UFC 2009….Not bad…but needs ALOT of work

What’s up MMA goers it’s yours truly BeAsT giving you a review for the newest THQ fighting game title UFC 2009 Undisputed. Now from the demo’s release I thought it was gonna be garbage…In my honest and humble opinion IT IS!

Striking

The striking is OKAY nothing fantastic or amazing… Superman punches , Weaving Punches , High kicks spinning back fists. It’s there… But in real life when both fighters are measured properly there should be NO WAY an individual should get knocked out by a long ranged jab. another thing i would like to add is the fact that EVERY MMA FIGHTER IN THE INDUSTRY DOES NOT GET KNOCKED OUT BY A BLUNT F*$&ING JAB WHICH LOOKS LIKE HORSE S*$T  The striking game in my opinion gets a 2 out of 10 THQ messed up BIG TIME with the striking..

grappling

The grappling is honestly one of the most innovative add ons and they ACTUALLY TOOK TIME TO APPRECIATE THE GROUND GAME!!! Speaking as a student who takes up Brazilian Ju-jitsu , Judo , and greco roman wrestling its all there… My only dislike is the fact that there’s a lack of game such as back control and side control because there are a HUGE number of submissions that can be performed from Full guard , side control , full mount….What sucks even more is the fact that you cant counter while your KO/Stunned…a real Grappler would be able to recover and sweep the person delivering rabid punches. I’m giving the grappling a 6 because it can be improved GREATLY.

Create a character

This probably gave the game the MOST life EVER. This alone deserves a 8 because the names and tattoo’s suck because one should be able to control the height and width of the tattoo they want.

Online play

This part pisses me off to all hell and im talking AVGN status. AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL XBOX LIVE PLAYERS MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GOOD CONNECTION WHILE PLAYING OR ELSE YOU WILL GET DICKED SIDEWAYS!!! After playing about 10 matches I lost half of them due to HORRIBLE connections…. Since when does stuttering while throwing a punch and then magically getting knocked out by a whiffed high kick make logical sense? This is worse then an R.L.Stine book this part gets a .5 out of 10

The main reason why i picked up the game to begin with was to knock out Brock Lesnar with Brendon Vera honestly and of course to play as Shane Carwin (DLC by fall) and of course the two extra fighters (Efrain Escuadero and Ryan Bader).

Unless your a UFC fanatic and you actually like some of the fighters…I’d recommend it…But this game definitely needs some fucking work..

The next major UFC event is this coming Saturday May 23rd Ill be sure to have SF4 , UFC 09 , Rock band and more for free play and of course the main event for this Saturday is Lyoto Machida VS the current Light heavyweight champ Rashad Evans!!