EA Sports UFC 2

 Xbox One
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5.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 96 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 35 out of 96
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  1. kcity
    Apr 4, 2016
    1
    This game had so much potential but, EA failed to deliver once again. One thing this game did do is manage to frustrate the hell out of you. The key to success in this game is too take advantage of broken position for example side back mount you can attempt to block but it's useless all it takes is two hits to your arm and out of no where your fighters head jerks dramatically and yourThis game had so much potential but, EA failed to deliver once again. One thing this game did do is manage to frustrate the hell out of you. The key to success in this game is too take advantage of broken position for example side back mount you can attempt to block but it's useless all it takes is two hits to your arm and out of no where your fighters head jerks dramatically and your knocked out.… Expand
  2. thespidermma
    May 16, 2016
    2
    Extremely bad controls and unresponsive inputs = Worst online MMA game. Im a hardcore 20 year MMA fan and have played every MMA video game and trained in real martial arts for 15 years. Old school gamer and Ive played this game since the BETA. Its horribly laggy, the game play is a complete joke, online players cheese up the game for the most unrealistic combo damage. The game offline is aExtremely bad controls and unresponsive inputs = Worst online MMA game. Im a hardcore 20 year MMA fan and have played every MMA video game and trained in real martial arts for 15 years. Old school gamer and Ive played this game since the BETA. Its horribly laggy, the game play is a complete joke, online players cheese up the game for the most unrealistic combo damage. The game offline is a joke as its super easy to beat the CPU on the hardest difficulty. The game was a huge let down and has since destroyed my confidence in EA. The Ultimate team is blasphemy!! pay real life money to get an advantage in an already broken game. Smh horrible game, the only reason i can stomach to play it IS because im a die hard MMA fan. only fun i have with this game is playing with friends who respect the ART of fighting, NOT the art of being a cheesy trash exploiter win-at-all-costs online gamer!!! This game will make you want to reach through the screen and smack players for playing like the absolute worst humans in the gaming community. Be prepared to get tons of hate mail from gamers after they get cheap wins.… Expand
  3. ELBARBERO1
    Mar 15, 2016
    3
    Im a big UFC fan and believe that a UFC game should NOT be arcadey and should be totally in depth as the sport theyre trying to emulate. With that said let me explain why EA UFC is trash and Im crying right now for spending $60...

    Simply put, the gameplay is horrible. The ground game is the most frustrating thing on the planet. Where as UFC undisputed 3 evolved its gameplay into a fair    Im a big UFC fan and believe that a UFC game should NOT be arcadey and should be totally in depth as the sport theyre trying to emulate. With that said let me explain why EA UFC is trash and Im crying right now for spending $60...

    Simply put, the gameplay is horrible. The ground game is the most frustrating thing on the planet. Where as UFC undisputed 3 evolved its gameplay into a fair and concise struggle between you and the AI/live opponent, EAs ufc 2 is made complicated by having menus within menus for how you want to transition or submit your opponent. Its horrible especially if you are in the bad spot, you dont really know when your going to counter your opponents transition. There is no tell. In undisputed, you could wrap up your opponent to avoid striking and then go for a transition into a better position when you deem theres an opening. Everything is organic and instantaneous rather being slowed down by little menus for every transition yiu have to make.

    Menus are ugly and bland. Music sounds like it was put together by the jonas bros instead of being an onslaught of heavy metal in your face music like undisputed. Graphics are really pretty but thats just the only saving grace for this game. They have a huge roster i believe of over 150 characters but their differences are few theyre actually fighting.

    EA put that stupid ultimate team BS when it should have no business being there in the first place. It adds NOTHING significant to the game unlike fifa where you want to have the best players on one team, in this version of ultimate team you get little yugioh cards to power up your teams stats. STUPID. Ultimate team CANNOT work for this game because the actual character count is a thousand times smaller than all the players you can collect for ultimate team in fifa. EA IS TRYING TO SHOVE IT IN THIS GAME.

    I could go on and on. Where the hell is pride? Where is my wardrobe of brands like affliction, venom, tapout, etc... as opposed to the ONE boring sponsor of Reebok for everyone. Where is defend my title arcade ladder?

