Review: UFC: Throwdown
Perform your own bone-crushing hits like the actual UFC fighters do in real life?but get ready to be disappointed by Throwdown?s subpar visuals and game modes.
Ultimate Fighting Championship is a mixed martial-arts extravaganza that is as exciting to watch on TV as it is in real life. Too bad UFC: Throwdown doesn?t mirror those thrills.
Throwdown puts you in control of UFC champs of today and yesterday in an all-out brawl. Each combatant has his own style of fighting like jiu-jitsu, kickboxing, and wrestling. Moves are distinct and look realistic enough, but the overall visual presentation still falls short. The characters are sloppily animated, and when the camera zooms out, the fight is shown in an odd, blurry style that mars the action. As for audio, the disappointment of the scarce grunts and moans is eased by the slick voice of the announcer, Bruce Buffer.
There are plenty of fighting moves to learn just by using four buttons, including counters, grapples, and a variety of punches and kicks. Unfortunately, the Career mode?where you build up your customized brute?doesn?t enable you to learn those cool moves in an effective way. Still, once mastered, you can execute some vicious and realistic hits.
All told, Throwdown looks and feels like it was rushed in development. If you want a great UFC experience, watch the event on pay-per-view?you?ll save money and still have enough cash to play Throwdown as a rental, which is certainly how it?s best enjoyed.
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