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***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 ... Read review
My biggest rival is down... but he's far from out. After toasting the canvas he answers ... more
the 10-count, gains composure, and charges forward again. Does he really want more? I've beaten him down all night with quick jabs, nasty uppercuts, and ravaging bl...
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this boxing game from EA Sports for PlayStation 3. A hyper-realistic physics engine lets you box like never before, mimicking real boxing matches in great detail. Brilliant graphics, a single-player mode and varied internet play lets you pit your boxer against the whole world!The single player game has you starting as a beginner boxer. Guide your man through a career that can culminate in world title fights. Glory in the full detail ringside action before you launch into your opponent with a full arsenal of punches. Improve your accuracy for quick knockouts, as you can land glancing blows and partial shots. Step into your opponent to start damaging close-fighting, or shove him away if your boxer is happier at long range. Slip, step or block to defend yourself.Use your own boxer or a range of history's greatest to compete online. When using your own boxer, you can compete for a single worldwide title for each weight category, so you can truly be the champ!Online play requires a broadband connection.
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Get In The Ring:Rely on your instincts in this exclusive game mode that allows you to ... more
fight through the eyes of your boxer from the moment he enters the ring.Film-Quality Graphics:Facial expressions and body language convey your opponent's health and energy, and let you know when he's ready to hit the canvas.Split-Screen Multiplayer Action:Punish your rivals and go head to head against your friends with exclusive split-screen battles.One Punch Can Change a Fight:Devastating Impact Punches keep you in the fight - instantly trigger a Flash KO moment, Stun Punch or EA Sports Haymaker to take control.ESPN Integration:ESPN raises the bar with this all-new level of integration only available on the PlayStation3. Get the latest scores, news and video with live ticker updates, ESPN Radio, ESPNEWS and ESPN Motion.
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Advantages: Diverse Gameplay, Lifelike Presentation Disadvantages: Weak AI leads to dissapointing Single-Player
...***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 ... ...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 ... more
EA's third installment in the series that replaced the "Knockout Kings" builds up on some things, disappoints on others and makes for a difficult buying choice. What is crystal clear though, is that Xbox 360's is the definitive version of this multi-platform 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 years the boxers were generalized in three simple styles: Speed, Power and Balanced. While "Smoking" Joe Frazier and Roberto Duran are both sluggers, they hardly boxed the same way in real life.
Round 3 finally takes a step forward and a big one at that. Not only are the Base Styles improved and enriched with new templates like Slickster and Wild, but completely new categories are implemented as well. Boxers have numerous Punch and Block Styles to define them, which makes the real stars as authentic as they've ever been and guarantees interesting experimentation when creating your own boxer.
Of course, all this would be of little importance if it didn't affect the gameplay and was only of aesthetic value. Fortunately, this is the area where Round 3 delivers.
Even first timers will realize that they can't stick-and-move with power-fighters or plant their feet and punch blindingly with speed masters. Well, not without going for a nap on the mat at least. The most seasoned players will appreciate the subtle differences of the Judging Jab punch style and everything in between is there for the average player to notice.
Amazingly, the graphics are included in the not-just-eye-candy category. Round 3 eliminates the "life" and "energy" meters from the screen by default and you are left with the character animations to work out if your boxer is feeling confident or spent, scared or energized. It's a great idea and beautifully carried out, but the match commentators ruin some of the effect simply by doing their jobs.
The commentators are there to offer not only the "blow-by-blow", but also impressive facts and useful advice. So, when you hear that "The Real Deal looks ready to go" you are unfortunately tipped off without looking at the boxer's expression; I guess they can't be faulted for commenting *too* good! That aside, the only flaw worth noting seems to be when they recount that the referee is warning for an impending stoppage, due to bleeding and/or excess ownage™. They say it too often, too soon and they sometimes even get the fighters wrong.
The corner team's advice follows along the same lines, doing a good job assessing how their boxer did in the last round, his overall performance, state in the scorecards and what strategy he should follow next. It's great, even if it also inevitably repeats itself after a while; something worth listening to in any case, while you try to stop all the swelling and bleeding.
Right, between the 3 minute rounds you have 30 seconds to patch up your fighter as good as you can, treating cuts and bruises in each side of the face. Using the two control sticks, you try to bring down the "Damage Percentages", as a smart opponent will try to get advantage of the extra damage a punch to an already wrecked face does. This is most obvious for cuts and the referee will 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 directs those punches to the body. Back and forth motions result in the extra powerful haymakers that pretty much defined Fight Night Round 2, but are more balanced now thanks to the thorough beating you'll receive if a haymaker you throw is parried by your opponent.
For defense you simply hold the right trigger. Moving the right stick up guards the head, while down guards the body, but picking a corner sets your boxer up for a parry. If a punch is thrown at the side you've picked, it is immediately parried and the opponent is left momentarily defenseless, depending on the power of his attack. That is to say, you'll have little time for a counter-attack after parrying a jab but ample opportunity to punch your opponent senseless after deflecting his power shot.
