EA SPORTS UFC 5 — a simulator of bugs, lag, and total disrespect for the player

 

1. First of all, EA makes the worst games on the market. And that’s not an insult — it’s a fact. A direct result of developers who’ve simply stopped caring, especially about a game that has no real competition.
2. Only EA releases a new game not when there’s progress, but when the previous one has completely rotted.
   It’s not “marketing strategy”, it’s just “we don’t care anymore”. UFC 4 dies → let’s dump 5 → now recycle it again for 6. Brilliant.
3. You removed back takes from the clinch (unless against the cage). But then in 2025 you add Zabit’s alt ego, with a basic and broken heel hook spam combo. Seriously?
   And the back submission bug? Still alive. All your opponent has to do is pre-press a direction — and they magically escape the sub with 100% success. Super realistic. Super EA.
4. Cage stun? Congrats, you’re in a 50/50 fight now.
   The fighter auto-glues to the cage, and you can just spam body knees until a second stun.
   Try blocking high? You still get blasted in the face with a knee.
   This isn’t a bug — it’s an EA-certified feature.
5. Ground & Pound is a lottery, not a mechanic.
   Random elbows, random blocks, random knockouts.
   You fake a transition, cancel it instantly — still gets blocked.
   Lose stamina on one fake? Next transition is 2x slower, and you’re finished from thin air. Great system, right?
6. Round 1 = skill matters. Round 2 = RNG rules.
   Anyone can get a knockdown. It’s about who lands the random uppercut first.
   Lag? Blame your opponent’s P2P third-world internet, because EA still hasn’t added dedicated servers.
   So… where is all the money I spent on UFC 5?
   Where are the fixes? Where are the servers?
   Or are we still eating the same sandwich from UFC 4.5, soon to be served again in 6?
7. Spam is a viable playstyle.
   Opponent figures out EA’s “meta”? He picks Muay Thai, closes distance with fake kicks — and guess what? You auto-lunge into a straight, then eat a combo.
   Try showing boxing skills up close? He throws a fast 1–2, then ends with a hyper-fast body knee every time.
   You read it. You block it. But the system rewards spam anyway.
   Can’t stand in the pocket, can’t play at range — wrong matchup.
   Wanna grapple? Grappling advantage means nothing — he’ll still magically block it all.
8. Example on video
   And this is just the start. I’ll be adding more, because EA keeps ignoring the community, and even if the chance to be heard is 1%, I won’t shut up.
   It’s easier for EA to eat garbage for breakfast, then serve it to the players with a smile.

 

 

If any of this gets fixed in UFC 6 — I’ll be the first to offer 10 monetization ideas that won’t kill the game.

 

And no, I’m not some LS bot. I’m in Division 18, and after every loss I hit Learn, analyze, and study 100x more than your devs have patched UFC 5 since launch.

 

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