Release Date:
06/10/2008
Game Platform:
Xbox 360
The Skinny: Create your own fighter, win a few fights, and you might be lucky enough to get exploited by Don King.
The Good: The game has a pretty extensive player customization mode. (For the record, we attempted to make a Kimbo Slice character, but wound up with a guy resembling Suge Knight.) The addition of classic fightsBraddock vs. Baer and Marciano vs. Louis, for exampleis a nice touch.
The Bad: Game play is as coherent as the title's namesake. The controls are unresponsive and often yield unintended flurries of punches, and boredom ensues after just the first few levels of fighters. Punctuate all of that with wholly uninteresting video montages of shady boxing personalities and random celebritieswe're pretty sure this is Mario Van Peebles' first and last video game appearanceand you've got something as attractive as Mike Tyson's face tattoo.
Feel the Non-Spectaculocity! Remember when Don King was stirring shit up at news conferences and giving matches cool names like "Thrilla in Manila"? Well, you won't find any of that in his Masterpiece Theatre–esque moments of video game glory.
Buy, Rent, or Disembowel? Pass. Then wait for Fight Night Round 4.
The Good: The game has a pretty extensive player customization mode. (For the record, we attempted to make a Kimbo Slice character, but wound up with a guy resembling Suge Knight.) The addition of classic fightsBraddock vs. Baer and Marciano vs. Louis, for exampleis a nice touch.
The Bad: Game play is as coherent as the title's namesake. The controls are unresponsive and often yield unintended flurries of punches, and boredom ensues after just the first few levels of fighters. Punctuate all of that with wholly uninteresting video montages of shady boxing personalities and random celebritieswe're pretty sure this is Mario Van Peebles' first and last video game appearanceand you've got something as attractive as Mike Tyson's face tattoo.
Feel the Non-Spectaculocity! Remember when Don King was stirring shit up at news conferences and giving matches cool names like "Thrilla in Manila"? Well, you won't find any of that in his Masterpiece Theatre–esque moments of video game glory.
Buy, Rent, or Disembowel? Pass. Then wait for Fight Night Round 4.