LifeOfAPirate13

The computer on advanced is really cheap on the ground as he usually manages to turn you over and have a full mount on you. But playing with friends is awesome and I can't wait to have a bigger range of fighters to choose from!

I agree regarding the computer on the ground. I was on the advanced level and trying to use Rua alot, but as soon as Im taken down, the computer gains full mount pretty easily. I think the control scheme will take some getting use to...doing all the transitions....Im looking forward though to this game!

lettucenpico · 04-27-2009, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lacubs

Heavyweights:

* Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira
* Brock Lesnar
* Frank Mir
* Brandon Vera (LH)
* Gabriel Gonzaga
* Cain Velasquez
* Cheick Kongo
* Eddie Sanchez
* Heath Herring
* Andrei Arlovski
* Mirko Crocop
* Fabricio Werdum
* Tim Sylvia
* Mark Coleman
* Antoni Hardonk
* Justin McCully

Light Heavyweights:

* Chuck Lidell
* Quinton "Rampage" Jackson
* Forrest Griffin
* Tito Ortiz
* Keith Jardine
* Wanderlei Silva
* Mauricio "Shogun" Rua
* Lyoto Machida
* Rashad Evans
* Stephan Bonnar
* James Irvin
* Wilson Gouveia (MW)
* Houston Alexander
* Kazuhiro Nakamura
* Thiago Silva
* im Boetsch
* Ryan Bader (DLC)

Middleweights:

* Anderson Silva (LH)
* Rich Franklin (LH)
* Dan Henderson (LH)
* Michael Bisping (LH)
* Kendall Grove
* Chris Leben
* Jason MacDonald
* Nate Marquardt
* Drew McFedries
* Ricardo Almeida
* Evan Tanner
* Yushin Okami
* Demian Maia
* Martin Kampmann (WW)
* Amir Sadollah (WW)
* Thales Leites

Welterweights:

* Georges St-Pierre
* Matt Hughes
* Matt Sera (LW)
* Jon Fitch
* Karo Parisyan
* Josh Koscheck
* Diego Sanchez
* Mike Swick (MW)
* Marcus Davis
* Thiago Alves
* Chris Lytle
* Ben Saunders
* Josh Burkman
* Kyle Bradley
* Matt Arroyo
* Anthony Johnson

Lightweights:

* BJ Penn (WW)
* Sean Sherk (WW)
* Kenny Florian
* Roger Huerta
* Joe Stevenson
* Mac Danzig
* Nathan Diaz
* Spencer Fisher
* Tyson Griffin
* Gray Maynard
* Thiago Tavares
* Joe Lauzon
* Rich Clementi
* Mark Bocek
* Hermes Franca
* Frank Edgar
* Efrain Escudero (DLC)

Damn! No Kimbo Slice?!

blu_world · 04-28-2009, 05:54 PM

^^^

nope,he got knocked out like a sucka,his time is gone,an old age dude now...

I'll wait for the new fight night boxing game then this,i wanna play as Ali and whip some real ass then playing WWE again from the nintendo 64 day's of UFC..same control's..

plus ufc got cheesy to me after awhile....whats with the punks wearing UFC Tapp out clothing?..shouldn't that be for the fighters only??...

im just not a fan of UFC.

lettucenpico · 04-28-2009, 08:59 PM

Ya I can't wait for Fight Night Round 4. Calzaghe and Mayweather's gonna be on it.

. But in the meantime, I'll play some UFC!

JAGUAR1977 · 04-28-2009, 10:49 PM

Fight Night Round 4's looking pretty amazing, I can't wait to play as Lewis, Tyson etc.

I've yet to play the UFC demo, but if it's half as good as Fight Night Round 3 I may buy it, Street Fighter type games don't appeal.

JasonS · 04-29-2009, 01:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lettucenpico

Damn! No Kimbo Slice?!

Uh no. He was never a UFC fighter (thank God). He was a street fighter not an MMA fighter. First no-name guy he fought that was an MMA fighter absolutely wrecked him. Kimbo Slice is like taking a hockey player/fighter and putting him in the ring. Just absolute ridiculousness.

Brandon · 04-30-2009, 07:16 PM

This demo was pretty fun for sure

You can only play the computer right, no two-player mode on the demo?

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04-25-2009, 04:55 AM	#21
JasonS Special Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Denver, CO Blu-ray collection:107 Trading Score:76	The controls are much better than I thought they would be. Very steep learning curve (like I had read) but after you learn them or go through the Tutorial they become very intuitive. This game is a blast. I've spent a good 3 hours tonight just playing the demo! My only concern though is that the fighters could end up being extremely unbalanced. I won every single fight as Chuck Liddell, half the time without even trying. As Shogun I have only managed to win 2 out of 7 and I wasn't doing anything different??

04-25-2009, 05:00 AM	#22
jomari Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:2	kept on using Iceman on this one, and pretty much impressed by the game itself. too easy to knock out someone tho, and not knowing my 'health' or the other players stats are a bit misleading too. graphics were pretty nice for what it is, and you can tell that the player starts to sweat at one point or another, based on its training 'area'... i like the fact that you can 'play' the way you want to, without any miscontrusions. all in all, i think this is a great game, something different. i hope it does end up being a good seller.

