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Best Improvements Made in the Ring

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I'm a veteran of the Fight Night series, and this is a good addition to the line.

The best improvement in Round 3 is the balance of gameplay. In Round 2 the Haymaker Punch was the thing, I pretty much threw nothing but Haymakers because they were out of balance with the other punches. Now in Round 3 the balance means if you throw Haymakers you'll get caught and counter-punched. You have to be able to throw a regular hook to get in there quicker, while you throw a Haymaker hook as a counter punch. There are also Impact Punches and Stun Punches, which are both like Haymakers-on-steroids... you have to pull back crazy amounts on the punch, and then exaggerate the follow-through. If you connect one (difficult because it takes so long to develop) it can put your opponent directly into "the KO moment" where you can finish him off. Basically if you are losing a fight you turn into the proverbial "cornered animal" and get really nasty throwing Impact Punches to try to turn the fight.

The knockdowns are awesome this year. When you deliver the finishing blow the replay shows your opponent's face flesh distorting under the impact of the punch and blood comes out of his mouth in a stream. It looks and sounds even more devastating than before if that was even possible. The graphics are a huge improvement overall, but the physics of the hand hitting the face are extraordinary.

The game developer put some time this year into developing new boxing "styles." There are a bunch of different punching, defense, and stance styles. You can mix and match them in your boxer. You have to beat fighters to unlock the different styles.

The boxer creation and customization features are pretty good once again. You can customize your fighter's face, height, weight, equipment, and some stylish punches.

My complaints are pretty small. First, the cutman sequence between rounds has been changed and is worse than Round 2. Second, the Career Mode doesn't let you improve in ranks, instead it forces you to pick your next fight from a choice of three and if you win you rise in popularity until you get to a point where you can fight in the Underarmour-sponsored fight or some other sponsor like Burger King. Third, your character's physique doesn't change like in the past when you could lift weights to get bigger. Your boxer will stay the same shape for his career.

All in all Round 3 is a nice addition to the series and is certainly worth the investment to be able to box on the Xbox 360.

Addictive

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is great for some good reasons. Career mode is fun. When you make a character, they give you so many options to make your boxer unique. But, as I said in my title, the game is so addictive. I was playing just one on one quick play for like three hours straight without getting bored. This is definately the best boxing game that I've ever played. Buy this, you'll like it.

Best Boxing Game to Date

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been a fan of boxing in gereral for my whole life, from old fight tapes, books to shelling out $50 once a month to watch a fight, but this game has elevated my fandom to a whole new level. I've played absolutely every boxing game that has come down the pike in the last 15 years, from Mike Tyson's Punchout to Evander Holyfield's game all the way to the intial Knockout Kings. Bar none this is the most visually stunning game that I have ever witnessed on any platform. Everything down to the tiniest details have been included. You'll see sweat rain down after a haymaker punch, you'll see blood ooze from an open gash, it's all in the game. The game play includes the innovative Total Punch Control, which may take a few days for newbies to pick up but over all is a very intuitive punching system.

If I have one complaint about the game it would be the lack of fighters. If memory serves me correctly the final tally is 27. There are no fighters to unlock or any hidden away by codes. What you see is what you get. The create a boxer mode is great but I really don't care about making a new fighter, I want to be able to relive the battles of fighters from previous generations. EA continues to amaze me and improve the game every year, so I'll cross my fingers and hope that next year they include a larger group of fighters to choose from.

True Next Gen

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 09, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is simply amazing. One of the trademarks of the Fight Night franchise has been the amazing gameplay, and that is still there. In addition, this game looks almost photorealistic. It certainly has the best looking digital people I have ever seen.

If you have an xbox 360, you MUST get this game. There simply is no better way to see the power of your console. And besides, it is great fun. Especially things like the hay maker moves are great fun, since they keep even seemingly stronger oponents on their toes...

I am not a boxing fan by any stretch of the imagination, but this is a must-have game.

