Comparing these two games is both useless and helpful. They seem to have different goals and go about achieving them in opposite ways, but we still have to figure out which is best if we're only going to buy one. Or just buy both. Worked for me.
So here is why I think Fight Night Round 4 is overall the best game, though UFC: Undisputed does blood right.
First things first. Here is a video. Don't expect to hear my sexy voice. These are only fight games after all. So fighting is what you should want to see and hear.
Now let's get to work.
Gameplay: UFC uses the button system for the striking. It's a straightforward approach that does make it easier to be accurate and pick your punches. The sticks come into play when you're on the ground, which happens a boatload in this game. Fight Night forces you to use the sticks for both offense and defense. So you'll either block shots or throw a punch with the right stick, for example. The left stick gives you the ability to bob and weave and setup counter punches.
It's the difference between skate and Tony Hawk.
Winner: Fight Night's approach to, well, fighting, is by far the most fun. The pace is much faster. You have more control over your fighter and you can setup up combinations in a very quick and effective way. UFC is a more brutal game that makes knockouts available from the first bell and submissions extremely satisfying. And there is blood everywhere. But Fight Night requires much more strategy.
Career mode: Both games obviously allow you to create a fighter, pick a class, and go about beating up everybody in an attempt to win a belt. You'll be able to train, pick matches, customize your fighter's clothes as you go and be crowned champion of your chosen weight class. You will also have the ability to upgrade your fighter through training sessions.
Winner: UFC gives us far more options on the road to greatness. This is true even from the start. Fight Night lets us choose a basic style and stance and all that. But UFC presents us with entirely different fighting styles. Do you want to a boxer or a be a Muay Thai beast? Maybe you would prefer to submit people using Judo or slap somebody in a Jiu-Jitsu death hold.
Then there the point upgrade system. UFC's training sessions do a few things. They teach you how to fight and give you more points toward skill upgrades. Then the game gives you absolute say in how your points are used. I suggest focusing your points on defense early on. Fight Night does none of that. Instead, that games makes you train though what I can only describe as puzzles, such as completing a sequence of punch combinations against the heavy bag.
Tiebreaker
I think we can all agree that gameplay and the career mode are the two primary parts of a fighting game. So then why do I think that Fight Night is better than UFC when the games split the two best parts? Extras people.
Fight Night does two very cool things that push it over the top. The first isn't new for EA games. It's a running video editor that allows you to edit and upload clips of yourself playing. You can literally stop the game at any point and make a clip from the previous minute or so of the game. Here is a clip I made of knocking out Tyson.
The second thing that is super cool is the ability to create and share boxers. There is bounty of customized fighters for you to download. So say, for example, that you want to know if Rocky Balboa has the heart to beat Ali. Download Balboa and find out.
So, if you like smooth gameplay that turns over control of the boxer to you and you want to have proof that you knocked out the greats, Fight Night is for you. If you want a brutal game that allows depth in career customization, pick up UFC. Or, be like me and buy both.
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written by rodrix2many1, June 29, 2009
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