UFC 4 takes steps to try and alleviate that. There were so many various button combinations to give you different strikes, takedowns and grappling transitions that newcomers often felt like they needed to turn their fingers into pretzels to pull off high-level techniques. And that’s what EA Sports has done here.Īs mentioned above, playing a UFC game has always been, to put it mildly, a lot. Rather, to quote Merriam-Webster, it’s “a process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse to a higher, more complex, or better state”. How is it that EA Sports apparently peaked with rendering digital pugilists with the Fight Night franchise from a decade ago and hasn’t made any significant improvements since?īut evolution is very rarely a showy momentous spectacle.

The UI is very familiar and the massively deep fighting system is still intimidating at first.ĭisappointingly, even the visuals look the same from past efforts despite some new damage modelling and body deformation tech. You have most of the same game modes returning, although the reviled microtransaction-heavy Ultimate Team mode is thankfully gone. On a first, cursory glance, there’s not that much that’s different to UFC 3. Masvidal still put in a very respectable performance and showed promise that he would probably pull a bid for the championship off perfectly the next time he steps into the Octogon.Īnd that, in a nutshell, is UFC 4 as well. When it recently came time for Masvidal to grab that ultimate prize and become UFC champion though, his attempt to be added to the list of GOATs (that’s Greatest Of All Time) fell short of the mark. Once just a solid journeyman fighter, the last year or two saw “Gamebred” make small but significant changes to his fighting style, resulting in hugely exciting moments of crowd-pleasing success. It’s very fitting that one of the two fighters adorning the cover of UFC 4, EA Sports’ latest realisation of the world’s biggest mixed martial arts organisation, is Jorge Masvidal.

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