Official UFC 2009: Undisputed Discussion Thread
by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 10:53 AM EDT
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PrintWith the biggest MMA video game in history now officially on the shelves I wanted to have a section where the BloodyElbow community could post their thoughts on the game as they tried it out.
Feel free to post impressions of the game, gamer tags for online play, screen shots, videos..etc.
Happy gaming!
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I’m in a current debate as to whether I should purchase it or not…
I’ve heard some mixed reviews from people who have it about mechanics, bugginess, etc.
Any thoughts?
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You don’t want me involved in a video game. I played professionally when I was about 19, but not console games. This is a whole different thing I suppose. I’d probably get my ass kicked by a 13 year old. I might just have to drop the money.
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by Leland Roling on May 19, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
I have a short attention span when it comes to gaming. Unless it pulls me in, I’m done after a couple of sittings. I don’t want some shitty bugs to fuck my experience over.
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by Leland Roling on May 19, 2009 12:49 PM EDT up reply actions
I've been playing my review copy for a while now...
and I can say that there aren’t a ton of bugs. Every now and then i’ll see a KO where it looks like the final shot misses. but that’s not too often at all.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 12:54 PM EDT up reply actions
I was worried about this too. Mainly the controls and how everything would be executed but THQ and Yukes did a great job. I love the controls. After the tutorials you are good to go. Its definately worth it!
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 May 19, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Chances I leave work early today...100%
I am taking my lunch and going to buy the game right now. I have managed to clear my schedule for the afternoon and if anyone wants to fight, 360 gamer tag Gingrseparatist, at least until I get my 360 back from RROD.
Gingrseparatist
That's great, but how does it affect Lyoto Machida?
I probably won't be playing online until Saturday...
but for what it’s worth my gamertag is badlefthook (yes, it was my name which SBN stole for the boxing blog)
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 12:05 PM EDT reply actions
Got it for 360 but still haven’t opened it yet :( stuck here at work!
Gamertag and PSN ID
xFenixKnightx
Mike Goldberg: "You know Joe, When Matt and his brother Mark Hughes were growing up, they would pound each other behind the barn."
Bring it…
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 May 19, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Buying it this afternoon for 360
along with Best Of 2008, and a $10 Best Buy card, and $10 off pay-per-view coupon which I will be using on UFC 100. WOOT!
A wise man told me don't argue with fools
Cause people from a distance can't tell who is who
I have no complaints so far...
I picked it up at the midnight release last night… got to play it before I came into work.
Its right up there with the demo. I’ve used all the champs so far. I’ve yet to have a Brock Lesnar fight leave the 1st round, his power is massive.
I got a submission on Jon Fitch w/ GSP…. couldn’t get one on the demo against the computer.
Anderson Silva is awkward not being a southpaw.
Kenny Florian is my favorite so far, very well rounded.
I will be tackling the career mode when I get home from work today.
Anyone interested...
in maybe doing a little pre-98 tourney Saturday? Not a for sure thing…just gauging interest.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
Damn… I would, but I have a family auction business to run. God damn old ladies and their antiques!
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by Leland Roling on May 19, 2009 12:38 PM EDT up reply actions
I’d be down but I’ll be watching the PPV over at a buddies house who doesn’t have a 360. Maybe on the next one. It would be cool if we got a fullty fledged bracket tourney going and a Bloody Elbow HW Champ was determined before UFC 100 like on a Friday night.
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 May 19, 2009 1:04 PM EDT up reply actions
Bring over the 360 before the fights, get people hooked!
A man should never waste an opportunity to keep his mouth shut.
But….thats my baby, and there will be drunk people (including me) there. The 360 although awesome, is very fragile :P
Yup, its a gamble.
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 May 19, 2009 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Okay...
since everyone seems pretty busy we’ll just have some open challenge games Saturday where we can post results of our BE games and brag a little…rather than a full tourney.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 1:18 PM EDT up reply actions
I'm down but I'm a little nervous
because I think I’m really really good and I don’t want to have my ego smashed.
by Brandon Starr on May 19, 2009 2:36 PM EDT up reply actions
Eh...
I figure we’ll all find out we suck soon enough…just wait for the 12 year olds to get their hands on the game for a week.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 3:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Yup
I have already been humbled by a squeeky-voiced warrior.
Anyways, my gamertag is Brackerson. I am a creative SOB.
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by Brad Ackerson on May 19, 2009 8:32 PM EDT up reply actions
pre ordered
I have it pre ordered, and i dont know when it is arriving, but i am racing home today to see, i am going to see if i can bribe the mtro rail dude to make the red line go fast and to skip everything between metro center and rockville,
if you were on the fence about the game, get it, i was skeptical at first but since the first time i played the demo, i have played that fight easily 100-150 times. im addicted but i want to get the entire game going now
I’l get it if it comes out on PC.
