What's up, fighters!Below you'll find information on Career mode from UFC 4's official site. What did you think of the trailer and new features for Career mode? Let's discuss. Coach DavisCoach Davis is our new interactive coach character that will guide you on your journey to the top of the UFC. Fighter EvolutionYour fighter will grow and improve based on the decisions you make in the gym and in the Octagon. Depending on your tendencies in training and in fights, your fighter will begin to become more proficient in the attack styles you use more often. So if you want to be a great striker, throw more combos — and if you want to be a great wrestler, take it to the mat!. Relationship SystemInteract with fans, fighters and promoters to shape your reputation and career. Call out opponents on social media, pick up some moves from sparring partners and shape your story. Will you be a hero or a villain? Learn From The BestIf you want to fight like a UFC champion, you've got to train with UFC champions. Invite other fighters to your camp and you'll pick up on their habits, styles and techniques. Want to become a better grappler? Bring Khabib to camp. Want to throw heavy hands? Spar with Masvidal. Just like in a real fighter's career, your training partners will rub off on you and influence your style. Pick Your PathWill you fight in the amateur circuit, build your name in the World Fighting Alliance, or get your shot in the spotlight on The Contender series? The choice is yours — and each decision affects your ascent to the top.

This career mode is very disappointing, not enough options, can't choose who to call out, limited choice in who you fight, can't change actual ufc shorts but can wear a dress and t shirt in octagon and worst of all the division which kills the career mode imo. Why am I fighting a 45 year old cruz for the belt. The division is simple!!! more than likely older fighters will go down the ranks and end up retiring between 38-45 and younger fighters will climb ranks and challenge for title ( example: rapheal assuncao is still top 3 ranked fighter at 46 but omalley and yadong still not even ranked 8 years into career) The ai created fighters are also ridiculous with guys who are 12-8 record Top 15 ranked and guys 20-1 not ranked and never seem to move up or downPLEASE let us create our own CAFs to use in career mode and as training partners, Also more option in story such as champion pulling out and top contender weight below or above fill in for 2 weeks before fight, choice in weight (if choose 145lbs have choice in being small FW or big BW and have consequences for fitness such as miss weight which can lead to moving up or down) ALSO please adjust the editing why am I starting career as boxer but still have low level boxing skills and no snap jab or celtic/looping cross this is across the board for skills, if trained in skill please have some sort of option to unlock moves from training unlike being a champion to get decent jab.

Still some glaring issues in career (see the bug reports) but I am enjoying it so far. At least you don't get to auto-quit your career after going 8-2 in the UFC in the previous installment, which was beyond ridiculous.It bothers me the coloured UFC shorts aren't a part of the selection. For my male CaF's I was able to make come reasonably distinct-looking ones, partly due to the clothing options. But in my women's FlyW career I encounter CaF opponents that all look the same. There should be more facial variations or different hairs being used (but please not the unicorn hair). Without variety career gets pretty stale. It's fine but could be so much more immersive with some small tweaks.

@EA_BlueberryStill no doctor stoppages ?

@EA_Blueberry Its looks way better than before. I would like to be able to play my career online and be able to train with online friends, etc. It would be very exciting. Btw, I would love to try the new career mode, before release in order for me to be able to give you better feedback

From what I'm seeing the ability to "call out" other fighters is in fact not a thing. I don't understand why you have to wait for the game to prompt you before you can start a rivalry (without knocking somebody out in the gym or turning down a fight against them)On another note the same goes for weight class changes. I don't see why we can't change every few fights or after a couple losses with the added penalty of maybe losing ranking spots or not being ranked in the new weight class.I don't get why these are things we need to wait for the game to decide on before they can be done by the player. This was advertised as completely unscripted, yet what I just mentioned is the exact definition of scripted. When another fighter "tweets" you on social media and you respond to start a rivalry, that's not the player calling them out. That's them calling the player out, and the player responding. It doesn't make sense that we can't use the exact same system we use to build connections with other fighters to call fighters out also.Also the call-out system is backwards, when you're a contender everybody is calling you out. Yet as a champ I've racked up ten defenses and haven't had a rivalry in like eight fights or had anybody take jabs at me on social media. Same goes for weight class changes, why can't we use some of our weekly points to tease a weight change and after a fight or two get offered fights up or down a division depending on what we chose. It's too much of a Conor McGregor simulator, why do you have to win the belt and challenge another champ to change weights when so many fighters go up and down based on their career trajectory?

