Undisputed
- Game mechanics – 90%
- Music – 50%
- Graphics – 70%
Summary
Undisputed is an oasis in the desert for boxing fans, despite its limitations, its intense combat mechanics make it quite entertaining and accurately reflects the brutality of this sport.
- Genre: Sports
- Platform: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC/li>
- Premiere: 10/11/2024
- Publisher: PLAION
- Developer: Steel City Interactive
We are not going to deceive them, Undisputed It’s the best boxing game of the generation, but in fact… it’s the best boxing title of the last ten years (sorry Creed: Rise to Glory), the reason? It is the only game of its kind in all this time.
As you may remember, some time ago boxing fans used to enjoy a large number of video games a year that sought to capture the drama and brutality of this sport, however, about a decade ago this sport fell into a slump and its lack of charismatic fighters worldwide fueled a drought in the world of video games that today comes to an end with the arrival of Undisputed.
Although the big boxing stars are gone, some of their iconic names still manage to maintain the public’s interest and many of them appear in this title, which will please lovers of classic boxing.
Undisputed point by point
In body and soul
Undisputed at its core is quite fun and takes us back to those weekend nights when we gathered to see our idols in the ring.
Undisputed It offers the basic elements that any sports game must have: quick fights, online combat, career mode, weekly fights with some reward and a virtual store where we will soon be able to acquire new fighters.
Your way to the top
Story mode is the heart of Undisputedhere you can create your fighter, choose a division and start a career, which will take you from amateur competitions to fighting great world championship battles against legendary opponents.
Although it is entertaining, after a while the limited variety of opponents you have at your disposal means that in one phase you have to face the same boxers over and over again if you want to advance.
Although this mode is not bad, it is quite generic, as it lacks personality since there are no epic moments or memorable situations or opponents. However, it will give you at least 20 hours of entertainment before you can become world champion.
Keys to a successful career
The most important thing in career mode Undisputed It is knowing how to manage it correctly. It’s not just about going out to box, but also about meeting the requirements of the game. You must keep your fighting sharpness and be aware of your weight. To achieve this, there are activities that you should do when you are not fighting to avoid neglecting yourself.
There are several gyms available, which you can access depending on the fame you gain in your fights and the money you earn, each of them has various advantages and you will have to choose wisely before each fight.
A key tip is to keep your trainer as long as you can and, with the points you get for your victories, improve along with him. Affinity with your coach will be crucial to your growth as a boxer.
You should also be very careful with injuries and make sure you get enough rest between fights. It is important to plan well who you are going to fight, as sometimes you might be forced to face boxers who are much more agile, stronger and ruthless than you. Therefore, choosing your rivals well is essential.
Undisputed It also allows you to negotiate contracts: you can decide the percentage of profits, how many advertising actions you will do for the fight, if there will be a rematch clause, among other important aspects.
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boxing legends
At the moment the list of fighters is not very extensive, but legends such as Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roy Jones Jr., Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey and the great Mexican champion Julio César Chávez stand out.
Among modern boxers we can find Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, Deontay Wilder, Dimity Bivol, Sergio “Maravilla” Martínez, Jaime Munguía, Caleb Plant and Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez.
But that will not be all, since the developers have mentioned that fighters such as Héctor “Macho” Camacho, Erik “Terrible” Morales, Juan Manuel Márquez, Rafael Márquez, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Marco Antonio “El Barreta” Barrera will be integrated later , Israel Vázquez and many more.
So we trust that in the future there will be a large number of fighters at your disposal, whether they are included for free or in a pack that they put up for sale.
TKO
The game is at the moment the only boxing title that fans of this sport will have at their disposal and that is its great attraction, but unfortunately it is a rather limited title in several of its technical aspects.
The graphics are among the weakest we have seen on PlayStation 5, while the soundtrack is quite generic and repetitive, the refree is always the same character and we never see animations of our fighter wearing the belt or celebrating (or lamenting) a different way.
Champion without crown
But let’s get to the best, the pulp of the game, behind this title there is a team that knew how to imbue the gameplay with Undisputed the brutality of this sport and is not afraid to show dramatic wounds, bruises and a lot (a lot) of blood.
We will have at our disposal a great variety of blows, a fluid movement in the ring and the various fighting styles quite well reflected that will invite you to explore them to vary your combat techniques, whether you like to disarm your opponents with pure blow or Slowly demolish them with hooks to the body.
This aspect can be fully appreciated in online fights, because against the machine the fights are quite basic (I became a world champion almost always using the right hook) and few fighters will demand the most from you.
Although there is a wide variety of blows, we would have loved to have included dirty techniques such as headbutts, elbows, blows below the belt or stepping on the opponent, things that will make Ricky Hatton’s thug proud.
Despite these omissions, the gameplay of Undisputed As a boxing game it is excellent, this being its greatest virtue and its main reason to be acquired if you are a fan of the “sweet science”.
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We played Undisputed on PS5 with a code provided by a PLAION representative in our region.
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