Stellar Game Comes with a Cost – EA SPORTS™ UFC® Review

I am an addict. I have spent hundreds of dollars & hundreds of hours on this game since it's launch. I have seen every version of this game. I have max upgraded many elite characters. I compete in every of it's "head to head" online feature. THIS GAME IS A LOT OF FUN!!! This game can initiate brain synapses & induce endorphin release. HERE'S THE CAUTION: Do not play this game if U don't want to spend hundreds of dollars & hours. This game seems to have been designed to infiltrate my psyche to exploit my addictive tendencies, all to pick my pocket. Mission accomplished. *Specific note to game designers & management:* Where did updates and new fighters go? Has this game been given up on? -Maybe time to change the line-up of opponents in the career mode... -Any plans of extending career mode? -Any plans to create a multiple round format (3 & 5)? *Now done w/ "Head to Head" Season 40* VERY STALE REWARDS AGAIN! No new fighters for awhile now... Not even "End of Season" packs are new anymore. Head to head play used to mean new fighter rewards. Can we get back to that? Getting plausible h2h opponents is STILL an epic challenge. 95% of players in shuffle pool don't participate. Then, 5% of the time, 4 probable prospects are offered together. Couldn't an option be created, for each player to voluntarily participate in the "head to head" shuffle pool, or opt out? This could work so much better if the shuffle pool was limited only to those who actually play & the waste could be eliminated. Or, at least... Could it be possible to receive win points for declined & expired challenges? Can a new way be created that I could utilize the h2h fighters that have been won who aren't: Kickboxing, Wrestling, Boxing, & MMA within the context of the h2h play? Still hoping to see more former champions, contenders, hall of famers, & icons. Randy Couture, Fedor Emelianenko, Maurice Smith, Don Frye, Dan Severn, Pedro Rizzo, Kevin Randleman, Tim Sylvia, Tito Ortiz, Pat Miletich, Carlos Newton, Matt Serra, Jens Pulver, Sean Sherk, Justin Gaethje, Colby Covington, Kamaru Usman, Darren Till, Volkan Oezdemir, Dominick Reyes, Francis Ngannou, Derrick Lewis, Anthony Smith, Israel Adesana, Alexander Volknovsky, Tatiana Suarez, Jessica Andrade, Aleksei Oleinik, Sean O'Malley, Sergio Pettis, Alexander Volkov, Paulo Costa, McKenzie Dern, Kron Gracie
Review by Michael Falk, LMT/CPT on EA SPORTS™ UFC®.