- 10/14/2023
EA Sports UFC 5 is bringing a host of new game modes to the franchise such as all-new Fight Week challenges, features, and more. Take a look at the latest trailer for UFC 5 detailing updates and changes for new and returning game modes such as Career Mode and Online Career. EA Sports UFC 5 is launching on October 27 for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X.
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:10 Hello guys, I'm Balian and welcome to the UFC 5 Game Modes Deep Dive.
00:20 I'm super excited to be able to show you some more of the changes UFC 5 is going to bring
00:24 and all of the new game modes that you are going to be able to check out.
00:27 We're going to take a look at new features like UFC Fight Week, Online Career Mode,
00:30 Changes to Fight Now and the new rulesets for some of your favorite modes.
00:34 As well as new features you'll discover in Career Mode and tons of awesome stuff
00:37 that's going to change the way you play UFC 5.
00:40 Let's start with Fight Week. UFC 5 is truly an extension of the UFC fan experience
00:44 and there's no better example than with the Fight Week Gameplay Mode.
00:48 It's a next level event driven live service update.
00:51 In the build up to the biggest UFC events you'll be able to take part in a series of all new challenges
00:55 and features that really connect you to the blockbuster UFC cards and the world of MMA
00:59 in a way that's never been done before.
01:01 Let's take a look at everything involved.
01:03 Going into Fight Week you will be presented with several Fight Week challenges.
01:07 These challenges give you different objectives to complete throughout the week
01:10 and will give you the opportunity to unlock rewards inspired by those events
01:13 including new created fighter vanity items, player profile, customization assets, emotes
01:18 and even UFC athlete alter egos.
01:21 There's also a section now to make fight picks before real world UFC events
01:25 so you can make predictions for the main card of every pay per view.
01:28 You'll automatically then be seeded into fight pick leaderboards after making those choices
01:32 and after the event is over, depending on how many of them you got right
01:36 the top ranking players will earn in-game UFC coins
01:39 which could be used to buy more assets for your profile and your UFC athletes.
01:43 You'll also be presented with Fight Week contracts which will give you a daily fight offer
01:47 where you can take on AI opponents under preset gameplay settings.
01:50 Completing these contracts can earn you in-game currency
01:53 and the difficulty of these contracts increases over the course of the week.
01:57 Your total wins, losses and finishes are tracked in the contracts tab
02:00 and it's another chance to earn yourself some in-game rewards.
02:03 This year it's all about bringing the real world of MMA and the virtual octagon
02:06 closer together into one awesome fan experience.
02:09 With UFC Fight Week you're going to be connected to all of the real UFC events.
02:12 You can make predictions, compete with your friends and earn in-game rewards
02:15 just for watching and enjoying the sport and UFC 5.
02:19 Another new game mode this year is Online Career Mode with your own created fighters.
02:23 It includes skill-based matchmaking, division progression
02:26 and title chases across four different divisions.
02:29 Created fighters are no longer used in Ranked Mode like in UFC 4
02:32 instead UFC 5 has a separate game mode for competing with them.
02:35 There are four different divisions to choose from with your created fighters
02:38 and there's plenty of character customisation and vanity items to show off
02:41 while you make your way to the online titles.
02:43 You fight in online career matches, you earn evolution points
02:46 which can then be used to improve your created fighters attributes, moves and perks.
02:50 And once you reach the level cap for your athlete you can prestige
02:53 which will reset your evolution to the starting point but increase the level cap
02:56 and unlock access to additional moves and perks.
02:59 There's also XP boosts that you can activate to increase your earning potential
03:02 but this year Online Career is its own entire gameplay mode for you to get stuck into.
03:06 So jump into Online Career Mode, fully customise your perfect fighters, stats and perks
03:11 and take it online to challenge other players.
03:13 I'm very excited for this feature to be back and I personally cannot wait.
03:16 Whatever game mode you decide to compete in in UFC 5 you will level up your UFC Punch Card.