Still lots of fun but not much different from NFR2

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: April 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I played NFR2 (Night Fight Round 2) and gave it 5 stars on the last review. NFR3 (Night Fight Round 3) for Xbox 360 is still a lot of fun but it is not much different from NFR2. I believe this game was released so that people could play it on Xbox 360 with better graphic on HDTV but the content and mechanism are almost exactly the same as NFR2.

Overall, if you have played NFR2, still love it, and want better graphic, then NFR3 is definitely a buy. If you're bored of NFR2 and expect to see something a lot better, bigger, and different from the next sequel, I would not recommened to buy this game because you might be disappointed!

If you are a newbie to NFR* and a boxing fan, this game is a must to have. It is the best boxing game so far on the market.

I gave it 4 stars just because there isn't much different from the last release for Xbox. (But it is still very much fun to play).

Enjoy the game.

FNR3 shows the power of the 360

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Fight Night Round 3 lets you pick up the gloves of either a legend known or your own boxer that you have created so he can battle his way with blood, sweat, and determination from the minor leauges to become the ultimate champion.

Pretty basic boxing story, and it's right to the point. You can use the analog stick to aim and co-ordinate your punches (for instance you actual make an uppercut motion on the analog and your boxer actually does an uppercut) or you can set it up so that you have to press the buttons on the X360's controller to punch. You can grab, give headbuts and punch peoples pieces (both illegal moves), block, or and lean to dodge attacks.

Throughout the game you earn money which can be used to either buy new gloves or other equipment that will help your stats, or buy a more skilled and expensive trainer to give you higher stats while working out. Thats another thing - in order to get faster or stronger you have to hit combo dummies, punching bags, and lift weights.

You fight in various pay-per-views and other sponsored fights by big names like Under Armour, Burger King, and Dodge to either win belts, unlock online achievements, become more popular, earn a shoot load of money, or unlock new equipment.

Lets talk boxers now. There are ALOT of big name boxers that you can battle or play us such as Muhammed Ali, Evander Holyfield, Roy Jones Jr., Sugar Ray Leonard, Bernard Hopkins and many more. There are also random, made up boxers for the 60+ fights you'll have to trudge through to be the best. In FNR3, any one of these people could become your rival meaning they will hate you and challenge you over and over and over again.

During matches, just like real boxing, if you take damage you have to heal yourself. This includes placing ice on a swollen ice or taking care of a cut. If you fail to do these, your boxer becomes weaker and unable to throw decent punches.

Graphics are excellent. You can see each particle of sweat dripping down & off your enemy, blood pouring out of cuts, broken noses, hair swaying as punches are thrown, lights pounding down on both the crowd and boxers.. its amazing and really makes it feel like the boxers are actually not in a game but are really battling it out in front of you. The arenas are great - and though the crowd attendants are sometimes recycled - they look realistic as well. Easily a 10.

The soundtrack to this game can be annoying, but its still good. EA Sports did a great job liscensing real life musciains like Akon & Sean Biggs to perform in FNR3. It really fits and it helps pump up your & your fighter for his battle. The sound of a fist pounding into the face of your oppenent, then his jaw cracking as you destroy him with a hook, the sound of his blood squirting out of his mouth, his cry of pain & anguish, and finally the sound of his body slamming into the canvas is GREAT and extremley rewarding (especially if your a heavyweight and fighting a welterweight). I love it.

Three downfalls to this game is the fact that everything seems to tire your boxer out. For instance, you'll throw a quick jab, your enemy will block, and your guy will just stand there staring stupidly for a few seconds giving your enemy a chance for a counter hook. Secondly, when you reach the higher 30s in age, your character becomes old and useless - he literally loses stats after each fight and becomes bald. They make it seem like he is thirty years older than he really is, and forces you to retire him. Finally, if you care about your boxer's appearance then doing speed training is a bad thing - I had a boxer who had a solid & tight 6 pack, I did one session of speed training and he had a loose gut. I was forced to lift weights for three sessions to get it back. Its not really that bad but kind of annoying.

