Reception
| Reception | |
|---|---|
| Aggregate scores | |
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | 84.2% Xbox 360, 83.56% PS3 |
| Metacritic | 83% Xbox 360, 84% PS3 |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| Edge | 7/10 |
| Eurogamer | 8/10 |
| Game Informer | 8/10 |
| GamePro | |
| GameSpot | 8.0/10 |
| GameTrailers | 8.9/10 |
| IGN | 7.6/10 |
| Official Xbox Magazine | 8.5/10 |
| X-Play | |
Initial reviews have been positive with Metacritic giving the game an 83% after 58 reviews and Game Rankings giving it a 84% after 21 reviews. Some reviews cited the lack of a penalty for users who disconnect from online games as a negative aspect, along with lag in online play. Although recently, there has been a patch that must be downloaded, that is preventing "cheating" with the CAF program, by stopping a bug that players were able to exploit an error in the CAF system, that allowed artificial "pumping up" of the CAF's ability meters. This patch is also supposed to be able to track those players that disconnect in an attempt to falsely prevent losses from showing up on the CAF's Win-Loss record. It is also supposed to try to prevent lag issues, by matching up players with similar connection speeds. According to NPD figures, UFC 2009: Undisputed managed to sell over 1,000,000 units in its first month. 679,600 of these sales came on the Xbox 360, with 334,400 coming on the PlayStation 3. Hyper's Daniel Wilks commends the game for its "very deep, intricate fighting system balanced striking and ground game." However, he criticized the game for its "very steep learning curve, very niche appeal".
At the 2009 Spike Video Game Awards, UFC 2009 Undisputed was named the Best Individual Sports Game.
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