Whats up guys...
well me being from California, I got the game as soon as it released and if you like the demo, youre going to love the game!
Here are my first impressions....
The selection of fighters is good even though you have some fighters who are not in the UFC anymore like Arlovski, Ortiz, & T. Sylvia. One thing I really did NOT LIKE, is that you cant set up your dream fights.. so I was pretty pi$$ed off that I couldnt choose Anderson Silva and kick GSP's a$$!!
In career mode, you can only use a created fighter and I feel the way you increase your players' attributes and skills is a little too simple or boring?!
For example, in the FIFA games, your player can gain points by playing more and having good performances right.. well in this game, you have to "assign" training schedules once a week and the player gains a couple points in whatever area you train that week.
You can also gain skill points by inviting other training camps over, for example you can have BJ Penn and his trainer assist you in a BJJ session and it can increase your ground skills if you specialize in BJJ, or Anderson Silva train with you if you specialize in somekind of stand-up.
It takes quite a bit of work though to increase your skills and attributes if you wanna be able to compete with top-notch guys and actually have a real good chance.
The online play is REALLLLLYY LAGGY right now, so I'm going to give it a few weeks before trying to play again. It was hard to time kicks or punches because the game was trying to sync so often! But I'm sure once it gets straightened out, it'll be good. OhHH and there are also those damn "disconnectors" online when theyre losing and it doesnt give you a win or loss or anykind of DF rate!!