EA Sports UFC 2

Pac1Man

OK I'm convinced! Thanks for the thoughts.

As long as there is progression in the Career Mode, I think I'll be all set. Fight Night's is fairly bare bones but my imagination fills in the rest.

BTW, has the commentary improved? I read that Rogan's calls were completely inaccurate at times (although maybe that was from an earlier version of the game).

Mr Blobby

Honestly I love it.
Online works perfectly since it's so easy to jump into a fight.
The standup has a lot of layers which all can be used to devastating effect. Ground game is also much improved.

Negative's would be Career mode and Ultimate Team. Career mode is unbelievable boring since it's literally just like playing exhibition mode over and over. Ultimate Team is fun but it's extremely broken with how you can delete a fighter but keep every move they've unlocked. Only yesterday I came up against a 81 rated guy while in Div1.

But overall I really do recommend it.

Zero-Cool

Went to check official EA UFC forums there and it looks like trolls took it down, made it so the lead gameplay dev refused to use it anymore as trolls were abusing the only mod so much he left, bumping every single thread made so the dev couldn't find actual relevant feedback to improve the game and also that the site is so old, they were unable to stop re-reg's and put proper ban instances in place. Stickies advising users to move to OS Forums

Dev is now posting on Operation Sports UFC 2 forum if anyone is interested. He is currently looking for feedback on what grapple moves people want added to the game.

http://www.operationsports.com/forums/ea-ufc/

martyos121

I just noticed since the last patch you can only delete one UT fighter every 24 hours. Makes things a little bit fairer I suppose but it's annoying because I always delete fighters if I'm trying to get some of the daily objectives, especially the ones for division points.

Axwell

League/Tournaments thread...

Pac1Man

Picked this up today. Looking forward to getting embarrassed once the updates download!

Zero-Cool

A guy found the last easter egg, confirmed by a Dev. Create a Caf named Brock Lesnar and have Cain got him with a right to make him go break dancing across the Octagon :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0GP2fbICwg

Zero-Cool

Man I call shenanigans on the create a fighter competition. Guy won a ps4 or xbone for this, no one even knew who it was until ea said it was daredevil. My spidey, joker and batman were better than that #SourGrapes

https://twitter.com/EASPORTSUFC/status/725092449559937025

RebelSoul

I agree with you there. I shouldve entered Mr Incredible based on that.

Zero-Cool

New Fantasy event live now 'The Wimmins'

Joanna Jedrzejczyk (11-0-0) vs. Rose Namajunas (6-2-0)
Holly Holm (10-1-0) vs. Cat Zigano (9-1-0)
Valerie Letourneau (8-4-0) vs. Jessica Penne (12-4-0)
Aisling Daly (16-5-0) vs Joanne Calderwood (10-1-0)
Paige VanZant (6-2-0) vs. Michelle Waterson (13-4-0)
Sara McMann (8-3-0) vs. Alexis Davis (16-0-0)

Pudsy33

New update put features Tumenov, Cyborg, and Schevchenko

Axwell

https://www.easports.com/ufc/news/2016/ea-sports-ufc-2-content-update-3

Zero-Cool

The new live event online sounds good, even attributes and moves, choose your own perks to match your fighting style, would be good if we could use this system for the league/tourney.

Gameplay updates

Added a third transition for submissive fighter in Back Sitting.
Block will not come back up automatically after a missed parry, or a timed out parry.
Liver Health Event allows high or low blocking.
Addressed issue where spamming transition fakes on the ground would regain stamina.
Addressed double stamina tax when opponent sprawls on user's takedown.
Addressed an issue where takedown denial stamina penalty was being applied when the user is struck out of a takedown.
General AI Improvements.
General Referee Improvements.

martyos121

The Live Event competition looks great, it seems the top ranked players get a trip over to Vegas for the live final during Fight Week in July.

Haven't a hope of getting there but I'm going to give that a good go when it kicks off.

Zero-Cool

Seriously man, abuse the **** out of your ground game and you have a good chance! You'll probably be boo'd during the finals but **** it, you'll be in Vegas

martyos121

Haha I'll do my best alright, but based on my form in the higher divisions online in the game, I haven't a prayer.
Be great if any one of us here manage to get there though, I'm sure everyone will give it a go.

