EA SPORTS UFC 5 is as real as it gets. Powered by Frostbite
engine’s advanced rendering capabilities, your favourite fighters now have
unparalleled character likenesses to complement next-level environment fidelity
that’ll make their walk to the Octagon feel like a PPV main event. The all-new
Real Impact System brings the intensity and strategy of a fight to life, as cuts
and strikes absorbed can affect mobility, defence, stamina, and more. Take too
much damage, and the doctor could stop the fight. For lovers of the ground game,
Seamless Submissions makes grappling feel more fluid and realistic than ever
before. And if you like to admire your handiwork, new Cinematic K.O. Replays
capture your fight-ending finishes in all their punishing glory. UFC 5 updates
with fresh new Fight Week content, features, and challenges every single month
around real-world UFC events. Plus, Alter Egos offer new versions of your
favourite fighters to play with every month. Bring the next evolution of the
fight game home with UFC 5.
Features:
Gameplay
- Real Impact System: What makes an MMA fight? It’s the stakes, technique,
drama, and pure reality of the moment. UFC 5 captures that in more authentic
detail than ever before, from next-generation graphics upgrades that give
gameplay animations new life, damage systems that marry the brutality and
strategy of the fight game, gameplay updates that make the action feel even more
fluid and realistic, and much more.
- Authentic Damage: Cuts, bruising, and swelling accumulate in accurate
locations based on the damage you inflict and take in-game, including over
64,000 possible combinations of facial damage a fighter can sustain. All damage
is now rendered in more detail than ever before, affecting character attributes
in a truly genuine fashion. Causing a cut on an opponent's brow that trickles
into their eye will impair their vision and cause them to take more damage on
that side, as they don’t see strikes coming. Bust an opponent’s nose to
hinder their breathing and slow their stamina recovery. Take too many low calf
kicks and your character will start to limp and their mobility declines.
Authentic damage adds a whole new layer of strategic possibilities to
the fight.
- Doctor's Check & Stoppages: Authentic damage comes with authentic
results. If the player sustains a significant injury — like a broken nose or
swollen eye — the ref can now step in, pause the action, and get the ringside
doctor to inspect the damage. If the player is unable to shift tactics and
protect that injured area from getting hit, just like in the real-life Octagon,
the doctor might stop the fight. This gives players more strategic opportunities
for players to either thrive or survive.
- New Strikes & Hit Reactions: It’s a striking evolution. UFC
5 features all-new animations for ground and pound elbows, spinning attacks,
and several other punches, kicks, knees, and elbows. Plus, new striking
animations emulate heavy hitters, professional kickboxers, and more, giving you
all new ways to stand and bang. In addition, new hit reaction animations and
physics make sure you feel the impact of a clean connection.
- Seamless Submission: The new Seamless Submissions functions as a revamped
extension of the existing grappling systems with faster animations and the
removal of mini-games. Beginners can use Grapple Assist for help on the canvas,
while veterans will have new depths to uncover and enjoy. The new submissions
offer a smoother, more authentic ground game that is sure to be a
grappler’s delight.
Presentation
- Frostbite Engine: For the first time in franchise history, the Frostbite™
engine powers EA SPORTS UFC, bringing unrivalled graphics upgrades for console
games. From dynamic lighting and overhauled character fidelity to realistic
strand hair and cloth animations — Frostbite helps bring the action in the
Octagon to life.
- Cinematic K.O. Replay: Showcasing UFC’s significant presentation updates
in truly innovative fashion is the all-new Cinematic K.O. Replay. Harnessing the
power of Frostbite, players can now rewatch their finishing blows in stunning
visual fidelity. Captured in super slow motion with cinematic camera angles and
lighting, the impact of fight-ending shots looks more authentic — and
beautiful — than ever, as blood flies and flesh bruises, turning your
devastating knockout into a work of art.
- Advanced Fighter Likeness: Thanks to Frostbite and a significant upgrade to
our lighting and rendering features — including dual-lobe skin and eye
shading, strand-based hair, updated fighter body types, and industry-leading
facial animation technology — the fighters you know and love have never
looked more authentic.
