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Game Sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game sucks all the way around. Not near as fun as the other ones with mike tyson.

Not worth the money or the time

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 9 / 9
Date: August 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I like many who bought this game am a boxing fan. With EA Sports pulling it's sucessfull simulation "Knockout Kings" off the ps2 platform, I was left to look elsewhere for "sweet science"(boxing) action. After months of looking and finding just old boxing games or cartoonish boxing games I thought I was out of luck. Then came "Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing". I had always liked Mike Tyson and remembered playing "Mike Tyson's punchout" for the Nintendo Entertainment System so I decided to buy.

When I got the game home I was very excited because the graphics looked very solid. However the Gameplay is another story. When I had my first fight I was appauled at how little strategy it took to fight. It was usually just stand in the middle of the ring and hit buttons to knock over your opponent. However, if you do get knocked over forhget about getting up because in some scenarios you have to hit three buttons at once. Three buttons in ten seconds! Get Realistic!

Secondly, with every fight you have you earn money to improve your boxer. While this is realistic it causes a problem because a person could just get knocked out many times and builld up to be a great fighter without winning one fight. Once again kind of a cheap thing to do.

The create a fighter mode gives many options except every face they offer looks like Tysons. Oh and when you get done creating yourself, you have the option to acctually spar(fight) with Tyson in training. If you can spar with Tyson in training why would you want to work to get to fight him in career mode. Kind of defeats the purpose.

The sound is one of the brighter aspects of this game. When fighting you will hear your corner or the audience giving you advice even though this advice is not very good or useful. This game has announcers but they only speak between rounds or after the fight when showing highlights. The referee will appear at the beeginning of the round and then dissapear. Once again NOT REALISTIC!

Overall, this game looks like it was rushed out onto the shelves to fast. The developers at Codemasters should've thought weather they wanted to make this title an Arcade game or a realistic simulation. There were no answers to that before buying this game and after buying this game I must say I'm still confused. All I can say is that the Codemasters just relied on the Mike Tyson name alone to sell this game and it might work once but it won't work again. The codemaster slogan, "genius at play" doesn't work for this game because their is nothing too genius about this game and if Mike Tyson expects to get out of bankruptcy by the sales of this game well he better hope he gets a rematch with Lewis because this game doesn't solve his problems it just causes more of them.

This is supposed to be the dumbest boxing game ever made.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: April 06, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Need I say more? It's supposed to be HORRIBLE. Buy Knockout Kings instead.

"THE GAME I NEVER STOPED PLAYING"

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: October 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Okay this is an emergency message.... dont listen to anyone who thinks this game [is bad] this game [Rocks} sure its not like knockout kings 2002 wich [was bad] anyway, but Iron Mike Tyson Heavyweight boxing is sooo awesome and is totally worth buying heres the FACTS people problably dont like parts of this game because its like nfl blits but trust me this game rocks its really hard but when you unlock iron mike tyson its a whole different story tyson makes the game soo awesome especially when you get tysons skills. it took me a while to get his skills but now im knocking everyone out.I give it five stars for good graphics,awesome fighting, and when tyson is done with an opponent he makes them look like freddy kreuger. So dont listen to negitive people who say that this game [is bad] IT ROCKS!

Beware ...

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: July 21, 2002
Author: Amazon User

...You may not have to guess how I feel about "Mike Tyson's Heavyweight Boxing". It is a horrible game and was no fun at all. The graphics are pretty good and the control method is quite a good idea but the game itself is very frustrating and ridiculously hard. Even after I used a cheat to unlock Tyson, I still got pounded and KO'd by Audley Harrison within 30 seconds.

I'm really disapointed because I have been waiting for this game to come out for months and now that it has I wish I hadn't bothered.

There are much better fighting games on the PS2 but unfortunately it is still lacking a good boxing game.

THIS IS A TRUE HALF STAR GAME!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

this game [is] bad. i bought this game with some doubt in my mind. i should have listened to all of the bad reviews it recieved. i read maybe 3 review that gave the game less than a 3 outta 10...

the gameplay: i thought that the game didn't use the power that the PS2 could put out. the fighters looked as if they were just punching accross the other fighter. plus the worst feature was when you got KO'd you had to hit the triangle, square, circle and the x in a certain order to get back up and if you didn't then you were out. i also thought the game should have had some more reputable names, hell i would be happier if TYSON was on the KO kings from now on...

my words of advice: don't look at, don't buy, don't rent, and don't borrow from your friends

yours truly,
trooperdeex

MTHB Rocks

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

The first time i played Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing i was like wow. the graphics are great,there are a variety of modes and they are all pretty fun, and the features are nice too. the controls are weird at first, but i got used to it in about half an hour. the actual fighting is realistic, but it has an arcade feel, which is a good thing. when i play as Iron Mike, i feel like pounding my opponent and i usually do so the fun factor is there. if you like fighting games, more specificly boxing games, you should buy this game. this game is a heavyweight champ just like the guy its named after.

Review the game not the man.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 03, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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I have the game and think its a great game after a few days of battling my way through to the harder players with my custom boxer.
If you enjoy to have a game which will last you a lot longer than KK2 then why waste your money on anything else except a good game "Mike Tysons Heavyweight Boxing".

No question....better than all the rest!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Easily the best boxing game out there! The controls take a while to get used to and right at the start you're only provided with a few fighters. To play as the other big name fighters, you have to really work for it! At first, even the fighters that the game already gives you are hard to beat. As for customizing boxers, it's superior and unprecedented to all the other games...you'll see!!!

Cons, just like KK2002, there's no clinching!! so if you're in trouble you have no choice but to block or bob and weave. Also, you can't move quickly around the ring, which means you can't stick and move with your jab like in KK2002. The commentary could have been better. But basically, those are the only things that KK2002 has on this game!!!

If you're a boxing fan..this game is a MUST. Realistic fighting at its BEST! Remember, this game is tough to play at first. It took me hours and hours to get used to the games speed and controls, but i finally beat and unlocked everyone...Tua, Holmes, Witherspoon, Grant, Johnson, Rahman and Tyson! This game effectively combines the art and the brutality of the sport.

One strange thing, when i finally beat iron mike and unlocked him...i notice that when i played as him...i got pummelled by all the other big name fighters in the next game mode and even during exhibition mode!

I guess like in real life..iron mike in his new game is not the invincible foe he used to be.

Mike Tyson's Super Prison Break-Out!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: July 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Why would somebody name a product after a cheater/ woman-beater/ goober like Mike Tyson?

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