    Guys, please take my word for it and if you must have a ufc game, keep your copy of undisputed 3, because that what it is exactly, UNDISPUTED until further notice... the fact of the matter is, i would be happy if EA decided to copy undisputed 3 mode by mode and just added better graphics. This is the third MMA title that EA has tried to make ( remember EA MMA) and i cant fathom why any of there devs have not sat down and plated undisputed and realize that theyre game is crap    … Expand
  4. drinklime
    Mar 17, 2016
    0
    I loved EA UFC 1 but I can't say the same about this unfinished piece of trash. The game is broken. The fighters have all the wrong moves. Career mode locks up, weight class switching is broken, and you only get about 20 fights then you have to retire. The Grapping system makes no sense unless you spent 2 years chatting with the devs, and your game can even lock up if you knock someone outI loved EA UFC 1 but I can't say the same about this unfinished piece of trash. The game is broken. The fighters have all the wrong moves. Career mode locks up, weight class switching is broken, and you only get about 20 fights then you have to retire. The Grapping system makes no sense unless you spent 2 years chatting with the devs, and your game can even lock up if you knock someone out on the ground. This game should not even be allowed on the market in its current condition.… Expand
  5. Kandriasin
    Mar 22, 2016
    0
    This game is PURE garbage. MMA is a sport where submissions finish a good number of fights yet they are impossible to finish in this game. Perhaps some of the fat loser programmers who made this game but obviously know nothing about grappling need to be choked, arm barred and kimura'ed to understand what even half way decent grapplers can do. This game sucks.
  6. CatchyOne
    Apr 11, 2016
    1
    Liked the first UFC, but career mode in UFC 2 is broken. Youre going against lvl 100 AI when you're lvl 70 yourself??? Needless to say fighting is very much up to chanses in UFC 2, if you're lucky you might KO your oponent and earn the belt in the end.

    At the start in the career you get offers that matches you pretty well, later it's just over the top. My stats was 90 in striking, 70    Liked the first UFC, but career mode in UFC 2 is broken. Youre going against lvl 100 AI when you're lvl 70 yourself??? Needless to say fighting is very much up to chanses in UFC 2, if you're lucky you might KO your oponent and earn the belt in the end.

    At the start in the career you get offers that matches you pretty well, later it's just over the top. My stats was 90 in striking, 70 grapling and 65 submission, I met Jon Jones with 100, 100 and 100.. I was lucky and KOed him first round, got the belt. In the rematch however, he murdered me almost even when I had more in striking, grappling and sub than before. Got to say it was more frustrating than fun to play, not just because of the poor matchup in career mode, but also because of the baadly designed control system, its so unresponsive and broken.

    I think this game is more fit to play with friends than solo.

