After months of anticipation and excitement, early access to EA’s UFC 5 has finally hit the shelves. As fans enjoy the game, there are some aspects that the game lacks, and fans seem to be in no mood to let go of the faults in the game. Fans are having a good laugh about the errors in the game.
EA will globally launch UFC 5 on all major platforms, including PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Series S on October 27, 2023. However, players who pre-ordered the Deluxe edition of the game received a three-day early access, which began on November 24, 2023. Notably, the Deluxe edition featured UFC Middleweight champion Israel Adesanya on the cover.
Prior to the early access, a video claiming to be a gameplay leak of UFC 5 had spread all over the internet. True fans of the series quickly spotted a similarity and claimed that the gameplay video looked just like UFC 4.
Similarly, a few days back, EA released a UFC fighter ranking of players, followed by separate announcement posts with stats of individual players on X (formerly Twitter). In the image shared of Conor McGregor, fans immediately pointed out that the UFC version of Conor looks nowhere close to the real Conor.
Larger than life 🇮🇪 @TheNotoriousMMA in #UFC5 pic.twitter.com/QG1xdN4XMb
— EA SPORTS UFC (@EASPORTSUFC) October 16, 2023
And now, another video from the game has been circulating on the internet of English mixed martial arts professional Paddy Pimblett. And fans are having a riot of laughter over his representation in the game.
UFC 5’s Paddy Pimblett is hilarious
Recently, a user by the name ‘Aqua’ posted a video on their X handle from the game. While overall, everything else seemed fine in the video, there were two things that caught everyone’s attention. First was the sound of Paddy Pimblett’s voice in the game. ‘Aqua’ captioned the video, writing, “That doesn’t sound like Paddy Pimblett?”
Larger than life 🇮🇪 @TheNotoriousMMA in #UFC5 pic.twitter.com/QG1xdN4XMb
— EA SPORTS UFC (@EASPORTSUFC) October 16, 2023
Naturally, fans took the opportunity to have a hearty laugh and call out the makers for the difference. The fans found the sound of his voice and his accent too funny compared to his real features. Especially the fact that Pimbett is actually British and flaunts an English accent. However, his voice and accent do not sound British by any chance. A user named ‘codesciple’ wrote, “Not only does it sound weird, but the accent seems off too 😂”
Apart from the sound, another glaring feature was his physique. He looked much more healthier and out of shape than he does in real life. Many users made fun of the error. A user named ‘Theo’ wrote, “Burger hit so good that it turned him American.” While another user ‘Stoic&Meme’ wrote, “Paddy after trying American food lol”
Paddy after trying american food lol
— Stoic&Meme (@ZenStoic28) October 25, 2023
With the game yet to officially launch, it looks like there is more such content to come up wherein players won’t leave a chance to make fun of the graphics. Interestingly, EA is promoting this game as “the most realistic MMA experience fans can have outside of the Octagon,” thanks to its all-new Real Impact System. At the same time fans observing such differences may be harmful for the game.