ReviewEA Sports’ UFC 4 brings the Octagon home, but you’ll need to put in the work
- Presence of Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury means UFC 4 also offers only boxing video game available on the market
- Simplified controls still need time to get to grips with as career mode provides challenge of going from parking lot to pro career
“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Well, prepare for your plans to be out of the window as if you were taking on “Iron” Mike Tyson in his heavyweight heyday when you load up UFC 4 from EA Sports.
Not merely because you will spend hours on your avatar’s appearance or the Career Mode that the game dumps you straight into.
Mostly its because you will be punched in the face a couple of times or more when the game drops you straight into a backyard fight and asks you to put up your thumbs in earnest.
That’s an honest way for the developers to introduce you. First of all, it is a nod to the Kimbo Slice videos of cover star Jorge Masvidal where “Street Jesus” was gaining disciples out the back of a laundromat, but more importantly it reinforces the message that it is not getting much easier any time soon.