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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.

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.

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!

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 . . .

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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