- Visual Effects: It’s all about impact. Improved fidelity means when
fighters absorb strikes, the results show on their face and body in an
authentic, wince-inducing fashion. Plus, all new fluid physics and particle
systems make blood and sweat drip and spray as it does during the heat of the
action in the Octagon.
- Authentic Finishes: From newly added draws in offline and online play to
realistic updates to how the ref steps in to save a downed fighter from too much
ground-and-pound; the number of ways a fight can end has grown in number and
authenticity in UFC 5.
- New In-Game Cinematics: Signature walkouts, breathtaking knockouts, and
everything in between. Frostbite powers brand-new cinematic moments where
attention to detail and fighter fidelity make you feel like you’re in the
arena for a sold-out UFC PPV. From the roar of the crowd to Bruce
Buffer's iconic introductions, new in-game cinematics bring a whole new level
of excitement, authenticity, and immersion to UFC 5.
Game Modes
- Fight Week: UFC 5 is truly an extension of the UFC fan experience, and
there’s no better example than the all-new Fight Week challenges, features,
and content that connect them with blockbuster UFC cards in a way
that’s never been done before.
- Fight Week Challenges: In the week leading up to and after all of the
biggest UFC events, players will have access to limited-time fight week
challenges. These challenges give players the opportunity to unlock rewards
inspired by those events, including new Alter Egos, created fighter Vanity
Items, player profile customization assets, and fighter emotes.
- Fight Picks: Now available before real-world UFC events, players can make
predictions for the main card of every PPV. Players are automatically seeded
into Fight Picks leaderboard pools after making their picks, with custom friend
leaderboards also accessible. Following the event, top-ranking players on the
leaderboard will earn UFC Coins.
- Fight Week Contracts: Fight Week Contracts give players a daily fight offer
where they can take on AI opponents under preset gameplay settings. Players can
earn in-game currency by showing up and winning, while the difficulty of the
contracts increases over the course of the week. The player’s cumulative
wins, losses, and finishes are tracked in the Contracts tab.
- Alter Egos: From looks to abilities, all-new Alter Egos let you play as your
favourite fighters in their authentic career-defining moments (i.e. a
fighter’s iconic UFC debut, when they captured the title and more), along
with Alter Egos that can only happen in UFC 5.
- Punch Card: Play the game to earn your way through a set of predetermined
rewards, including in-game currency, player profile customizations, created
fighter Vanity Items, and Alter Egos. In addition, completing Profile Challenges
rewards players with XP that levels up their Punch Card’s earning
capability.
- Online Career Mode: Players asked for it; we answered. Online Career
includes skill-based matchmaking, division progression, and title chases across
four divisions. Players can compete with a different Created Fighter in each
division, allowing players to showcase multiple character customizations and
Vanity Items.
- Online Fighter Evolution: Fighting in Online Career matches earns Evolution
Points which can be used to improve your Created Fighter’s attributes,
moves, and perks. Once a player reaches the level cap for a fighter, they’ll
prestige, which will reset their evolution to the starting point for a new
fighter but increase the level cap and unlock access to additional moves
and perks.
- XP Boosts: XP Boosts increase the rate that players earn Evolution Points
while competing in Online Career fights for a limited time. Boosts can be
acquired as in-game rewards, giving players more incentive to get into the
Octagon.
- Career Mode: Career Mode has an all-new introduction, bringing back Coach
Davis to guide the player through their UFC career with new cinematics, new
locations, and a refined focus on onboarding. An upgrade to training camps lets
players simulate their training camp and sparring drills to reach peak fitness
and get to the fights faster. Plus, sparring sessions will include Challenge
Packs, which earn players a grade based on the number of challenges
completed.
- Fight Now Experiences: A restructuring of the Fight Now experience offers a
whole suite of authentic MMA/UFC match types to the fan-favourite mode,
including Main Card, Main Event, Championship, Backyard, and Kumite.
- Game Styles: Players can now customize their preferred individual play
styles in all game modes. From Simulation game style, that uses real-time rounds
and increased damage and stamina drain to emulate an authentic fighting
experience, to Knockout that turns off health regeneration and applies unlimited
stamina and combinations, or Stand and Bang, which keeps the action strictly on
the feet — the choice is yours.