- New 'Legacy Mode' that allows players to grow the career of fighters from their amateur days to the top of the professional ranks..
- All-new physics-based gameplay engine that recreates the full spectrum of true-to-life punch impacts, giving boxers a devastating arsenal of punches, blocks and ring movement..
- An undated heads-up display (HUD) that adds blocking functionality to the existing and stamina status meters on screen..
- Realistic boxing styles based on fighters like Ali, Tyson, Frasier, Foreman that allows players to step into the ring and emulate the move of the greats of the Sweet Science..
- 2-person multiplayer functionality both locally and on Xbox LIVE, and Xbox LIVE achievments and gamer points online..
Product Description
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With an all new physics based fighting engine, new physics
driven animations, truly unique and differentiated boxer styles,
and the most impressive boxer roster ever including the return of
the legendary Iron Mike Tyson, "Fight Night Round 4" takes video
game boxing and fighting to an entirely new level.
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EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 is truly the return of the champ.
Building off Fight Night Round 3, one of the best-selling and
most critically accled games to come out at the onset of the
Xbox 360 hardware launch, Fight Night Round 4 promises to be
equally as groundbreaking and revolutionary. With an all new
physics based fighting engine, new physics driven animations,
truly unique and differentiated boxer styles, and the most
impressive boxer roster ever, including the return of the
legendary Iron Mike Tyson, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 4 takes
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Rivalries both old and new.
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Fighters from different eras & weight classes.
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Improved damage system.
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New defensive block system.
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Realistic ring environments.
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. New Physics Engine
Featuring a dramatically improved physics engine, Fight Night
Round 4 brings players closer to the sweet science than ever
before. Through these upgrades fighters are rendered more vividly
than ever and action is animated as it happens, meaning that not
only are no two rounds the same, but no two punches are the same
either. This variety in punches is most evident at the point of
impact, where players will see everything from the sweat splatter
of devastating s, to the energy-sucking effects of solid body
blows and the virtual lack of impact glancing blows may have on a
determined nent. But when enough of any punches land the
damage system built into the new physics system will allow
players to clearly see the impact on nents exactly when and
where you hit them. A bloody nose or lip, a cut or swelling over
the eye, a d forehead or shoulder; players will see them
all, and it's their choice whether to take advantage and go for
the stoppage.
In addition, the improved physics also makes for a significantly
faster gameplay experience. Along with the game's controller and
overall movement tweeks this allows player's to string together
punches into devastating combinations. Although a single punch
still has the potential to take down a rival, just as in real
boxing match, combinations and the ability to avoid them are the
key in Fight Night Round 4.
Height, Reach and Styles Matter
As in real boxing, where height and reach have advantages and
disadvantages depending on your nent and your skill, Fight
Night Round 4 forces players to use their fighters' physical
characteristics and styles to their advantage, or suffer the
consequences. these consequences come by way of fighters ability
to now fight effectively in close, as well as from a distance.
For example, shorter fighters are often faster than taller
nents and tend to do better on the inside against taller
fighters, but they must get inside first. If they choose to fight
at a distance, the advantage is lost. Similarly, height and the
assumed longer reach that goes with it is a sizable advantage,
but only if a fighter "fights tall," that is stand up straight
and utilizes the jab and other punches to maintain the optimal
distance to from nent that allows him to hit and not be hit
in return. Slouch and/or abandon the jab, and the reach advantage
is lost.
New Heads Up Display Adds Blocking Ability
In addition to the traditional Heads Up Display (HUD), which has
always provided Fight Night players with a visual representation
of the changing and stamina or their fighters, Fight Night
Round 4 adds blocking to its HUD. Designed to both provide an
ongoing way to monitor your fighter's ability to defend himself
when not punching and facilitate action during rounds by
encouraging players to develop additional defensive and offensive
skills, blocking is yet another realistic addition introduced by
Fight Night Round 4. When players lose the ability to block
punches they can not avoid punches thrown by nents and must
go on the offensive or take the punches. Blocking ability, as
well as and stamina can be replenished between rounds by
assigning points accumulated for action in the ring to any of the
three physical states/abilities.
Roster of Fighters
Fight Night Round 4 features a large roster of fighters from
multiple eras and weight classes. Made up of more than 40
fighters this elite group provides players with the ability to
not only relive past and current rivalries, but to also create
new ones across time to solve the question of who is really the
greatest of all time. Just a few of the fighters that players can
expect to take into the ring include: Mike Tyson, Muhammad Ali,
Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Roy Jones Jr., Manny Pacquiao,
Lennox Lewis, Sugar Ray Leonard, Winky Wright, Eddie Chambers,
Ricky Hatton, James Toney.
Key Game Features:
* Physics Based Gameplay Engine - No fight will be the same with
an all-new physics-based gameplay engine that recreates the full
spectrum of true-to-life punch impacts, giving boxers a
devastating arsenal of punches, blocks and ring movement. the new
physics system allows for missed punches, glancing punches,
knockout blows and for the first time ever, rough and tumble
inside fighting.
* Realistic Boxer Styles - Fight Night Round 4 emulates the
styles of history’s greatest boxers like never before. Pressure
your nent with the brawling inside style of young Mike Tyson,
bobbing and weaving to set up powerful hooks and uppercuts.
Capitalize on Muhammad Ali’s reach, hand speed and fleetness of
foot to bewilder your nent with lightning fast jabs and
straights from the outside.
* Extensive Boxer Roster - the greatest of all time, fighting in
their prime. Fight Night Round 4 lets you create fantasy
matchups, such as Tyson versus Ali, and finally settle who is
king of the ring. With a boxer roster spanning both history and
modern times, the matchup possibilities are endless.
* Online Support Through Xbox LIVE - Fight Night Round 4 features
full Xbox LIVE support including 2-player multiplayer options and
LIVE achievements and gamer points.
Legacy Mode
Legacy Mode is Fight Night Round 4's career mode. Through it
players develop their fighter from the ground up, starting in
amateur competition which progresses into a career as a pro and
may even include steps up or down into multiple weight classes to
take on new challenges. Within this mode players can either
accept the fights made for them, or create their own schedule of
nents. Either way, the goal is to rise in the ranks from
contender, to champ, hall of famer, superstar and eventually the
greatest ever. To do this players must not only win their bouts,
but gain popularity and additional prestigious matches by winning
them convincingly.