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One of the best games for the Dreamcast!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 20
Date: September 15, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've been a fan of the Ultimate Fighting Championship since UFC III. Now, Years later and a short time to go until UFC XXVII, a UFC game finally comes out!! I've been dreaming of one for years, and now it's actually here. UFC is without a doubt one of the best games to ever come out on the Dreamcast system. The game is exciting, fun, fast paced, and the graphics are phenominal! It's a great game if your tired of the average fighting games like I am. The game is like a combination of a fighting game, a sports game like Knockout Kings and a wrestling game like Wrestlemania 2000. The great thing about the game is that you actually have to use some strategy in fighting. The game has a good amount of actual UFC veterans; such as, Maurice Smith, Frank Shamrock, Mark Coleman and others. The one thing I was disappointed on was that it didn't have the vintage fighters; such as, Ken Shamrock, Tank Abbott, Don Frye, Dan Severn, Joyce Gracie, Oleg Takatarov and so on. The game also has a create a player mode. The one thing I didn't like about the mode is that when you pic a specific persons style, you have their face on your player. I didn't care for that at all. The game has several modes, including a UFC mode where the fighters square off in a bracket tournament (classic UFC, the way it should be!!!). After purchasing a disappointing game like World Series 2K1, this game made me excited about the Dreamcast again!!

Amazing game...a must have for any DC owner

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: September 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is a MUST have for anyone with any interest in fighting games. I am an avid gamer and fan of the fighting genre (i have pretty much everything - from import tekken tag to marvel vs capcom 2), and I must say, in many ways Crave's UFC actually surpasses them all.

The textures on this game are just amazing, and it is incredible how much these polygonal fighters resemble their real-life counterparts. In particular, the graphical detail is astounding, with authentic tatoos, facial and body hair, and even uniforms recreated perfectly.

The gameplay itself is excellent, with an ebb and flow, lock and escape, almost chess-like system of play that is true to the concepts of real submission fighting. Easy to get into for first timers, but with TONS of depth for those hardcore players who will take the time to master the game.

I can't tell you how impressed I am with this game, but seeing as how first rate the developers are (with previous developement experience in such games as tekken), I shouldn't have been surprised. The only thing I could possibly suggest for them to do better is to make the create-a-fighter mode more in-depth with the next outing (so we can create some of our old favorites!). Nevertheless, a very minor quibble for a game that does just about everything else right.

A MUST HAVE purchase for the Dreamcast. I GUARANTEE you will not be disappointed.

-K. Sak

Ouch!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: September 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I recently played the demo for this game that was offered through the official Dreamcast Magazine and I must say that I was very very impressed. Although there were only two playable characters they were displayed in the clearest most detailed fashion that I have ever seen in a fighter and it blows away the likes of Street Fighter and its many clones. What stands out about Ultimate Fighting is the realism. You wont see fireballs or characters executing triple half gainer flips 100 ft in the air and sticking the landing on their opponents head. What you will see though is fists and feet inflicting mind numbing punishment on the computer generated fighters (blood and sweat included). This game is vicious to say the least with some of the best fighting sound effects I have ever heard. They may not sound realistic but they definitely can emphasize the fact that someone has been given a one way ticket to whoopa**ville. The game is a lot more than just pushing the buttons as fast as possible to unleash the most # of punches and kicks within a designated time period. It involves strategy, knowing when or when not to attack, and when to hide in a corner and pray that your opponent leaves some of your teeth in your head. Although there is plenty of punching and kicking you can also make your opponent submit by manipulating his joints or choking the life out of him. My personal favorite move was to hop on my opponents back while he was on all fours and drop a few elbows on the back of his head till he forgot who his mama was. Good wholesome fun for the whole family. To sum it up this game is wicked, real, and a whole lot of fun, especially if you invite some of your acquaintances over whom you may not like to well and then beat them senseless through the magic of the dreamcast. I love technology!

The Best Fighting Game Available Today

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I got this game as soon as it came out, and I wasn't dissapointed. And i'm not just talking about graphics, which are simply spectacular. I'm talking about the gameplay. If you like to get through games buy the method of "button-mashing" don't waste your money on this one. It requires long hours to master even a few characters. You are bound to find one that suits your style.

Overall this game is great. AI is very realistic. I have found myself many times thinking that I'm about to win, only to find myself tapping out from a quick reversal. So, to make a long story short, buy this game. It's going to keep you enterntained for hours and hours.

