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Enough.

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 24
Date: April 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

We've had enough of these kind of games already. Buy Def Jam Vendetta instead.

save your money for a good MMA title

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: February 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

First off, I've had the game for a couple of days. This game rates 2 stars since the depth is low, the AI is sometimes ridiculously weak and other times super skilled, and the graphics are only OK. For low depth, you find yourself doing the same few moves again and again. If you were allowed to actually do whatever you wanted with the controller instead of 2 slots for punches, 2 slots for kicks, etc that would have helped a lot. The AI really is pretty bad. By bad I mean inconsistent. Often quite weak, yet sometimes you really get the feeling that no matter what, it wants to win. I would also say that whoever the programmers were, they sure love Silva. He is godlike sometimes. Finally, the graphics were no better than the Dreamcast UFC title. Mind you, the Dreamcast UFC came out years ago. It was great for its time but we should have moved past that by now. The sound is also only OK, at best. Someday a game better than the Dreamcast version of UFC will happen, but not with this title. If you love MMA fighting games this will interest you for a while. I'd suggest renting it.

Simply the best.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

PrideFC for the PS2 is the best Mixed Martial Arts game yet to be made. Not only does it feature some of the world's best fighters it has the most realistic fighting engine yet. With stand up fighting, guard, and mount being featured. The move set is deep and fighter specific. Also, created fighters can be totaly customized from looks to the moves of your choice from all fighting positions. I would recomend this game to any MMA fan or anyone who would like a realistic fighting game. You won't find sonic booms or fireballs but you will find the most realistic fighter for the PS2. If you think you can handel it pop it in and step in the ring with Ken Shamrock, just be ready to tap.

Pretty bad game.... yet somewhat addictive

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: July 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

There is one thing wrong with this game.... it takes all of about 10 seconds to win a match. The game goes by WAY too fast. And just like the guy above, the Grand Prix thing I beat about 4 times on the hardest difficulty on the first day... this game just isn't challenging. I am yet to play the UFC games (which was what I wanted in the first place), but I'm sure they have this game beat by a long shot.

Pride FC by THQ

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: March 17, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Sometimes I wonder if THQ cares about making video games anymore. Its been a long time since they did UFC on playstation 1 and not much has changed. The worst part is the control. While the buttons react alot better then in past fighting games, the button scheme is a mess. This is the same problem they have had with the Smackdown series. Its difficult to remember what direction to push a button when your moving 360 degrees around the ring. I wish they had tried something with the controls like the wrestling games they made for Nintendo 64.
On the upside you get alot of popular fighters to choose from including Sakuraba, Ken Shamrock, Gary Goodridge and Royce Gracie. The graphics are good, but a bit too cartoonish. There is a grand-pre(tournament) mode included to make things more fun. Also included is a create a fighter mode that is pretty good. What I dont understand is how you can only create a 6"4 fighter, but there is a 6"11 fighter in the game. The camera angle is a pretty nice overhead view!

heres my ratings 1(worst) to 5(best)
Sound 3.5(no announcers during the fights)
Graphics 4(they are clean but a bit cartoonish)
Fun Factor 3.5(these fights can be more frustrating then fun)
Replay value 3(you have to be a real PFC fan to keep this)
Controls 3(the reaction is improved, but still frustrating and
non involving)

THINGS THEY NEED TO IMPROVE ON THE NEXT Pride FC
1.)they need to add cuts and bruises to fighters as the fights progress...
2.)The controls need improvement. Submissions should wear you down a bit before you submit so quickly. Reversals happen way too much.
3.)A better create a fighter mode. Its so dissapointing not being able to create a guy bigger then 6"4.

Re-packaging of Tapout

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 11
Date: February 01, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While I love MMA (Mixed Martial Arts), a developer has yet to release a MMA game that is exciting enough to keep it interesting. There just isn't the depth of moves and action found in other fighting games. With Pride FC, you won't find anything substantially different than was in Tapout. Different fighters and a new name ain't going to cut it . . .

Great game, similar to Tapout and Throwdown

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Its not as easy to knock your opponent out as it is in Throwdown. When your stamina is down you won't get knocked out, you will just be more likely to tap out. The game is pretty damn realistic, when you get on the ground with Royce Gracie and your stamina is low, your pretty much screwed. When Gracie is on the ground top or bottom his health speeds up about 2x of the regular fighter. Gracie is also one of the few who uses kicks on the ground if you see a hay maker coming, kick em in the side it stops the punch very quick and makes your opponents stop throwin those heavy punches. If their a weak puncher they will punch weak.. you get the idea. I still play my UFC Throwdown but I think I'm going to be hooked on one this for a while (not big Gracie fan just great example). I recommend this game to any fans of Tapout or Throwdown because its basically the same thing with better ring entrances and a little bit better graphics.

Great game, similar to Tapout and Throwdown

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 16, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Its not as easy to knock your opponent out as it is in Throwdown. When your stamina is down you won't get knocked out, you will just be more likely to tap out. The game is pretty [darn] realistic, when you get on the ground with Royce Gracie and your stamina is low, your pretty much [out of luck]. When Gracie is on the ground top or bottom his health speeds up about 2x of the regular fighter. Gracie is also one of the few who uses kicks on the ground if you see a hay maker coming, kick em in the side it stops the punch very quick and makes your opponents stop throwin those heavy punches. If their a weak puncher they will punch weak.. you get the idea. I still play my UFC Throwdown but I think I'm going to be hooked on one this for a while (not big Gracie fan just great example). I recommend this game to any fans of Tapout or Throwdown because its basically the same thing with better ring entrances and a little bit better graphics.

Best Mixed Martial Arts game yet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 19, 2003
Author: Amazon User

UFC Tapout was pretty good, but this game is superb. It lacks a career mode, which all of the game mags point out to ding it down to 8/10. A career mode would be nice but they obviously are saving that for the next Pride FC title.

Me

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: April 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Firstly, I am an MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) guru. I've been watching it for years, and I've had this game since it's release day. I just joined on Amazon, so I'm just now reviewing the game.

This game is much better than the UFC games that are out. The UFC games seem to have too much inconsitency in its fights. A stand-up striker should not be able to submit a submission master within 10 seconds (50 seconds their time) in every fight. Every UFC game is simple, no challenge. Pride FC is more realistic in the fighting aspect. There is a wide variety of moves, animations, and quality fighters. Pride has the best fighters in the world, and this game provides all of the ones from a few years ago. Most importantly, Vanderlei Silva is present.

The graphics are decent. The bodies look like they're made mostly of plastic, which is bothersome when looking at the screen. The faces are well done, they just look like they're mounted on top of a plastic sheet.

The gameplay is done really well. Most matches will not end within a few seconds. They can, but most likely will not. Most of the important fight positions are available. Stand-up, stand-up clinch, mount, back-mount, and guard are available. One position that UFC Sudden Impact has over Pride is the side-mount. That could have been very beneficial in the Pride game. Still, what is in the game is good enough to enjoy.

Besides the plastic look, there are a couple of other aspects of the game that annoy me. #1 is the extremely loud bomb-like sound effect. When someone punches or kicks their opponent, it literally sounds like a bomb exploded on the impact. #2 is the lack of a career mode of any type. You can create fighters (up to 12 per memory card, I believe), and make them good from conception. There is a tournament mode, which is VERY well done. The fighter entrances are spot-on with the real-life counterparts. The crowd can be somewhat dull during them, but the presentation of the real events is still there. But, other than the tournament and exhibition modes, the game really lacks depth. That is why I rate it as a 3 overall. #3 Why do the UFC and Pride games have extremely accelerated clocks? The makers of the games refuse to give us real-time fights. Even when you put the round time to 15 minutes, it's only about 3 or 4 in real-time. This needs to be fixed with future MMA games. If they didn't make strikes do so much damage, the energy bars would not drain so quickly. Also, the grappling and submission systems could be better done. If something like the WWE Smackdown games were implemented for these areas, the fights could be much more entertaining. Give us a meter where you must place an indicator into the correct position. The better a fighter is at submissions, the bigger the target and the slower the indicator moves. If a player is worse at them, do the opposite. It's not that hard to figure out.

Multiplayer is very fun, as long as you play against somebody who knows how to play the game. If you can get somebody to play with you, the game is more enjoyable that way.

In the end, the fights are realistic, the overall presentation is well done, and Pride FC is an entertaining game (especially multi-player). But, the lack of depth brings the enjoyment level and replayability down. The next time an MMA game is created, a DECENT career mode should be created. So far, they have either been TERRIBLE, or non-existent.

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