A leaderboard tracks statistics meticulously, and a great focus is put on the prestige of victory, such that a notification pops up every time the top-ranked player in each weight class appears online.
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The ability to download other players' boxers is just the tip of the iceberg while there is the expected exhibition bouts - both ranked and unranked - you can now create your own "gym", essentially a faction of sorts, or join other people's, and even start feuds with other gyms. As impressive as the stellar Champion mode, though, is how much effort has been put into the Online offering this year its highly comprehensive, competitive nature suggests that EA are fully committed to its longevity, and there's the hope that players will respond by returning to it for a long time. The real problem is that, in light of the far superior Champion mode, it feels utterly redundant, and some of the training stages are confusingly presented, resulting in more than its share of infuriation. Solid enough though utterly unoriginal is Legacy mode, a more generic career-type offering in which you either create a boxer or edit an existing one, taking them through a mechanical calender of training, resting and fighting, as you gain points with which you can level your fighter up. Perhaps the ability to select a character to take into the mode would be welcome next time, though. While a few of these restrictions slow the game down and feel tiresome, the mode is mostly good fun and definitely a step in the right direction. Early on you'll encounter various context-sensitive challenges, ranging from having to fight with just one arm to having to, in one of the game's more frustrating bouts, protect your eye the entire match. What really separates this from a generic career mode is the attempt to tell a story this cut-scene heavy portion of the game is highly cinematic even if it essentially regurgitates every boxing film cliché known to man. As before, you can dive straight into Exhibition mode and recreate some all-time classic fights, but the game's main attraction and most radical enhancement is the addition of a Champion mode, in which you play a down-and-out boxer named Andre Bishop who, after having been jailed, must fight his way from the prison all the way to the World Championship. Combined into this is a scientific approach to those moments that always catch bookies off-guard in real life the game internally calculates the likelihood of a surprise knockdown, and thus, several matches will result in an easy win simply by smacking an opponent in the right part of the face at the right time, cleverly mimicking the occasional upsets that occur in real boxing. A greater focus this time rests on the visceral nature of boxing, with the game featuring more blood and inflammation than ever before blood will seep down onto your boxer's attire, and enough heavy punches will almost definitely result in swelling and heavy bruising. As before, great care has been taken to recognise the technical nature of the sport, promoting blocking and dodging as paramount to your success, while noting the diverse styles of the roster of boxers - which now boasts a massive fifty-plus fleet - in which different strategies must be adopted for success. Not content simply to coast on the laurels of the previous titles, Champion sees a palpable gameplay overhaul, with combat now simplified to strictly defined jab and hook buttons, and a punch modifier operated by turning the analogue stick in different directions, rather than the awkward, over-complicated maneuvering required in previous games.
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While more an apotheosis of the series up to this point than an outright refinement, there is plenty here to justify a purchase.
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Fight Night Champion manages to bring some dazzling new gameplay mechanics to the table, as well as a greater focus on the pageantry and dramatics of the sport.