From what I understand, you have to win as many fights as you can before incurring three losses, which resets your win count. Your highest win count is added to the worldwide leaderboard then and stays until you top it. Sounds like a lot of matchmaking luck will be needed so.

stephenl15

martyos121 wrote: »

Haha I'll do my best alright, but based on my form in the higher divisions online in the game, I haven't a prayer.
Be great if any one of us here manage to get there though, I'm sure everyone will give it a go.

From what I understand, you have to win as many fights as you can before incurring three losses, which resets your win count. Your highest win count is added to the worldwide leaderboard then and stays until you top it. Sounds like a lot of matchmaking luck will be needed so.

I took it as if you try again, your previous score is annulled? Anyway it would be crazy hard. You'd probably have to be 200-3 or so to stand a chance

martyos121

stephenl15 wrote: »

I took it as if you try again, your previous score is annulled? Anyway it would be crazy hard. You'd probably have to be 200-3 or so to stand a chance

Yeah still not certain how it works, it was worded really badly in the rules.

It'll be gas when all the winners get over to Vegas and realise they can't use lag switches. The majority of us don't stand much of a chance because there's guaranteed to be a few cheats ruining it.

Zero-Cool

And that's us out for ****s sake

Eligibility: EA SPORTS UFC 2 LIVE EVENT COMPETITION: UFC 200 (the “Competition”) is open only to legal residents of Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada (excluding Quebec), Chile, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Malaysia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States (including the District of Columbia) who are at least as old as the minimum age of majority in the jurisdiction from which they enter the Competition.

martyos121

No Ireland, no Brazil, no Quebec.

It's like they've gone out of their way to give a big middle finger to 3 of the most popular MMA markets in the world (proportionally speaking).

Bastards. Absolutely despise EA.

stephenl15

That's a ****ing joke

Zero-Cool

Found a transition yesterday I hadn't seen before. Not sure if it's new with the patch or was always there but a dev confirmed it has to do with your BJJ moveset and the opponents stamina being low. One of my favourite transitions in real life so was beaming to see it in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnm1q69s44

Mr Blobby

Zero-Cool wrote: »

Found a transition yesterday I hadn't seen before. Not sure if it's new with the patch or was always there but a dev confirmed it has to do with your BJJ moveset and the opponents stamina being low. One of my favourite transitions in real life so was beaming to see it in the game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnm1q69s44

Yeah that looks new.

Zero-Cool

So I can see we can play the Live Event competition. Has anyone submitted scores yet? Not that it would matter as the current winner is 100-1. It's a class mode though how both fighters have the same stats.

Zero-Cool

Also, this game is on sale on PSN store for 1 more day. 70 down to 45 euro, just in case anyone was waiting on a sale to pick it up.

https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-ie/games/ea-sports-ufc-2/cid=EP0006-CUSA01936_00-EASPORTSUFC2GAME

martyos121

That Live Event competition can feck right off, some serious players in that. Best I could manage was 6-3.

Farty88

Anyone up for a competition between all us boardsies got the game few weeks ago say myself Kesh cian and Scott will play phobaas thinking about purchasing so hopefully we can get comps exactly like the fifa bhoys going

Zero-Cool

Farty88 wrote: »

Anyone up for a competition between all us boardsies got the game few weeks ago say myself Kesh cian and Scott will play phobaas thinking about purchasing so hopefully we can get comps exactly like the fifa bhoys going

Yeah man, we are in the middle of a league at the moment (Axwell, how many weeks is the league by the way?) Should be getting another tourney going soon. We have a message group on PS4, will add ya and you can add the lads, big enough group of people on most nights for scraps.

D.Q

Are the ranked online fights stacked in anyway against the defending champion? The only two fights I've lost so far are championship fights. Both by decision. Despite having more significant strikes, more take downs, rocked my opponent more times. The only place my opponent outscored me was leg kicks. Very frustrating. Still fun though.

Zero-Cool

New update coming soon, Dev releasing patch notes on twitter. Clinch updates info today...

