But this one stands out in my mind, it just looked and played wonderfully. It has an innovative fighting control system that heavily relys on the rythm of your fighter. You control the punches by moving the R2 stick around in distinct patterns. I found that while you are in the middle of completely wailing on someone, the R2 stick is great because it keeps the rythm of the fighter going...if you are lucky enough you will accidently hit one of the huge hit patterns and go into a first person "I'm going to knock your a$$ out" mode where your opponent can only see you and your giant gloves hitting his head repeatedly until you fall down.
The game doesn't have a lot of in-game characters, and only a few more are unlocked (some big fat guy and that guy from the Under Armor commericals...we must protect this house guy). Although I have been doing some searching and you can use Create-a-Champ to build models of boxers such as Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, and others even Vin Diesel, haha.
One really cool feature is the ESPN Classic mode where you can replay historic fights using the current characters in the game.
I really like this game and me and my friends play it all the time, but if you don't have the friends to play, maybe this is just a rental. But if you got friends to like to fight vicariously through this game, then definately pick it up. It somehow became our new party game.
