UFC 2009 Cuts Fighter Due To Hair Issues
Despite his popularity as a lightweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship organization, MMA fighter Clay 'The Carpenter' Guida is noticeably absent from THQ's UFC 2009 Undisputed mixed martial arts game, which released last week for PS3 and Xbox 360.
According to a report from Fight! Magazine passed on by 5th Round, Guida's long hair caused clipping and collision detection issues in the game that made his character nearly unplayable. The piece also claims, oddly: "THQ had reportedly offered Guida money to cut his hair so that they could keep him in the game but Guida apparently turned down the offer."
UFC 2009 Undisputed's developer, Yuke's Osaka, is also said to have had clipping issues with southpaw stances for left-handed fighters like Rich Franklin. To fix this, the game displays southpaw fighters with a right-hand stance, according to Wikipedia notes from the same article.
(Nonetheless, the game is extremely well-received critically, and may well turn out to be a major sales hit, judging by initial chart placings and buzz, paralleling the rise to power of MMA over the once dominant WWE-style wrestling.)
[Via 5th Round - thanks, QT3!]
Comments
Interesting how with all the technology we have and all these amazing visual effects being created, they still can't do a few "basic" things. For instance, not being able to make a true circle or round object in a game. Why is that so hard for the devs to fix?
Posted by: Teddy | May 28, 2009 11:54 AM
LOL...
Posted by: Red | May 28, 2009 3:40 PM
It won't be long. Procedural rendering will make true circles (at least as close to possible) and hair, etc. possible. It won't be this generation, but maybe the next, and the one after that for certain, unless everyone throws in the towel and we start using cute peripherals over advanced technology. :)
Posted by: Jay | May 28, 2009 6:43 PM
If you knew anything about mathematics you would know that there is no equation that can make a "true" circle.
Posted by: Spike | May 29, 2009 12:03 AM
Wow this is sad clay is such a good fighter.. :(
Put it in a dam pony.. prolly would just fall out aftehr a few good punches to the dome.
Posted by: Holly | July 11, 2009 10:28 PM
someone told me that they heard that Clay Guida was murdered. is this true??
Posted by: ed stancil | July 15, 2009 8:10 PM
ha.. only by Diego Sanchez!! but really, he's alive. And still b@d@ss. Too bad they couldn't fix the hair issue. I wondered why long hair wasn't an option for a created fighter. Hopefully they'll fix the issue so Guida can kick some UFC Undisputed butt.
Posted by: sensi | October 1, 2009 12:39 AM