Reduced damage of knees on the cinch.
Increased counter damage after you deny a clinch.
Increased counter window after denying a clinch.
Punches in single collar clinch no longer stop transitions.

Tinie

Zero-Cool wrote: »

New update coming soon, Dev releasing patch notes on twitter. Clinch updates info today...

Reduced damage of knees on the cinch.
Increased counter damage after you deny a clinch.
Increased counter window after denying a clinch.
Punches in single collar clinch no longer stop transitions.

Praise Jesus. Online might actually be fun and unpredictable now and not just Thai clinch spamming.

Zero-Cool

New update now available:

https://www.easports.com/ufc/news/2016/ea-sports-ufc-2-content-update-4?utm_campaign=ufc2_hd_ww_ic_ic_fb_content-update-4-fb-060216&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&cid=6153&ts=1464887095857&sf46705599=1

The fourth content update for EA SPORTS UFC 2 is now available for download worldwide on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This content update adds two new fighters, UFC Ultimate Team features, and gameplay updates.
NEW FIGHTERS

Karolina Kowalkiewicz - Women's Strawweight

Thiago Tavares - Men’s Featherweight
UFC Ultimate Team

Fighter Showpieces: Celebrate momentous victories in UFC history through Fighter Showpieces. Collect all Fighter Showpieces in Ultimate Team for epic rewards!

Item Scouting: A new way to acquire Ultimate Team items. Every day, 5 different items will be available to buy with coins. Users can spend coins to manually refresh the list of items available and use UFC Points to lock an item until they have enough coins to buy it.

Highlights of the Week: A new tab in the Ultimate Team store that showcases new and highlighted items for each week. Come see what’s available in packs!

Improved Create a Fighter flow: When creating a new fighter in Ultimate Team, players will now be shown a randomized fighter and can jump directly into the Ultimate Team mode with that fighter. Players can also cycle through multiple randomized fighters or use the original Create a Fighter feature for full customization control.
GAMEPLAY UPDATES

Removed the ability of punches in Single Collar Clinch to deny clinch transitions.
Increased counter window after denied clinch attempt.
Added the ability to deny clinch attempts when following through with a strike.
Added counter damage modifier after clinch denial.
Added new momentum scenarios to various ground positions.
Added new logic to control when different strike types can interrupt a takedown.
Punish the defender in a submission for defending a chain before it appears by taking away some defensive progress.
Pushing in the wrong direction to deny submission chain blocks the defending fighter from pushing in the correct direction.
Reduced Thai Knee Damage by 10%.
Changed the inputs for submission reversals on the ground to be L2+R2.
Gave fighters who have the sit out sweep in sprawl the option to also do the half guard escape.
Tuned the submissive fighter's escape from back mount to half guard to be a bit more challenging.
AI tuning.
Various Gameplay and Animation updates.

martyos121

New fantasy live event up to play, based on what seems to be fights that have been cancelled due to injuries and suspensions in the last few months. Headlined by Dos Anjos vs. McGregor.

Zero-Cool

That's actually a great idea. I haven't tried it since the new patch (damn Witcher 3) but will have to give this a lash.

martyos121

Zero-Cool wrote: »

That's actually a great idea. I haven't tried it since the new patch (damn Witcher 3) but will have to give this a lash.

Would be a pretty insane card IRL. Rest of it is PVZ vs Calderwood, Machida vs Hendo, Penn vs Siver, Silva vs Hall and Rockhold vs Weidman.

Zero-Cool

New patch live now. The Iminari Roll takedown is a class addition.

The fifth content update for EA SPORTS UFC 2 is now available for download worldwide on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. This update adds three fighters, additional moves to Ultimate Team and Create a Fighter, and AI Tuning.

NEW FIGHTERS

Josh Samman - Men's Middleweight

Lorenz Larkin - Men's Welterweight

Leonardo Santos - Men's Lightweight

GAMEPLAY UPDATES

Added Stockton Slap and Imanari Roll

Takedown moves to both UFC Ultimate Team and Create a Fighter
Adjusted AI tendencies regarding Stamina Management and Kicking for specific fighters.

martyos121

Can't wait to use the Imanari roll, will be a great way to take the fight to the ground before people figure it out, even if you don't get the sub.