04-25-2009, 06:49 AM	#23
gringo flip Member Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Inside an Igloo somewhere in Alaska Blu-ray collection:1501	I played the demo yesterday for nearly 3 hours with Shogun, my first impressions was that the game played out a lot like WWF Wrestlmania 2000 in the way it controlled and also the pacing / speed of the game. To me it was really fun but also its far from perfect. When the fight would get to the ground, I could do a triangle, kimura, or armbar. I wish you could do transitional submissions like if I can't get the kimura to go I wanna transition to an omaplata or get into rubber guard position. I'm not sure if its in the list of moves but I was wanting to do Shoguns kill switch scissor kick he does in mid-air, so far its been no avail. This is a first for a franchise so its forgiveable as first time sports titles are never perfect. They could have made Arianny look more true to life like they did with Stitch and Mario Yamasaki and henceforth. haha I'm hoping that when I play with BJ Penn or Demian Maia I can do their signature stuff like rubber guard, taking the back, using flexibility and balance to defend a takedown and so forth. By the looks of the screen shots I've seen, I believe it will be included in the game. Another thing that comes to mind is that I notice there seemed to be a lack of bobbing and weaving, which I know Shogun does.

04-25-2009, 04:01 PM	#24
definitivejx Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:California Home Theater Gallery:15 Blu-ray collection:665 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:48	they made shogun weak in the game and chuck was way to strong but i will be picking this up on release day can't wait!

04-25-2009, 04:05 PM	#25
lettucenpico Power Member Member since:May 2008 Location:O-town FL Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:45 Trading Score:3	I just downloaded it last night, the controls are complicating! I just wanna learn how you do a roundhouse kick to the face.

04-25-2009, 05:55 PM	#27
theu715 Active Member Member since:Feb 2009 Location:Tampa, FL Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:303 Trading Score:40	I played the demo a ton already. It's freaking sweet! What people aren't realizing is that Rua doesn't have a ton of punching power in the game, but his kick power is higher. Chuck's punching is higher, but kicking is lower. If you play the game the way people fight in real life it is enjoyable and seems great so far. I'll be picking this one up on launch day for sure. I'm a huge MMA fan though also.

04-25-2009, 08:54 PM	#28
lettucenpico Power Member Member since:May 2008 Location:O-town FL Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:45 Trading Score:3	I haven't kept up with UFC in years so I dont know who's good these days. Wonder if they're gonna have Lesnar or Ortiz on here? Hopefully Lesnar

04-26-2009, 03:37 AM	#30
mugupo Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Home Theater Gallery:76 Blu-ray collection:50 Blu-ray reviews: 226 Trading Score:4	the graphic put wwe in shame really, this game is deep require some time to master the moves, i think the comp is a cheater, easily knock me off with few punch.

04-27-2009, 02:40 AM	#31
lettucenpico Power Member Member since:May 2008 Location:O-town FL Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:45 Trading Score:3	It's made by the same company. THQ. I don't see anything different. But it will be a more enjoyable game than SVR. Which has gotten very repetitive over the last several series.

04-27-2009, 12:40 PM	#32
LifeOfAPirate13 Expert Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Chicago, IL Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:18	This game is tons of fun. I played it for about 4 hours this weekend. There are a few glitches that would be nice if they fixed before release. Things I have found which annoy me... 1.) Blocking needs to be tweaked slightly in the favor of the defender more. Even when I have the block in the right place I'd say about 50% of the time he actually blocks. And when you are on your back on the ground you can't block worth jack.... 2.) When executing punches standing toe to toe very closely when one guy starts punching you the guy freezes every punch and you can't block or move. This happens on the ground as well. 3.) As stated before replays need to be enhanced because a lot of the time it shows a hit not hitting the opponent and that shouldn't be too hard to fix as well. So far those are my only complaints with the game but other than that it is very fun. The computer on advanced is really cheap on the ground as he usually manages to turn you over and have a full mount on you. But playing with friends is awesome and I can't wait to have a bigger range of fighters to choose from!

04-27-2009, 06:43 PM	#33
lettucenpico Power Member Member since:May 2008 Location:O-town FL Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:45 Trading Score:3	I wanna learn how to do grappling moves instead of just taking them down then rockin em w/punches. I think I got most of the moves down with Liddell but I still wanna armbar someone, Kata ha jime be a cool move to pull on someone.

04-28-2009, 05:54 PM	#36
blu_world Special Member Member since:Nov 2006 Home Theater Gallery:27 Blu-ray reviews:1	^^^ nope,he got knocked out like a sucka,his time is gone,an old age dude now... I'll wait for the new fight night boxing game then this,i wanna play as Ali and whip some real ass then playing WWE again from the nintendo 64 day's of UFC..same control's.. plus ufc got cheesy to me after awhile....whats with the punks wearing UFC Tapp out clothing?..shouldn't that be for the fighters only??... im just not a fan of UFC.

04-28-2009, 08:59 PM	#37
lettucenpico Power Member Member since:May 2008 Location:O-town FL Home Theater Gallery:4 Blu-ray collection:45 Trading Score:3	Ya I can't wait for Fight Night Round 4. Calzaghe and Mayweather's gonna be on it. . But in the meantime, I'll play some UFC!

04-28-2009, 10:49 PM	#38
JAGUAR1977 Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	Fight Night Round 4's looking pretty amazing, I can't wait to play as Lewis, Tyson etc. I've yet to play the UFC demo, but if it's half as good as Fight Night Round 3 I may buy it, Street Fighter type games don't appeal.

04-30-2009, 07:16 PM	#40
Brandon Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:41 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:8	This demo was pretty fun for sure You can only play the computer right, no two-player mode on the demo?

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