Fight Night: Round 4 Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm new to the series so I never got to try the button option I've read so much about. The analog control system is smooth and intuitive and allows you to easily land high, mid and low jabs and other devastating blows with ease . In the heat of the battle you can really get to wailing on your opponent.

With my large hands it takes some practice to get used to pushing the blocking and leaning buttons up top. I tend to forget on occasion and hold my index fingers straight out, mainly because I'm about to fall off the edge of my seat trying to anticipate punches.

I'm a LONG time gamer, and I've got to say this is one of the most intense games I've ever played. It has beautiful graphics, outstanding sound effects and action that doesn't let up. I love when you take a serious hit and your heart starts thumping and your ears start ringing. It's so awesome!

Getting up from a K.O. is serious business as well. You've got to bring yourself up off the floor and maintain your balance while doing so, again in a totally intuitive manner using both analog sticks.

This is the first game which I feel I've got the value of what I paid out of it - and I'm still fairly new to it! It's easy to justify owning a copy of Fight Night Round 4. Highly recommended!

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Product Description:
EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4is truly the return of the champ. Building off Fight Night Round 3,one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed games to come outat the onset of the Xbox 360 hardware launch, Fight Night Round 4promises to be equally as groundbreaking and revolutionary. With an allnew physics based fighting engine, new physics driven animations, trulyunique and differentiated boxer styles, and the most impressive boxer rosterever, including the return of the legendary Iron Mike Tyson, EA SPORTS FightNight Round 4 takes video game boxing and fighting to an entirely newlevel.

Rivalries both old and new.
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Fighters from different eras & weight classes.
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Improved damage system.
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New defensive block system.
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Realistic ring environments.
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Featuring a dramatically improved physics engine, Fight Night Round 4 brings players closer to the sweet science than ever before. Through these upgrades fighters are rendered more vividly than ever and action is animated as it happens, meaning that not only are no two rounds the same, but no two punches are the same either. This variety in punches is most evident at the point of impact, where players will see everything from the sweat splatter of devastating shots, to the energy-sucking effects of solid body blows and the virtual lack of impact glancing blows may have on a determined opponent. But when enough of any punches land the damage system built into the new physics system will allow players to clearly see the impact on opponents exactly when and where you hit them. A bloody nose or lip, a cut or swelling over the eye, a bruised forehead or shoulder; players will see them all, and it's their choice whether to take advantage and go for the stoppage.

In addition, the improved physics also makes for a significantly faster gameplay experience. Along with the game's controller and overall movement tweeks this allows player's to string together punches into devastating combinations. Although a single punch still has the potential to take down a rival, just as in real boxing match, combinations and the ability to avoid them are the key in Fight Night Round 4.

Height, Reach and Styles Matter
As in real boxing, where height and reach have advantages and disadvantagesdepending on your opponent and your skill, Fight Night Round 4forces players to use their fighters' physical characteristics and stylesto their advantage, or suffer the consequences. these consequences comeby way of fighters ability to now fight effectively in close, as wellas from a distance. For example, shorter fighters are often faster thantaller opponents and tend to do better on the inside against taller fighters,but they must get inside first. If they choose to fight at a distance,the advantage is lost. Similarly, height and the assumed longer reachthat goes with it is a sizable advantage, but only if a fighter "fightstall," that is stand up straight and utilizes the jab and other punchesto maintain the optimal distance to from opponent that allows him to hitand not be hit in return. Slouch and/or abandon the jab, and the reachadvantage is lost.

New Heads Up Display Adds Blocking Ability
In addition to the traditional Heads Up Display (HUD), which has always provided Fight Night players with a visual representation of the changing health and stamina or their fighters, Fight Night Round 4 adds blocking to its HUD. Designed to both provide an ongoing way to monitor your fighter's ability to defend himself when not punching and facilitate action during rounds by encouraging players to develop additional defensive and offensive skills, blocking is yet another realistic addition introduced by Fight Night Round 4. When players lose the ability to block punches they can not avoid punches thrown by opponents and must go on the offensive or take the punches. Blocking ability, as well as health and stamina can be replenished between rounds by assigning points accumulated for action in the ring to any of the three physical states/abilities.

Roster of Fighters
Fight Night Round 4 features a large roster of fighters from multiple eras and weight classes. Made up of more than 40 fighters this elite group provides players with the ability to not only relive past and current rivalries, but to also create new ones across time to solve the question of who is really the greatest of all time. Just a few of the fighters that players can expect to take into the ring include: Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Roy Jones Jr., Manny Pacquiao, Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Winky Wright, Eddie Chambers, Ricky Hatton, James Toney.

Key Game Features:

Physics Based Gameplay Engine - No fight will be the same with an all-new physics-based gameplay engine that recreates the full spectrum of true-to-life punch impacts, giving boxers a devastating arsenal of punches, blocks and ring movement. the new physics system allows for missed punches, glancing punches, knockout blows and for the first time ever, rough and tumble inside fighting.
Realistic Boxer Styles - Fight Night Round 4 emulates the styles of history's greatest boxers like never before. Pressure your opponent with the brawling inside style of young Mike Tyson, bobbing and weaving to set up powerful hooks and uppercuts. Capitalize on Muhammad Ali's reach, hand speed and fleetness of foot to bewilder your opponent with lightning fast jabs and straights from the outside.
Extensive Boxer Roster - the greatest of all time, fighting in their prime. Fight Night Round 4 lets you create fantasy matchups, such as Tyson versus Ali, and finally settle who is king of the ring. With a boxer roster spanning both history and modern times, the matchup possibilities are endless.
Online Support Through Xbox LIVE - Fight Night Round 4 featuresfull Xbox LIVE support including 2-player multiplayer options and LIVEachievements and gamer points.

Legacy Mode
Legacy Mode is Fight Night Round 4's career mode. Through it playersdevelop their fighter from the ground up, starting in amateur competitionwhich progresses into a career as a pro and may even include steps up ordown into multiple weight classes to take on new challenges. Within thismode players can either accept the fights made for them, or create theirown schedule of opponents. Either way, the goal is to rise in the ranksfrom contender, to champ, hall of famer, superstar and eventually the greatestever. To do this players must not only win their bouts, but gain popularityand additional prestigious matches by winning them convincingly.

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