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so so

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: June 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought this for my son's. maybe too complicated. I don't know. they are 10 and 6. graphics are pretty cool, although golden boy didn't look like himself. they seem to play it once in awhile and the screen gets too dark and you can hardly see the guy your fighting against. If it were a great game the boys would be playing it all the time. I recommend to older kids

Fight night PS2 Vs PS3

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: October 10, 2007
Author: Amazon User

After owning Fight Night 3 for PS2 and playing it a lot, I did 6 career modes in different weights and losing it to a so called friend, I got the PS3 a few days ago and of course one of my favorite games was just there in the stand so I bought it for PS3.

I cant believe how disappointed I am, the fighters take time to appear, like after you finish training, there are a lot of glitches, specially when you knock them down, in the store some times is difficult to read, red letters over red background.

The only new things are the sweat of the fighters, the models that have tattoos, and new haircuts, and that is it.

Save yourself some money and buy it for PS2 and play it on your ps3 you will have a better experience.

The game is excellent for PS2 standards for ps3 not that is why I give 2 stars.

Not what we expected

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: March 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Not exactly a fun family game when the boxers don't do what you use the controllers to get them to do -- major delayed reactions. It seems like a bunch of random punches. We wound up with sore thumbs pressing buttons trying to defend against another boxer's punches, and all our guy would do is just stand there and keep getting hit. We couldn't read the print on the screen and the documentation to get help -- where's that? And WHY is it necessary to throw a bunch of scenes of half-naked women holding round cards after every round? I expected a TEEN rating for a little blood and violence, but not sleeze. I'm sure others love this game and perhaps understand the button techniques, but like I said, for us it was a disappointment, as we thought it would be better family fun but instead was frustrating.

DISAPPOINTING at best!!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: January 22, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was quite surprised by the good reviews for this game. Overall, the game actually took a step back from Fight Night 2004. My breakdown is as follows:

Graphics: I paid $600 for a PS3 and expect high-definition graphics, but Fight Night has graphics I would expect on PS2, very disappointing. There is nothing high definition about the graphics of this game. The boxers are decent but the ring, the boxing venue and especially the crowd are awful. The crowd is blurry and looks straight ahead although you may be on the other side of the ring and they repetitively do the same motion over and over regardless of what is happening in the fight.

Game Play: The actual boxing is very similar to the last Fight Night (I agree with the "if it ain't broke then don't fix it" here). However, the other parts of the game play have become worse. In career mode, the options are very limited. When you train, your boxer actually blocks a portion of the speed dummy so you cannot see what you are supposed to hit. Also, there are no boxer rankings, rather a meter that tells you how popular you are. Are you kidding me EA? You randomly pick contracts (since there is no rankings you just pick randomly based on money). This game is not very fun because there are no rankings and you have no idea how you are doing, who is the champion, or what you are ranked. There is no pre or post fight commentary and no boxing magazine with articles. Literally, you pick a random contract, train and then fight (over and over). It gets boring and old after a while. The only good thing about this game is the AI, the computer does figure out your boxing style and adjust. The other bad part of this game is the store, there are not enough items and it costs $300,000 for a different color pair of shoes or trunks but you only make a few thousand dollars per fight. You also have to pay for certain trainers but it doesn't help your boxing if you do. In addition, they do not show the boxers walking into the venue as in the past, they miraculously about at the bottom of the ring. There are only two winning celebrations and two reactions for knockdowns for your boxer.

Postiives: The only good things about this game is the sound track (one of the best I have heard) and the AI. Otherwise, go back to the drawing board with this one.

Recommendation: No! This title needs serious improvement.

EA Sports is 0 and 2 for PS3 games thus far. What is going on?

And that is the word of D-Critique.

Good game but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: March 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game but have some misses. The Load Times are too high and the carrer mode is nothing awesome. The Support of EA is very bad, I can't play on Network becasuse the EA servers are not available and the EA can't help me to solve that problem.

RENTAL ONLY

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've got some seriously mixed emotions on this one.

On one hand, I absolutely love boxing games and feel that this one was done very well. On the other...I have some serious issues with the MULTI-PLAYER gameplay.

STAND-ALONE: Outstanding!! Easy set-up. Very real feel to the action. The training sequences...while repetitive, don't get too boring really. Love the way you can affect your boxers appearance with training! Customization gives you something other than just beating the crap outta people to look forward to.

MULTI-PLAYER: Poser-types that sit in the middle of the ring with a loaded haymaker are everywhere online!! That bread & butter style of gaming is the reason why games fail online. Hooray for you poser!! You found a way to win 99 out of 100 times with some junk-boxing that steals the realism and the fun from an almost perfect boxing game.

Great game in STAND-ALONE, totally frustrating in MULTI-PLAYER. You make the call.

Note to EA: Just get rid of the Haymakers! Increase the damage done by someone walking into a punch and you will have achieved the desired effect of that stupid Haymaker system. Also...please give up on the right analog stick punching system. The learning curve is too high for it, it gets changed to the button configuration by most people anyway, and it was just a bad idea in the first place. I know there was a push to incorporate that previously useless analog stick, but just because you can do something...doesn't mean you should.

Close to Perfect

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I was never a fan of Fight Night games, nor any type of boxing games. The last boxing game I owned was Mike Tyson's Punch Out. However, after purchasing a PS3, I did some research to locate a game that would best show case the power of the PS3. My conclusion was FNR3. I had very high expectations of this game and I must say that most of my expectations were met.
Pro's:
Amazing graphics (skin texture, and sweat).
Great customization to creating your own boxer.
Great Soundtrack (hip hop).
Con's:
Occassional frame rate issue.
Load screens take a very long time.
Customization takes a long time to load, especially when browsing through the different hair styles.
Soundtrack library is too small, only about 10 songs. But this will change once Sony releases a Firmware that allows for custom soundtracks.

Overall, I was very pleased with this game, and enjoy it. Learning curve is about an hour. The various game modes are fun. Split Screen "Get in the Ring" is a cool feature if you want to go up against a buddy. But I personally don't like the "Get in the Ring" mode, although, it's a nice feature exclusively for the PS3.

Fight Night

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I guess this is one of the best games avaliable in the market for PS3. It is realistic, and fun 2 play.

Fight Night Round 3

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: September 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

You want to get a punch for the first time in your life? Then take this one...

Play this all the time

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 28, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Before I start reviewing, let me say that I play video games 4-6 hours per week (not a hard-core gamer). And I have always preferred racing and hand-to-hand combat games more than strategy or roleplaying ones.

Things I like about Fight Night Round 3 (for PS3):
- All the various kinds of punches that you could hit the other boxer with
- The boxers's behavior is very real (the wincing, the tiring, the sweat etc)
- This game never gets repetetive, even if you fight the same boxers over and over and over again
- Soundtracks are pretty good (very boxing like)

Things that could have been better:
- Graphics: Even though the sweat looks very real, the blood doesn't
- Graphics: At times, my boxers arm seems to pass through the other boxers body

So to sum it up, even though it doesn't have top notch graphics, this game is very immersive and satisfying. It should make you wanna beat the hell out of the other boxer :)

I have 2 games at the moment - this and Resistance, but I play this all the time.

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