UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo Release Date and Details Confirmed

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 16, 2009 7:15 PM EDT in MMA News

Gamespot.com has up some new impressions of the upcoming UFC 2009 Undisputed video game including some details on the demo:

That disgusting pink spot in the middle of my palm is the blister I got from a result of that extended play session. Yes, I got a blister playing a videogame. I can't remember the last time that happened to me.

Why that blister appeared on the middle of my palm (and not, say, on my thumb) I'll get to in a bit. First, let me set the stage for you. Last week, we received the PS3 version of the upcoming downloadable demo for UFC 2009 Undisputed. The game, being published by THQ and developed by Yuke's, is the first licensed UFC game since 2004's mediocre UFC Sudden Impact. The demo, which will be available on PSN and XBL on April 23, features two modes: an extensive tutorial to get you used to the game's in-depth controls, and a single exhibition fight between Mauricio "Shogun" Rua and Chuck Liddell.

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Over the past few days, I've played the demo over and over against both the CPU and against other folks in the office. The demo is passable in single player, though the AI lack of aggression and skill leaves something to be desired. And while I'm hoping the AI poses a stiffer challenge in the final version, Undisputed really comes to life when playing with a friend, preferably side by side on the same console, where the smack talk and the non-stop shouting can flow.

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It's those submission moves that did my right palm in. You see, it wasn't until later that I realized you could use the buttons to defend against submissions so, in my zeal to protect my fighter from a tapout, I palmed the top of the right analog stick and moved the stick around as fast as I could. It wasn't until an hour later that I realized that the motion was slowly eating away the skin of my palm, leaving a disgusting weeping wound in its place.

Sounds like there are some concerns over the difficulty which could hamper the game for those who, like me, aren't crazy about playing games online. It's the one thing that really killed the replay value of Fight Night Round 3 for me.

Still the preview is almost all very good news and having a confirmed release date is exciting. It's a bit disappointing to see that we're only getting a single fight with the demo but that makes more sense compared with the rumors of 10 selectable fighters in a demo.

I've got my copy for the 360 pre-ordered. What's everyone else's status?

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I’m buying this and a second controller the day it comes out.

That dude with the blister has never done a day of physical labor in his life.

by Derek Suboticki on Apr 16, 2009 7:18 PM EDT reply actions

I’ve played pretty intensely lately but never came close to hurting myself.

by spectaa on Apr 16, 2009 10:28 PM EDT up reply actions

I echo his pain.

:( Except I figured it out before removing skin, fortunately.

by Newbs on Apr 16, 2009 7:26 PM EDT reply actions

I am becoming quite obsessed with this game.

I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian

by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 16, 2009 7:28 PM EDT reply actions

The only time i ever got a blister from a video game was fro mthe first mario party but thats only because u had to spin the joystick with your palm and they got rid of it the next mario party cause parents complained.

I got mine reserved at game stop so i should get Bader and Efrain right?

by Brian Bobby on Apr 16, 2009 7:35 PM EDT reply actions

Yes

I called Game Stop yesterday just to make sure I paid my copy for the 360 off and I asked them about it and they said yes…. there might be other freebies but the dude wouldn’t say much.

by Gunslinger20 on Apr 17, 2009 7:36 AM EDT up reply actions

Which sucks for me...

since I pre-ordered at Game Crazy and I guess won’t get the free extras.

Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.

http://CurseOfRonKarkovice.blogspot.com/

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 17, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

Regarding Difficulty.

Chances are the demo’s a.i. is really easy, just so no one gets turned off by the game and such. This is done with a lot of demos. And either way, it still sounds rather entertaining…or maybe the a.i. is just based on chuck and shogun’s last fights…haha. Just kidding! I can’t wait.

by Kaleb Kelchner on Apr 16, 2009 7:37 PM EDT reply actions

I hope that is the case...

