UFC and THQ have pulled out all the stops for the new UFC Undisputed 3 video game. In addition to revamping the controls and moves fighters can use, the roster has been greatly expanded thanks to the inclusion of PRIDE fighters.
We have all heard about the inclusion of PRIDE mode, which will allow for kicks and knees to the head of a downed opponent. You get to control the fighters that made it the preeminent mixed martial arts promotion in the early-2000’s.
The PRIDE roster gives the new game a pop that past iterations of the “Undisputed” series have been lacking. Any fan of UFC knows what PRIDE meant to the sport when it was in its prime. To be able to recreate some of those memories will drive this game.
Some of the PRIDE fighters, like Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, will be duplicates, but that’s OK since you will be able to use them when they were in their primes.
You can work submissions like Nogueira did when he defeated Mirko Cro Cop to win the heavyweight championship in 2003. You can pick someone up and slam them hard to the mat like Rampage did against Ricardo Arona in 2004.
Plus, using the PRIDE roster allows fans to create those dream fights that have been talked about for years, but never materialized for one reason or another.
If you want to throw Royce Gracie into the octagon against Anderson Silva to see who would come out on top, now is your chance. If you want to know which Chuck Liddell was better, PRIDE or UFC, you can have the Icemen duel.
All of the new features are what sell the game to casual fans, but the PRIDE roster puts it over the top. It is the perfect storm of ideas and execution working together to give MMA fans everything that they need from their video game.
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