Keep firing Assholes!
This is a dream competition for me. I drink as much coffee as I want, and eventually I hallucinate.
Same for me
Controllers aren’t too expensive right?
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I went and picked my copy up on my lunchbreak, so I still have about 4 hours to wait til I can play :(
BTW psychobilleeOCP is the gamertag
come get destroyed
If you're gonna be dumb, ya gotta be tough.
by ThatGuyOverThere on May 19, 2009 1:10 PM EDT reply actions
I guess this is as good a place to ask as anywhere.
For what ever reason I can not get /use the rubber guard for s__. Its incredible frustrating, considering how well the computer utilizes it on the demo. Can anyone help?
That's great, but how does it affect Lyoto Machida?
you pull rubber guard by holding L1 (which lets you do special moves for that martial art) and moving the right joystiq clockwise from the bottom to the top. there you can sweep by going counter clockwise from bottom to top or you can go for a triangle
I love this Game i've been playing it since Sunday
the flaws are many and some of the character rankings are stupid (Keith Jardine a 79!,? more like 87). This game should be more like Ea Sports games were you can change player stats.
Favorite characters
Cain Velasquez
Forrest Griffin
Michael Bisbing (I knocked out Yushin Okami in 29 seconds on expert with bisbing)
Anthony Johnson
Tyson Griffin
Also i don’t know how to delete custom characters if anybody knows how plz tell me :P
I hope this game is a success
I want to see more MMA related video-games. It would be cool if some Japanese developers like Capcom or Namco, created a MMA game based off of the Dream promotion. American video-game designers just suck at fighting games, all they know how to create is FPS and football games.
So I finally decided to give career mode a go.
My first fight (not the tryout fight) I got takedowns at will…worked ground and pound, a few failed subs and I felt like we were even on the feet…we went to a decision which I lost 30-26, 30-26, 30-27
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
expert
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 4:21 PM EDT up reply actions
wow really? I havent lost a decision yet. They seem to score stuff funny though, I had a fight with a friend where I dominated the first 2 rounds by far, but he got me in the second and dropped me. It ended up being a majority draw with him getting 1 28-27 in there.
by CliChe Guevara on May 19, 2009 7:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Also....
What happened to the gamertag thread? Did I miss it? I’m looking forward to getting subbed and KO’ed by some fellow BE followers.
360 Gamertag: ceeph263
by CliChe Guevara on May 19, 2009 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Hi, Junie!
If you see Mark Coleman in person, drop $5 on the floor and watch the fun as he tries in vain to bend down and pick it up.
I just had the same thing happen to me.
by Eugene Schelfaut on May 19, 2009 9:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Ok
WTF, why cant I submit ANYONE! I played for hours and hours taking people down and trying to submit them and getting reversed everytime!
I even did Mir VS Lesnar and couldnt pull off the knee bar! This is so frustrating, I can knock people out at will, but cant submit anyone! The same thing happened to me in the Demo and I thought it was because it was the demo!
I like the Unlockable fights though, KO’d Liddell in the 1st round with Rampage, oh f’n yeah I’ma dork!
all you gotta do is...
Yeah, you have to be patient. WHen on the ground work your strikes and move positionally. Don’t try to go too fast. You have to wear the other guy’s stamina down before you can get a subm
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 3:46 PM EDT up reply actions
Turn on the stamina bar. The lower the opponents stamina (and the higher your own) the more likely they are to get submitted. A mistake I see people make is throwing 7 strikes in a row and then going for the sub. Just like real life that would tire you out and make it harder to really sink in your sub.
"Japan is half-Machida" - iiowyn
I’m sucking this up online right now. Decision loss and then choked out by Nog with under ten seconds left.
by Eugene Schelfaut on May 19, 2009 4:19 PM EDT up reply actions
I believe so...yes
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 5:53 PM EDT up reply actions
If Butterbean is who you desire, go….
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by Leland Roling on May 20, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
You can always play Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots!
The Bird is the Word.
by IHateMMA on May 19, 2009 4:29 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
For those still undecided. A solid Meta-Critic summary here: http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/ufc2009undisputed
So far it scores 86/100 which is a huge score. A number in the 70’s generally means a good game.
"Like a ballet of violence clothed in fine Brazilian silk." ~ MMASuPreMaCy
Yeah...
Rome and I were talking about that the other day. Makes absolutely no sense.
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by Brent Brookhouse on May 19, 2009 8:50 PM EDT up reply actions
And Leben is BJJ. Seriously, WTF?
"I see him beating Anderson Silva. I see him picking him apart. Him at a 131 years old...(trails off)." - Tito on Belfort at Affliction:DOR
by Rundownloser on May 19, 2009 8:54 PM EDT up reply actions
lol
Anyone get any crazy results in career mode.
