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[darlon]

Any recommendations for guys who love spamming body kicks in guard? It's at a point where I don't wanna take them down because they'll just wear my stamina down and sub/sweep. Very frustrating way to lose.

[goh]

Quote: Originally Posted by ODogg

I played the demo last night and was really impressed. Is there a way to punch harder/softer though? It seemed my guy was not really punching that hard when I had the guy on the mat. I realize stamina plays a part but when I first got him down I had full stamina and the guy was punching him like my kid sister it seemed..

X & Y are normally hammerfists. A & B will throw bigger hooks. If you're in a place that allows it (not in the demo) you can throw elbows by holding the left stick towards(? maybe away?) them and using X & Y. That's from the mount of course. You're not really going to get hard punches from other positions.

[Mossfan8480]

Quote: Originally Posted by darlon

Any recommendations for guys who love spamming body kicks in guard? It's at a point where I don't wanna take them down because they'll just wear my stamina down and sub/sweep. Very frustrating way to lose.

Punch them back with shots to the body. Your punches to the body will decrease their stamina faster than their kicks and once they realize that, they should let up.

[Lakers 24 7]

So is there no way to block the body when in top position on the ground? Any sort of body shots seems to drain your stamina too quickly and I can't find a way to defend against it.

[Darkleaf]

Quote: Originally Posted by Lakers 24/7

So is there no way to block the body when in top position on the ground? Any sort of body shots seems to drain your stamina too quickly and I can't find a way to defend against it.

I've seen the cpu block my body shot's, but I don't know how to block them either.

[Sandman42]

Damn, just lost my shot at a LHW title online. I was Hendo vs Classic Bas Rutten (what a surprise) and I had him rocked with one of those stepping overhand rights, but he recovered and then TKO'd me in the 2nd round.

[Anim8or]

Quote: Originally Posted by Darkleaf

I've seen the cpu block my body shot's, but I don't know how to block them either.

Parry on that side (holding block also reduces their impact quite a bit, but makes passing easy).

[phillyfan23]

game as a whole is awesome:

But either make stamina a bigger issue for the stand up or have accelerated clock. First option would be much better since it forces the player to manage his striking and pick and chopose moments to attack, but if too much to program, the next patch should include accelerated clock like Undisputed series has.

Right now, I can deliver 150 strikes a round on average with basically very little penalty on stamina. In real life, if a fighter with decent stamina does this in the 1st round, he would be forced in taking off the 2nd round.

Stamina on the ground is well done, but stand up stamina needs more emphasis.

It will make the arcade guys unhappy since the action will be much less, but when there is a huge moment like a flurry to hurt your opponent, it will be more meaningful imo.

Again, maybe this ios asking too much for the patch, so an accelerated clock would be a nice way to mitigate the too many strikes per round issue.

Things i love about this game:

1) you can't have a fighter " figured out".....the cpu will adapt. If he's having success body punching, he will continually go there...leg kicks? a kickboxer will turn into a muay thai fighter if he's having success tenderizing your legs. you can get KOed any time of the fight no matter how well or how bad you're doing.

2) Fightershare is godsend......Machida Vs Shogun felt more like the real machida vs shogun than UFC 09 or 10 ....

3) You can really be an effective counter-striker in the game... and this will damage your opponent quite a bit if you counter effectively.

4) Pure Stats driven game....know your fighter