UFC 4 IS A WASTE OF SPACE WHEN UFC 3 EXISTS; DEPRESSING DOWNGRADES
I mean the main thing I have to ask is; why does this game even exist? Seems like a massive waste of years of development that couldโve gone into a much stronger title than UFC 3 (great title btw, my favorite in the series; highly recommend), as well as a smack in the face of dedicated fans by not adding ANYTHING to the game, but happily REMOVING several amazing features UFC 3 possesses. Iโm going to list off a few things that you can do in UFC 3, that were for whatever idiotic reason removed from the game entirely or went unchanged: Career mode in UFC 3 is very immersive while also not giving you an overkill of an experience. You donโt HAVE to spend 20 minutes doing repetitive excercises before a fight like in the 4th installment; you CAN choose to spar or learn moves which puts you in an active training scenario in UFC 3, while being able to skip over the actual mondane training itself. Again, in UFC 4 you are FORCED to perform every individual action for your fighter, including being forced to do every single training session across their entire career (which take 2:00 minutes minimum a piece). As far as fighter customization is concerned, UFC 4 is the most depressing downgrade iโve ever seen. You canโt give your fighter a personality, only cheesy pre and post fight animations that honestly make me wanna cry over how unrealistic they are. Every fighter you make will enter the cage the exact same way, while all the pre installed fighters have their cage entrance animations. They added like 4 tattoos, and then just gave us the exact same from UFC 3 besides the few small additions. You also (my biggest qual with EA because it was such a senseless removal that was caused by their venom deal which also screws fighters over financially now) CANT PICK YOU FIGHTERS SHORT COLORS. Prepare to be subjected to JUST plain black or white trunks your entire career. You canโt give them a T shirt to wear post fight. Last big thing I will mention before ending my rant; UFC 3 looks, runs, enthralls, and overall entertains at a much higher level than its predecessor. EA simply removed several vital features people flock to the games to experience, like representing their countries home colors on their custom fighters shorts (such a spit in the face to remove). The ONLY 2 positive inputs I can give for UFC 4 are that its fighting engine is admittedly much more fluid, but also much cornier and less exciting; more frustrating than anything. It also has all the new fighters from 2020 on lolโฆ.so Ig something to celebrate? This game is a catastrophe, PLEASE do not waste money or time on this game in order to force Ea to put out a much better and more detailed title in the future.