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I just beat Champion mode and I'm starting Legacy. I made my boxer a tall, heavyweight, long-reaching, power brawler and so far the only skills I think I have upgraded are my left and right hooks to the head...
The advice I can give to you is to make sure you max out the skill points you get in a training by trying to get as close to Champion as possible. The easiest training drills I found early on were the double end bag and the heavy bag push. Once you get about 10 fights under your belt, sparring in Mexico is the best way to go. If you want to beat the computer a lot faster I'd suggest focusing solely on the jab, straight, and both hooks to the head while also putting skill points into combos, blocking, head movement, chin, and heart.
When you do training for a fight, always do the skill training. When you start off, save your money and just work out at home by doing the "double-end bag" drill. It's by far the easiest drill. All you have to do is get to the zone on the floor and do 5 to 6 uppercuts every time. "Champion" level in the double-end bag drill is 55,000 points. I was able to easily get 60,000+.
Once you get enough money (usually after 10 fights), start to train in Mexico as much as possible. Mexico also has the "double-end bag" drill, and when you start to do the double-end bag drill with ease, start training with "sparring partner." In this drill, all you need to do is make sure you hit the sparring partner with plenty of uppercuts and hooks to either the head or body. Champion level for this drill is 40,000 points.
Now when you're in the actual fights against the computer, make the computer come to you. When the computer starts swinging, make sure you're blocking and weaving. When you see an opening or the computer misses (you'll know when the screen slows down), hit them with the "1-2" which is a jab and a straight in a combination (X and Y buttons). If the computer is close enough, the jab straight will turn into a left hook and then a right hook. Hooks do more damage than jabs and straights, but they wear down your stamina faster. Once you attain enough skill points for your jab, straight, left hook, and right hook, you'll be knocking the computer out in 1-2 rounds easy.
As Fedor makes his way to the octagon, he is accompanied by his iconic walkout music that brings back so many memories of his time in PRIDE. Again, if you know, you know. Once the fighters get close to the octagon, we get a noticeable quick cut to show the fighter getting checked out before entering the octagon. This cut is the same one from UFC 4 and unfortunately will not be the only familiar cut-scene. One would assume within the 3 years from UFC 4 that every aspect of the game would be overhauled or at least tweaked. We also have the return of the commentary team Daniel Cormier and Jon Anik which is fine since they updated their commentary for all the new and returning fighters.
UFC 5 is now running at 60 FPS. Every juke, side step, punch, kick, and shoot takedown animation looks smooth. If you are a returning player, then you will feel right at home with the major exception being takedowns. You now must hold the left trigger and press X + A to perform a single leg and to perform a double leg hold the left trigger and press Y+B. If you continue to hold this button combination you will attempt a slam. In UFC 4, you just must hold the left trigger and press X for single or Y for double leg takedowns.
We also now have doctor stoppage. UFC 5 has added a multitude of different cuts, swellings, and bruises which can occur throughout the fight. And just like in a real MMA fight, some cuts can cause extensive bleeding which can cause the doctor to step in to examine the fighter and sometimes stop the fight. I had this happen during the first minute of a fight after only receiving two punches and a hook. My left eyebrow was cut. The doctor stepped in and stopped the fight.
This part of the game has caused many people to rage quit the series out of pure frustration. Like in real life, the art of BJJ is meticulous and complex. When to make a transition and which body part to attempt a submission along with how to defend has always felt cumbersome due to the on-screen mini-game that would appear. You would spend more time focusing on the mini-game chasing the red or blue bar around and less on the fighters. This mini-game is now a thing of the past.
As you fight, you have a stamina bar on the top of the screen. Every action taken will deplete this bar. Some actions such as quick jabs will take little stamina while defending a takedown or throwing a series of combos will take much more. Once on the ground, you will see a stamina bar for submissions. Attempting and defending will deplete the bar. So if you focused on a bunch of leg kicks during stand-up and once on the ground for a leg submission on the leg you had been attacking, you will see the submission stamina bar quickly deplete which in turn will lead to a successful submission.
Fight contracts is a new mode that changes daily. You will see a list of match-ups with a reward currency attached. Win the match and get the reward currency which in turn can be used to purchase cosmetics for your fighter. We have seen these systems before in other games and like other games these items can also be purchased with real-world money. This can be a cool mode to jump in if you want to have a quick match but do not have any particular fighters in mind. Just select a matchup and fight.
Fight now has a good amount of play modes to select from such as your standard bout of 3 rounds, 5-round champion match, and backyard match to name a few. These can all be customized so you can make a title match which can only be won by knockout or submission.
Create an event allows you to fully create a fight card from top to bottom along with match rules and real-world venue locations like the MGM and Madison Square Garden. You can also do backyard but unfortunately, we still cannot replace the octagon for a ring and create a PRIDE tournament.
Career has been a big disappointment for me. Full disclosure: I am currently still playing career mode but have completed UFC 4 career mode and can so far tell you this is pretty much the same mode with some new cut-scenes. Even the story about you being a new up-and-coming fighter trying to make it to the UFC is exactly the same. You can create a new fighter or import a fighter. I imported the legend that is Wanderlei Silva.
The career mode now gives your character a voice but no dialogue choices. This is a shame as I would have liked to truly create the type of fighter I want in and out of the octagon. Maybe I want to give him an attitude so that he gets booed every time he enters the octagon. Coach Davis is also back so it feels like just another up-and-comer has entered his gym and wants to go pro. It would have been great to have something completely new. Let us start off in Brazil or another country and tell a more emotional story of a fighter trying to find his way in MMA from another combat sport like Muay Thai or kickboxer like Bas Rutten.
UFC 5 feels a bit too much like UFC 4. Whether this is good or bad depends on how you enjoyed UFC 4. The doctor stoppage is an interesting feature to add and to make it a focal point so much so that you may worry more about getting cut than knocked out. All the gory cuts and bruises add to the experience and the new submission system is a much-needed improvement compared to the previous mini-game system. The roster is a good mix bag of past, present, and fiction with franchise mainstay Bruce Lee along with Mohammad Ali and Mike Tyson.
As I mentioned in the opening, if you are a fan of the sport then you will pick this up. The question now is if having these new features and control changes enough to lure in the casual gamer or those who are into other combat sports games like Street Fighter or WWE 2K. One thing is for sure, if your main complaint with previous versions was the grappling/submission system then I recommend giving this a try.
My companions stop attacking enemies after a short time. Only when I log in again do companions attack enemies again. I have already tried to adjust something via behave passively and attack again but it does not work. Play in single player without mods on Xbox. Annoying really in the middle of the fight when companions do nothing
It has happened with my hyena and a Fighter. Sometimes the bug hits directly, sometimes later. I set the status to passive and after a while to attack. Also a change of the companion brought no success. Only after a restart it works temporarily again.Sometimes my fighter puts away his weapon in the middle of the fight and just stands there.
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