EA UFC 6
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EA just dropped its reveal trailer for EA UFC 6, and the game looks amazing.
I know we're in a space where whenever we see a video or social media post, everyone heads straight for the comments section. It's for entertainment and additional perspective. I get it. However, don't allow the comments to change your mind or to rob you of appreciating something when it's good.
I say this because as I scanned the comments on the trailer, I saw so many people saying things like, "this looks like EA UFC 5." I can't help but wonder, is this a reflex response or are there fans out there who legitimately cannot see all of the details that are different from EA UFC 5?
If the latter is the case, I'm going to point out what you might have missed. I watched a video from combat sports gamer and influencer Pryoxis and we mostly agree. Although I cringed when he thought Ken Shamrock was Don Frye. Still, he was on point and objective with his takes.
In a word, fluidity. The EA UFC 6 trailer is "actual gameplay," which gives additional weight to the preview. The strikes and movement mirror the dance that makes combat sports special. Take a look at how quickly Ian Machado Garry branches out of his lunge into the head kick that drops Stephen "Wonderboy" Thompson. It's beautiful. Likewise, the Max Holloway footage has a bounce to it that is needed to differentiate fighters.
Beyond Garry's footwork, Alex Pereira's calf kick comes with almost no wind-up, which mirrors how he throws it in real life and stands out from EA UFC 5's more generic calf-kick pool. Ilia Topuria's pull counter into a straight right is another fighter-specific addition, and across the board, hooks and straights show more shoulder rotation and weight transfer. These are the kind of details EA flagged when it announced the Frostbite ragdoll physics, Real-Time Contact, and Flow State mechanics for the new game.
From the trailer, it is tough to see how or if the clinch and grapple has changed. I'm hoping we see a better way to defend the clinch. It is a little too spammable in EA UFC 5. Grappling is a tricky element to tackle. I'm convinced the entire community will never completely agree on it. That's why I wouldn't blame EA if they don't alter it much from EA UFC 5. It's playable and there's some semblance of a skill gap, which is what you ultimately want.
That said, there is one near-fence sequence in the trailer where a fighter butt-scoots back against the cage to set up a triangle choke. That kind of cage-aware animation suggests EA may be handling wall-work submissions with more intentional motion instead of the teleport-style repositioning UFC 5 sometimes leaned on. It's a small detail, but it's exactly the type of upgrade that addresses one of the crucial boxes EA UFC 6 needed to check when it was first announced.
I see a lot of chatter about gameplay, which is obviously key, but arguably the best referee in MMA is making his debut in the series. Marc Goddard is in and completely scanned.
Goddard slotting into the referee rotation is a presentation upgrade that matters more than it might sound. He's one of the most recognizable officials in the sport, and adding him alongside the existing referee pool gives the broadcast layer of EA UFC 6 a more authentic UFC feel. Combined with the more realistic strike animations and crowd reactions in the trailer, the overall presentation reads closer to a live UFC event than UFC 5 ever did.
Was it just me or is that shoving match in the casino a callback to Kamaru Usman and Colby Covington's real-life, near dust-up in a casino? There's been other near or full-on fights between UFC fighters in casinos, maybe it's a collective reference. In any case, I like it as it leans into a large part of the community and what they respond to overall. The Max Holloway scenes look like some sort of real-life fighter career concept. I'm hoping it is recreating Holloway and others best moments in the Octagon. That would be pretty awesome and a great way to unlock new fighters.
That fits with what EA has already detailed about The Legacy career mode and the new Hall of Legends mode for reliving UFC greats. Very briefly, you can see the facial damage to Charles Oliveira. It is even more graphic than EA UFC 5. There's also congratulatory hugs between the fighters after the fight.
The career mode almost looks like its an open-world concept. We're not sure if it'll be totally online with interactions with other users, but this is a big deal if it is. Finally, a shot of Randy Couture sneaks in at the very end.
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