It's a real pity that all this potential goes wasted when playing single.
***The Catch***
This game should only be played in hard difficulty and even then the AI is so weak it defines the saying "not worth the challenge". It's not awful, but simply predictable, exploitable and uninteresting.
The in-game tip advises playing an opponent from a larger weight-class for a greater challenge and it is, in fact, correct. While a win isn't certain when pitting a featherweight boxer against a heavyweight, it really depends on if you are patient enough to grind your way to knocking your massive opponent out and not as much to your skill level. It is, however, something to try out.
Alas, this can't be done in career mode, where you confront opponents from your own weight class and the only question left is in which round you'll knock'em out. It's unfortunate, as this could be the most enjoyable and lengthy aspect of the game. The Boxer Creation is excellent and the training is carried out through fitting mini-games. The game introduces rivals, boxers that you face throughout your career and are quick to trash-talk you, pick fights at the weigh-in and fight dirty, and although they could be better implemented they are a nice touch.
The whole storyline is quaintly depicted through newspaper cut-outs: you battle your way to the belt, then you change to the neighbouring weight classes, unify the belts and become the greatest in a nostalgic retirement match. All the while, you also unlock styles, outfits and achievements.
Again, it's a shame that there exists no suspense; you easily dominate your way to legend and the whole thing is over too soon as a result. With the autosave function, a few defeats would throw your career off track and force you to start from scratch if you wanted to become the greatest and unlock everything, vastly adding to the time needed to "complete" the game.
The gentleman's sport's biggest rivalries are found in the ESPN Classic mode. Each match-up features a highlight reel with expert commentary and completing the fights unlocks further extras. Presentation at its best, too bad the computer still boxes as frail as ever.
Thankfully, this mode features multiplayer.
***The Selling Point***
All of the game's promise takes full form when two players face each other. There really is nothing like figuring out your opponent's pattern and launching a devastating counterattack. Of course, then he figures *you* out and battles back, and so on and so forth until only one man is left standing. Or two, if you count the referee.
Desperate last minute clenches, momentum-turning power shots, taunting, broken noses and everything you'd expect from an epic boxing match; it's there and it's all worth it in Fight Night Round 3. Just remember to bring an adept friend.
The nature of the game makes time fly by, with a match between evenly matched opponents easily taking 20 minutes minimum. On the other hand, this means that Round 3 is not a very good "party game". It might be gorgeous, but it's much better to play quick rounds of Dead or Alive, Soul Calibur and Super Smash Bros. Melee, rather than have people watching for such a long time.
Also, due to the fact that attacks are made with the control stick, it takes some getting used to for gamers that haven't tried it before.
Enter Xbox Live. If you have a gold membership, you will definitely get your money's worth here. It takes no more than a minute for a match to start and the servers do their best to face you against an opponent of matching ability. Of course, sometimes there won't be any available and you are going to lose resoundingly to someone that has 547 KOs, yet it's still fun being the underdog. The game plays *slightly* slower Live but nothing that detracts from the action. It undeniably is a blast online.
***OVERALL***
360's Fight Night Round 3 is a great game, a real technological feat and the best boxing game to date. However, it can only be fun under certain circumstances so take caution. If you already pay for Xbox Live this game is safely recommended. If not, you should either be very into boxing and/or have a friend with whom you'll play often; even then, you should thoroughly consider your other multiplayer options.
In any other case, the game is simply a good rental and nothing more. It's a novelty that's certainly nice to experience, but the effect will wear off after a weekend if you stick to single player. There will always be games available that will be far better worth your money, so don't be afraid to sit this one out. After all, there will eventually be another sequel.
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 ...
Benf199105 30.05.2007
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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 ...
splodgeybob 23.04.2007
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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 ...
fuzzybear967 26.01.2007
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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 ...
The_Reviewer1980 23.06.2007
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Advantages: Graphics are superb, realism is great.good commentary Disadvantages: more simulation then arcade..which might put off some people..bit easy!
...idea is a masterpiece....in previous FIGHT NIGHTS the only factors that mattered in a fight were stamina,power and speed...now as you build up your character in career mode, you will find that you can create any fighting style you want. Either by mixing up methods of the greats or by building your own unique one...you can decide everything from the stance you use..to the way you block and attacking styles....its great fun being able to do the style ... ...the analogue stick set-up on Fight Night; The detailed character models and fluid animation helps, but each impact feels a lot more solid now. When you tap the right stick forward with your thumb you feel like your slammin a fist into someones face. Start a flurry going and its difficult not to smile; despite the fact your opponent is pissing blood out his face....its even better if you counter there move which allows you a bit of time to pick your ...
clarkusmaximus 20.03.2006
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