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Developer: EA Canada
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Genres: Fighting, Simulation, Sports
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EA crafts one of the finest MMA games to date, although it's let down by a lacklustre ground game.
While UFC 2 certainly looks the part, it doesn't feel it. Strikes are razor sharp, kicks are satisfyingly heavy, and each and every fighter is beautifully sculpted and recreated, but each and every element is too robotic and rigid to recreate the dynamism and unpredictability that draws me to real UFC fights. Those fights are often won by finding those spaces between the lines that your opponent hasn't thought to cover, but those spaces simply don't exist here. As a fighting game it's worth your time if you're seeking something other than the usual options, but as a recreation of the UFC it falters before the final bell.
Bruising, buggy and beautiful, UFC 2 is a technically triumphant fighter, but its combat can easily flounder and frustrate.
UFC 2 captures the adrenaline rush that is MMA with features like a deeper career and the wild Knockout mode
