UFC 2009 Undisputed

UFC 2009 Undisputed

International box art (left) and Canadian box art (right).
Developer(s) Yuke's Osaka
Publisher(s) THQ
Platform(s) PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
Release date(s)
Genre(s) Sports, Fighting
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer, online multiplayer

UFC 2009 Undisputed is a mixed martial arts video game featuring Ultimate Fighting Championship properties and fighters developed by Yuke's Osaka and published by THQ. The game was released in the US on May 19, 2009, for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It is the first game to be released under THQ's 2007 agreement with the UFC, and it is to be the first UFC game released since UFC: Sudden Impact in 2004. A playable demo of UFC 2009 was released onto Xbox Live and PlayStation Network on April 23, 2009, and featured a tutorial and exhibition matchup between Chuck Liddell and Mauricio Rua. A sequel, UFC Undisputed 2010 was released on May 25, 2010.

Fighting styles

The developers at Yuke's Osaka included 6 major primary fighting styles for the fighters in the game; Striking: Boxing, Kickboxing, and Muay Thai, Grappling: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, and Wrestling. These styles are placed into two categories, allowing a character to have one of the fighting styles from each of these categories. For example: Georges St. Pierre has Kickboxing and Wrestling as his two fighting styles. The "standup" category allows Boxing, Muay Thai or Kickboxing, while grappling-style can consist of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, Wrestling or Judo.[3]

Roster

The complete roster was revealed to and published by GameSpot.[4]

Heavyweights
Belarus Andrei Arlovski
United States Mark Coleman
Croatia Mirko "Cro Cop" Filipović
Brazil Gabriel Gonzaga
Netherlands Antoni Hardonk
United States Heath Herring
France Cheick Kongo
United States Brock Lesnar
United States Justin McCully
United States Frank Mir
Brazil Antônio Rodrigo Nogueira
United States Eddie Sanchez
United States Tim Sylvia
United States Cain Velasquez
United States Brandon Vera[LH]
Brazil Fabrício Werdum

Light Heavyweights
United States Houston Alexander
United States Ryan BaderDLC
United States Tim Boetsch
United States Stephan Bonnar
United States Rashad Evans
United States Forrest Griffin
Brazil Wilson Gouveia[MW]
United States James Irvin
United States Quinton Jackson
United States Keith Jardine
United States Chuck Liddell
Brazil Lyoto Machida
Japan Kazuhiro Nakamura
United States Tito Ortiz
Brazil Maurício Rua
Brazil Thiago Silva
Brazil Wanderlei Silva

Middleweights
Brazil Ricardo Almeida
United Kingdom Michael Bisping[LH]
United States Rich Franklin[LH]
United States Kendall Grove
United States Dan Henderson[LH]
Denmark Martin Kampmann[WW]
United States Chris Leben
Brazil Thales Leites
Canada Jason MacDonald
Brazil Demian Maia
United States Nate Marquardt
United States Drew McFedries
Japan Yushin Okami
United States Amir Sadollah[WW]
Brazil Anderson Silva[LH]
United States Evan Tanner

Welterweights
Brazil Thiago Alves
United States Matt Arroyo
United States Kyle Bradley[LW]
United States Josh Burkman
United States Marcus Davis
United States Jon Fitch
United States Matt Hughes
United States Anthony Johnson
United States Josh Koscheck
United States Chris Lytle
Armenia Karo Parisyan
United States Diego Sanchez[LW]
United States Ben Saunders
United States Matt Serra[LW]
Canada Georges St-Pierre
United States Mike Swick[MW]

Lightweights
Canada Mark Bocek
United States Rich Clementi
United States Mac Danzig
United States Nate Diaz
United States Frank Edgar
Mexico Efrain EscuderoDLC
United States Spencer Fisher
United States Kenny Florian
Brazil Hermes Franca
United States Tyson Griffin
United States Roger Huerta
United States Joe Lauzon
United States Gray Maynard
United States BJ Penn[WW]
United States Sean Sherk[WW]
United States Joe Stevenson
Brazil Thiago Tavares

Legend
  • LH Fighter can switch to Light Heavyweight
  • MW Fighter can switch to Middleweight
  • WW Fighter can switch to Welterweight
  • LW Fighter can switch to Lightweight
  • DLC Downloadable Content

Miscellaneous

Reception

Reception
Aggregate scores
AggregatorScore
GameRankings84.2% Xbox 360,
83.56% PS3
Metacritic83% Xbox 360,
84% PS3
Review scores
PublicationScore
Edge7/10
Eurogamer8/10
Game Informer8/10
GamePro
GameSpot8.0/10
GameTrailers8.9/10
IGN7.6/10
OXM8.5/10
X-Play

Initial reviews have been positive with Metacritic giving the game an 83% after 58 reviews and Game Rankings giving it an 84% after 21 reviews.[5] Some reviews cited the lack of a penalty for users who disconnect from online games as a negative aspect,[6] along with lag in online play.[7] Although recently, there has been a patch that must be downloaded, that is preventing "cheating" with the CAF program, by stopping a bug that players were able to exploit an error in the CAF system, that allowed artificial "pumping up" of the CAF's ability meters. This patch is also supposed to be able to track those players that disconnect in an attempt to falsely prevent losses from showing up on the CAF's Win-Loss record. It is also supposed to try to prevent lag issues, by matching up players with similar connection speeds. According to NPD figures, UFC 2009: Undisputed managed to sell over 1,000,000 units in its first month. 679,600 of these sales came on the Xbox 360, with 334,400 coming on the PlayStation 3.[8] Hyper's Daniel Wilks commends the game for its "very deep, intricate fighting system [and] balanced striking and ground game." However, he criticized the game for its "very steep learning curve, very niche appeal".[9]

At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, UFC 2009 Undisputed was named the Best Individual Sports Game.

References

  1. "Consoles & Games - Free UK Delivery Available!". GAME. Retrieved 2016-03-16.
  2. Caplan, Sam (2009-07-05). "5/7 fighting disciplines: UFC 2009 Undisputed". fighting disciplines. Retrieved 2009-07-05.
  3. http://web.archive.org/web/20090322114123/http://www.gamespot.com:80/sports/blogs/sports-blog/909097139/26817040/exclusive-ufc-2009-undisputed-full-roster-reveal-video-interview.html. Archived from the original on March 22, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. metacrit, Xbox 360 review.
  5. Qualls, Erin. "UFC 2009: Undisputed Review (X360)". UFC 2009: Undisputed Review (X360).
  6. http://web.archive.org/web/20090714003853/http://www.gamespot.com:80/xbox360/action/ufc2009undisputed/review.html. Archived from the original on July 14, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2009. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "UFC 2009: Undisputed Sells Over 1m Units In North America". Gaming Union. June 11, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  8. Wilks, Daniel (June 2009). "UFC Undisputed 2009". Hyper (Next Media) (188): 38, 39.

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