Fight Night Round 3 (Xbox 360)

Advantages: Diverse Gameplay, Lifelike Presentation
Disadvantages: Weak AI leads to dissapointing Single-Player

...release. ***The Potential*** Fight Night Round 3 features 30 legendary and contemporary boxers spread along 6 weight classes. From "The Greatest" Muhammad Ali and "Sugar Ray" Robinson, to Diego Corrales and Manny Pacquiao, each fighter is incredibly detailed not only visually, but gameplay-wise as well. While the breath-taking graphics are impossible to miss, the most welcome addition of numerous boxing styles is not as easily noticeable. For ...
...not hesitate to stop the fight at your expense if you are bleeding incessantly. As far as the actual fight is concerned, it builds upon previous versions with some strategic changes. The right stick is still used for punches, with its left side used for left punches and right side for, predictably, right punches. Simple flicks translate to jabs and directs, quarter-circles to crosses and near-half-circles to uppercuts. Simply holding the left trigger ... Read review

Advantages: Good graphics, Lots of unlockables
Disadvantages: Weak AI

...a Joe Frazier? Well with Fight Night Round 3 on the Xbox 360, you can step into a classic boxers shoes, or maybe start a career for yourself! The Fight Night series's first outing since the last-gen console certainly starts well. Within minutes you can fire up the Xbox, create a lifelike boxer, and be in the ring duking it out with the low rung boxers of your local circuit. The creation system is simple and effective, but for a gamer who wants to ...
...kid mashing his gamepad. Fight Night changes this, the fighting is realistic, and takes skill to master. However, the career mode is rather easy to plow through. There are a few achievements which can easily be destroyed to boost your Gamerscore another 1000 points. Most fighting games don't take into account the massive physicaly drain on a person boxing would be. When you fight you can't just plow in and throw every punch you can without getting ... Read review

Advantages: stunning graphics, amazing gameplay, lots of action, never becomes boring
Disadvantages: the use of rap music is annoying

...on my Spectrum compared to Fight Night - Round 3 programmers have come a very long way in a short space of time. The pre-release reviews and screenshots of the game showed Fight Night - Round 3 in a very positive light with exceptional gameplay, cutting edge graphics and a banging, baseline tripping sound track. Costing £44.99 and produced by EA Sports, I had no hesitation in making this the second game to enter my XBox 360 collection. Most boxing ...
...limited range of blocking moves. Fight Night - Round 3 is nothing like these games and using a very easy to master control system that makes good use of all of the controllers buttons provides the gamer with the ability to duck, bob and weave as well as execute a wide range of blows onto an opponent. Unlike most games, I wanted to get to grips fully with the controls before starting the game, and the sparring option allowed me to perfect my technique ... Read review

Advantages: Great controls for punching
Disadvantages: Can get a bit predictable

...the noble art or not Fight Night Round 3 is a great game to play and has some great features. There is a great choice of boxing legends to choose from and you can make the matches that promoters can only dream about. In all you have three main play modes to choose from, career, one off fights and an ESPN classic mode. The controls certainly get a bit of getting used to as you use the left analogue stick to move the fighter and the right one to throw ...
...lots of mini games within Fight Night Round 3 and these focus on the training you must do to prepare your fighter and also during the fight between the rounds there are games to play to repair any damage to your fighter. These are quite important especially to avoid the fight being stopped due to cuts. Just like in the real boxing world as you progress the fights do get a lot harder and there is a pretty high difficulty level to the game once you ... Read review

Advantages: Nice graphics, Easy achievements, One of few games to hold good value
Disadvantages: Can be clumsy to control, Far too easy and short, Weak AI

...two punches I managed to fight my way all through the entire game only losing 2 fights out of 40 some odd and unlocked all the achievements, Most of this was done within one day (Although that was pretty solid playing). So as you can see if you want a game with longevity in the single player mode then personally I would avoid buying this, If you can borrow it then that would be the best bet in my opinion. If you are an achievement junky then this ...
...a very short space of time. Graphics The graphics on this game are very good and clean, the movement in the ring works quite well and it all seems very fluid which certainly adds a little to the realism value of the game Sound The sound on the game is fine in my opinion, they use quite a lot of hip hop style tunes thorughout the game which is my personal taste in music anyway so you will have to make your own mind up on that one, The sounds in ... Read review

Advantages: Based on film, Get to beat up characters from film, Super Punches
Disadvantages: Controls dated, Average Graphics and Sound, Poor Training Mode, Lack of Game Modes.

...Punch" is a headbutt. The first time I saw this I was in stitches, but it does highlight a gameplay issue. Basically, Rocky is not a realistic boxing sim, nor is it meant to be. However, the more over the top features of the game will frustrate some. Rocky is good for those who don't take their boxing particularly seriously although I personally would not have bought it had I known of the other games available. I would recommend "Ready 2 Rumble Boxing" as it also doesn't take itself seriously and Fight Night 2 for the purists. The graphics are average. Although they aren't bad they are also not the best. This is especially noticeable now that the next generation of consoles has started to appear. Simply search for screenshots of Fight Night Round 3 for the XBox 360 and you'll see what I mean. The main problem however with Rocky's graphics... Read review

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Advantages: Priced, Innovative, Masterpieces Guaranteed
Disadvantages: No Movie Playback, Narrower Game Library, Weaker Graphics

...Console and its power supply, sensor bar and AV Cable Also thrown in for good measure are, a Euro Connector Plug, 3 adhesion tapes and a couple of stands for the console and sensor bar. ***The Console*** In recent years, evolution in video games meant two things: Prettier and Bigger. Better graphics and larger, more interactive, worlds were the focus of most sequels and "clones" of successful titles. As such, Microsoft and Sony doubled their efforts to cram every last piece of technology available in their consoles. The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 are true behemoths, assuring with their size that they are capable of tremendous technical feats. "Fight Night: Round 3" looks life-like. We've reached a point where trailers shock us using exclusively in-game footage, so, as far as beautiful expansive worlds go, just take a look at "Mass... Read review

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