It certainly sounds promising.

The way they describe the graplling system makes it sound a lot like the PSX UFC games, just with more positions and submissions, and less complex button presses. Considering those games had really shitting grappling mechanics, that is somewhat disconcerting to read. And they don’t really mention any sprawling mechanic, which was one of the major failings or earlier MMA games. The binary process of takedowns succeeding or failing always felt like a cop-out.

Aesthetically the idea of automatically measuring the punches is a good idea, but I’m weary of how that will work… what if I want to do, say, a jab-elbow-high kick combo? The spinning back elbow option is nice though, because other than Lyoto I do intend on playing a lot as Jon Jones.

To be honest it sounds slightly better than I would have expected, but they’ve got a pretty tall task to satisfy the crowd that wants accurate control of a truly technical MMA game. As someone who has a small amount of experience in videogame authoring, the idea of trying to adapt all the complex dimensions of fighting into a workable model is pretty frightening. Thats why I have never seriously entertained making even a small demo of a 2D homebrew MMA game. Making a fun, comprehensive grappling system would literally take 10x the effort of making a decent, semi-realistic kickboxing engine.

I’ve yet to see this style of gaming done well. Even all the WWF game titles are pretty bad.

The best example of complex and dynamic controls for a game like this would be something like the Pro Evolution Soccer titles; the amount of controls and level of technical detail in that title is mind boggling.

I’m a hardcore gamer so fingers crossed.

This is alot more promising than I thought it would be, and to think everything is still in concept form…the finished product is going to be amazing. It sounds like they have the right idea with the grappling, especially with them saying there was an improve position minorly and majorly, thats a huge deal when you really think about it. Old MMA games didn’t have the ability to go to half gaurd and stay there or bypass half gaurd and go straight to the mount.

Not to mention yesterday I was wondering how they would handle TKO’s when the opponent isn’t defending himself…sure enough, they said that the ref will jump in and stop it if you drop the opponent and pounce. Realistic much…

Also, the way they handled high and low attacks really made my day as well. Instead of designating a button for a specific attack to an upper or lower level of the body and always executing that specific attack, you just press a button mid combo to throw head kick for example. Or start off the the shoulder button pressed and you can throw some leg kicks.

Lastly, the game determining which attack to do due to your distance sounds good in theory, but i’d like to see how this works exactly. But if they do it right, I think we’ll have no problem.s

And am I the only person who was happy they paid attention to minor details like blood from your opponent getting on you? I hate unrealistic blood and such in games…that makes me rather content.

the thing I’m most excited to hear is that damage is not a constant. It isn’t “if you land a high kick it takes 10% of the health bar” or anything like that which just makes it feel like a fighting game rather than a sports title. It is good to hear that there are quick KO’s..etc.

But seriously, this game is going to be the one that makes me buy another controller for my PS3. $60 for a fucking controller!?!?1

Must buy for me.