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Crap!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 6 / 11
Date: February 22, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Absolutely the most disappointing game I have ever bought. The game is totally sluggish, response is slow, and the pick of fighters is horrible, Floyd Patterson? Who is Brock? Dropped is Marciano, of the top 10 heavy weights of all time only Ali is present, ( no Joe Frazier is not top 10) wish I could get my money back.

Fight Night same as 2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 11
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is very similar to FN2. the difference is in a new Haymaker mode which isn't all that great and hard to control, and a career mode that no longer shows rankings but rather loosely organized fights were you "sign" a "contract." to fight an opponent. Over all pretty similar to FN2. And for the idiot below; "Brock" is Calvin Brock a ranked heavyweight you bleeping genius. A current pro fighter. Why don't you do a little research about the sport this game is based on. Also, the reason Marciano is not in this game is because they have to license the boxers names and images. Which means that every boxer listen in this game receives royalties. Since Marciano is long dead, that means that the executor of his image and name receives this money. It is likely that the cost of using his image was not worth paying.

S-L-O-O-O-O-OW

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is terrible! I LOVED the first Fight Night,I never played Round 2 but I bought this game the day it came out. The gameplay is so sloooow! I feel like my boxer is throwing punches underwater!! This game sucks so much I tried to get my money back already.

It's all about perfect timing...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The first thing I noticed was the slower gameplay, now the only slow punches are the haymaker, stun and flash punches. Now it was very easy to defeat an opponent in FNR2, you just nock the s#@t out of him with haymakers, this game requires a little more skill. You can throw one punch to put your opponent in the KO moment(or on the canvass) but it has to be executed perfectly or else it's your ass. So instead of scull-cracking you actually have to think, and set up your punches, something alot of people don't seem to like. The only thing I missed was the instant replay accessible through the pause menu, but you can press square during the replay after a knockdown to see it over and over again. So FNR3 might not be as quick as it's predecessors' but it's more true to life in my opinion, so to all those who complain , I suggest you stop swinging and start thinking.

Dare I say better than FNR2?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: March 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

The "slow" gameplay everyone whines about is REALISM. This game is a lot more fun than FNR2 because you actually have to be good, you can't just find a glitch and knock anyone out in any round you please. The stun punch is awesome, it reminds me of punch-out for NES. If you don't like this game it's because you aren't spending the time to enjoy it. It gets much better each fight. Keep playing and stop hating.

Third ones the charm

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I loved Fight Night and Fight Night Round 2 was pretty good, and after playing this one I was stunned by how amazing it was. This is the best one of them all. Buy today

Simply amzing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I highly recommened that you buy this game. It is by far the best one so far. The graphics are good and there are many things to do. If you aren't sure about this game then rent it instead.

Dying to Play this game!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 7
Date: March 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Read so many reviews and have orded a copy for maself.
I jus can't wait!the reviews are helpful.i know that i'll love this game.
*Don' be a HATER.

Stick with FIGHT NIGHT: Round 2, it's a much better product.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: March 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

They really dropped the ball on this one.
First off, he strange retro look to it, makes it tough to look at. Imagine looking at
a Burger King or Mc Donald's all day. The character creation area, has some
cool new stuff, like new postures for defense and offense, but other then that,
it's weak. The view is much further away then in the Previous versions, and the
choices seems to have been cut down, rather then increased (as you would think
would happen in a follow-up game). Still only have 4 places to put tattoos (Left
arm, right arm, back, and chest. If you want a tat on the forearm, no luck there.
The controls are much more sluggish then the others, and there are lots of POPs
in the actions or transfers between actions.
I used to like to watch the slow-motion hits after the knock down, but not any more.
The Characters have lost something in their detail. They don't look as good. And the
sound is Awful in Slow Mo. It sounds like paper tearing, and drums, and the impact,
doesn't line up with the sound. The announcers also get cut off in mid sentence, when
talking about a hit.
The Training is different. They kept the same things as Round 2, but changed
them enough to make me hate them. In Round 2 you could easily see what you
were supposed to do. The angel in Round 3 sucks. The punch dummy, for instance:
He is turned at such an angel away from you, that you can't tell when they want
you to hit the Left side of the face.
The sparing is much better, in that you can choose what you want to work on,
and it trains you in just that.
Problem with the controls, is that when doing moves like uppercut or Heymaker,
you are faulted by the analog controller now. You go to the right then up, for a hook.
For a Heymaker hook, you go right, then roll down, then Up. Trouble is, that once you
go down, the fighter tries to do an Uppercut, or throw a Left. It's almost impossible
to throw an Uppercut Heymaker. Once you cross the middle point on the controller,
he will switch to the other hand and throw a jab.
You also can not block for ever anymore. With the R1 pressed, you get about 3
seconds of blocking, and then he will throw a random punch.
The ring girls change clothes during an event, but a LOT less time was taken
on making them look good. Their hands don't' even close on the cards, and their
heads pop as they look around. the joggle cam (allah 24, or NYPD Blue) when
you go to your corner, is annoying.
OH! And in the middle of a fight, you will suddenly be thrown into a new Camera View!
You start pounding on a guy, and it will switch to HIS point of View.

