The Dreamcast game rocked, my friends and I beat the f**k out of each other in that game.

Lets hope THQ does not turn this into another WWE Smackdown. I hate those games, they don't come close to AKI's No Mercy game engine.

shades_of_blue

Liked the first Dreamcast game, but it was all downhill from there. Hopefully this will change my mind...

KaneRobot

Wow, totally don't give a shit. UFC is new age WWF.

MadExponent

UFC Dreamcast I think holds up today, although it's a bit like No Mercy on the N64

Maybe they'll have a code where Best Buy maxs out your stats & Circuit City lowers them....

GuyinGA

@deathtastic: If they can capture the "balls to the balls," homo-eroticness of the sport, I will be... not -- er, surprised.

ibelli

There's something about watching two sweaty guys pummeling and grinding into each other that just sorta does it for me. I'm gonna go play Rumble Roses to strengthen my ever tenuous grip on heterosexuality.

Snozzberry

@aelfin: It stands for Mixed Martial Arts. So, they're pretty much badasses?

Voteforme2020

I've never seen UFC before, but judging from that capture from some bout, it looks like many a frat-boy boxer-short-fight.

aelfin

@Kanik: I was just going to say that! The Dreamcast one was good. Would it still hold up today? I'm not sure about that one...

As a huge MMA fan (and martial arts!) I'm all for this! The trailer they released months ago was sadly CGI...Here's hoping the fighting engine they're making is up to snuff!
80 fighters huh? I hope the players from Pride are there (throw in Fedor too!) not to mention the legends...

excaliburps

Btw.. here is that teaser I was speaking of. It is basically a year old. And I would gather it has changed completely since this, but I still think it looks pretty decent, even a year later.

[xbox360.ign.com]

VonDante

It's ironic that you chose Jesse Taylor for your cover photo seeing as how he is the one who f*ck*d up and blew his opportunity to be in the finale tonight! Dana even said "you aint even famous yet dude and you're acting like this!?" but yes I will play a game like this only because MMA is awesome and I love games (der)

sh0tgunn0strils

As an MMA fan, I'm slightly excited but apprehensive, since the last UFC game I played was crap. Hopefully THQ does a decent job...

Now, if they could only let you do elaborately choreographed entrances ala Genki Sudo when he faought in K-1 Dynamite, it would be a guaranteed buy for me.

bean, bean, the musical... well, you know.

If they can capture the balls to the wall brutal-ness of this sport ill be buying this.

deathtastic

I remember when THQ slapped out a teaser for this at least a year ago if not longer. I was pumped with that teaser, it looked amazing, and I had hoped to hear more in the coming months.

The it fell and fell hard, and nothing was ever said about the UFC game that was coming down the road.

This is actually the few news I've heard since then. Glad something is out again, even though its still a long ass ways away. I hope it turns out.

VonDante

I want a UFC game similar to the one on the dreamcast.

Leveling up my character so he can hug harder was great. And Ulti-man! The greatest villain in a sports game since John Madden.

Kanik

@ Quasimodo x:
I doubt many of the fighters from Pride will be in it since the whole UFC buying pride fiasco, where none of the fighters from pride had any exclusive contracts, I don't think ole' fedor will make an appearance. We will however get Wanderlei silva, so now I'll be able to watch him stomp Ramages face into the ground for the 3rd time

HerbalJoker

If I want homoerotica, I will watch Interview With the Vampire again, thank you very much.

mycroft2000

Will Tito be in it? I am only interested in this game if they have Pride fighters in it, like Sakuraba.

Quasimodo X

Man, the missionary position is so pedestrian. These guys need to learn to be adventurous or their relationship is not going to last.

badasscat

you should have put a different picture at the top. That one looks like a screencap from a porno.

Coxswain

@shades_of_blue: I agree with your sentiment. I really hope they don't try and "wrestle-ize" the UFC engine.

AkI's wrestling engine is by far the best wrestling engine I've played so far (I'm sure Fire Pro fans will disagree). I actually bought an N64 just for Wrestlemania 2000. Yeah weird game choice for a console seller no? I couldn't resist after playing AKI's first grappler for it (the WCW one). Awesome CAW in their games...

@MadExponent: Yeah very constructive post there. I can imagine not caring a shit must've pushed you to click on the post and comment. WWE is staged. While I respect wrestling as a "semi-sport" (You still have to be in shape to pull those moves off). The UFC and MMA in general is on a whole other level. I've practiced MMA before and it really is hard work.
=D

excaliburps

@MadExponent: lol wut? You can't even compare the two. One is real, one is fake.

