Fight Night Round 4

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  • Summary: Featuring a re-written gameplay engine, EA Sports Fight Night Round 4 adds a variety of fighting styles and boxer differentiation to authentically emulate the greatest fighters of all time. Pressure your opponent with the brawling inside style of young Mike Tyson, bobbing and weaving to setFeaturing a re-written gameplay engine, EA Sports Fight Night Round 4 adds a variety of fighting styles and boxer differentiation to authentically emulate the greatest fighters of all time. Pressure your opponent 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 opponent with lightning fast jabs and straights from the outside. For the first time, EA Sports Fight Night Round 4 gives you the opportunity to pit these legendary heavyweights against one another and name a true champ. No fight will be the same with an all-new physics-based animation system 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. Fatigue, adrenaline, footwork and timing all come into play as you hammer away at your opponents. [Electronic Arts]… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 75 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 76
  3. Negative: 0 out of 76
  1. Gaming Age
    100
    Fight Night Round 4 can honestly claim to be what Mike Tyson once quoted many years ago, "...I'm the best ever, my style's impetuous, my defense is impregnable, I wanna eat his children..." Well, okay, maybe not the last part, but damn if this isn't a great boxing game! If you are a fan, you are doing yourself a disservice not picking up a copy.
  2. Planet Xbox 360
    91
    Though not earth-shatteringly revolutionary, FNR4’s additions to its Legacy Mode, greater cohesiveness and focus of its controls and enhanced pseudo-realism has made it the definitive boxing experience on both the current-gen consoles.
  3. Gamer Limit
    90
    Fight Night Round 4 looks simply amazing; never has a slow-motion blood-squirting smash to the face looked better in high resolution. Combined with a physics engine that may have no competitor and a control scheme that feels natural and responsive, FNR4 quickly fiddles with perfection, but falls short with some abusing AI and some lackluster career options, though EA Canada’s efforts are definitely in the right direction.
  4. GameDaily
    90
    A beautiful and bloodthirsty representation of boxing, as well as a superb visual showpiece for either console.
  5. Meristation
    85
    Boxing as we have never seen it. Great visuals, an amazing gameplay and a lot of fun in the most realistic and entertaining boxing game ever. Ideal both for experts and for newcomers who want to enjoy a very good game.
  6. GameSpot
    80
    Stepping into Fight Night Round 4's ring is definitely recommended if you have any interest in the sport whatsoever, just be aware that not everyone you come up against will be fighting in the spirit of the Queensbury rules.
  7. Destructoid
    70
    Try FNR4 if you’re looking for a good boxing game or want to experience the glory of current generation pugilism all over again. It’s worth it. Just don’t venture online with wide eyes and innocence. You’ll be rocked.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 29
  3. Negative: 7 out of 29
  1. gregb
    Jun 23, 2009
    10
    The most realistic boxing game out on the market. From this point forward, every fighting game withOUT physics based fighting is The most realistic boxing game out on the market. From this point forward, every fighting game withOUT physics based fighting is automatically bargain bin material! Oh and don't listen to the FN3 whiners about how the controls suck and there's no buttons. The analog stick is a lot easier to remember what kind of punches you want to throw, and is overall just great. Must buy- sports game of the year.… Expand
  2. JimG
    Jun 23, 2009
    10
    This game is stupid goodness! I've been waiting forever for round 4 to come out and its pure awesomeness. Nuff said... it could do with This game is stupid goodness! I've been waiting forever for round 4 to come out and its pure awesomeness. Nuff said... it could do with some more blood though and maybe a cheat code for biting when Ali headbutts Tyson! The boxers look out of this world amazing - best ever!… Expand
  4. helix-
    Jun 30, 2009
    10
    Improving on fight night four in many ways without losing any key points. They've monumentally improved on counter punching, and using Improving on fight night four in many ways without losing any key points. They've monumentally improved on counter punching, and using it to control the flow of the fight while improving graphics, framerate, and online content.… Expand
  5. BrandenH.
    Jul 13, 2009
    9
    I love this game the graphics are amazing the fighting styles are great the physics of the game are crazy cool. The games just takes Skill to I love this game the graphics are amazing the fighting styles are great the physics of the game are crazy cool. The games just takes Skill to be good.… Expand
  6. chrisb
    Aug 8, 2009
    7
    Not the best but there is nothing out there like this, major complaint is the sluggish controls, cant do most of the combos in the training Not the best but there is nothing out there like this, major complaint is the sluggish controls, cant do most of the combos in the training because the controls dont respond to the input, throw a jab and u might get a hook. same issue im the harder fights, i find myself throwing punches when i want to block. sadly they have not fixed any of this so far.… Expand
  7. GuyT.
    Jul 3, 2009
    6
    The main game is an improvment on FN3 with better physics and more polished graphics. Unfortunatley for these improvements there are things The main game is an improvment on FN3 with better physics and more polished graphics. Unfortunatley for these improvements there are things that have suffered - the 'mini game' inbetween rounds is boring and pointless compared to FN3. The customisation is abismal. Prize money to earn and equipment to improve stats has been removed. Training is no longer an enjoyable part of the game and the new training games are annoying and tedious compared to FN3 and I don't want to start the whole 'Button Bashing' debate again but EA's decision to alienate some of it's customers by removing the option to use Face buttons is a terrible mistake and shows the companies total disregard for it's fans. Overall a pretty good game - but not quite the Fantastic game it could've been - Shame!… Expand
  8. andrewc
    Jul 24, 2009
    0
    Just want to even things out here. Graphics are an improvement. Otherwise, the game is of markedly lower quality than round 3 and, when Just want to even things out here. Graphics are an improvement. Otherwise, the game is of markedly lower quality than round 3 and, when originality is considered, round 2 also. I didn't think the creators could produce a game more unrealistic to the sport of boxing than it's predecessors. The differences in speed and power for the fighters seems negligible, and movement is constricted. The game is basically two men walking forward flailing their arms wildly with the grace of rock 'em sock 'em robots.… Expand

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#15 Best Xbox 360 Game of 2009
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#29 Most Discussed Xbox 360 Game of 2009
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#44 Most Shared Xbox 360 Game of 2009