03:21 You can kind of consider it a bite-sized battle pass.
03:23 Just play the game any way you want and earn your way through a set of predetermined rewards
03:27 including in-game currency, player profile customisations, vanity items as well as your punch card.
03:31 There's always something to be working towards as well with profile challenges.
03:34 They're back and they will reward you with XP that helps you level up your punch card.
03:38 There's also Alter Egos.
03:39 These are a new way to unlock different versions of your favourite UFC athletes.
03:43 With different playstyles, looks and new abilities,
03:45 all new Alter Egos let you play as your favourite athletes in their authentic career-defining moments.
03:50 For example, Origins Volkanovski has slightly different perks and even some different stat changes
03:55 so you can play a different version of your favourite fighter.
03:57 So you'll have challenges to complete across every game mode
04:00 so no matter how you decide to play UFC 5 you'll always be unlocking something cool.
04:04 If you know anything about me and my content you'll know that I absolutely love Career Mode in UFC games.
04:08 And with UFC 5 we're getting some features to improve the overall experience,
04:12 make things more enjoyable and also increase the difficulty and immersion of becoming a UFC athlete.
04:17 I can't just cover up. Makes it hard to see shots coming in too.
04:21 Everyone's favourite trainer Coach Davis is back to guide you through a whole new UFC career
04:25 with new cinematics, locations and a refined focus on onboarding.
04:29 But don't listen to me, here's producer Rahman Bassey to tell you more.
04:32 On UFC 4 we have a lot of data coming in so we know how our users are playing Career Mode,
04:37 we know how many players are playing Career Mode. It's a very popular mode on UFC 4.
04:40 A lot of people play Career Mode multiple times.
04:42 And one of the pain points that we saw was training camp obviously. It takes a long time.
04:46 Training camp in real life, it's not fun.
04:49 What we've allowed you to do in UFC 5 is 1) you can simulate your entire training camp and get to peak fitness.
04:55 So once you've completed a challenge pack in sparring,
04:58 you can then simulate to that grade over and over again if you get that same challenge pack again.
05:02 There's a lot of simulation everywhere across Career Mode just to get you to the fight faster.
05:07 We've done a lot with our AI tuning this year in Career Mode specifically.
05:12 Of course, sparring is hard, right? We do like there to be a little bit of a danger to sparring.
05:18 There's always a chance of getting knocked out, getting hurt.
05:22 There's always a chance of now getting cut as well in Career Mode in sparring.
05:26 The wrinkle we've added to Legendary Career Mode is that it's going to be simulation game style only.
05:31 So that means there is no HUD, but also at the same time,
05:34 there's going to be increased damage and increased stamina drain in our Legendary Career Mode this year.
05:39 It's going to be the most difficult and most challenging Legendary Career Mode that we've had so far.
05:45 If you just want to jump straight into a fight, Fight Now is back,
05:47 but this time around it offers a whole new suite of authentic MMA UFC match types
05:52 from the fan favorites including Kumite and Backyard to Main Event, Championship and Main Card fights.
05:57 But things are a little different this time around.
06:00 Main Card fights are three rounds, Main Event fights are five rounds,
06:03 and so are the Championship fights, but they are of course for world titles.
06:06 But whether you decide to fight online or off, if you go to the Backyard,
06:09 you'll have to fight five three-minute rounds this time around,
06:12 and the judges will only score the fight based on damage.
06:15 It's going to be a five-round fight and the rounds will be three minutes.
06:18 So it's going to be very quick, fast rounds that you're going to have.
06:22 We've changed the judges in the Backyard.
06:24 So the judges don't necessarily care about the octagon control.
06:29 All they care about is how much damage you've landed in this fight.
06:32 So it's a very aggressive mode, and when you play online,
06:35 you won't be necessarily playing the same way you would.
06:38 You're going to be playing a little bit of a different gameplay meta
06:41 when you do go into the Backyard in UFC 5.
