EA UFC 4

This is just going to go down the same cycle that FIFA does as long as it is with EA. They will announce UFC 5 at some point and pick 5 new features or improvements and focus heavily on those along with claims of some new engine or advanced *insert marketing name here* intelligence/graphics. Then the game will launch and be the exact same as the year before except with the biggest complaints people had fixed but 10 different things broken in its place, most of which were working perfectly fine before. With FIFA they got lazy because they make so much money from Ultimate Team that they literally just churn the game out year on year now with minor tweaks and it makes a boat load of cash for them. A few new designs on cards, a new user interface and that's about it each year at launch. Then throughout the year they just churn out new versions of player cards to entice people to spend on packs etc to the point where there's a new type of card out nearly every week or two. UFC doesnt have that luxury but they seem to be happy to sit on their hands once it's launched and not make any improvements, a few character skins dropped throughout the year to add new fighters and that's about it.

The best thing that could have happened to the game was EA didnt get the license to make it anymore and someone else got a go. Until that happens be prepared to just play the same broken game each time with what sounds like some cool new features to encourage you to preorder, only to then 10 hours later wish you hadnt wasted your money and fell for the hype.

I find myself going on every now and then when I just want to play something quick and am in the mood to throw hands rather than play a shooter or something else. I'm level 97 in Online World Championships and every time I play it just reminds me how broken the game is but also their ranking system. One fight I can face someone level 80 and the next the person can be level 15 and the reality is in some ways either has as much chance of beating me because the game is so wonky at times. Blitz Battles and the like sounded early on like they could be fun but that got boring very quickly and theres no real incentive to go back in and play it over and over again. As you said..hurry up and announce it so we can prepare for the disappointment.

Side note - whats that Boxing game called you posted about before, or any update on it? It was looking decent at the time and a sign of what you can have if you give someone outside of the EA's of this world a shot.