EA UFC 5 update 1.002.009 is now out on all platforms this November 6, and this is a pretty small download. Unfortunately, don’t expect any major changes to the gameplay from this patch per the devs.
EA UFC 5 Update 1.002.009 Patch Notes for November 6:
Size: 240MB (PS5)
Update: EA has released the official changelog, and as expected, it’s not much (via the official EA UFC Twitter):
Stability Fixes:
🔘 Main Menu – Sometimes title hangs in Main Menu
🔘 XB Only – Rare MCR online crash
Fix for a rare instance of Pre-Order/Alter Ego fighters being locked for users
First the bad news: EA has confirmed via the game’s Discord that there are NO gameplay updates in the patch, and this was mostly done to fix the locked pre-order and alter ego fighters.
This was confirmed by EA_HeySteveDave from the official EA UFC Discord server:
In the same Discord server, EA_HeySteveDave confirmed that there are no gameplay-related changes in the update, though the game’s first patch that will have that is incoming sometime later this month, and will be a server-side patch.
While there’s no date for the gameplay update just yet, at the very least, players now know it’s incoming, and you don’t even need to download anything for it to take effect. Once it’s live, even if it’s a server-side update, we’ll be sure to let our readers know.
If you’re curious what we thought of the game, go read our review of it here, where we state, “The EA Sports UFC series has certainly been one of their most consistent quality-wise, and EA Sports UFC 5 continues that trend. Career mode is still the core of the experience as you climb the ladder to the top, and Fight Week has a lot of potential once it launches, though how good that actually is remains to be seen.”
So theyre just going to leave the broken fitness system in career mode? Or the crazy camera swing when you get near the fence?
Ya , well they need to fix the “bum rushers” in online mode. I can’t really play because people just come out the gate swinging and breaking my block. I have been playing all the other games and I don’t deal with this because thier stamina goes down from rushing and allows me to counter. This game, people come in and just swing rapidly and get an auto knockdown. I’m bieng punished for having actual skill… There needs to be a much better damage rate for those countering glutinous attackers. Just like Korean Zombie when he rushed Max Holloway in his last fight. When you swing like a crazy noob, you have dire consequences. I’ll play “Lord’s of the Fallen” until I see a patch. Thanks
Learn to slip and counter or lunge out of the way of strikes. I feel what you’re saying and I found it very difficult to handle at first but there’s def ways to punish that sort of aggressive striking. Hit them with strikes to the body when they’ve gone past half of their Stam Bar. It will only take a few to severely deplete their ability to throw so many strikes.
By the time you try to counter to the body.. They are backing up with 99 footwork and skirmishes with no Stamina. Stamina alone can fix this game if they tune the fuck out oh it. Head movement is worse this year and sometimes doesn’t even register your counter. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had hook spammers continue to spam hooks after they seem me pull back 10 times and only twice did they get hit with an uppercut that barely did any damage. So of course they continue to mindlessly mash. There is no do this, do that. Those of us that have skill KNOW what to do and how to do it. The game just rewards no brain cells and people that put actual thought into it are punished. I might go back to 4. The pressure boxing is so rampant, I can’t tell you how often I see anyone throw a kick of any kind. It’s the occasional front kick spam from the division 0 bums. Aside from that, straights hands baby. Or wrasslin.