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By Nate Ahearn
Updated: May 10, 2012 10:03 pm
Posted: Jun 24, 2009 12:06 am
Sequels are always under a considerable amount of pressure to live up to the accolades of their predecessor, but Fight Night Round 4 has the unenviable task of improving on a title that helped shape this generation of gaming. Fight Night Round 3 was many people's first look at refined HD graphics and what that can bring to a living room gaming experience. Now EA Canada is taking the reins from the defunct EA Chicago and they're taking plenty of chances with the already-established formula.
They've made changes to the career mode, they've changed the control mechanics, and they've reshaped every move in the game by doubling its speed and adding an all-new physics system. So does Fight Night Round 4 live up to expectations or does it take one on the chin and fall face-first to the mat? Read on for the answer.
I'll first provide a short-and-sweet answer to the question above: Fight Night Round 4 delivers the best pure boxing ever seen in a videogame. Once you're in the ring it's an experience that no other game can provide and it is, in a word, fantastic. Punches fly at an alarming rate, boxers move around the ring while cascading light from flash bulbs streaks across their bodies. Punches land with thunderous sound effects and cuts and bruising are soon to follow. Everything in the ring is driven by the new physics engine and it's very nearly flawless. There are a few moments when punches that don't appear to make contact still register as a hit, but these moments are few and far between and don't overly hurt the experience.
At the end of the day Fight Night Round 4 is, to put it plainly, a wonderful boxing game. There are certainly issues to be found in the new Legacy Mode, but it’s much closer to what players want from a career mode. The online offering, while not hugely different from the previous Fight Night, still delivers where it counts. I didn’t experience any lag in my fights and the World Championship mode will hopefully be something that fans cling to.
Aside from the modes, you’ll find the best boxing experience in gaming in the ring. Punches sound and look great, fighters move fantastically well with muscles flexing and blood flowing and spattering from cuts, and if you want a boxer that isn’t included in the original roster of more than 50 (including Mike Tyson for the first time since Punch-Out!!), you can use Photo GameFace to put them (as well as yourself) in the game. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s a cool replay editor that lets you create clips of you rendering people’s faces unrecognizable. I have my issues with Fight Night Round 4 – and so will you – but when you get down to it FNR4 is just a great all-around videogame experience.
- Nate Ahearn
Jul 10, 2009 · Simply put, Round 4 pushes and punches the boxing genre forward. Compared to its predecessor, Fight Night Round 4 is more technical and aims to be more like real boxing, and this shows in...
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Fight Night Round 4 Review. PS3. X360. by Jeff Gerstmann on June 23, 2009. Share: Between its legendary roster and authentic gameplay, Fight Night Round 4 is a great homage to the sport of boxing. Warning: Game features punching, hitting, and gloves.
