UFC: Sudden Impact

by TDK

Product Features

• Select from 10 different fighting styles -- then customize your fighter's positions & moves
• Realistic damage models - bruises, cuts and blood effects just like you'd see in a real all-out fight
• Step into the Octagon for all-out hand-to-hand combat, with real fighting moves, sound effects, crowd noises and more
• Five amazing game modes to challenge your fighter
• Go wild in Tournament Mode - Up to 8 human or computer-controlled fighters compete in elimination matches

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00015HWUA
• Item Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: April 20, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,035 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #30 in Video Games > PlayStation 2 > Action > Fighting
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

If you think you have what it takes to be an Ultimate Fighter, then enter the Octagon and pit yourself against some of best! UFC: Sudden Impact delivers real fighting with real fighters for the "Ultimate" in full contact, mixed martial arts action. Create your own fully customizable Ultimate Fighter to take into the Octagon, then brawl your way to the top through five modes of play including the popular Tournament Mode and an all-new, enhanced Story Mode. With more than 35 real UFC fighters including superstars Chuck Liddell, Tito Ortiz, Ken Shamrock and Matt Hughes, plus 10 unlockable and 6 hidden combatants, it's up to you to use your wits, your strength and your talents to emerge champion! Are you ready? Let's get it on!

Product Description

UFC: Sudden Impact delivers a realistic, bloody and shocking fighting experience. You'll have to train & repair for Ultimate Fighting -- a mixed martial arts competition where only the best win.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An improvement from UFC throwdown, April 30, 2004

By 

Eric (Canton, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFC: Sudden Impact (Video Game)

At best, UFC throwdown (the 1st PS2 UFC game) was a 2 Star because it was a duplicate (perhaps worse replication) of the original UFC for Dreamcast. This version however is a vast improvement in my opinion. It still isnt as good as it could potentially be. Being a huge MMA fan I'm glad they are still making these games though it's a lot funner than any other kind of fighting simulation out there and a whole lot more realistic.

The New features that are an improvement over UFC throwdown:

Actual damage will appear on the fighters where they are being attacked (cuts and bruising on the face and body)

New positions in the game are side mount, Standing grapple up against the cage, and a new brutal looking position, it is a mount with the opponent crunched into the cage sitting up akwardly. There are also some updated fighting techniques for all of the fighters that they more commonly use in the ring presently.

There is better music when fighters are comming to the ring although their enterance body movements are very robotic and in their basic standing mobility i believe the game series took a backwards step.

There are new fighting modes such as Story mode where you create a fighter and go through a career of fighting.

Another fighting mode is called CHAMPION ROAD, THIS mode was definitly an improvement on the series I won the championship belt with Matt Hughs in his weight division and then i was able to take on challengers for my belt in another series of matches called LEGEND MODE. This is definitly fun, I will have a lot of fun winning the belt with all of my favorite UFC fighters. On a side note you actually get to carry your belt into the ring with you on your enterance when you are a defending champion, I liked that.

Ken Shamrock is in the game and so is Dan Severn, have your favorite old school warriors go at it one more time!

The game is definitly worth the $20.00. You can't beat the value you get from this game and the replay ability it has to offer for that price. If you were thinking about getting this game JUST GET IT!!! You cant be dissapointed with the price it's at.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Good UFC Game, October 31, 2004

By 

Thuong H. Phung (Newington, Connecticut United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: UFC: Sudden Impact (Video Game)

If you enjoy watching UFC, this game is definitely a good buy! The game play is not easy to handle at first. Even in the easiest mode, you will get beaten pretty bad if you are not used to the moves, timing, and execution. Overall, it is a really fun fighting game using UCF warriors. It is like having your own UFC and you control your favorite fighters.

There are a lot of moves for each fighter. Depending on which position your player is at (top mount, bottom mount, standing close...you got the point), different moves will be executed accordingly. And the fight is just like in UFC where you could fight on the feet or ground battle (even at the fence). The computer fighters execute beautiful moves sometime so you would wonder how the heck you could do that move!

There are couple weight classes that you could choose the fighters or you could enter the "story" mode to build you own and pick your favorite discipline. If you train your own fighter, it would take 3 years. At the beginning of each year, you have a choice to pick the discipline again. During the training months, you could either choose to train physical strength (endurance, stamina, punch, kick, grappling, etc..) or learn new move of this chosen discipline. After three years, you could use your own fighter to enter other mode to fight with the computer. I have trained and created many fighters but so far I have the most success with the one from the Submission Fighting discipline. Since most computer fighters are mixed martial art, they will strike and eventually take you to the ground. The grapplers will take you to the ground almost immediately in the beginning of the battle. Fighting on the ground is quite hard if you're not used to. They will choke or break you pretty quick and pretty bad!!!

The reason I gave this game four stars instead of five was because of the graphic which is not that great. The computerized characters look about 20% alike the actual fighters. If the computer does not show the introduction, you would have no clue whom you are fighting with! I don't really care about the music or the plot for this game. After all, this is UFC fighting game for Christ-sake. All I want is many fighters to pick, good selection of moves to learn and execute, and great graphic. The only turn off is the not-so-good graphic as mentioned above. Also, it would be nice if the game could keep track of your own fighter's fighting record. I guess next game may be.

For only $20, buy the game and enjoy if you're true UFC fan!!!!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The BEST UFC game so far!!!, May 4, 2004

By 

"theirishangel" (Thornhill, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: UFC: Sudden Impact (Video Game)

I have played every UFC game out there and this by far,is the BEST!!! More fighters to choose from, better story mode, real time facial damage, and a deeper create a fighter. You now can tackle your oponent from across the ring, beat him up on the cage fence, and sometimes the referee will pull you off your oponent when he's had enough! My only complaints are: needs better graphics, more outfits per fighter (almost all of them are wearing black), blood that will stay on the mat the entire fight, and the create a fighter and moves per fighter should be as deep as Smackdown! HCTP. Fix these minor things and we will have the perfect UFC game. For now, 4/5 Buy Now, very CHEAP!