Can't Get Enough of UFC

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I can't stop playing this game. It is addictive, especially when playing with friends. I don't know what some of these reviewers are talking about.

One of them complains that "the game would be better if the fights lasted longer than thirty seconds..." For anyone who watches UFC they would know that a lot of fights do last only thirty seconds...just yesterday I watched a bout where [this guy] took a guy to the ground and elbowed him in the head six or seven times. That bout was over in about 15 seconds. UFC isn't trying to be Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. It's focus is on realism, and if you drop someone on their head ten seconds into the fight it will knock them out. Besides, if you practice a lot and fight someone of equal skill it won't be over in thirty seconds...not by a long shot.

Anyway, the graphics are spectacular and I liked how Crave didn't skimp on the details. For example, the referee actually stays in the ring and is just as detailed as the fighters.

The control scheme is simple to memorize and the moves aren't impossible to pull off like in many other fighting games. Their are counters and moves aplenty.

I enjoyed the carreer mode as well. It features fighters with tons of fighting styles that you can train and put up against your friends or the Computer. Crave made so that if you want good fighter you have to train train train, and it doesn't happen in a day. Infact, I spent about two months leveling up my best fighter and now I dominate the Octagon. This is also realistic, UFC fighters go through a lot of training and conditioning in order to fight just one time.

This is a spectacular game... There is nothing more satisfying, for example, than beating Tito Ortiz for the gold title with a character that you created and trained...wow.

Great buy!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: September 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ultimate fighting champianship is awsome! I have been a fan of the UFC for many years and i always wanted a videogame to play after watching it. Crave was brave enough to take on the media and make this awsome game. there are plenty of fighters and lots of cool moves. It seems that if you can think of a button combination it has a new move just waiting for you. One major problem with this game is the blood. Or lack of blood. When you hit someone with a good shot little red pixels light up for a milli secound and then they disappear. Kids need to know that a knee to the face is going to create a pool of blood. I think Crave took 10 steps forward with this game. but they took a step back with the way the blood is shown.

Best game I've played in years!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: September 04, 2000
Author: Amazon User

An absolute masterpiece of a game! Stunning graphics (image mapping in dead on perfect), awesome sound effects and score, responsive controls (way better than any WCW/WWF game I've played on any platform). Crave did a fantastic job in creating the look and feel of a UFC event, job well done!

THE most realistic fighter you can get.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 10, 2000
Author: Amazon User

One of the things that makes this game as good as it is, is the ability to have a kickboxer take on a wrestler.Or maybe if you're in the mood, a sumo wrestler vs a jiu jitsu karate master.The games graphics are nothing short of amazing, either, with the best ring entrances I've ever seen.The sound is also awesome, and the hits sound realistic.Also, there's a create a fighter mode.So what are you waiting for?LETS GET IT ON!

A bang up job!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 04, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This would have to be the best game I have ever played the graphics are wondeful also the sound is really good. The life like move ments are amasing.You would have be insane not to buy his game. UFC Rules!!!!!

Ultimate Fighting Championship - A Gaming Masterpiece

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In the brutal world of UFC, combatants fight each other in the octagon until one man in either unconscious, or submits due to pain. The same can be said for the UFC video game, which takes the popular federation of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) and puts it onto a game disc. Crave Entertainment has done an outstanding job on this game. The graphics are amazing and the character animations are almost up to par with the jaw dropping graphics of Shenmue. The controls are quite easy to master with proper practice. The gameplay is unlike any other fighting game in the way that every move has it's own counter move, which makes facing the computer an actual challenge and makes for more balanced fights.

There are a few different modes to choose from in the game. There is UFC Mode, in which you take one of the many fighters of the UFC and go through a tournament to win the UFC Silver Championship. Then there is Champion Road which is available after completing UFC Mode. In this mode you must defend your title against 12 fighters in a row. The next mode is Career mode in which you create a fighter of your own and train him to the top. This create-a-fighter mode is not as detailed as the ones in THQ's most recent WWF games, but it is very good in it's own right. Other modes include exhibition mode, training mode, and tournament mode.

This game is one of the many gems made for the Sega Dreamcast and if you are a fan of UFC you will not be disappointed. However if you are a fan of professional wrestling you may be turned off due to the fact that UFC does not use high flying tactics and it doesn't have the soap opera story-lines. I do feel though that if you are not a fan this game has the possibility to turn you into one.

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