I hate playing online because I don’t have the time to master games that most of the people who are on do. So I just get my ass kicked. I just want solid single player and good offline multiplayer

Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.

http://CurseOfRonKarkovice.blogspot.com/

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 16, 2009 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions

I’d put money on it man, and I hear you, I just got Xbox Live a while back, but what I’m looking forward to most is the create-a-fighter career and offline multiplayer.

by Kaleb Kelchner on Apr 16, 2009 8:16 PM EDT up reply actions

There are bums at all levels of online video game play. Master a fighter and wade in.

by Derek Suboticki on Apr 16, 2009 8:40 PM EDT up reply actions

Yeah

Fighting games are probably easiest to jump into. A lot of my friends get online and amass great records in games like VF5, SC IV or SF IV, then play me and want to kill themselves. Whereas, with a shooter, you pretty much spawn into a headshot if you didn’t start playing online the day the game dropped. But I’m an FPS snob that still doesn’t feel like consoles can do them justice, so maybe you should ignore me.

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Apr 16, 2009 11:15 PM EDT up reply actions

Also the difficulty is set low so players can experiment with all of the moves as well as get to see some of the more spectacular KOs and subs.

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Apr 16, 2009 8:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I thought that was stigmata when I forst saw that for some reason.

Keep firing Assholes!

by Ubernoober on Apr 16, 2009 7:45 PM EDT reply actions

UFC 2009 Undisputed:

Best new sports game of 2009, or Unholy Omen? lol

by Kaleb Kelchner on Apr 16, 2009 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions

I have it preordered on PS3

"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn

by Day Man on Apr 16, 2009 8:15 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t normally preorder stuff unless I get it cheaper. I’ve been burnt too many times where I preordered the game and found out that I could have got it cheaper (in a few cases significantly).

I liked FNR3 but it got old fast as the AI was pretty boring and they totally skipped out on making the training fun. It didn’t help that I didn’t give a shit about any of the AI characters I was fighting against. That is where I think the UFC will shine is that I will recognize everyone I’m competing against.

I’ll be buying not only as a gamer but as a fan of the UFC and the fighters presented in the game. Even if the game sucked I would likely still buy it since it crosses both of my favorite passtimes.

I’ll be buying it for the 360 even though I have a PS3 as well. I just have more friends who will be buying the game on the 360 and I have a feeling this will be a great party / pre-fight PPV type game.

by pr0cs on Apr 16, 2009 8:27 PM EDT reply actions

I just refer to my PS3 as my DVD player for the reasons you cited. Hit me up on Live, I’m Jiiri.

by Jiiri on Apr 16, 2009 9:45 PM EDT up reply actions

I don’t have any faith on THQ so I’ll be renting this first. We’ll see.

by Gong on Apr 16, 2009 8:55 PM EDT reply actions

Didn’t THQ make Company of Heros? That game is tight as hell.

by Zack Gobie on Apr 16, 2009 9:37 PM EDT up reply actions

Can’t say I’ve tried it out since I play primarily on the Xbox. THQ just has a tendency to churn shovelware so I’m a little worried about this one. But apparently they’re not even developing it! Again, we’ll see. I hope it ends up being a good game, but I won’t throw 70 bucks at them this early.

by Gong on Apr 17, 2009 5:50 PM EDT up reply actions

The developers are “Yuke” (they are Japanese but I think they also have an US branch), I think THQ are only editors for this game.

by spectaa on Apr 16, 2009 10:24 PM EDT up reply actions

Yukes, is the dev from Japan. They made WWE Legends of Wrestlemania which is garbage IMO (too arcadey/button mashing feeling) but I’m still getting this game since its not gonna have that kind of gameplay at all, thank God! Gettin it for 360 of course.

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Apr 16, 2009 11:59 PM EDT up reply actions

They also made every good wrestling videogame ever

All good N64 wrestling games=Yukes.

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Apr 17, 2009 12:10 AM EDT up reply actions

yes...

WCW/NWO World Tour, WCW/NWO Revenge, WWF No Mercy, WWF Wrestlemania 2000 (I think that was the name of that one) all great games

Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.

http://CurseOfRonKarkovice.blogspot.com/

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 17, 2009 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

The best thing about Wrestlemania 2000 was making custom characters with moves where they folded their hands in prayer. That resulted in the greatest custom created wrestler of all time; Christ Benoit. And if this new UFC game let’s me do pallette swaps of well known fighters, my dream of creating Chocolate Dell will finally be realized.