Hamsnibit

@sh0tgunn0strils: Quite ironic. I mean, I don't think anyone doesn't feel bad for the guy. But hey, Dana's the godfather when it comes to these things, and he had every right to make the decision he made. There's an interview up over at the Spike TV site where "JT Money" says he's quit drinking and wants another shot. Who knows.

king_e_dawg

omfg how gay is that?

Priboi

Hey, guys! MMA homoeroticism jokes? That's totally hilarious and original! Trust me, when you're mounted, the only physical contact you're worried about are the fists in your face and the arm across your throat.

ON TOPIC NOW:

As a MMA fan and a martial artist, I'm interested in this game! As a video game player, I have low hopes! Why? The MMA games I've played have had wrestling-esque clunky controls, or silly 'counter buttons' that leave situations at 50/50% guesses. There's strategy in MMA, especially in grappling situations (clinch and ground).

I'd love to see a good ground system, where you could... I dunno... use one analog stick to control posture on the top, and have your button combinations either try and strike, pass or submit. If your positioning was wrong, your percentage of success would go down. Then you'd actually *gasp* have to think. You could do something analogous on the bottom, where submission and sweep attempts or guard defense would have success percentage based on opponent posture, your hip location, etc. I'm not talking about unreasonable VF4 complexity; the target audience would most likely hate that. I'm just talking about some broad concepts from the actual ground game manifested in the play control.

ninjafetus

yup the teaser looked great.

TheTravisCooper

@badasscat:

hee hee ... giggles. you funny.

icarusprime

@aelfin: Sounds like someone is bitter they weren't allowed to join a frat.

balls187 upside yo head

@HerbalJoker: It'll be a while before Wandy will have a chance at Ramages [sic]. He's lost to both Chuck Lidell and Dan Henderson, both of whom Rampage beat, convincingly.

balls187 upside yo head

@bean, bean, the musical... well, you know.: Except elaborate entrances aren't part of the UFC.

@Quasimodo X: Sakuraba is not a Pride fighter anymore. Since Tito is no longer under contract with the UFC, I doubt he'll be in it.

balls187 upside yo head

@goddessakasha: As if your hdd wasn't already full of reminders.

balls187 upside yo head

@HerbalJoker: true enough, however, Rampage is a cash cow. He has stellar fights, and is very very marketable. BJ Penn is great, but he's not personable. GSP is great, but he's not either. Anderson Silva is awesome, but doesn't speak english well at all. And Big Nog has the same problem.

That leaves Rampage as the only champion with major market appeal. Dana is going to protect him, much like he did with Matt Hughes and Chuck.

Don't get me wrong. Wandy is the freakin man. But his appeal is only with the hardcore segment (ie the fans that watched him in Pride).

@ninjafetus: Agreed. In concept, a cool idea, but how do you take something as complex as MMA, and assign controls to it? Also keeping in mind things like punchers chance, or the submission from left field (like Amir vs CB on last nights TUF). How do you model an active guard vs inactive? Lay and pray? So many dynamics to get right, that like you said, low expectations.

balls187 upside yo head

Well... now I know what those two guys would look like if they were having sex.

goddessakasha

@excaliburps: You're not the only one who bought an N64 solely for the AKI wrestling games, I did too. Mario64 was just a bonus. lol My friend imported the original Virtual Pro Wrestling title, from the point forward I was hooked.

Fire Prowrestling is a great series, but I hate constantly being cheesed by the computer. After No Mercy, I pretty much abandoned it. Loved SMS and D, did not care for G and Z. Returns, that completely rekindled my love for that series and finally, finally being able to play it in full English was great. Too bad no one licensed it sooner…importing is so expensive…

shades_of_blue

Hopefully the style of the game is close to Def Jam: Fight for NY and you can combine a few different styles to make them your own.

Final

@ balls187: I think u may be wrong, Dana loves seeing grudge matches, and having a guy that not only beat but brutalized Rampage twice it'll happen sooner than u think. Back on the game though I saw a bunch of screen shots this morning (can't find the link) and the game looks sick, it had Forrest Griffin fighting Rampage this time and those character models looked sickly real. They even had the cut man Stitch working on one of the fighters and I swear it looked exactly like him.

