UFC 2009 Undisputed Demo Impressions

[Keith121212]

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It was from my guard so we were on the ground...not sure if you can get them standing or not. Still looked cool, I'm so used to the "going for triangle" animation, but having it fail...actually seeing my legs lock I yelled "F*** yeah" lol

You misunderstood me, was Chuck Liddell standing when he tapped or did Shogun make him fall, and then he tapped? I'm asking because I want to know if they tap from different positions. I've only done a successful triangle once with Shogun and I agree with you it definitely feels great to finally pull it off.

[Phobia]

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You misunderstood me, was Chuck Liddell standing when he tapped or did Shogun make him fall, and then he tapped? I'm asking because I want to know if they tap from different positions. I've only done a successful triangle once with Shogun and I agree with you it definitely feels great to finally pull it off.

I think You are misunderstanding him. He said Chuck was in his guard. Meaning that Rua (mgoblue) was on his back. Chuck was in his guard, Rua applied rubber guard, then went into the triangle. Once locked the person in the triangle kind of falls on his side then taps.

I have never seen a standing triangle, only one I was seen is the one from the guard postion.

[Keith121212]

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You misunderstood me too but then you inadvertently answered my question with this

"Once locked the person in the triangle kind of falls on his side then taps."

Thanks. I was wondering if they could tap when they were standing but I guess they always fall and then tap. See what I was asking? I never said anything about standing triangles. I just asked if Chuck Liddell (the one that was getting triangled) was standing when he tapped or did Shogun make him fall.

[Phobia]

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I've noticed this, too. Needs to be fixed.

when you knock your opponent down, how do you jump on him?

You can dive down on them with a big shot. When standing over the guy on his back. You tap TOWARD the downed player then hit a punch button. It is just like the dodge moves where you "tap" a direction then a strike.

Advanced difficulty = a whole bunch of me getting tooled on the ground and then me winning with a flash KO. Happened 3 times in a row now. Everytime I get Shogun on the ground he just tools me and gets me in position and then I kick him off. Everytime he gets me on the ground, he tools me and I kick him off...

After playing for 10+ hours. I honestly feel Advanced is the most "fair". Another words, anyone can win in MMA. But to get to the most balance between the two fighters I feel advanced is the skill level. Beginner and experience I can win 7-10 times with either chuck or Rua. From a stats point of view. Chuck should dominate the stand up. Rua will be attempting to go for take downs and get Chuck on his back. Chuck has great take down defense so he will be tough to catch.

What I have noticed is on Advanced Fatigue seems to have a greater effect and more noticable. The fighters fight to their strengths much better. Less of them standing there eating punches to the face. More Clinch work, which is nice.

When I played Rua with Chuck last night. It went how you would think. Rua attempted some inside legs kicks at the start of the fight. Landed a big head kick which lead to me keeping my hands up as much as possible. I would pick my shots and look to pick Rua apart from the outside with him chasing me (Chucks strong suit). He tried shooting on me many times. But Chuck is a beast to take down so I kept Rua at bay most of the time. The two times he managed to time it with my punch and shoot he landed a perfect take down and then I was in Rua's world. It became a Loooooonngggggg round. Spending most of your time on your back with a fighter who does not have killer ground game is a very tough challange on advanced. Which it should be. I managed to keep twisting my body to keep Rua in my guard, holding his head down, popping a shot here and there to attempt to sweep. The first time I got up I must of been on my back the entire round almost from one take down. Rua got to the mount position after a long back and forth. I managed to flip over and Rua took my back. I then started throwing some elbows trying to keep Rua from applying the rear choke. I then managed to stand flip Rua and get back to my feet.

The beauty of Advanced is once you are in a fighters strong area, you can feel the difference than the other difficults. With Rua I managed to get Chuck to his back, started hitting with some ground and pound, managed to pass his guard and got into side control. I cut chuck with some elbows from side control. The amount of struggle on the ground is soooooo sick.

[Motown]

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Has anyone picked up their opponent & SLAMMED them to mat?
also how's the facial damage system? have ya seen some nasty cuts,bruising, or swelling yet? thanks

[Phobia]

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You misunderstood me too but then you inadvertently answered my question with this

"Once locked the person in the triangle kind of falls on his side then taps."

Thanks. I was wondering if they could tap when they were standing but I guess they always fall and then tap. See what I was asking? I never said anything about standing triangles. I just asked if Chuck Liddell (the one that was getting triangled) was standing when he tapped or did Shogun make him fall.

lol ok cool atleast it was answered

[Phobia]

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Has anyone picked up their opponent & SLAMMED them to mat?
also how's the facial damage system? have ya seen some nasty cuts yet? thanks

You can do throws from the clinch. Chuck also has a sig move from the guard position (offensive). If you are in Rua's guard (you on top), you can hold LB and attempt a major transition, chuck will wrap his hands under the back of Rua, pick him up off the mat and slam him down on his back. But it says in the game that ONLY certain fighters can do some of the throws and slams. For Westlers this will be their strong suit in the clinch.

