Fight Night Round 3
Xbox- Publisher: EA Sports
- Release Date: Feb 23, 2006
- Also On: PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Fight Night Round 3 is a fantastic boxing title that really delivers the action in a realistic way for fight fans, and those discovering the sweet science for the first time on their home console.
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This complexity demands your total concentration, resulting in an all-consuming gaming experience. You're gonna lose hours to this game.
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Game InformerRound 3 certainly doesn't shirk in the gameplay department one bit, as it has everything Round 2 offered and more. [Mar 2006, p.98]
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Official Xbox MagazineEven though Fight Night Round 3 for Xbox isn't the jawbreaking work of staggering genius that the 360 version is, that doesn't mean it isn't a great game. [Apr 2006, p.74]
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Play MagazineFight Night Round 3 takes the sweet science of boxing to bloody new levels, and he results are certainly impressive. [Mar 2006, p.40]
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It's far more than just a really, really good-looking boxing game; it's a little glimpse into the future, and a remarkably good yardstick for ongoing reference.
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The best boxing game in the business keeps getting better.
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The gameplay is far more balanced than the previous two games, and the graphics are excellent for current-gen and have more detail than their predecessors.
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Despite the less-impressive graphics, the game holds its own with its balanced fights, new punches, and replayability.
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A great contender for anyone looking for the most realistic boxing simulation currently on the market.
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Fight Night round 3 doesn't radically change the series but the gameplay is so incredibly solid that the game is still heavily recommended.
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A mostly realistic boxing simulator that's just a few sparring matches short of the title.
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EA has proven that they still believe in the original Xbox, as Fight Night Round 3 is a solid, full-featured title that is worth the money.
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One of the finest sports titles on the Xbox platform.
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Official Xbox Magazine UKFor pure boxing realism, Fight Night Round 3 takes the crown. The way you can bust out little jabs and finish off with a crunching uppercut, or bat away a badly timed hook and follow through with a breath-stealing gut-punch is spot on. [April 2006, p.78]
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Take the great graphics and mix it up with the innovative HUD-less fighting system and solid boxing engine and the result is an excellent boxing game that is at the top of its class.
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The moment when your uppercut lands squarely on the chin of your opponent and you see his lifeless body collapse to the ground feels perfect, and you feel like a champion. No other boxing game has ever recreated this so faithfully.
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One round of the next-gen version will make you realize that graphics are a major part of sports games, so I would only recommend the current-gen version if you don't own a 360.
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A game to convert even the unworthy to boxing, Fight Night Round 3 will have you quite literally thumbing your way to heaven.
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Admittedly, most of the improvements and updates found in Round 3 are merely incremental, but they're still enough to warrant stepping into the ring for another bout.
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This is a good fighter but it could have been much better. Still, the game is entertaining, challenging and looks good.
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Edge MagazinePlagued by imbalance, the Round 3 career can serve up over 50 bouts before one goes the distance. The new stun punch – a thunderclap of a haymaker – helps to ensure first to third round knockouts for the vast majority of fights. [Apr 2006, p.82]
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games(TM)It may well be beautiful to look at, but the fighting engine, although improved, is so similar to that of Fight Night Round 2 that series veterans may feel somewhat aggrieved when faced with essentially the same videogame. [Apr 2006, p.112]
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AceGamezFight Night Round 3 delivers in all the areas that are important in a boxing sim; it brings the big names to life with luscious graphics and gives them form and ability, with a well-made control system and decent game mechanics.
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My beef, however, isn't with the lame blood effects or the unauthentic venues in ESPN Classic mode, no no; it's with the damn product placement.
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Round 3 Isn't the huge improvement that "Round 2" was compared to Round 1, and the lack of AI and the impoverished career mode is a disappointment. That said, Round 3 is still one hell of an addicting multiplayer game.
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During the career mode you can have a rivalry that becomes so fierce it actually gets added to the ESPN Classic's section.
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It's a step back from Round 2, but still delivers a knockout to the competition.
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The sound effects are unbelievable in both versions, conveying a sense of impact completely unique to Round 3. Staggering punches don't just look painful, they sound painful.
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#64 Most Discussed Xbox Game of 2006
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 19 out of 23
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Mixed: 0 out of 23
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Negative: 4 out of 23
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BlazeS.Mar 20, 2006its the best game in the hole wide world and it better then the rubbis ps2 the xbox better.
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ScottP.Mar 2, 2006