BOHtox

Anyone know the cheapest place to buy this now?

Zero-Cool

There is a free 5 hour trial on xbox one and ps4 right now. Available just for this weekend.

Xbox One

From Xbox Home (dashboard)
Tab over to Store page
Select “Search games store”
Search for “EA SPORTS UFC 2”
Select “EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2” from the results
Select the “Get it FREE” option


PlayStation 4

From PlayStation Dynamic menu (dashboard)
Select PlayStation Store
Search for “EA SPORTS UFC 2”
Select “EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2” from the results
Scroll down to the Demo category
Select the Trial
Select “Get Free Demo”

martyos121

Was looking through the featured packs in UT and I saw there's a new limited one called the Blast Pack, where any fighter showcase item is from an SBG fighter. Nothing major but I thought that was kinda cool especially for the week that's in it.

Zero-Cool

That is class! The live event final is on at the moment in Vegas. Gonna catch the replay later but interesting to see the tactics being used

Zero-Cool

I had 50k UT points built up. spent it all buying 4 Blast packs. Not 1 fighter showcase card. All shyte cards, absolute ****ing waste.

martyos121

Yeah most packs are useless these days. Opened an event pack earlier thinking I'd get a Cormier double leg or something and I get a level 3 Northcutt spinning kick. I already have around 6 of them. It's a complete money racket, thank god I don't spend real money on it.

martyos121

New live event is up, International Games, clear Olympics theme for the week that's in it.

Rousey vs Shevchenko
Cormier vs Henderson
Lombard vs Nick Diaz
Jacare vs Romero
McMann vs Randamie
Cejudo vs Horiguchi

Anyone else still playing this? Really enjoying it myself, dip in and out and it's perfect for playing a few fights and leaving it for a few days again, just doesn't get boring. If anyone's around for a few scraps one of the days, give us a shout.

Axwell

Yup still play it every few days or so - dip in and play UT a bit on it, then when I go on a losing streak I get bored and scrap my fighter and build a new one just for the sake of it and switch to a different style as I have so many cards in my collection at this stage to suit different styles etc. Its grand, something to play to kill some time but I have to say UT is all i really play and even at that its nowhere near as good as I hope - although I had expected that at the time based off the offerings UT is in FIFA and what I expected to be the limited amount you could do in this one.

D.Q

Play the online divisions every couple of days. Some people are absolutely unbelievable at it.

Zero-Cool

Only the odd time to play a bit of Ultimate Team but even that's gone stale. They made an absolute bollox of the card packs. Cool interesting oacks added nearly every week but I never get signature cards, just crappy throws from the clinch. Put me off buying cards altogether.

Haven't seen any sign of a new patch either. I think this needs to be a yearly game if it's happy with it's lack of content. Other yearly sports games have way more modes/features that actually keep me playing all year and I don't even watch other sports. Hopefully they have some new mode planned to add as DLC. Even just inject colour into the shorts as that's a thing now.

Also, I wonder if the new owners will have any input on the game and the future of the series.

RebelSoul

I dip in and out myself. Its my go to game when I want to kill time or just zone out. Haven't played UT in while though. Kinda got bored with it, might create a new fighter and go again as I'm losing a lot more than I'm winning in ranked championships.

Zero-Cool

New patch coming. Whats that magic combo he's referring to?

notes so far from lead dev https://twitter.com/GeoffHarrower

Added the ability to block when in any level of hit reaction to the legs or body. This should fix the "magic combo" issues. #patchspoilers

Tuned AI transition denial success rate to be more dependent on grapple advantage #patchspoilers

Increased stand up arm health damage taken when holding High Block by 20% #patchspoilers

Reduced stand up arm health recovery when holding High Block by 20% #patchspoilers

Fixed exploit that allowed fighters to hold their opponent in side saddle with little opportunity for escape #patchspoilers

martyos121

If that magic combo they're nerfing is the straight, lead uppercut, rear overhand, I have got absolutely nothing to offer in the standup anymore.

Was destroying lads in side saddle too, shame that's getting fixed but my crucifix is nearly inescapable.