With MMA more popular then ever it's about time the good folks at Zuffa and THQ partnered to make a new addition to the UFC series of video games. I'll admit, I had my reservations when Undisputed was first announced. The prior UFC games were fun to an extent, but each had their own set of problems when it came to overly complex control schemes.
Right away, Undisputed fixes the control issue with an easy to follow and informative tutorial. The tutorial takes about 15 minutes to get through and the result is easily handling of a very deep and authentic fighting system that incorporates every facet of UFC action from standup, clinch, takedowns, transitions and submissions.
This only being the demo, we're given the choice of either Chuck "The Iceman" Liddell orMauricio "Shogun" Rua. Both fighters are beautifully recreated here, right down to Chuck's painted toenails. The level of detail from their prefight tale of the tape to the closing hand raise shows the developers really took their time.
Starting with the standup game, it's about what'd you expect. You have four buttons (2 punch, 2 kick) and the abililty to shift between head, stomach, and leg shots. Undisputed sports a new clinching system that will help take advantage of each fighters style. A wrestler will be able to perform various slams and throws from this position while a Muay Thai fighter like Marco Rua can use powerful knees to dominate his opponent. Submissions during the ground game are vastly improved. They're more dependent on timing, skill and most importantly position relative to your opponent.
Being a life long fan of wrestling/football/every-sporting-game-you-can-think-of I can tell you I've never heard a better job of announcers in a sporting game, period. These fights sound like actual fights. The announcers react according to what's going on in the game perfectly. I've played the demo many times over and I'm still hearing newthings from the team of Joe Rogan and Mike Goldberg.
While not playable in the demo, we get to see a sneak peak of the other modes including X-Box Live, Classic Fights, Create a Fighter and what I'm looking forward to most, The Career Mode. I've managed to uncover a short preview of the Career Mode... in Italian!
UFC Undisputed is due out May 19th and is sure to be a MUST BUY for fighting game fans. If you're an MMA fan, there's no question this is the one you've been waiting for.
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