HerbalJoker

@balls187 upside yo head: Stay out of my HDD!

goddessakasha

@shades_of_blue: You're telling me. I paid $100 for my Wrestlemania 2000 cart! As the N64 isn't really that hot here. $100 for a game was a lot back then.

@zanzibarlegend: That's one of the things I'm a bit cautious about. Please THQ don't make unnecessary sequels every year! If you could patch it, I think it would be better.

excaliburps

If they can balance out the different fighting strategies (stand-up vs ground for instance), then this could be great.

Quilt

All of you guys making unoriginal, ignorant gay statements should realize that homophobes tend to be the one's hiding in the closet.

Go watch UFC for free on Spike tv tomorrow night and see what the sport is all about.

Diesel_Power

That was actually pretty fun on the Dreamcast...my niece loved playing it simply to put guys in potentially...um, embarrassing positions however...^_^

relic1980

o boy, heres hoping THQ doesn't turn UFC into SVR, and underachieving wrestling game that never crawled from outta the shadow of No Mercy for Nintendo 64.

zanzibarlegend

@balls187 upside yo head: That's not entirely true, they used to have more elaborate entrances back in the day, like UFC 40 or so. A few people have had dumbed down entrances too, like Sokudjou with his predator helmet, Rampage with his howl, and Diego Sanchez with his mariachi band. They're just a thing of the past now, but not any less awesome, which is the point I was trying to make.

+ Watch video

And when it comes to fully ridiculous entrances, I've it was pretty much only Genki who would do them, and now that he's retired, we won't see anything like them again.

bean, bean, the musical... well, you know.

@MadExponent: Congrats on making the most worthless post In the entire topic

KEELr

@Priboi:

oh here we go ... stones, glass houses, etc ... a comment like that from someone who has "boi" in his Screen Name. "oh mary, get a look at her" Someone needs to look deep in the closet, past the middle school slurs.

Don't worry folks a Hammer request is being submitted in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...

icarusprime

Why did THQ get the license when they have th WWE? The games were fun on the DC, but it was all a matter of who got who in that submission first.

akilshohen

i dunno, this MMA stuff just confuses me. to me it looks like to guys hopped on 'roids pounding the piss outta one another but without much grace, unlike boxing. too bloody and "manly" for my tastes really. but a good game is a good game, so hopefully this wont suck!

pandafresh

@bean, bean, the musical... well, you know.: That was really before Zuffa took over.

I'm with you. I love the crazy entrances. Like Sakuraba coming in as Mario.

I'm just staying modern day UFC, entrances are way toned down. It could be a cultural thing; or perhaps to further differentiate the UFC from pro-rasslin, the later has fairly elaborate entrances.

Wonder if they'll license Hank Williams Jr's A Country Boy Can Survive?

balls187 upside yo head

If you can't play as Dana White, it's not a real UFC game.

Providence

How the hell is this game gonna work. There's just so much stuff you can do, unless they make it have more generic buttons. Cause what, you have straight punches, hooks, wild punches/hooks, uppercuts, horizontal elbows, vertical elbows, sweeps, leg kicks, body kicks, head kicks, front/rear thrusts, etcetcetc. Now multiply that by 2 for 2 body parts and then add more for blocking, wrestling, and then ground fighting. Hell the jujitsu is gonna be hard to do.

I guess if they do something similar to Spore where they have a buttload of combinations of body parts and the sort, one button in the game could do a lot of different attacks.

OiScout

@OiScout: I'm guessing the chars made from real life will have their real life styles: IE Matt Hughes stand up will be pretty weak, but his takedown, wrestling, and submissions will be good.

When you create a char, they might have an RPG style point system, where you allocate points to certain areas. After that, you probably get to pick your standup style:

Slugger
Muay Thai
Kick Boxer
Boxer
Wild Puncher

What will be interesting is how they model the dynamics of the weightclasses. Like, Spider Silva walks around at 210 or so, but fights at 185.

balls187 upside yo head

@pandafresh: MMA fighting (as any martial art) requires extreme patience and dedication. I personally would like an Arnis (stickfighting) game to be made. but alas I admit the market isn't there.

I agree with the sentiment here that the fighting engine will be hard to implement properly. There's just too many options and nuances. Not to mention how can you control from half-guard etc.

Oh and there's a new trailer up for it featuring Rampage vs Griffin.
Here's the link :[www.gametrailers.com]
The in-game character models and animations seem good enough. Though it didn't shed any light on the gameplay...

excaliburps

I hope the game features GSP as a playable character!Hands down the best overall fighter in the sport!

MusashiQC