Pride FC: Fighting Championships

 PlayStation 2
  • Publisher: THQ
  • Release Date: Feb 11, 2003
Metascore
73

Mixed or average reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 1 out of 19
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  1. Play Magazine
    70
    Big fun... The only real problem I have with the game is the inability to build your fighter's attributes through climbing the ranks. [Apr 2003, p.63]
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  2. Armchair Empire
    70
    A strikingly realistic fighting game that will be immensely fun for those to rent, but I can’t imagine getting more than 15 hours of enjoyment out of the game.
  3. TotalGames.net
    69
    The no-holds barred combat fails to provide the variety you’d want and the gore of the real event isn’t in evidence.
  5. GamePro
    60
    Pride FC’s gameplay style is exactly the same as all of the "UFC" titles, which shows that THQ put little thought into making this game.
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    60
    I found myself losing interest quickly... Pride is a bit too one dimensional for most fighting fans. [Mar 2003, p.126]
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  7. GMR Magazine
    50
    Exaggeraged violence is all Pride has; matches often conclude in less time than the game takes to load the match. [Mar 2003, p.66]
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Awards & Rankings

90
#90 Best PS2 Game of 2003

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User Score
8.7

Generally favorable reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. SethY.
    Jan 23, 2007
    8
    It's nice but a career mode would've made it a hundred times better.
  2. JuniorP.
    May 6, 2003
    10
    Hows it going, I just came back from sea, I'm in the Navy, and when I came back to San Diego, my little cousin told me about this game, Hows it going, I just came back from sea, I'm in the Navy, and when I came back to San Diego, my little cousin told me about this game, so I went yesterday to Target, and I bought the game, and I was like DAMN! this game is shisnicks, I especially like it how you can create your own fighter, that part was pretty bomb. … Full Review »
  3. LeeR.
    Mar 15, 2003
    7
    The game is more realistic than ufc but lacks in the career mode or stat tracking.
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