I'm not a big sports fan, but Fight Night Round 3 is filled with so much content and plain fun that it's easily one of the most addicting games the X-Box 360 has to offer. Sure it can be repetitive, but each fight is more rewarding then the last - especially when you drop a rival, earning $10,000 and taking his title - and just watching your created boxer rise to the top is just so satisfying after all the hardwork you put into him. I highly suggest you buy this game

"He won't be coming back from that one in a hurry"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

What a great game. I am a boxing instructor and love this game. The graphics are fantastic. The characters actually look like the boxing legends they are supposed to portray. The ability to make a character in your own image is kind of creepy to see. If you take a little time you can get it to look just like you. It gave me chills to see myself in the ring with Roy Jones Junior and Mohammed Ali. The gameplay as a heavyweight can be a little slow as the big boys struggle around the ring and seem to tire quickly. But, when the power punches come it's like you are there. The gameplay is very realistic and technically this is an acurate game. I am sure I will be playing this one for a while.

Fantastic game in every way

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: August 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is an amazing near-launch title. This game has great simple controls that take skill to master rather than just being difficult to control. Great graphics, fluid framerate, nice replays. All around the game engine is great, the only downside being that since they had to release it as fast as they did there isn't a ton of content.

Fight Night A Racist Game?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 17
Date: May 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have been playing Fight Night series since its inception. Obviously I am a fan but is the game racist? Example: in FNR2 a player could buy his entourage which entailed a Ring Girl in a bikini. The whiter the Ring Girl the more money a player had to pay. Paying for one was essential because it was tied to "stamina/heart rating". I think most players would agree that the hottest girl was not and is not (she is in FNR3) the platinum blonde who is flat on both sides and has a strange look on her face. The hottest girls were the brunettes and the black chic. The trainers: the black trainer would be free and the white trainers were most expensive. In FNR3 that is the case the black trainer is free and looks like a bum and his specialty is "nothing you get what you pay for". The lighter skinned trainer is $25K and his specialty is "strength training". The whitest trainer is $50K and his specialty...wait for it is "speed training". Are you freaking kidding me? Look I am not even black and I noticed this. Oh yeah if you have a championship fight you could only choose the flat platinum blonde for maximum rating. That's some bull.
Let's summarize the whiter the trainer/ring girl the more important and the most expensive. Tell me that's not racist? Now this is a boxing game. Come on people!

Gameplay has improved. Less ways to cheat. Example if you try to live on Haymakers you will be exhausted before the first round ends. Should help Live gameplay.

Character creation has suffered. In the previous game I could create a character that was very similar to myself but in this game I can't get it right.

Direction: has suffered. Knock downs are less exciting. Camera work is dull. Sound effects are duller than FNR2. Replays suck in FNR3. They are less of them and only the dull replays are shown like jabs - oooh jabs.

Ring Girls: look glossy and less BOOTILICIOUS. They look like drug addicts and manican like. There are only three of them. Can't EA create more ring girls or keep all of them from the previous FNR2.

Animation is duller.
Music has improved a bit.
Graphics are an improvent.
The most annoying thing is the product placement: Burger King, Dodge. wtf, who cares!

EA has a monopoly on sports games. This is the only boxing game and I kind of like it with major annoyances. I think EA made FNR3 duller on purpose because FNR2 peaked. How can they have less Ring Girls. Mass advertising/product placement. Duller animation, sound effects, knockdowns than the previous FNR2? Coincidence, I think NOT.

GREAT

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: March 07, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a GREAT game, specially if you play it with your buddies on a Friday night. Is just an awesome game.
I love fighting games, I can't hardly wait to see if EA does an MMA game similar to this one, that'll be the greatest thing ever!!!! PrideFC or UFC game with this graphics and reality!!!

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