game feels very similar to previous UFC 3 with a few graphics updates(still looks bad by todays standards). the regular fight modes are fun but certain things in the game just kinda suck, like the submissions i feel like they need to re work the way submission offense vs defense works. The career mode is my favorite mode of any UFC game and it is primarily basing this review off of. they do get a few things right here like climbing the ranks, managing fight offers, learning new moves, and creating rivalries with other fighters. My biggest problem with the career mode is that you can not simulate the training so you end up doing 10-15 minutes of training before you can fight and this is every single fight and it gets very repetitive and annoying. overall though it is a pretty fun game id probably say dont spend over 20$ on this game

The most recent EA installment of UFC games is actually satisfying! While it still preserves realsitic elements of mma fights, the controls are actually bearable and make sense this time! Definitely remeniscent of arcade-like controls and gameplay that I missed from WWE 2k14 some 8 years ago.

The game is actually pretty easy. My first career playthrough I swept my division and completely dominated in my championship reign. I was able to put it on a harder difficulty and was still fairly challenged alongside still being an unstoppable force, which was EXACTLY what I wanted in this game!

Fighting games are not my genre, but after having UFC 4 in my list for over a year, I thought, I give it a try. And I have to say, it was much more fun, than I expected. I like the realistic approach compared to typical arcade titles like street fighter. Career Mode is also fun.

After a while, I decided to play on a harder difficulty. The opponents act much smarter and more realistic, you really have to keep your guard up and manage your stamina, or otherwise you're gonna get knocked tf out.

So far so good – the big problems though are takedowns and ground wrestling. It's almost impossible to defend against those. Once your opponent puts you on the ground, you basically can't escape. And it's not for the lack of skill. I'm doing what the instructions say, but it just doesn't work. Overall the controls on grappling, wrestling, submissions and stuff like that, are pretty bad and not fun.

Therefore the hard difficulty is just frustrating, while the normal difficulty is too easy, as you can just knock everybody out – which is fun, but where is the challenge?

All in all, UFC 4 is alright, but can get boring really fast. And I'm not mentioning the microtransactions – at least they're only for cosmetics, but still annoying.