06:44 Whenever you are fighting in the Kumite, it will be a single round which lasts 25 minutes.
06:49 With our new damage system and the way that you do not want to get hit in UFC 5,
06:54 the Kumite is such a drastic change from what it was on UFC 4.
06:58 It's a lot more slower paced.
07:00 There's no in-between rounds to recover your damage anymore.
07:03 So when you do get hit, that damage is gone.
07:06 If you do manage to last the whole 25 minutes, it will go to a draw.
07:10 Honestly, it's pretty awesome to have some new game rules to fight under,
07:13 and whatever your preference, you're able to play online or off.
07:16 And if you want to customize your game even further,
07:18 there are now different play styles to choose from as well.
07:21 So what we've added are multiple game styles.
07:24 There's the stand-and-bang game style, which will turn off all grappling.
07:27 There's the simulation game style, which will be as real as it gets.
07:31 So essentially turning off the HUDs, increasing damage, increasing stamina, drain,
07:36 making it as simulation as we can possibly get in UFC 5.
07:39 What knockout game style does is it turns off health recovery.
07:42 So when you do get hit, that health is gone.
07:44 And when it gets to zero, there will be a knockout.
07:46 You'll be able to apply that to fight now.
07:48 You can apply that to career mode.
07:49 You can search for online matches in simulation game styles as well.
07:54 Along with those five categories of game styles that we have,
07:57 we allow you to make your custom game styles as well.
07:59 So you'll be able to turn off doctor stoppages.
08:01 You'll be able to turn down the damage.
08:03 You can apply that to any mode as well and play UFC 5 the way you want to play.
08:07 From the new awesome simulation style that uses real-time rounds
08:11 and increased damage and stamina drain to emulate an authentic fight experience,
08:15 to knockout that turns off health regeneration and recovery
08:19 and applies unlimited stamina and combinations.
08:21 Or stand and bang, which lets you just fight exclusively on the feet.
08:25 Honestly, I absolutely love that there are now all these new ways
08:27 that you're going to be able to compete inside the cage in UFC 5.
08:30 Whether you want to have a fight inside the UFC with the unified rules of MMA
08:34 or something completely different with these new game modes and custom rule sets.
08:37 All these new modes are also going to really change the way you're going to have to play
08:41 and compete inside the cage.
08:43 And the fact you can fight online and master whatever game mode you enjoy the most
08:46 really lets you play UFC 5 however you want.
08:48 My most favorite feature this year is our Fighter Select.
08:51 And one of the most special things about booting up any fighter game
08:54 is looking at our Fighter Select and looking at the fidelity of our fighters.
08:58 How our Frostbite engine has considerably improved our Fighter Select this year.
09:02 And of course, Ranked Online mode is back for the more competitive players.
09:06 Pick your favorite UFC athlete, go head-to-head with other players online
09:09 and compete for spots in global and friends-ranked leaderboards.
09:12 Wins and losses are added up and rank you in a division
09:14 as you try and make your way up to compete against the best players in the world
09:17 and compete for online world titles.
09:20 Ranked is once again separated into 20 divisions
09:22 and there are challenges to complete for reaching the top
09:25 as well as collecting rubies with your title defenses.
09:27 UFC 5 is the next step in mixed martial arts gaming
09:30 and with it comes changes to the visuals and game mechanics
09:33 as well as a whole host of all these new game modes
09:35 for you to step into the virtual octagon and experience the UFC like you've never done before.
09:40 Want to have a 25 minute kumite fight where your health does not recover the whole time?
09:44 You can do it.
09:45 UFC 5 is really raising the bar this year and it promises to be the best MMA game yet.
09:50 Alright guys, thank you so much for joining me today.
09:52 There's tons of new ways to play UFC 5,
09:54 changes to some of the existing modes and loads of new awesome ones to get stuck into as well.
09:58 If you want to know more, go check out some of the other deep dives on presentation and gameplay.
10:02 But I've been Balian and I'll see you in the octagon.
10:05 [Outro]
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