Fight Night Round 4 (PS3)

Champion of the World

Luckily, the fight continues online, and my experience duking it out with faraway foes was just as strong as that of playing with someone in the same room: uproariously fun, surprisingly smooth, and completely lag free. The highlight of the online experience might be the World Championship mode, which offers a single belt across each of the three selected weight classes for all the world's players to fight for. I didn't get a chance to see the full extent of this mode but it certainly seems to hold a ton of promise for the more competitive and committed Fight Night fans out there.

Fight Night Round 4 lacks some of the wow factor of its predecessor, but it builds upon the strengths of Round 3 and corrects most of its weaknesses. Three years is a long time to wait for a sports sequel, but Round 4 is an excellent and necessary upgrade for all Fight Night fans, and it reasserts the series as the (relatively) uncontested titleholder across all simulation-style boxing games.

PROS: Improved controls and presentation; robust feature set including online modes/integration.
CONS: Legacy mode could use some variety; not quite as much a step up as Round 3.

Fight Night Round 4
Fight Night Round 4
Fight Night Round 4

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Puddles

If so much emphasis is supposedly claimed to be about user control how come the option to map the punch buttons on the face buttons is absent from this game, EA blew the whistle yet again... Ummmmm No thanks i'll pass!!!!

EJStrat

Gonna pick it up, wonder which system it plays better on. Do you editors play on PSN or XBL?

BLackdragon201

Got it. It's tight. Don't fall into that whole controls blah. I'll say it again. If you want to button mash go play Tekken.

Da_Real_Rebel_XD

Got it. It's tight. Don't fall into that whole controls blah. I'll say it again. If you want to button mash go play Tekken.
What? Wanna mash buttons play Tekken? Obviously don't know how to play Tekken. Those are the only Tekken player who'd mash buttons. The control layout for FN3 was perfect. The fact that all punches are done using the sticks don't even feel right and for that reason only I too will pass on getting this game. They shouldn't have tried to fix what wasn't broken to begin. Oh well, there's still FN3.
Da_Real_Rebel_XD

On a better note, the game looks better but that's not enough to out weigh the bad control choice. They should have at least made the way to play it be optional with control mapping, you know? Like almost every other new game under the sun. In this day and age, not having control button mapping should be illegal. What a waste, I was really looking forward to this game too.

Jebuslovesu

Dude, I bought the game, knowing it wouldn't have the button layout that I always used, and I'm regretting it bad! I feel F'N handicapped by TPC set up. EA F'D up the FN series for me man...and it looks like I'm not the only one:(

denveraic

Wow, this game has flop all over it. Only one page from the reviews? Anyways, I played it. It's okay. Not great. I'm actually disappointed. It's good, but not $60 good. To repetitive and bland.

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