A majority of Chuck’s appearances in the review show working his guard or getting knocked out. Strange. The game looks great, but I don’t have a game system, so I’ll just have to hope one of my brothers buys it.

Frankly, UFC fighter entrances aren’t all that exciting in real life, either. Had they included them in the game, I think people would fairly soon either turn them off or skip past them. There just isn’t all that much to see.

There are a lot of holes in the UFC game. Here are some of the larger ones.

Leg Kicks. Joe Rogan will say, “those leg kicks are paying dividends!” if you land multiple in succession. However, they don’t have anywhere near the damage output that occurs in a real fight. I took Shogun against Chuck Liddell landing almost exclusively leg kicks, both standing and lunging for three rounds. Almost three complete rounds, I should say, because Chuck still had the spring in his step to knock me out cold. In a real fight, no one would be able to eat more than about a dozen of those without going down. The reason leg kicks are so useful is because the part of the leg it attacks is so vulnerable.

Submission game. I feel like I have to destroy someone on the feet or in their guard before I can even think about submitting them. It’s kinda stupid. How come Chuck can stroll across the cage and knock me out cold almost straight away, but I can’t take BJ Penn and submit someone without having to wear him down a bunch?

Ground game. It is way too easy to pass anyone and everyone’s guard. Way too easy. I can destroy pretty much everyone by taking them down, landing in side control and landing knees to the body until the crowd starts to boo. Which takes me to my next point

The crowd booing. Even with the boorish “USA-USA”-chanting fans that seem to fill the seats, at least the real life viewers know not to boo when shots are repeatedly landing. Take someone to side control and land a hundred knees and hammer fists, and the crows will boo. It’s ridic.

Collision detection. The punches don’t really seem to land like they would in real life. They tend to more or less glance every time. Sometimes a right hook will land behind the head of your opponent, but will register as a hit.

Anyway, it’s still a fun game, but nowhere near the game it could have been, or should have been. Still, I can’t wait to create my own Sexyama and run through everyone – JUDO SAIKO!