UFC 2009: Undisputed

[Baddar]

I need a name for a LW fighter as I'm about to start my first career mode. First decent, catchy one wins. Stating his general appearance gets you a bonus point.

Go!

[ZJ Penn]

Shintaro Kitoaji

No-one ever makes Japanese fighters.

[Baddar]

I googled 'Kitoaji' and it appears 'Kitaoji' would be more suitable. You win... kind of.

[probablyoliver]

how about Baddar Izagai?

[Plubby]

I made a Japanese fighter - Tsuyoshi Nara!

[R.W.]

Shintaro Kitoaji

No-one ever makes Japanese fighters.

I did! My LW for career was Yoshihiro "The Buzzsaw" Tajiri. Headkicks FTW!

[SRN]

My first career was with a Danish fighter (surprise, surprise ), and then I tackled the Heavyweight division with Don Frye.

[9 to 5]

My LW is a 45 year old Japanese fighter called Old Man River.

[The Mask of Norro]

I want this game so bad... but I've no PS3 nor 360 so I've had to sate my urges by playing it at work before clocking in

Hoping to get one of the two eventually to play this thing on though. Just going to take some time to save up the money, but damn it, I want this game.

[tristy]

I find a pretty good fucking Fedor on MMA-CAF.com

I've only lost 2 fights out of 13 so far

[Baddar]

Yeah, I'm using that Fedor too I think.

Got robbed in career yesterday. In my first fight against a named fighter (Bocek), I lost by a unanimous 29-28 decision. I CLEARLY won rounds two and three...IMO.

[IzzyX]

I guess I got the trophy: "Wanted: Missing Mouthpiece" by accident.

Basically, I was on top of Forrest Griffin and punching away at him, then his mouthpiece popped out -- and then my fighter swatted the mouthpiece across the Octagon with a punch -- it was an epic trophy and epic victory.

[tristy]

I've never once been to round three. My fights ALWAYS end in Round 2, if it doesn't end in Round 1. Maybe that speaks for my lack of skill with this game, maybe not. I'm not really sure.

Also, is it just me, or does Cro Cop really blow in this game?

[Gene Kiniski]

Play AGAINST Cro Cop he can blow, but using him can lead to some sick KO's.

[Baddar]

Tristy, what difficulty are you playing on? I usually see quite a few points decisions on expert. Not always my way either, as noted yesterday. :/

[tristy]

whatever the next difficulty up is from the game's default setting. I've just now entirely figured out the reversal system and clinch/takedowns.

Does career have a separate difficulty? It doesn't seem that much harder than before. I rarely do exhibition matches, just career. I really wish you could take an existing fighter through that mode.

[Baddar]

Not separate, no, but fighting with a guy with low stats, to begin with at least, will obviously be harder on any given level compared to exhibition fights.

[The Mask of Norro]

Played against my Store Manager in a few matches on our PS3 yesterday, was AWESOME. The guy's really good at the game but I've been getting my practice in at work, so while normally he goes easy on us since him going all out can and has just murdered us in the first thirty seconds of the match before, he said I was making him start having to try.

Our last match was the best. I was playing Cheick Kongo and he was playing Tim Sylvia, and I managed to win the first round performance wise when I kept him at a distance because of my ranged kicks. I was counter-kicking his legs a lot and getting in some good headshots and punches, but for the most part we played a strictly standing game. Generally he's better on ground though since he understands the ground game better, but I think I've gotten it down a lot better now than I did before.

Second round comes and he just rips me to shreds though. Takes me down, starts beating the piss out of me so I managed to transition and get him in a submission attempt. He backed off and I tried getting up when the bastard swept Kongo's legs out and started kicking at his legs. Bastard started doing that constantly, taking me down and working the legs to weaken them. By the end of the round Kongo's leg was just wobbling around every time it got kicked, I swore he was going to just destroy me with one good leg shot.

I managed to make it for the rest of the round though, got in a few really good shots and completely busted him open at one point in the match, which was nice since he'd busted me open way earlier. We wind up going into the third round, and here's where things got awesome.

Match starts, he rushes in to try and take me out with a charging headkick which, at the time, I had no idea he was going for. I timed his charge and went for a spinning backfist right as his guy was close enough that he started coming back up to attack... bam, caught him right on the side of the head with the hit and down he goes for the KO. We were both stunned because it literally happened 4 seconds into the 3rd round and hell, *I* didn't even think it'd be enough to knock him out yet. I just caught him at the right moment.

He is now demanding that we play again sometime. I think he wants revenge

Seriously, I love this game. I've played it with customers too just to get them familiar with it, managed to sell a few copies that way actually. I never thought THQ would make such a bloody addicting and well-made fighting game like this before, but lo and behold, I am impressed.

[KevinStorm]

...You get to play video games at work?

I hate you.

[The Mask of Norro]

...You get to play video games at work?

I hate you. <img src="http://www.ewbattleground.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="mad.gif" />

Not really no. We finished up almost all of our work for the night, no customers in the store and we had a few minutes to kill (unless customers came in). It's a good opportunity to play the game and be able to talk about it to customers later, actually... thanks to playing it as much as I have at work, I've managed to sell quite a few copies off my recommendation alone for it, and pretty much everyone thus far has told me or a coworker they love it when they stop by again. Makes me quite happy