Fight Night Round 4
Fight Night Round 4 est un jeu vidéo de boxe développé par EA Canada et édité par EA Sports, classé dans les genres sport et combat. Suite de Fight Night Round 3 paru en 2006, il a été lancé le 25 juin 2009 en Amérique du Nord et le 26 juin 2009 en Europe, sur les consoles PlayStation 3 et Xbox 360. Le titre met en vedette les boxeurs Muhammad Ali et Mike Tyson, comprend quarante-huit boxeurs sous licence et introduit de nouveaux modes de jeu tels que le mode Legacy.
L'accueil critique s'est révélé favorable à travers diverses opinions. La presse a salué l'ensemble, comme le souligne Gaming Age qui estime que le jeu peut revendiquer la citation de Mike Tyson se proclamant le meilleur de tous les temps, ou WonderwallWeb qui le qualifie de superbe titre de boxe et difficile à critiquer. De leur côté, certains joueurs sur Metacritic l'ont décrit comme un très bon jeu de boxe, l'un d'eux allant jusqu'à le nommer meilleur jeu de boxe existant grâce à des commandes et une physique presque parfaites, le notant de 8.9 de son côté. Le score agrégé du jeu s'élève à 83.32.
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Avis des critiques et joueurs
Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« 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. »
« A superb boxing title that is a must have for your collection. Even if you don't like boxing you will be hard pushed to find faults in this A+ title. »
« It’s faster, more dynamic, and more fun than the previous offering, and it does a better job of emulating its sport than just about any other game out there. »
« While Fight Night Round 4 is easily the best boxing game of 2009 and also markedly better than its superb series predecessor, the game's perfectly balanced blend of challenge and excitement, relentless action, intuitive controls, jaw-loosening graphics, and fulfilling career mean it's the best example of "the sweet science" to ever grace home consoles. »
« FNR4 is the most realistic video game portrayal of the sweet science to date as well as being incredibly enjoyable to play. It has improved upon the previous Fight Nights in every way imaginable. »
« Fight Night Round 4 is a real masterwork, a milestone in boxing simulations and a tough challenger for all future titles in this genre. If you like sports and boxing, there's not a single reason why you wouldn't own one of the best sports games of 2009 so far. »
« Round 4 kicks off the sports season with style. There are some problematic nibbles here and there but it mar for what is a solid experience. »
« Marrying physics into a boxing game is a stroke of genius. Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee! [July 2009] »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« Very good boxing game »
« The best boxing video game that exists. Controls and physics are nearly perfect. Overall rating: 8.9. »
« FNRD4's additions were fine with me. Fun game, not a technical boxing game if that is what you are looking for. »
« This is one of the most addictive sports games ever, me and my mate where playing the demo for months before I actually picked the full game up and the legacy mode was amazing and made the game even more addictive beyond the satisfaction of knocking out your opponent. Boxer customisation is also fun with the ability to create stupid looking and absurdly named sluggers. Truth is I got rid of this game because I was skint and still miss it to this day as, when I owned it, the game was played on a regular basis. Overall this is the only boxing game I've ever really got into and I would recommend it to anyone, it looks good, plays fantastic and has a strong collection of fighters to choose from, however, this being an EA release some boxers where held back for DLC......... **** that!!! »
« I sometimes had a hard time throwing the uppercut when I wanted the **** that's really a small complaint for so good a game. Once I adjusted to the control I found it to be loads of fun...addictive. »
« What the heck happened?! After the on-line joy that was fight night 3 I was so psyched for this game, talk about a let down. The fact that the whole punch control stick flick setup was forced on us gamers before the patch was just absurd. I enjoyed the career mode but most of us play FN for the on-line challenge which is just gone now. They had a great control scheme in 3 but had to go and mess with it and it really shows this time around on-line. Not only is the game clunky to play but the interface is awkward as well. The blocking has been completely ruined with it's instant timing or no dice counter method. How this game took such a giant leap backwards is beyond me, a text book example of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." If you are looking for good on-line boxing FN3 is till the only game in town. »
« Truly an awful boxing game. When you come up against difficult opponents, it becomes a counter-punching spamfest. Almost every decent punch you throw gets blocked and then you get whacked. The game also runs at 200mph making it impossible to judge your own counters. It's an unrealistic, cartoon boxing game. »
