UFC: Throwdown

My only complaint is that knockouts can come a little fast if you are playing the computer, or if two beginners are playing. If two skilled and practiced players are going against each other, the attacks and counters can truly become almost a sort of chess match. Against the computer or someone new to the game, you can score a knockout in 10 to 20 seconds, against other skilled players, I've had fights actually go to decision.

Another great item is some of the signature moves the fighters have that you can aquire after a while.

For beginners who just get this game and want to develop a feel for it, I recommend selecting either Frank Shamrock or Tito Ortiz. They are the best in the game, and in my opinion the best in real life, and the easiest to learn with, particularly if you are trying to figure out how to put together combinations.

After reading most of the complaints on here, it seems like it mostly comes from video game fanboys who have no appreciation for reality fighting and the UFC. They seem upset that it isn't a clone of every other fighting game out there. Big deal! I can get the standard fighting game by selecting something else. I wanted this because it's realistic. You won't find your characters jumping ten feet into the air and launching balls of energy at their opponents. If you want that, go get the new Mortal Kombat or something.


You decide   September 6, 2002
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

UFC Throwdown is a decent game. Not really much more to say than that. You either like it or hate it. Graphically, it's pretty basic and sometimes during truly intense match-ups, choppy. Realism is very good. Length of the average match, about 20 seconds. Again, you should rent this if anything else first because I'm sorry but no one deserves a ($) hole in their wallet. Have fun and Happy Gaming!


REALISTIC BUT NOT A GREAT GAME   August 26, 2002
 6 out of 8 found this review helpful

It's true, UFC Throwdown is very realistic, no question. The moves and actual fighting itself is realistic and almost exactly like the UFC matches you see in real life. Here's the problem: What's realistic doesn't always necessarily make for a great video game. Yes, in real life you can KO an opponent with a single punch two seconds into a fight. Yes, in real life you can put one submission hold on someone and take them out in five seconds flat. All that is true. But who wants to play a game like that? Not me. The matches are ridiculously short and end far too quickly. Again, it's realistic, but just not all that much fun to play. As a player, I don't necessarily want a totally unrealistic fighting game either, but why can't they create one that's somewhere in the middle? UFC Throwdown was a perfect opportunity to do just that, and they missed the boat. The UFC may be exciting from a spectator position, but video games are supposed to be exciting from an INTERACTIVE position, and this one, realistic or not, just isn't.


Disappointing at best   August 21, 2002
In a nutshell, the dreamcast version is better. I was expecting something new, but it's the same game daddio.