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UFC Undisputed 2010 First Look

Posted By nux2k UFC News

February 5, 2010 - The thing that struck me about the last UFC game was that it just didn't move right. Don't get me wrong, the game looked slick, sucked you into the fights, and had awesome moves, but something about the rigid transitions between positions and moves just seemed odd. There was that second of hesitation in the characters while animations played out. THQ says that's done with. Moments ago, the company ran UFC Undisputed 2010 through its first public match – Mike Swick versus Paulo Thiago – and although the gameplay demo was extremely short, THQ promised and showcased some really good stuff. For starters and piggybacking off of my complaint, the static animations of 2009 are gone. When your fighters are in the prone position or mid-hold, they're not just sitting there -- they're living and breathing. You'll see your arm struggle against a hold as you try and break it, there are transitions between takedowns, and – thank the Lord – there are cage moves. This year, if you're good enough, you're going to be able to slam coverboy Brock Lesnar up against the chain link and wail on his ribcage. You can switch to the southpaw stance if you click in on the right joystick, the fight animations have been quadrupled, the clinch has been reanimated, the number of front submissions have been doubled, there's a new targeting system, and there are individual submissions like B.J. Penn's arm trap. Not enough octagon goodness? THQ has added karate, Greco-Roman wrestling, and Sambo fighting styles while doing away with archetypes for fighters – created fighters will now use individual movesets.

Tap out or die.

Speaking of created dudes, Undisputed 2010 is going to pack more than 100 fighters, and none of them are going to be made from the creation mode like 50 percent of last year's roster. Every UFC athlete in the game will be given the photo-realistic treatment. If you're looking to make your fighters (or at least your repertoire) more diverse, sways, ducks and leans have also been added to this year's game to make everything that much deeper and more realistic. If my preview's sounding a little bit like a list of stuff added, that's kind of because that's what I was given tonight. Although the virtual Swick/Thiago welterweight bout was on a bunch of different TVs, developers were talking over it while playing so the match was moving at demonstration speeds and wasn't that amazing before ending with Thiago tapping out to an arm bar. It did look sweet – the graphics are no doubt sharper than last year, as sweat clung to the fighters' chests and blood spurted out as punches rained down on Thiago's face – but that was about it. To drive home that TV presentation, the match ended with the fighters in the ring in post-fight outfits such as Swick's "Dethrone Royalty Texas" shirt.

It wasn't shown, but a THQ press release makes it sound like UFC Undisputed 2010 is making a serious play for one of the best online fighting games. In this year's game you'll apparently be able to form "fight camps and leagues, train like real-life UFC fighters and go online to compete against other camps." There will be online co-op sparring sessions that dictate your credibility, popularity and the types of sponsorships you get. On top of that, this year's career mode will include the "Game Is Watching You" system, which will "track every action and use this information to dictate in-game commentary, opponent intelligence and overall career progression." UFC Undisputed 2010 is giving you new modes such as Title Mode (fight through a weight class to earn and defend a belt), Title Defense Mode (complete milestone challenges on your road to stardom) and Tournament Mode (16-player individual and team).

Cage move!

Personally, I'm excited for UFC Undisputed 2010, and tonight only fanned the flames. The game looks good on an eye-candy level, but it's the kicking to the curb of the rigid animations that has me really excited. I noticed that the chain link of the cage didn't bend when a body was shoved up against it, but hopefully those types of touches can be amended as we lead up to Undisputed 2010's May release date. Because, if they can and all the stuff THQ says it has added actually gets added, this game should kick the crap out of last year's title. There is also jiggle physics for the octagon girls. I thought you should know that.

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Posted By nux2k
1 month ago

This is my first post so be nice lol. I CANT WAIT FOR THIS GAME!!!!!!!!
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Posted By nux2k
1 month ago

I know you all would be a$$es lol.
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

u copied and pasted this post from ign
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Posted By nux2k
1 month ago

Duh want should I have done im just bringing it to the site for everybody thats all.
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Posted By pranabowjake
1 month ago

and i thank you
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

man this looks amazing... hope it lives up to its expectations
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Posted By robbie R
1 month ago

the first one wuz a massive let down for me but ea sports mma is ftw
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

how do you know EA sports first attempt will be any better than the first undisputed??
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

Hopelly they keep their promise and make every fighter more unique!
better ground game with the positions and how to scape! them!

and more real stats for the fighters! some fighters were super overrated in the 09 like bisping, sherk , forrest.

and others way underrated like nate marquartd, henderson ,
frankie edgar , and shogun!
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Posted By MMAJAY
1 month ago

They should let you fight any weight class vs any weight class in exhibition mode.

Like GSP vs Brock Lesnar
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Posted By Ninja
1 month ago

That would be so fun, thats one of the biggest things for me the first game was missing
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

fingers crossed that thiago swick demo is on live soon :D:D:D:D
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

Well that EA sports MMA game might be good but who will everyone play as online??? Fedor ohhh awesome thousands of Fedors playing against each other on line.......These games rely on people knowing the fighters on them which in Strikeforces POV is minimal. Without Strikeforce getting alot more publicity worldwide the game will lack interest.
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Posted By diesel
1 month ago

i wanna play as mayhem miller so i can talk shit about how u should join the mayhem monkey cult and then as nick diaz so all u hear me say is stockton 209 bitch stockton all day yea yea
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

I didn't know any tekken characters or mortal kombat characters yet those are(were) extremely addictive games.. people will play reguardless of their knowledge of fighters, in fact it will help people get to know the fighter's style
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Posted By toni
1 month ago

It will probably suck ! cause there is no fedor ! , but i will create a fedor character and suck his .... Huh .... beat everybody with it
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Posted By Zath
1 month ago

oh boy, here we go with the Fedor fanboys. Toni, maybe you can make a fighter that looks like you that can grapple to his knees and blow Fedor just like you would in real life.
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Posted By Guest
1 month ago

funny , Zath
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Posted By toni
1 month ago

anderson silva is lost to very embessreing loss to ryo chonan. most weak of mma. u know nothing about mma. fedor is best of all time in mmma boxing muay thai.
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