Fight Night Champion Review.

**Pez** · 02-26-2011, 03:17 AM

Just 3 more days to pick this up. Can't wait.

**UglyPug** · 02-26-2011, 09:19 AM

Originally posted by ThePhantom5

Closing Comments
Fight Night Champion gets the boxing right and adds a flawed but enjoyable story mode. I've always put a lot of stock in career modes, but Legacy mode here is just downright bad. The mini-games are too tough and get boring fast. The entire concept just seems off. What should greatly extend Fight Night Champion's playtime, made me like the game a lot less. Avoid the career mode, enjoy the story mode, and spend a few hours creating some dream boxing matches. That will make any boxing fan happy.

IGN Ratings for Fight Night Champion (PS3)
Rating out a 10 Description
7.5 Presentation
Love the new story mode, but a lot of other areas seem a bit played out. Time for new announcers and a new presentation style.
8.5 Graphics
The faces are really incredible. It's nice to see the crowd in the first few rows look like more than just cardboard cutouts.
7.0 Sound
The punching sounds are cartoonish and the commentators have been used too often in the series to sound fresh anymore.
9.0 Gameplay
This is the best the fighting engine's been for the series. It's a great step forward.
7.5 Lasting Appeal
This is the best the fighting engine's been for the series. It's a great step forward.- (Repeat? I think he screwed up)
OVERALL 8.0 - Great- IGN Editors Choice

Full two-page review - http://ps3.ign.com/articles/115/1152199p1.html

Thanks for the review. As long as they keep the amazing CAB concept, and the adjustable slider bars (for punching power, speed, damage, etc.) in place, Ill be good. I am a simulation guy - I never really get into the story mode. I just like to play the computer on hardest difficulty, and I set the slider bars where the punch stats actually are realistic at the end of a fight. For EX: I simulated the Martinez/Williams fight on FNR4 (thanks to the amazing CAB's I downloaded). Using Martinez, I won the fight by MD, and final punch statistics read: Martinez (255/687), Williams (263/1013). If you set the slider bars right, you have to really manage your punches and make them count. You actually have to focus a lot of some rounds playing defense too.

**Cubanborn87** · 02-26-2011, 09:25 AM

im def copping this i wish the featherweight division wasnt so weak though

**Slick_Rick** · 02-26-2011, 09:31 AM

Strange, they gave FN4 a better score. Only basing on the demo's, but IMO, FNC seems much better.

Gonna pick this up though, cant wait to play as the Klits & RJJ.

**Jabroni** · 02-26-2011, 09:54 AM

As far as controller analog stick layout, would you guys recommend the ps3 or 360 version?

***2TOUGH*** · 02-26-2011, 09:59 AM

its a shi.tty game, spam fest and small ring, lack of movement....

**DARKSEID** · 02-26-2011, 10:06 AM

I dunno, I didn't really like the demo - it doesn't capture the feel of boxing at all.

and the different fighters are basically just different skins- they don't have any of the real strengths or weaknesses or tendencies of the real fighters..

It feels more like street fighter than the actual sweet science..

I don't know how much you can trust that review either because I doubt the guy who reviewed that is a real boxing fan.

**IronDanHamza** · 02-26-2011, 11:11 AM

The game looks terrible.

Barely improved from the piece of **** Round 4.

**Evil Abed** · 02-26-2011, 12:24 PM

Originally posted by Cubanborn87

im def copping this i wish the featherweight division wasnt so weak though

I'm hoping for an expansion pack.

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