Do you smell that?

Dude with EA already showing the same star system, recycled grappling, and fighter rating news like it’s some groundbreaking feature, I’m so glad I didn’t preorder. EA keeps talking about “fighter individuality” and realism, but the gameplay still looks meta-heavy and animation-driven underneath.

Not to mention… how is bald Conor “prime Conor”? Didn’t Dustin literally destroy his legs when he looked like that? I already know they’re gonna sell alternate Conor skins and everyone’s gonna eat it up.

I can already see the cycle: launch hype > broken head movement metas > flow state gets old VERY quick > ranked becomes unbearable within a month > endless patches trying to fix stamina  cost and flow state

And let’s be real, every fighter that isn’t a superstar will probably still share half the same animations anyway. At this point I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if parts of this game were developed with AI.