A HUGE step back from Round 3...
User Rating: 4 | Fight Night Round 4 X360
I am a HUGE fan of boxing. I believe it is the finest sport out there. Just the sweet science. Not dirty fighting, no cheap shots (*cough* UFC *cough). I was a rabid fan of Fight Night Round 3. With amazing visuals, and a great control scheme it was an instant winner. But something was not right. But I want to clear this up. If you are complaining about the joystick controls, you should not be playing this game. It is not that hard. My five year old brother got them down. Anyways, the graphics are good, but nowhere near what the teaser videos suggested. The supposed "muscle reflex" and "dynamic blood & sweat" are just marketing tricks. They are there, but not as great as you would think. The game also took out some things that made FNR3 great. When you knock somebody on the side of the ear, it just makes a weak ringing noise, and goes away instantly. There is no sense of impact. The haymakers in FNR3 were brutal. You could hear the bones breaking. In this one they are lame. And getting up from a knockout is a very hard thing to do, especially since in FNR3 it is very basic. I was stoked for this game. I really was. But FNR4 is just a bunch of failed promises, with a LAME lineup (seriously? Ricky Hatton? That bum? EA clearly did not watch the Pacquiao- Hatton fight. But Mike Tyson is beast) and really just a big step back from FNR3, you should just wait for it to hit the bargain bin.
Very Dissapointed.
