Review for MMA (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) (Review)
Saturday, 13th November 2010, 18:22

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I know nothing about MMA, UFC, WWF or whatever it's called since a certain wildlife fund took issue with the initials. Fighting on the telly isn't for me, I don't even do boxing, well not since Frank Bruno stopped fighting anyway. I do however like the odd fighting game, and over the years have enjoyed things like Punch Out when it first hit the arcades, the odd game of Street Fighter, and of course the best fighting game of all time IK+.

So basically, I can't tell you how accurate this might be to the world of Mixed Martial Arts, but I reckon I can tell you if it's any fun or not.

Controls
Wow, there seems to be a lot of these, but no gamepad in sight which is a good thing. The moves pretty much consist of tilting to move, tapping on one side or another of the screen, a series of swipes and tapping specific marked areas to make something a success or not. Like most games these days, you are taken through the concepts via a set of tutorials that start off with basic punching, kicking and dodging, moving on to holds and pinning people to the ground.

If you need to refresh yourself with the three tutorials, that first teach you what to do and then give you an opponent to practise on, then you can always go back and do them again from the options menu. With a memory like mine, doing them twice will be a necessity, however even if you don't hints are given in game once you instigate a move to help you along.

Graphics
Most of the polygon work seems to have gone on the fighters, which is fair enough, there isn't a lot else to see other than a simple ring and a crowd cheering on the violence. They've even put a bit of effort into the bikini clad ladies that intersperse each round with a bit of cardboard.

The animation is pretty good, there isn't too much clipping between polygons when each fighter puts the other in one of the various holds often required to win the round. This isn't the prettiest game in the AppStore but it looks more than adequate for the genre. You even get some nice intro stuff for each fight which you'll soon learn to skip.

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