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Hard to control, I guess it isn't half bad

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 19
Date: November 10, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I rented Victorious Boxers over the weekend and I could say I diffiantly have played better games. You play as this guy trying to reach the top of boxing. The game is mildly frustrating because of the controls, it is very hard to move around the ring. Most of the guys you fight are way better than you, basically your guy is a piece of CRAP! The punches are hard to master. The thing that really got me was that it said on the box you would be training your guy to make him better but all you do is box people who are better than you. The graphics are okay but it doesn't make up for its horrible game play. It's fun to knockeople out though. If you don't have a life and you're a loser please go ahead and buy this game!

SO REAL IT HURTS

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: November 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The boxing genre has recorded a handful of hits ranging from the age old classic Mike Tysons Punch Out!! to the current heavyweight champion Knockout Kings. If not for Empire Interactive's keen importing eye, what is being heralded as "the most accurate boxing game ever conceived" may not have made the journey to American soil.
Even though it is drawn in a goofy anime style, Victorious Boxers' gameplay is as realistic as it gets. You wont find special moves, a health meter, or any video game fixations in this title. The design reflects the highest degree of realism. If you throw to many punches, you will feel your character tire. If you let your guard down and take to many hits to the head, your character will stagger, and struggle in his delivery. Through precise analog movement, you'll dance, bob, and duck like never before.
All of the punches, including slip jabs and uppercuts, are inplace with a unique delivery system. Depth is also represented with an interesting story mode, and over 40 characters from four different weight divisions.I had the lowest of expectations for Victorious Boxers, but once I got my hands on it I couldn't put it down. I think you will agree this is exactly what the boxing genre needs.

Better Than KO Kings 2001

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: November 21, 2001
Author: Amazon User

(...)This game is probably the best boxing game out right now for the playstation 2 and far surpasses Knockout Kings 2001 which was a huge disappointment. The graphics of the charachters are very well done and the realism of the game is well done as well. When you stagger your opponet he stumbles across the ring and when you knock him down he crumbles to the canvas. The trainer in your corner gives you advice throughout the fight and the more fights you win the more secret features you can unlock. Very realistic, very enjoyable, a worthwhile purchase.

The most realism to a boxing game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

The best boxing game so far. Delivers everything so much better than knockout kings. After practicing with the analog stick, you get the hang of the control after about five fights. The game is hard to master but fun to play. I still like the Knockout Kings series, but this game is everything that the Ps2 version of Knockout Kings 2001 should have been znd what knockout kings 2002 tried to be. If you are impatient and unwilling to learn you probably won't like this game.

GREAT GAME

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

THIS game is a big surprise. It is one that at first i was not sure about but once you start playing, you cannot put the controller down. This game is good for single play and fun for everbody in the multiplayer mode. This game brings some interesting things to the table. FOR example, midway through the game you must fight a black bear. This is a very chalenging game but well worth the money.

The best boxing game since Punch Out

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 25, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Punch Out has always been the king of the Boxing game. It is true we have had Ready to Rumble, George Foreman KO Boxing, HBO Boxing, and more. But none of them ever had the heart or pure joy and difficulty that Punch Out had, until now.
Victoriouse Boxers is based off an Anime or Manga of the same, or similar title. YOu start off as Ippo, a young feather weight trying to discover himself in the world of Boxing. LAter you play as some of the other guys in the same gym and so on. You face many, many boxers, from muscle bound brutes, to speed demons. At first you can rely on just beating into submission but later you need to build skill, I am not kidding when you get to later matches and get beaten within seconds because you don't know how to dodge right.
COntrols are very fluid and easy to master, one little recomendation though, set the left analoge stick to Expert (For full movement) and the L1 button to sway (So basically you hold L1 and use the Analouge to dodge).
The graphics are amazing, and the arenas are very well done to.
The sad thing is though is that this will go overlooked because it has very little advertisment, and even worse came out around the same time as Grand Theft Auto 3, and or FInal Fantasy X.
THis game is highly recomended, and like I said, this is the most fun Boxing game since Punch Out.

Reward Excellence - Buy this game and not KO Kings 2002!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off by saying that you cannot get a few appreciation of this game from playing it a day or so..you need to literally play hours to fully grasp all the nuances. Forget the story, it is ridiculous, and just concentrate on the actual boxing. The game utilizes the analog stick in a way EA Sports with KO Kings 2002 could only wish to. Your defense in this game depends totally on timing, knwing when to duck and when to sway. One weakness is lack of blocking, but overall that does not take away much. Still it should be added to the next version since no boxing game is complete without it.

This is very much a thinking man or woman's game..each opponent has a different style which causes you to utilize your brain in order to figure out strategy...For instance, one boxer is very tall and rangy..he keeps flicking out the jab and if you go in swinging he counters very effectively. In order to have a chance, you have to figure out how to draw him in and then counter yourself.

As for KO Kings 2002, that game is nothing more then a glorified ready to Rumble. It is simply button mashing and a discrace after previous efforts. In KO Kings once can land well over 100 punches every round while in Victorious boxers you are lucky to land 20..that is how real boxing is.

So buy Victorious Boxers and ignore KO Kings..it is the only way EA will get the message that they cannot peddle [junk].

Full of Redundancy...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: April 07, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I am wondering why Sony even let this game published for their PS2. This game is nothing but repeat. It gets boring when you reach to the 1/3 of the game because you know you're going to play the same thing over and over.

Game Control - No Good.
Game Graphics - Could be better.
Story Line - Boring.

I don't really care if this game derived directly from the Japanese comics. The comic is good and the story is well developed, but the this game is aweful! If the game maker of this game is trying to use the Top 5 Comic book to advertise their boxing game... The game is poorly designed and will ruined both Sony and the comic artist's reputations.

Not Since Mike Tyson's Punchout...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 11, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Has a boxing game been this much fun. Previous attempts by EA to put a realistic boxing game on the market have failed miserably, but thankfully the makers of Victorious Boxers have come through. This game requires skill, a sense of timing, and strategy, something uncommon in other games. Button tapping will get you nowwhere as I found out. The graphics are unbelieveable, (think Hot shots golf meets Final Fantasy 10), the sound track fits the game play and really compliments it. Even watching someone else fight is enjoyable. If you are a boxing fan, a sports fan, or even just like good video games, I would recommend putting victorious boxers at the top of your list

Good boxing game...Much like the anime series Hajime No Ippo

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: May 14, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Just like the series it's derived from, the story mode of the game pretty much mirrors the sequences of opponents he faces. If you've watched the anime and already know the opponents, it's interesting to see them fight in the game and actually try your hand at beating them. Mashiba has that nasty flicker jab and Hayami has that annoying shotgun punch.

As one reviewer said, set your left analog stick to expert control and use the L1 for sway. You can control Ippo much, much better that was. The default controller settings leave much to be desired. I think most people who complained about the controls never bothered trying to change the settings for them or even the camera angles to suit their fighting style better. After setting the left analog stick to expert and sway to L1, I fought alot better and covered more ground around the ring. Fighting-wise, it's a pretty well balanced game with the standard straights, hooks and uppercuts plus some special moves per boxer. You will do alot of bobbing and weaving in this game as there is an absence of blocking which is too bad as that would've made this game better especially near the last opponents who become very, very challenging. I really, really like this game and recommend others to watch the series to appreciate the game a bit more.

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