SFX-360 writes: "If felt like an eternity since the last installment of EA's Fight Night series. Fight Night Round 3 back in 2006 re-energized the series making fights seem almost realistic along with amazing physics. How cool was it when you delivered the big haymaker and punched your opponents lights out and see the reaction of the hit with their face smashed in. That my friends is classic. Sure the game was great, but at times it still felt just a tad arcade-like with the different haymakers. Also, what was up with the Burger King in the game? It just goes to show that there was still plenty of room for improvement. Now Fight Night Round 4 is here, and it looks and plays even better than before.
Fight Night Round 4 features some of the greatest fighter's in the history of the sport allowing you to the opportunity to create classic matchups never before seen. This game features boxing's all-time greats including Muhammed Ali, George Foreman, Evander Holyfield, Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar De La Hoya, and so many more. Not only do you get the greats of the sport, but you also get current greats as well as young up and coming talent who are still making a name for themselves. The biggest addition to the game has to be Mike Tyson. It's been a long time since Mike Tyson's Punch Out back on the original NES when we last saw Iron Mike. Now he's finally here and best of all, just like all the other fighters in the game, their shown in their prime so you know you fighting as them when they were at their best..."
Fight Night Round 4 swings its final punch, as online servers will be taken down next year according to a press release from EA.
Guess we won't see another Fight Night until next gen at the soonest. Did any notable boxing games come out this gen at all?
Fight night round 4 is still the best boxing game at the moment.
I still pop it in my old Xbox from time to time and nothing beats the feeling of a close fight in the late rounds.
I liked round 3 better myself, it gave you a lot more controll especially when it came to defense, which really allowed you to develop your own style and finesse to things.
I loved Round 3 but it was nearly impossible to win as a technical boxer.
The game heavily focused on the counterpunch Philly stance and Ko made winning a match by points nearly impossible.
Also, the losing boxer on a scorecard would get a boost of Stamina later on (lousy catch-up logic) was not something I was fond of.
I could also add the Headbutt that made cutting easy.
But I loved the corners mini-games or the dept of working on bruises and cuts.
The animation was also fantastic.
cut the UFC Servers too , some of those grapples look awkward when people would walk in and see 2 guys straddling each other, i tried soo hard to make it not look weird
Tbh the actual matches look awkward when passerbys walk in and see the straddling party. I constantly think get up and fight.
Round 4 was the best the franchise had to offer. You could find success playing to each fighters strengths and anytime somone wanted to spam a particular cheese i could always find a realistic boxing strategy to counter it. Champion started off pretty good but the game was very exploitable and became a cheese fest. The auto block severely hurt the game as well. If they ever make a new game i hope they look at how they achieved competitve balance in the gameplay of Round 4.
DSOGaming writes: "YouTube’s members ‘Andreaa’, “airGaming”, “reznoire” and “John GodGames Emus” have shared some videos showing Fight Night Round 4, Uncharted, MotorStorm, Dante’s Inferno, Sonic 4 and Resistance 2 running on the latest version of the Playstation 3 emulator, RPCS3."
Improved 4K visuals, a new generation of boxers and improved multiplayer lobbies…man, that would be great. Until that day comes, Fight Night is going to remain outside of the periphery of the fighting game genre, as the ref slowly counts one of the finest franchises out of the ring.
Fight Night Champion was an abomination - but man, I'd love to see a new gen Fight Night game.