    I give this 1 out of 10. The 1 point is for more game modes than before. I REALLY regret paying for this game!!!    … Expand
  7. scarfacelfc
    Mar 15, 2016
    1
    Absolutely terrible, basically same game as UFC 1 made even worse. EA sports are nothing but money grabbing scammers. how the hell can you have an ultimate TEAM mode in an MMA game?, fighters are robotic and the movement is so unrealistic it makes my eyeballs vomit. no serious improvements made the game has just got worse, bring back the THQ version. Literally 1/10. Such a letdown.
  8. restalfep
    Sep 10, 2016
    0
    Horrible customer service and game is broken if spending real money on the UFC points. WARNING, do NOT spend real money on ingame currency. I stupidly bought over $130 of UFC points and then the game kept crashing when trying to access these points. Now when I turn on the game it keeps going back to the UFC points screen and crashing. I contacted EA support and it was clear they could careHorrible customer service and game is broken if spending real money on the UFC points. WARNING, do NOT spend real money on ingame currency. I stupidly bought over $130 of UFC points and then the game kept crashing when trying to access these points. Now when I turn on the game it keeps going back to the UFC points screen and crashing. I contacted EA support and it was clear they could care less. They told me "contact xbox for a refund". Obviously xbox will not just refund money since they don't know what the issue is. The game was very fun until I made the stupid mistake of buying ingame UFC points. DO NOT spend money on this game because EA will not help you and it completely broke my game.… Expand
  9. nevertrustEA
    Jun 7, 2016
    1
    I made an account just to warn others who are like me and read reviews here before buying games. Ufc undisputed 3 was one of my favorite games. If you love MMA and undisputed 3 like me, and you want a fun next gen version to play, this isnt it. The career mode is sorry. Theyve added a cash grab ultimate team mode, which is a pay to win mode. Its main strength is its main weakness, onlineI made an account just to warn others who are like me and read reviews here before buying games. Ufc undisputed 3 was one of my favorite games. If you love MMA and undisputed 3 like me, and you want a fun next gen version to play, this isnt it. The career mode is sorry. Theyve added a cash grab ultimate team mode, which is a pay to win mode. Its main strength is its main weakness, online fighting. Its broken, full of cheese and exploits, and with no other mode to turn to, your left frustrated. Not happy. Hi low block system is a 50/50 guess cause if you dont block BEFORE they throw at you, your not blocking anything. Some improvement of a ground and submission game, but not enough to make you glad you own it. If you buy the game for more than 15 or 20, you'll probably feel very sad very soon. Dont make the biggest mistake of them all like I did, which is buying this or anything from EA digitally. I bought day one and would have sold it within 2 weeks for 15 just to cut my losses if I could have. Worst part of it all? Its "almost" fun. If almost is good enough for you, than your probably ok. Its better than the last, but never recaptures the joy of what that game used to be.… Expand
  10. tflboozer
    Dec 1, 2016
    0
    I wanted so badly to like this game, but every time I play it, it breaks my heart. I'll start with the most glaring flaw, The Scoring System Is Atrocious. You can win every category of scoring in a round (total strikes, power strikes, takedowns) by a wide margin, and still lose that round. You can win every category of scoring in a round, every round, and still lose that fight byI wanted so badly to like this game, but every time I play it, it breaks my heart. I'll start with the most glaring flaw, The Scoring System Is Atrocious. You can win every category of scoring in a round (total strikes, power strikes, takedowns) by a wide margin, and still lose that round. You can win every category of scoring in a round, every round, and still lose that fight by decision! That alone makes the game unplayable, but there's more. Jon Jones, and Conor McGregor's characters are so so much better than the rest, that thats all anyone uses, which is boring, and frustrating if you wanna use basically anyone else. Ground game is more boring than ever, even just grappling in general, clinch sucks too. Just a shame, so much potential, but fatal flaws.… Expand
  11. Curtis5000
    Aug 20, 2016
    3
    Was really exited about this game. Played the first and loved it. Lots of potential, does not deliver at all. The carrear mode is broken, with AI being much better than you and almost impossible to beat. The stand up fighting is average at best. However the ground work is horrific and slow. The online feature is a good concept, however lags very badly and matches terribly. However bad theWas really exited about this game. Played the first and loved it. Lots of potential, does not deliver at all. The carrear mode is broken, with AI being much better than you and almost impossible to beat. The stand up fighting is average at best. However the ground work is horrific and slow. The online feature is a good concept, however lags very badly and matches terribly. However bad the gameplay is, this game has slightly better graphics than the previous. But this does not make up for the discustingly bad gameplay included for this full priced game.… Expand
  12. sagomezjr
    Aug 23, 2016
    1
    STILL A LOT TO BE FIXED. THIS GAMES GROUND GAME IS STUPID. The instructions say, hold R2 and and the direction your opponent moves, yea...but direction relevant to who? The game? My opponent? My Character in the game? Not to mention there is much debate on whether a "flick" or a "hold" is the right move. It makes for the most frustrating ground portions of a fight. You can't do anythingSTILL A LOT TO BE FIXED. THIS GAMES GROUND GAME IS STUPID. The instructions say, hold R2 and and the direction your opponent moves, yea...but direction relevant to who? The game? My opponent? My Character in the game? Not to mention there is much debate on whether a "flick" or a "hold" is the right move. It makes for the most frustrating ground portions of a fight. You can't do anything because you cant stop them from sweeping. Sure, you can max your standup up to 100 but that makes the game pointless. The creators just wanted to put a game on a disc to make some money, they could have engineered the ground grappling system SO MUCH BETTER. It honestly makes the game unplayable.… Expand
  13. MuscleNerd
    Jan 3, 2017
    3
    Where to beginning. The game is extremely addicting, I have over 500 online fights, but it is sad it took me 500 fights to realize how terrible the online is. If you get lucky and get an opponent who will fight you normal than the game is great. A good fight between two opponents who play the game like it is real life, it can't get much better.

    Normal = Not spamming take downs,    Where to beginning. The game is extremely addicting, I have over 500 online fights, but it is sad it took me 500 fights to realize how terrible the online is. If you get lucky and get an opponent who will fight you normal than the game is great. A good fight between two opponents who play the game like it is real life, it can't get much better.

    Normal = Not spamming take downs, spamming leg kicks, spamming take downs, spamming, ground and pound and reversing all of your attempts at transitioning.

    But does that happen often? No

    The online is trash, full of people spamming and cheating their way to victories. The computer judges are trash, typical UFC title stuff that has impacted their sales since the first UFC on xbox. The game always fails to deliver in the online aspect.

    Take downs are extremely slow and do not flow with the speed of the game at all. Maybe UFC 3 will be different, but I wont get my hopes up.    … Expand
  14. afluffyunicorn
    May 10, 2017
    1
    Horrendous game!! Terrible gameplay! The biggest issue with this game would be the reach, if you have a fighter who has a short reach good **** luck trying to win, as soon as you step in close to attack or close the distance the hit box pushes you away therefore not being able to attack at all. EA really likes to ruin games

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 42 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 42
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 42
  3. Negative: 0 out of 42
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    May 9, 2016
    82
    EA Sports makes its second appearance in the UFC’s famed Octagon. The fighter’s sophomore effort is solid: it has good technique, impresses visually and feels like the real thing, although its ground game could be better. UFC 2 is a contender in the making. [May 2016]
  2. games(TM)
    May 5, 2016
    70
    This year’s UFC feels like it improves in some key areas – overall quality, game modes and such – but not enough to really feel a great leap from the past.
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  3. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Apr 18, 2016
    70
    And still...the undisputed heavyweight champion of MMA games. [May 2016, p.86]
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