Facial damage is best i have seen in a fight game. I have fought maybe 75+ fights and the facial damage is different almost all the time. I have seen bloody lips that drip blood on the chests, when hit the blood flys and lands on the mat staining it. I have seen bridge of the nose cuts, on the temple cuts, on the eye brow cuts, under the eye, on the cheek, on the forehead, etc. It is quite brutal in some regards.

Even body and leg damage is seen. Throw a ton of rib leg kicks and the body starts to get all pink, then a purple bruise color, same thing with the legs. It is quite badass!!!

[Motown]

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You can do throws from the clinch. Chuck also has a sig move from the guard position (offensive). If you are in Rua's guard (you on top), you can hold LB and attempt a major transition, chuck will wrap his hands under the back of Rua, pick him up off the mat and slam him down on his back. But it says in the game that ONLY certain fighters can do some of the throws and slams. For Westlers this will be their strong suit in the clinch.

Facial damage is best i have seen in a fight game. I have fought maybe 75+ fights and the facial damage is different almost all the time. I have seen bloody lips that drip blood on the chests, when hit the blood flys and lands on the mat staining it. I have seen bridge of the nose cuts, on the temple cuts, on the eye brow cuts, under the eye, on the cheek, on the forehead, etc. It is quite brutal in some regards.

Even body and leg damage is seen. Throw a ton of rib leg kicks and the body starts to get all pink, then a purple bruise color, same thing with the legs. It is quite badass!!!

WOW...had NO idea they'd bruise on the body too...tah'st bda zza...i mean...that's bad azz

[Phobia]

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WOW...had NO idea they'd bruise on the body too...tah'st bda zza...i mean...that's bad azz

AH YEA DUDE AND IT LOOKS REAL

[Motown]

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AH YEA DUDE AND IT LOOKS REAL

love it...can't wait 'till Thursday man.

[aholbert32]

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Has anyone picked up their opponent & SLAMMED them to mat?
also how's the facial damage system? have ya seen some nasty cuts,bruising, or swelling yet? thanks

I did. I slammed Rua with Chuck.

[Phobia]

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love it...can't wait 'till Thursday man.

You getting it for 360 Mo? A month away, I would of been better off not playing the demo because now it has my excitment for the game through the roof and just 30 days is going to be UNREAL a wait

[Motown]

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You getting it for 360 Mo? A month away, I would of been better off not playing the demo because now it has my excitment for the game through the roof and just 30 days is going to be UNREAL a wait

hell, if was gettin' it for 360...i'd already be inside THIS box... lol...nah, i be gettin' it for PS3.

[Wet Bandit]

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I was blown away by the demo. I would have been happy if it was a carbon copy of the old Pride FC game just with current UFC fighters, but it's so much more. Me and a buddy spent 2-3 hours with it yesterday, just doing the same fight over and over. It never got boring, thanks to the variety of finishes and how memorable they were. One time I shot in for a takedown with Shogun, only to eat a counter knee on the way in that absolutely destroyed me. Another time I was absolutely destroying Chuck on the ground, but I over-exerted myself and he managed to catch me in an armbar that I couldn't get out of because I went for the riskier technical escape to maintain position instead of just brute forcing out of it.

Another time a similar thing almost happened, but I was able to fight through an arm bar attempt that lasted seriously like 15 real seconds. Instead of my buddy being successful or me escaping, it just sort of reset the battle a few times presumably because we were so even. So we were just going crazy, me trying to stay alive until the round ended, him trying to salvage a win out of a round he got otherwise destroyed in. Insane fun.

The best part about the game is that no matter what's happening, you always feel like you have a shot. Even if you're getting dominated on the ground (like my buddy often was as Chuck), you always knew that if you could get back to your feet, you could end the fight with one strike (which my buddy often did). And if you're getting battered on the feet as Shogun (which I often was), you knew that if you could just weather the storm and get a takedown or catch-counter a kick and get to the ground, you could completely reverse the dynamic of the fight.

Just a brilliant game.

Not quite perfect, though. The biggest issue I have is with the the stand-ups from the up/down position. They seem to come almost no matter what, even if there's action. One time I got rocked and knocked down, my buddy was over me raining down but I survived just long enough to get rocked again while in the fetal position, but soon after that second rocking the ref stood me up. I managed to recover that second time by the time action resumed.

The other concern I have is a number of people are saying submissions are tough against the CPU. It'll be interesting to see how that plays out with the full roster. Against a human opponent, at least, submissions feel right.

Regardless, this game completely surpassed my expectations.

[Phobia]

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hell, if was gettin' it for 360...i'd already be inside THIS box... lol...nah, i be gettin' it for PS3.

That sucks Mo, I was looking forward to slamming you :wink: