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No hype, THE best mma game ever!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: April 30, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Pride FC for the PS2 is the most realistic mixed martial arts game ever made. What makes it stand out from the competition (UFC Tapout 2) is the numerous reversals and counters available to the fighters. The animation is life-like and fluid. Each fighter accurately represents their real-life counterparts, and their moves are truly unique from each other. Given, they all share the basic moves and controls for applying submissions or going for the takedowns. They also have custom combos that are simple enough to remember. But what makes Pride FC unique is that the animations of the techniques used by the fighters differ from each other. Igor Vovchanchyn's left hook will not look like Guy Mezger's. This is a highly strategic game that can be fun for both beginners, and extremely challenging for skilled players. This game will not work for button-mashers. Each fighter has different strengths and weaknesses, and it is up to you to exploit them. The create-a-fighter feature is also one of the best I've seen, and is certainly better than UFC Tapout 2's. You can create custom combos, punch for punch, kick for kick, choke for choke. Also new to the game are two new fighting positions which include the standing clinch and the stand & down position in which one fighter scoots around on his behind on the ground as the other fighter stands over him, and both are able to deliver strikes/holds from either position. One of the coolest things that I appreciate is that if you time an opponent's attack perfectly, you can counter with a punch or a kick that can end the fight instantly, regardless of how much health the other guy has. This feels like a real fight, and each bout feels like a tug of war. This is a must for TRUE mma fans, but not the arcade fans.

Awesome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: February 26, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This blows UFC Tapout out of the water. For the reviewer who complained about the AI being inconsistent its because the creators made the fighters the way they are: good fighters are good and bad fighters are weak. If you're not a fan of MMA (mixed martial arts) you should know that most of the moves that the fighters do are moves they actually do in the ring. So if a fighter is huge puncher he can knock you out with one clean punch regardless of your health or stamina, or you can be submitted regardless of your health or stamina. They went out of their way to make this as realistic as possible.

The feature that takes the cake on this game though is the "Create a Fighter" mode; its unreal and the best I have seen for any fighting game. There are a ton of faces and physical characteristics to choose from (most of the are faces of other fighters that didn't make the game) and a ton of moves to choose from. You can choose a unique move for every position available, it can be a little labor intensive if you want it to be. You can also choose your entrance music, the stance of your fighter, the way he walks when called by the ring announcer, the way he walks to the ring, and the way he celebrates after winning. You can see all of this in "Grand Prix" mode (tournament). If you like fighting type games this is one of the best.

No thrills but addictive fight game 3.5 Stars

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: March 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

It's difficult to give longevity to any game of this type, and making it impossibly difficult is a turn off also. The balance here is pretty cool, most of the World's top fighters are here for you to use and play around with, with a mixture of fighting styles, and moves. The graphics engine is tight, and amongst the most realistic out there, even if the blood splattering on the canvas and the camera lens doesn't always tie up. The "create a fighter" is fun, and involving, and although the actual fight controls are complex, they aren't ridiculous as in some other games.
On the plus side, this game has good playability and the experimentation with different set moves, clothes, styles, and a myriad of moves keep you interested. On the negative side the "easy" level is too easy, and the normal and pro levels take time and patience, thankfully there is a continue option when you get beaten. There is lots of potential for two player and multi player options, but the opening entrance sequences and pre fight garb get tedious after a few watches. Overall not the best martial arts fight game out there, but not too complex to operate, and great graphics make it a bargain title for the PS2. More die hard fans should check out the new "Rocky" for pure boxing, otherwise this is a good night in laugh. Enjoy!

I hope this isn't as real as it gets

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: February 06, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I got this game yesterday. I have a few problems with it:
1) All of the fighters are left handed!
All of the fighters use a lefty stance! If they wanted to have uniform stances they should have made them use the right-hander stance. Even then, it is unacceptable for each character to not have the general orientation of his stance.
2. Some things are just not realistic.
There are far too many reversals in this game. The mount position occurs way too often in this game - it is as common or perhaps even more common than the guard. The mount is supposed to be a dominant position, but Nog can submit an attacker with a guillotine choke from the bottom of the mount!
3. The game is far too easy (with certain fighters) -- I have won the grand prix on the most difficult level already and I got it yesterday: I got my ps2 yesterday as well!
I suppose the game is a lot more fast paced than a regular pride fight, but perhaps a realistic pride simulation wouldn't sell well.
It's not the world's worst game but all that is good about this game has written in the other reviews .

Pride FC

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

A avid fan of Pride will 'eventually' love this game. The translation from real-life to a game is incredibly complex. At first glance Pride FC is pale. Graphics could be sharper, limited special moves, limited creativity. However, once you learn the right combination for the fighters you can kick serious ... Takes about an hour to grasp the basics, a lil more to master it on easy level. Although it's fun to have Igor lay the smackdown, replay value is limited. Even though I'm a fan, I wish I bought used. If you never heard of Pride, UFC or MMA just pass it by.

More fun to watch than to play

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game but unfortunately there are some huge faults that you will notice right away. the first is the gameplay and plain and simple, it sucks. heres the way to win, just keep doing a submission. the striking system is also a bit faulty because you can knock someone out if you are on your back. it doesnt work that way in real life if someone is mounted on you. the create a fighter is fun but there are a lack of options for what you can wear, and practically everything that the real fighters wear, you can not. there is also no season mode, just single and grand prix. not much to it. i was pretty disappointed by it, but its amusing for parties and a ton of fun to do a grand prix with random characters so you can have the craziest matches and just watch it. at this price though, i would recomend it, or you can just wait for UFC sudden impact, which will hopefully be much better than this.

Better than TapOut

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 15, 2003
Author: Amazon User

This is the best fighting game I have ever played! I owned just about every fighting game that came out. Pride FC at last! Fighters like Antonio Nogueira (the heavy-weight title holder who is an expert in brazilian jiu jitsu), Kazushi Sakuraba (a submission wrestler who has defeated the Gracies repeatedly, including the 3 time UFC champion Royce Gracie) and Wanderlei Silva (a muay thai fighter with the nickname 'axe-murderer' who can dish out powerful strikes from both standing and ground positions) are correctly included in this game with their traits intact. The graphics and gameplay are significantly improved over any mixed-martial-arts games to date. Unlike tapout, the fighters can end up in a clinched position, as well as end up with one fighter staying on the ground kicking up while the other remains standing, trying to pick his shots. These themes occur in mixed-martial-arts when the level of competition is at the top. The developers of UFC games ommitted these themes. More realistic variations can be found in Pride FC. The music is taken right out of the actual events. The only con I can think of is that there is no career mode. But, personally, that hardly costs a point. I think games with career modes are tedius and boring. Although the single player mode is great, multiplayer grand prix and single match modes are even better. Good replay value as well. It's made by THQ, who also made "Smackdown! Shut Your Mouth." I'm really looking forward to their next installment. I hope they include fighters like Rickson Gracie and Bob Sapp!!

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.

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.

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.

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