Release Date: June 17, 2014
An MMA fighting simulator under the official license of Ultimate Fighting Championship. The player can control their favorite fighters during impressive battles in octagon cages. The game was developed by EA Canada and released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
EA Sports UFC is the first game created after the acquisition the licensing rights of the American Federation of mixed martial arts, Ultimate Fighting Championship (previously these rights belonged to the THQ which released the UFC Undisputed series), by Electronic Arts . EA Canada, known primarily for the FIFA and Madden NFL series, was tasked with the production of the game.
The game was designed as a as realistic as possible simulation of MMA fights. The players have the opportunity to play as their favorite fighters affiliated to the UFC federation (or create their own ones from scratch) and participate in fights inside the octagon.
Compared to its competition, EA Sports UFC stands out, above all, with the advanced AI scripts. During fights, the opponents controlled by the computer may change their style, adapting it as a counterattack to the player's actions. As a result, the smarter the rival, the more surprising and difficult the fight.
The developers ensured the presence of the high-level realism. Applied physics model allows to make precise movements with the possibility of using of the elements of the Octagon itself (e.g. bouncing off the one of the bars). In addition, an innovative injury system enables the players to seriously injure their opponent even with a single hit. During the fight, the fighters can suffer different types of injuries and wounds, while the appearance of the battered parts of the body is dynamically changed (hematoma, bruising, swelling, etc.).
Visually, the game uses the potential of the Ignite engine (also used in NBA Live and FIFA 2014). It allows, among others, to generate very detailed character models, as well as natural-looking motion animation. Fights are presented in a manner reminiscent of the television broadcasts of MMA events.
Platforms:
PlayStation 4 June 17, 2014
Xbox One June 17, 2014
Android April 20, 2015
Apple iOS April 20, 2015
Developer: EA Sports
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
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List of Game Add-Ons and DLCs for Video Game:
DLC Bruce Lee - Bundle September 6, 2014
DLC Royce Gracie - Middleweight September 6, 2014
Game Ratings for EA Sports UFC Video Game.
God is a Geek: 7 / 10 by Robin Parker
EA Sports UFC wouldn't be bad for a first shot at the MMA genre. But EA had already dipped their toe into the genre, and seem to have done little to move on from there. The striking is very satisfying, and the new submission system is interesting and creates a more level playing field than in the past, but the game is let down by poor wrestling and transition mechanics. There's enough here to show that a second UFC title from EA is likely to be a great game, but this one just needed a bit more time in the gym.
Polygon: 5 / 10 by Arthur Gies
EA Sports UFC feels barely held together, a collection of parts that are often as frustrating as they are poorly explained. Somewhere, in all of the complication and opacity, is a game unlike anything else out there, that finds the unpredictability and wildness that set MMA apart from other combat sports. But there's an awful lot of bad to dig through to find it.
Eurogamer: 7 / 10 by Jon Denton
EA Sports UFC is a game capable of brilliance. It's let down by some curious design decisions, signs of a team perhaps too interested in capturing non-essential moves seen on YouTube rather than nailing the essence of the sport. But when it flows against human competition, it offers beautiful destruction and glorious drama. Landing a picture-perfect head kick in the final minute of the fifth round of a title fight? Well, it doesn't get much better. And if that's not worth a fistbump, I don't know what is.
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![[0:50] EA Sports UFC Mobile - gameplay trailer](https://cdn.gracza.pl/galeria/filmy/640x360/351821410.jpg)
