PLEASE BRING THE CLINCH BACK TO UFC 6

PLEASE BRING THE CLINCH BACK TO UFC 6

EA, please take another look at the clinch system in UFC 6.

I'm not saying the clinch is broken or that it doesn't work. The problem is that the clinch has become so limited that it barely feels like a real part of the game anymore.

The clinch used to be an important part of MMA gameplay. You could enter the clinch and actually do things: control your opponent, work for takedowns, transition between positions, strike, use different techniques, look for openings and create your own game plan.

In UFC 6, the clinch feels like there is almost nothing to do once you get there. It feels more like a short animation or a situation you just want to get out of rather than an actual phase of the fight.

That's the biggest problem: the clinch doesn't feel like a fighting system anymore.

Please don't just fix bugs or make small balance changes. I'm asking you to actually consider expanding the clinch gameplay.

Give players more freedom.

Let us:

- Have more meaningful clinch positions.

- Transition between different clinch positions.

- Perform different takedowns and trips depending on the position.

- Use more strikes and combinations from the clinch.

- Have more Muay Thai clinch options.

- Use dirty boxing more effectively.

- Control our opponent against the cage in more ways.

- Fight for underhooks and different grips.

- Have more ways to counter and escape.

- Make clinch specialists actually feel different from other fighters.

- Give players reasons to WANT to enter the clinch instead of avoiding it.

The clinch is a huge part of real MMA. Fighters use it to wear opponents down, land knees and elbows, control them against the cage, look for takedowns, create openings and change the entire pace of a fight.

UFC 6 should give players that same feeling.

Right now, when I enter the clinch, I don't feel like I have a whole set of techniques and strategies available to me. I feel like the game is simply telling me what I can and cannot do.

Please give us back the freedom to actually fight in the clinch.

I'm not asking for the clinch to be overpowered. I'm asking for it to be deep, useful, interactive and fun again.

Please consider making a major improvement to the clinch system in a future update. It would make a huge difference to the gameplay and make UFC 6 feel much more like an MMA game.

Thank you for listening to the community.