EA Sports UFC Demo: 10 Broken Things EA Must Fix Before Release

1. Overly Stylised Striking

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRWim31fGCA Some of the first screenshots we ever saw of EA Sports UFC were of Anthony Pettis pulling off his notorious showtime kick on Benson Henderson €“ since then the flashy strikes have come thick and fast in the footage EA has drip-fed to fans. The release of the demo yesterday has for the first time let players take control of the fighters and their arsenal of cartwheel kicks, spinning elbows and back fists. While it is at first undeniably awesome to nail one of these flashy KOs (like the one displayed above), it becomes rather less gratifying when you know how easy it is to throw these hail-Mary moves. Indeed, it is every bit as easy throwing a cartwheel kick with Jon Jones as it is to do a jab. You should have to wear your opponent down and build momentum with jabs, body shots and leg kicks before you even consider throwing a move like a cartwheel kick, much like the finisher move system in 2K€™s WWE series. Though he is a notoriously unpredictable striker, Jon Jones has never thrown a cartwheel kick in the Octagon. EA Sports UFC was primarily intended as an MMA simulator rather than a flashier fighting game €“ if we€™ve never seen a fighter implement a move in an actual fight, they shouldn€™t be able to do it in EA€™s game. In its current state the game seems to be built up of style over substance, rewarding these crazy techniques just as much as hooks, straights, jabs and other bread-and-butter techniques €“ you can€™t eat steak for breakfast, lunch and dinner EA.