Once champion, you can start taking fights in Pride, which has new fighters and different rules.
However, you can only make a permanent change to your class after winning a title vs title match. Tune up fights allow you to take a weaker opponent, fill-in fights give you less training time but more currency, and you can even take a fight in a different weight class if you feel like it. As such, you can really go up the rankings at your own pace. Unless you’re the champion, you usually have around six different opponent to chose from. These losses can be balanced out, but if you want to be a great puncher/submission fighter, you’re going to have to work towards it. For example, constantly training in submissions will have an averse effect on your striking. Instead of skills naturally diminishing over time when they aren’t trained, you’ll find that focusing on one skill over another tends to limit the latter. You gain points based on how well you did in these games, but you also have the choice to skip them in favor of fewer points. This increases your strength, takedowns, and other attributes. For example, the tire flip challenge has you flipping a tire to green zones in order to score points. You train by completing one of several minigames or sparring practices. There is also fewer time to train between fights, though this has been balanced out by making training more streamlined. You won’t have to deal with post-fight interviews, weigh ins, or Rachelle Leah sending you e-mail after e-mail. It has completely eschewed all of the personal touches from last year in favor of more fights at a faster pace. We have a lot of stuff to go through, so I’ll try to be as brief as possible.Ĭareer Mode has seen a ton of changes. So, is this the best MMA game yet, or has the magic finally worn off? Let’s find out!
Clearly, they didn’t just do a quick update and call it a day. There is a ton of content to digest here. The Pride rule set allows for knees and kicks to downed opponents, as well as ropes instead of a cage. With over one hundred and fifty fighters, that is an astoundingly large roster. Two new weight classes have been introduced, and Pride rules and fighters get to shine as well.
The big thing this year seems to be simply adding more to the formula. It was going to be tough for Yuke’s to meet them. That being said, there was room for improvement, and the extra time in development had my expectations flying sky high. Both 20 made my personal top ten, and my review for 2010 was pretty glowing. It’s no secret that I’m a pretty big fan of the UFC Undisputed franchise.