PS3 Ratings and Feedback Part 2 - Fight Night Champion

I'm back with installment two of my PS3 Rating Blog. This week im looking at 'Fight Night Champion'. Throughout the years, EA has released a ton of fighting titles. I was feeling a tad lazy and scored this off the PS Store for $49.95. I didn't have huge expectations for this game, but boy did it deliver! Everything is spot on. The graphics are unreal, the game modes are perfect. Possibly the only thing i oppose to is the payment for items, but that's me i suppose!

Alright going through the game modes....

Champion Mode: Follow the career of "Andre Bishop" as he goes through trials and tribulations in his life in an attempt to become the Heavyweight champion. Its actually a pretty good story, great graphics as i said, though you must win and for most of the time it is way, way too easy. Doesn't really get hard til the final fight but that really takes it out of you!

Legacy Mode: Much like career mode, but with a twist. Say you create yourself as a heavyweight. You not only get to pit yourself against the current greats, you get to match yourself against guys like Ali, Frazier, Foreman and much more! It isn't a pushover, even at the bottom rung. Really pushes you to the limit. You cant go swinging hard cause the AI is extremely intelligent. So you really have to fight with your head, which is a massive improvement from other fight night titles where you could make it to the top by throwing stupid ass hay-makers. This version is much more physically and technically sound compared to the older versions.

Online content: Good but really frustrating. People go on there, try and smash you in round one, if that doesnt work, they usually give up and quit, but that isnt the game fault. The mix between server speed, performance and graphics is sublime. not something games often get right, and often something EA gets wrong at times.

Positives:

Stick control has got a major upgrade and no disadvantage if you dont have the dexterity to use the right stick, they have incorporated the different punches on the four buttons (triangle, circle, square, X).

Graphics as i said, sublime!

Negatives: They removed the Hay maker from the game! WHY OH WHY! Best punch ever is gone!


Rating: Out of all the things above i will have to give this a 8/10
The graphics are awesome, while there are a couple of letdowns, its nothing major, but if you have the spare dough, i suggest you go and buy it! Cost me $50 from the Playstation Store, probably less in store (dont ask me where though! haha)

Anyways, signing off for another week. Next time i will be Reviewing 'NBA 2k12'. Hope you can all join me then!

PS3 Ratings and feedback: Part 1 - Need for Speed - The Run

Ok, so i got a PS3 for my 21st. It's been about a week since and im up to 5 games (got two with the console), 3 remotes (one died, got one with the console), a 5 port USB hub, a turtle beach headphone and mic set, a Bluetooth earphone/speaker and a 2 controller charging deck, so i decided while i got some time, i might do some PS Review. Welcome to 'The Morrison effect's" PS3 games, parts and everything in between review series! Today im gonna review "Need 4 Speed: The Run". Over the years i have had the Xbox, pc and a PS quite some time ago and anything to do with or affiliated with 'Need4Speed' i have convinced myself i needed to assotain and buy. I had great expectations about this game but i was really disappointed by it. It took me just over 2 hours to complete the campaign, which i may add, is a little substantially different (but i will touch on that later) to previous versions of the game. The online gaming is pretty average. The connection is slow. EA in the past has wanted to flex its online server muscles but it really is listening itself down with this 'Autolog' crap. Alright, now too go into a bit more depth.



The Campaign

For many of N4S' series the campaign was upgrading the car, driving it, earning cash, rinse and repeat. The game play here is basic as you will get,. You play a person who escapes the mob, his only way to get out is to win a 250 car race from LA to New York. It offers out of the car action where you need to react by pressing buttons according to whats happening (e.g for running rapidly pressing X, kicking, pressing square etc.) which has brought much criticism but i like it, its something different and adds a different dimension then just driving all the time.

The race is dissected into 10 stages, mixed up with combinations of challenges to keep you thinking. The cops are pesky as all hell and you have to deal with the mob.



Criticism : My criticism isn't the out of the car action, its just it took me 150minutes to complete, and if you pay $88 for a game, i should expect more for my money. As i said, the net connection is grainy. It can be great for moments, then its just its clogged, so i dont think i will be touching the online play much i dont think until EA improves their servers.



What i loved: Very realistic damage wise. The damage you gain takes a toll, you can't rely on side rails to hold you up (because really, if a car is going 280km/h and runs into it, cya later car). I also think they have worked the difficulty levels wonderfully. Sometimes you find, easy is too easy, medium is hard and expert is just insane, but they have worked it well. I think the way it gets more difficult towards the end, is a bonus, keeps you well motivated to improve





Rating and Why?

6/10. I expected more from 'EA' and 'N4S', but that's the price of reputation....oh and the price, wasn't worth the $88 i paid for it, Defs worth buying but not for that much! Campaign too short, Multplayer servers too unreliable. I did enjoy the game, so it is still a pass....but not the best out there!



Until next week, im out! Leave a comment! Let me know what i should review next!



~Jimmy