I can’t wait to kick my own ass…
by Joe Lauzon on Apr.23, 2009, under Blog
in UFC Undisputed 2009. If you have an XBox 360, you need to download the new demo for the upcoming UFC game. It is absolutely awesome. When I first heard I was going to be in a Video Game, I was pretty excited. To a video game addict like me, thats truly “making it” so to speak. Then I started thinking about it and what if the game wasn’t all that good? It would still be great to be in a game, but not that cool. Luckily, the demo was amazing.
There are going to be 80 fighters in the full game, but the demo only allows you to play as Shogun or Chuck Liddell. You can either play against the computer or a friend. Its entirely different than the normal button mashing game I was expecting. I was thinking it would be like the old Wrestlemania 2000 game on Nintendo 64 that I wasted so many hours playing. The gameplay is actually pretty deep though. There is a lot going on at once and there is a lot of strategy involved.
Chuck and Shogun are both strikers so for the demo, the emphasis is on striking obviously. You don’t normally see a lot of submissions from either guy in their fights so the submission game is pretty sparing in the demo as well. They are still there, but the majority of matches end by KO or TKO.
Chuck is rated slightly higher than Shogun, but it seems like a huge jump. Chuck has one punch KO power with almost everything he throws and has better wrestling. Shogun is quicker and has a better ground game.
I played for 40 minutes last night with Greg, about 2 hours today with Jared and then about an hour and a half playing with Chris and Lorenzo. I am still dying to keep playing. If I can get this much enjoyment out of playing with 2 characters, I can’t imagine playing with 80 fighters plus my own custom created character.
Go download the free demo on XBox live, right now.
11 Comments for this entry
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April 23rd, 2009 on 11:57 pm
I wonder if there’ll be female create-a-fighters?
April 24th, 2009 on 12:09 am
I got the demo a week early, and my thoughts are exactly the same.. We played it for 4 hours the night it came out. In the last week I’ve probably seen Chuck vs. Shogun 500 times. I can’t wait to see how deep the full game will be.
April 24th, 2009 on 2:09 am
I couldn’t stop playing either. I must have played between 20 and 30 fights between yesterday and today. I was a little concerned at how difficult it was to get a submission (i couldn’t get any) Do you think this will be a problem or is it just these two fighters?
April 24th, 2009 on 2:30 am
Who are you going to create in the game?
April 24th, 2009 on 10:26 am
Wrestlemania 2000 is a classic. I still play it.
April 25th, 2009 on 2:04 am
Why do you need a custom created character?! YOU’RE IN THE GAME!
April 25th, 2009 on 2:44 am
i got a few subs, i think in order to do it you need to attack the submission more than one time/beat him down pretty good first. plus, you gotta either mash the hell out of the buttons or rotate the hell out of the stick, i mean like until your forearm starts to fail.
i like GnP better anyways though
but maybe it will be easier to hit subs with more submission oriented fighters.
April 27th, 2009 on 12:32 pm
Wrestlemania 2000…oh man, stayed up so late in highschool playing that with my friends. This new UFC game is surprising very good! I was excited for it all along, but had my doubts they could pull it off…but they did! Cant wait to take my created character online for some ass whooping! Gonna be a vicious thai boxer!
April 28th, 2009 on 3:40 pm
Hey man, I’d like to hear an update on your leg…I had an ACL surgery 6 weeks ago and still can only bend 135 degrees, out of 150 in my case…Wonderin when your gonna’ be able to get back into the ring…
April 30th, 2009 on 12:06 pm
Just posted an update on my knee AJR.
May 3rd, 2009 on 10:16 am
Yea i destroyd that demo with both fighters on all the difficulty levels. When i get my wireless adapter and xboxlive ill create a character and play you online if you think you can hang lol BRING IT hahaha. By the way great finish against jermy stephans i was very very impressed but i knew you would win