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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Kirk McKeand

UFC 6 review: a bloody, brilliant MMA fighting game

Two muscular fighters in combat stance, one throwing a punch while the other counters in a UFC octagon. EA Sports UFC 6 video game screenshot
Almost worryingly realistic … EA Sports’ UFC 6. Photograph: EA Sports

Becoming a professional fighter takes years of repetition, drilling techniques and training footwork until everything is instinctual. Your body needs an automatic answer for every limb, from every angle. In MMA, which encompasses every martial art, it’s even harder.

EA Sports’ UFC 6 realistically captures the grind of this brutal discipline. Throw on Career Mode and you spend most of your time working on combos and techniques. It’s all about making the complex controls feel second nature, increasing the effectiveness of every strike thrown by your fighter. With simulated six-week-long training camps between bouts, you can sometimes spar 12 times before a fight that could be over in a matter of seconds.

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