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Apr 17, 2009 12:26 AM EDT up reply actions

Ahhh yes indeed. I just wasn’t feeling the new WM Legends game.

WCW/NWO World Tour and WCW/NWO Revenge were full of awesomeness!

Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."

by xFenixKnightx on Apr 17, 2009 9:00 AM EDT up reply actions

Ooh, my bad. Still a little iffy, though.

by Gong on Apr 17, 2009 5:45 PM EDT up reply actions

360 for me

I have mine preordered for the 360. I like the controller better. Brent (any any other readers), feel free to add my gamertag for some MMA fun. GT is Jiiri. Should be fun :P

by Jiiri on Apr 16, 2009 9:43 PM EDT reply actions

Once the game releases...

We’ll have an official thread for everyone to post gamertags..etc.

Contributing Editor - BloodyElbow.com - SBNation's mixed martial arts headquarters.

http://CurseOfRonKarkovice.blogspot.com/

by Brent Brookhouse on Apr 16, 2009 9:46 PM EDT up reply actions

You guys should set up a tourney.

The Bird is the Word.

by IHateMMA on Apr 16, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Brilliant idea BB. I was just thinking that none of my friends who own 360’s are into MMA. I’d much rather play against fellow BE frequenters than random 12 year olds.

by cliChe on Apr 17, 2009 2:41 AM EDT up reply actions

That would be fantastic.

by Gong on Apr 17, 2009 5:51 PM EDT up reply actions

I haven’t gotten a video game related blister since the SNES and Playstation days.

The Bird is the Word.

by IHateMMA on Apr 16, 2009 10:17 PM EDT reply actions

Oh,

And I’m going to pre-order my copy once I get a few games I won to trade in. For the 360.

The Bird is the Word.

by IHateMMA on Apr 16, 2009 10:20 PM EDT up reply actions

I hope the gameplay is good enough not to be abused by the horde of lamers playing games online, cheating and using exploits (e-greasing?). I hope the game is well balanced so you don’t only fight BJ/GSP/A.Silva etc…
I play street fighter IV online and if your opponent plays sagat (and you don’t), you’re screwed, that’s what I fear in every fighting games bad ballance. That’s why I hope it’s not too realistic. Still I can’t wait to see if a MMA “specialist” have any advantage over an occasional TUF watcher in this game, or if it’s just button mashing.

by spectaa on Apr 16, 2009 10:20 PM EDT reply actions

I feel your pain. I hate how people will wait to see who you pick in SFIV and then pick Sagat or Ken, so I really would hope that doesn’t happen in undisputed. Hopefully having that BE gamertag thread will help nix that.

by cliChe on Apr 17, 2009 2:44 AM EDT up reply actions

So I take it by the story that you use the right analog as well as the left? Any combat game where you can’t use a joystick isn’t a fighting game. It could still be good, but it’s not a fighting game.

And no, I’m not preordering. Can’t imagine many circumstances in which I don’t end up purchasing this game, but if Gamespot gives it below an 8.0, I might drag my feet a bit/rent it first.

I poop rainbows.

by Blackout612 on Apr 16, 2009 11:18 PM EDT reply actions

i preordered the game for ps3 and already joined a league. Theyve got alot of camps set up, belts for each weight division and seems really awsome you should check it out.

http://www.undisputedonline.net/

by JaTinkles on Apr 16, 2009 11:44 PM EDT reply actions

I will play my game beneath the spin light.
Absurd Meridian

by Eugene Schelfaut on Apr 17, 2009 3:28 AM EDT reply actions

I pre-ordered my copy (360) yesterday from Game Stop. If this game does not live up to the hype I will be beside myself.

While at Game Stop I came to a realization that I may be a little too into this game already. The Game Stop employee informed me enthusiastically that the demo should be up on xbox live in a day or two. I hung my head as I out nerded this video game professional by telling him the demo had been pushed back and would contain only Liddell vs Rua. He was sad because of the demo delay and I was sad that I knew about it before him. Thanks Baudelaire and xFenix

That's great, but how does it affect Lyoto Machida?

by beery_pbr on Apr 17, 2009 11:35 AM EDT reply actions