UFC 5 players slam EA Sports for \u201cextremely lazy\u201d Muhammad Ali animations EA SportsUFC 5 fans are slamming EA Sports over the \u201cextremely lazy\u201d inclusion of Muhammad Ali in the franchise\u2019s latest game. EA Sports UFC 5 arrived with a handful of significant new features and improvements including its overhauled damage system, revamped submissions, and cinematic KO replays, promising a more immersive and realistic gaming experience. However, the excitement has been short-lived for many players who quickly discovered a baffling lack of new fighters in the game\u2019s roster. The absence of active fighters such as Ian Garry, Bryce Mitchell, Manel Kape, and Yan Xiaonan has left fans wondering if the game is truly worth upgrading to. Despite the lack of new active fighters in the game, three legendary fighters are now available as playable characters, two of whom are playable for the first time in the franchise\u2019s history. Mike Tyson and Fedor Emelianenko are now available in UFC 5, but it\u2019s Muhammad Ali\u2019s \u201cextremely lazy\u201d inclusion in the game that has been met with backlash. A viral TikTok clip by creator \u2018eyegameuwatch\u2019 highlights the stark contrast between the legendary boxer\u2019s iconic style and the in-game representation \u201cEA was extremely lazy with Muhammad Ali,\u201d they said. \u201cI do not like the character model and as far as the animations, they are awful. It feels nothing like Muhammad Ali.\u201d Fans who were excited by the opportunity to move like a butterfly and sting like a bee inside UFC 5\u2019s virtual octagon instead found what appears to be a re-skinned heavyweight version of ex-UFC fighter Nate Diaz. \u201cThey literally took Nate Diaz and put Muhammad Ali\u2019s skin on top of him and put him in heavyweight,\u201d the creator said. \u201cThat is exactly what we got.\u201d The clip shows side-by-side gameplay footage of both Diaz and Ali\u2019s in-game models throwing the exact same strikes. \u201cWe have Muhammad Ali and Nate Diaz side-by-side in a video game that promises to be as real as it gets, doing the exact same animation,\u201d the creator exclaimed. The EA Sports UFC community quickly rallied behind the criticism, with fans on Reddit echoing the sentiment of the creator. Many have pointed out the lack of fighters in UFC 5 compared to its predecessor, while others have labeled the game as a \u201ccomplete copy and paste of UFC 4.\u201d While it remains to be seen how EA Sports will address the backlash surrounding Ali\u2019s inclusion in the game, they\u2019ve recently announced a plan to add more fighters to the roster, including Bryce Mitchell and Maycee Barber, who will be added in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UFC 5 players slam EA Sports for \u201cextremely lazy\u201d Muhammad Ali animations EA SportsUFC 5 fans are slamming EA Sports over the \u201cextremely lazy\u201d inclusion of Muhammad Ali in the franchise\u2019s latest game. EA Sports UFC 5 arrived with a handful of significant new features and improvements including its overhauled damage system, revamped submissions, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-85928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}