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modeps
06-24-2009, 07:12 AM
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IGN (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/997/997247p1.html) has the first web available review of Fight Night Round 4 available for your reading pleasure. They give it a perfectly respectable 8.8/10.

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.

Speedbag
06-24-2009, 10:43 AM
YES! YES! YES! Momma said knock you out!

lockwoodx
06-24-2009, 12:50 PM
This game almost made me buy a console this generation.

NELS
06-24-2009, 02:19 PM
I got it. Have only played 2 matches (as Tyson!), and the gameplay is straight amazing. The animation and physics are just top notch. The controls feel really really good. I haven't adjusted to the new way to throw body shots yet. It's better, but its so ingrained to hold L trigger to throw body shots.

Going to try the "Legacy" mode out tonight.

Nachokoolaid
06-25-2009, 06:42 AM
EAWorld or whatever there online site is... SUCKS. It keeps telling me that my gamertag doesn't exist when I try to link it so I can actually use the photo gameface. Lot of bugs still, apparently.