I like Shogun over Tito via majority decision on the UFC 100 undercard.
Amir Sadollah vs. Ricardo Almeida
Amir Sadollah by Sub
by Brandon Starr on May 20, 2009 2:46 PM EDT up reply actions
The event results in career mode are all over the place. Im in the LW division, and BJ is currently ranked 5th with Joe Daddy holding the belt.
by Graven Image on May 21, 2009 5:44 PM EDT up reply actions
Then i was playing as Nate the Great....
and I couldn’t do head kicks? but frank Mir can do flying knee’s?
I was also wondering if anybody uses a character that they are undefeated with? Neither the computer on expert or my friends have beaten me when i’m Forrest griffin. Anthony Johnson is also insane at welterweight. The only time i’ve lost with him was when BJ knocked me out in 36 seconds XD
I've done well....
with Brandon Vera (LH and HW). But you are right, Anthony Johnson is a BEAST. He is my St. Pierre killer. I’ve done well with T. Alves.
First Impressions...
So I decided to take the plunge since my girlfriend wanted to play a bunch of shit on the Marketplace, and I was basically looking for something to do.
First and foremost, I’m not a huge fan of the right stick movements for transitions, but it works out well for the plethora of movements you can do. I find pausing the game and browsing the action list makes it less frustrating because I find myself yelling at the TV wondering how to go to side control.
Leg kicks are beastly in this game, and you can drain guys easily with a powerful leg kicking machine. Machida is the fastest freak of nature as well, but I’m sure Evans is likely pretty quick too.
Career mode… I made Melvin Manhoef, and I’m currently 10-1. Chris Leben surprised me a bit with how tough he is in the clinch, so now it’s back to the gym to work on my clinch defense.
Grappling is definitely tough, but I find it’s hard as hell with anyone but a BJJ expert. Takedowns with wrestlers and pounding on guys works well, and if your Brock Lesnar, once you mount, it’s over. LHK’d Lesnar, but was beaten 4 times out of 5 using CroCop for shits.
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Also....
How much is the 360 Wireless Adapter?
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HOLY SHIT, are you fucking kidding me?
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by Leland Roling on May 20, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions
yeah dude...
It’s pricey. I got it as a gift, but you might be better off wired.
I’ll run a huge cable to my back room if it’s that much.
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by Leland Roling on May 20, 2009 9:32 AM EDT up reply actions
Only pet peeves
in this game is the interface menu, lobbying system, and D-bags talking crap only because they get A. Silva, who is unstoppable….
Also....
The decisions are pretty bad. Granted, I try not to go to a decision. However on one fight I got D. Maia vs. A. Silva. Had 10 takedowns on him, leg kicked the crap out of him and attempted 6 subs, only to lose 29-28 on all 3 cards.
Second one was T. Alves vs. St. Pierre. Mounted that dude 7 times and lost 29-27.
Yeah decisions are horrible. I dominated this guy with takedowns, GNP, rocked him, and got 28-29 loss across the board. I was like WTF? I’m currently 6-8 online ranked :(
2 of those losses came via Rampage armbar…in the first round! I almost threw my controller I was so furios, almost. Its pricey so I didn’t lol.
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 May 20, 2009 10:25 AM EDT up reply actions
LOL
Im 20-20 online. And 10 of those losses came from trashtalkers that were quick to pick A. Silva.
I’ve never came up against him online, thank God.
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 May 20, 2009 11:26 AM EDT up reply actions
There needs to be a sportsmens rule that Anderson Silva is off limits.
Having both beaten the crap out of people as Silva, and tried to fight him, I gotta say—- it ain’t even fair.
I haven’t even played with him yet. I need to get on that asap to pad my stats :P This 6-8 record of mine is pretty sad.
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 May 20, 2009 11:23 AM EDT up reply actions
Started my career mode....
created my dude who, I might add, looks pretty much exactly like me. Same height and weight (6’ WW) but I gave him way better abs than I’ve ever had (hey it’s a video game). Basically made him a sprawl n’ brawl type, really good defense of everything but most of my offensive points are for standing strikes.
I was off to a good start, 8-0, and I got to Anthony Johnson; he beat the dog shit out of me. What was worse is he talked a lot of shit before the fight and then wouldn’t touch gloves. I got Matt Arroyo and Matt Serra as my rebound fights and I knocked them both out late in the first. I was then given my much anticipated rematch with Anthony Johnson. I knocked him out with a wicked left hook in the third so now I’ve avenged my only loss.
I’m only playing on advanced though so I’m not impressed with my performance.
I was surprised at how fast time passes playing career mode. I played from 6-10 p.m. without flinching last night.
woot.
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i just faced someone who had Punk Ass from tapout…why would that be available online for a ranked match, n how did they do it? not that i really care, cuz i knocked him out in the 3rd with Frankie Edgar
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