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Fight Night: Round 3
System: This is a review for PS2. That rhymed.
Score: 8 out of 10
Fight Night: Round 3 is the latest edition of the boxing series from EA Sports. After hearing a lot of good opinions about the previous two games, I decided to give Round 3 a try. After playing for only ten minutes I realised that it wasn't a waste of money at all.
It's only a boxing game so the modes are limited: you can go straight into a quick match choosing your boxer and opposing boxer and the location, you can re-play classic matches such as Ali versus Frazier, and you have the career mode. You start off your career by either creating a boxer or choosing an existing boxer to work your way up. The first matches are just ameteur ones- easy opponents and headguards, so that's not too challenging. It soon gets harder as you remove the headguard, often leaving you with gashes down your face if you're not careful, and start fighting against some tougher boxers. After a while, you begin to think 'this is going to get boring soon'. But then you realise when you start losing fights that you have to use different tactics against different style fighters. Ah.
The 'create a champ' isn't bad either. You get to create your own boxer, editing his looks, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Although experts would be able to get a pretty real looking boxer (as in similar to an actual person) normal gamers will find the face editing a little bit tricky to get used to. For me, I have taken quite a while looking at my fighter in matches then editing him, and he still looks retarded when the coach is talking to him.
Graphics. For a new game, they're a little bit dodgy in places. In the ring the boxers look fantastic, but some of the scenery and crowd look as though they have been rushed, barely living up to PS1 standards. The slow-mo is a nice little feature when a boxer is being knocked down but when on the floor, their leg often starts to twitch. And this isn't because they're having a fit, it's again due to dodgy graphics. Overall, they could've been better out of the ring, but then again, games aren't all about graphics are they?
I would strongly recomend this game to boxing and beat 'em up fans alike, mainly because of the fun and original controls (throw different punches using different right analog stick movements), and it would always be a good game to get out at a party. Just beware of a few dodgy mistakes (which EA Sports seem to be getting good at) such as the before mentioned leg twitching and sound occaisionally goes during the coach talks between rounds. If you can hear them though, they do come in handy. Hope you've found this review useful.
Reviewed by Six String.
, I kinda meant reviews like my MW one, so like you write a few sentences on each subject (for MW it was Cars, Police etc.).