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Infernopommes
New Adventurer
5 years ago
Once again, from a technical standpoint, the trailer is well made.
The new features seem all VERY promising. It's a real shame, that the whole beta situation has ruined so much, because this Career mode looks like it could be one of the best Career modes in sports game history (of course, since it's a marketing trailer, I can't tell how much is just overexaggerated or left out).
The addition of Coach Davis is a great idea, especially with him being animated and having a voice, and not just being a text message guy. The choices how you respond, and the possibility to get on another fighter's good or bad side, are also exciting.
It will be probably pretty cool, to spar with and learn from your favourite UFC fighters.
There's a potentially high replayability value, with not only having three different starting points, but also having different paths within the career itself. But since the backyard location was added to the game, why not have that as a fourth starting option? Especially with Masvidal's background.
Overall, again, the trailer makes Career mode look like there was a lot of thought put into it, and that people will enjoy it very much. Sadly, it's just not enough to let me forget all the bad things, so I will still wait until this game is on sale.
Rufstuf1985
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry
Still no doctor stoppages ?
ComplexConcept
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry Its looks way better than before. I would like to be able to play my career online and be able to train with online friends, etc. It would be very exciting. Btw, I would love to try the new career mode, before release in order for me to be able to give you better feedback
EA_Blueberry
Community Manager
5 years ago
Glad to hear you're looking forward to it, @Infernopommes!

Check out the career mode play-though video here: https://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/UFC-4-Career-Mode-Play-Through-by-EA-Game-Changer-Bayliun/m-p/9363870#M953
TheCosmosMC
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry This is some of my takes regarding the recent “game changers” videos
Just wondering if more created fighters could be added into the career mode universe and for them to be able to win championships/get ranked because one of the, if not the biggest reason career mode gets stale is when I have to fight a 60 year old Conor or 80 year old Cormier for the 10th time. I think a solution for this issue would be to add highly skilled CAFS or even CAFS made by us the players.
Im no game dev but Im pretty sure this feature could be added into the game.
T-Dangles17
5 years ago
One thing that I've noticed in career mode is that a lot of times you fight lower ranked guys in title defenses. When defending the title, you should realistically only defend against top 5 guys, unless maybe there's a late notice pullout.
Another thing that I would like to see is the game keep you updated more about your division. I know it tells you when there is a new champion, and that's cool, but I think they could take this further. Make it so that I can follow the UFC in between fights. It's cool to see the rankings, but I would like to be able to see how things got the way that they are; Show us the matchups. We should be able to follow other fighters in our division, sort of like Izzy's recent tweets on Till and Brunson. It would also give us more immersion as to why we are fighting who we are. It should show me if they are on a win streak and who they have beaten.
Lastly, and least importantly, why is Coach Davis always wearing the same clothes. Even when he is in the octagon he has the same outfit, and not the walkout jersey. I know we can make it so that our fighter can only wear UFC gear, but it looks weird if our coach just wears whatever. This one doesn't bother me that much, but I figured I'd still point it out.
IXVXIC
5 years ago
@EA_Blueberry How do we change divisions like in UFC 2?
Matty1Monopoly
Rising Vanguard
5 years ago
Why is there not an option to give yourself 5 star everything in advanced settings?
Matty1Monopoly
Rising Vanguard
5 years ago
Seriously none of the invite a fighter options are worth the waste of stamina plus the moves they teach aren't that interesting. It'd be better if you could do something like invite Mcgregor to teach you a 5 star straight or Khabib for a 5 star takedown.
Matty1Monopoly
Rising Vanguard
5 years ago
I've only used Watch Tape once just to see what it does. I haven't used it since but I always either have 10 or 20 stamina left after doing 2 sparring sessions.
Honestly the Watch Tape option is super useless, I don't even remember what it did from the one time I used it. I wish it would buff your character's fighter in some way.