International popularity UFC growing every year. Russian athletes regularly delight us with victories, and the name Khabib Nurmagomedova even those who are not interested in this industry know. Recently, Russia has one more champion – Peter Jan… Naturally, the high popularity of “ultimatum single combats” could not go unnoticed in the gaming industry. Developers from EA Sports regularly release games under license every two years UFC… The fourth part of the popular cage fighting simulator will soon be on sale, and we offer you our detailed review.
The game starts with a short intro to the chords “Sirius” Alan Parsons… You see an unnamed star before the interview. In the course of the video, they explain to you that you need to fill out a form in which you should indicate your name, height, weight and other parameters. So UFC 4 leads to the creation of your character. The fighter can be both male and female. You can customize the appearance from ready-made assets, or try to adjust each parameter yourself. But no matter how hard I tried, I didn’t manage to make the fighter look like myself. In the last part, it was really possible to scan your face, but here this opportunity is no longer there, although there is a possibility that it will be added later. In general, the current editor is inconvenient, so making a cute character is quite difficult in any of the gender versions.
After a fighter is created, his manager and trainer tells the back story of how they met. From now on you travel back in time and must climb the career ladder from zero to legend UFC… The very first fight takes place somewhere in the American backyard in some little-known organization.
With any outcome of this fight, the player must then sign a contract and choose a date for his next fight. Usually the maximum value is four or five weeks. During this time, you need to prepare physically and catch up with the excitement around the battle. Both options appear in the main career menu. The fitness gauge grows with training, and the hype grows with ads and social media activity. All these actions waste time points. At the beginning of each week, you are awarded 100 points, which you use as you wish. For example, studying the enemy requires at least thirty units, sparring – at least forty, and some advertising activities require at least 10 units.
In a separate submenu, you can study the features and characteristics of the opponent. This will allow you to start preparing with your strengths and weaknesses in mind. The pumping system is more interesting here than in the previous parts UFC and resembles the games of the series The elder scrolls… This or that technique is enhanced if it is used frequently. Accordingly, practicing some kind of movement in sparring is an important element of preparation for a fight. There are only four training partners, plus a punching bag. Everyone has one style or another, which gives a bonus to the development of certain skills. For example, if you choose a wrestler as a partner, then our avatar will be better at pumping elements related to parterre and grabbing, and when choosing a Muay Thai master, elbows, knees and various circular lunges will receive enhanced development. In addition, there are special tasks in sparring, completing which the player will receive purple coins. They can be spent on developing fundamental indicators such as endurance, as well as strength and speed of blows.
At the beginning of a career, our avatar has few tricks, and in order to learn new ones, you need to enlist the support of active fighters UFC… Initially, almost no one wants to share their skills, so certain conditions must be met. For example, win a certain number of fights or become a potential rival in rating, although some will talk only with the champion.
The first one with whom I managed to agree was Alexey Oleinik, showing how to perform “anaconda” and “guillotine”. Workout with Alistair Overeem opens “hook with the foot” and “Celtic cross”, and with Andrey Orlovsky – “backfist”. Overall an interesting mechanic. At some point, I began to study techniques that I don’t even really need, it’s just that the process itself is built quite fascinatingly.
