that review was garbage lol. the game is a little complicated but if u played last year its not too complicated and its much improved.
and yeah all the game modes are kinda similar in a way because its all fighting. there isnt a mode where u go out driving or go out gambling or whatever the fuck that guy was hoping for.
my score for the game would be more around 8.5 ish
its solid and fun and its improved across every mode.
i played a few online matches too. i picked shogun every time and my first 3 fights were against rashad evans, i won all of those by submission.
then i fought machida and the connect was lagged, the others werent, and i lost by knockout. dude was good and knew how to use machida's speed advantage. i tried to submit him a couple times but wasnt able to.