Stick with Round 2. It's a MUCH better product.

MORE CONS::
* Character builder is greatly restricted in looks. All fighters look like fighters now.
You can no longer build yourself, or your skinny friends, fat friends, or super Buff friends, or
even your really Ripped friends. It's all kind of "middle ground" now.
This makes FNR3 less cartoony, but I liked the fact you could make a Steve Bushemi in FNR2.
* lack of entourage or entrance effects. I am pretty far into the game, and have seen No
choices so far for these, not even under "Locked" . No choice on entrance music.
* Cutman has been simplified to just right and left.
*Everything is too expensive. $20,000 for starter shoes?!
* The entrance "dances" have been greatly reduced. Why not just keep the ones they had,
and ADD to them? Now there are like... 3... maybe 4. I'd still like to be able to choose my
entrance personallity. (ie. show off, humble, crowd pleaser, etc)
*No Rankings. WHY? You never know where you stand in the Rankings.
*Home Towns. I could not find Seattle, or Dallas. They may not be big boxing towns,
but they ARE major Cities.
*Still no chest hair.
* I Figured the sound in Slow Mo: Forcefully Dump a bucket of Ice into a Plactic Cooler that is
half melted Ice.

Some PROS:
* The Coaches now tell you what you need. They are more precise. This is a good step.
* You can change your character as you go. After a few fights, if you want to give him a
new hair style, you can. You can even remold his face, change his stance, or style of
defense or offense. I like this.
* When your character is winded, the controls get sluggish, and he moves slower. This is
not the same as the wanky controls I mentioned above.
* The AI is much smarter. They find a weakness on you, and they will exploit it.
*New Venues
*Better Commentary
*Sparring mode is much better.

Also, if you have an HDTV get a PS2 AV & S Video Cable The regular one that comes with
the PS2 is NOTHING compared to the S-video signal.

What really irritates me is the totall false advertisement going on here. They show all these beautyful vids
of boxers and effects, and NONE of that stuff is in the game!!
The slow motion shot of a face rippleing from a punch: Not in the game.
The ability to make Fighters that look real: Not in the game (Unless you count the Pre-made fighters).
They also have picture of Hot ring girls in the Adverts: Not in the game. They looked better in FNR2

I tell you what.... They should make all of their fighters with the Fighter Maker part of the game. If they
can make all those boxers using that method, THEN they can sell this crap. I had 4 friends try to
create themselves in the game, and we could get close (as in: They looked Asian, or Black with dreds, etc).
But there was no way to get our charactors to look like any of us exactly. The boxers that are pre-made,
all have tatoos all over the place. They all have chest hair, back hair, forarm hair, etc. They have chins,
and face shapes that you just can not get with the Fighter Creation tools.
This is unforgivable!

This is Boxing, not Tekken or Street Fighter.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: March 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It sounds like to many people got carried away with the Haymaker happy FN Round 2. In that game you simply chased your opponent around the ring with your haymaker cocked and ready for firing. (that was not boxing, it was more a special move like in Street fighter of something). Sure Round 3 has it's issues, but overall this is what boxing should be. If you use a speed fighter than you have speed and have to fight that way, if you use a brawler, you have less speed and have to fight that way. This is the first game where the speed of Ali is noticeable and you can actually control the fight with your jab. The different fight styles present a whole new aspect to the game, now you have to pick and chose your punches when dealing with the different defenses that are used. The haymaker thankfully has been toned down. I enjoyed FN1 but hated FN 2 due to the haymaker usage( which if you watch a boxing match haymakers are not a huge part of the match). With bringing back the best of FN1 and throwing out the worst of FN2, you have a pretty good game on your hands. As I stated earlier FN3 has it's issues, with one of the main issues being in the career mode. (no rankings!!!!!)that is like having no polls in the NCAA games. one line on the boxers screen could have changed this "fighter currently ranked #". This would have been all that was needed, no need to see were all 50 fighters are ranked, but do need to see your ranking and your opponents rank. Another issue is the fight stoppage, you never know when you are in danger of this happening(to cure this, since there is no ref present during the fight, start showing him getting more and more on the screen as he gets closer to stopping the fight). overall if you want boxing FN round 3 is your game, if you want a slugfest, then Knockout kings is your game, if all you want is special moves (haymakers) then Tekken is your game. The Choice is yours.....

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