Product Description

EA Sports: Fight Night Round 3 PS3 Knocking out the competition, EA SPORTS Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing videogame experience to the virtual ring. Featuring exclusive content including a comprehensive ESPN Integration package, film quality graphics and a new first person mode called Get in the Ring, the PLAYSTATION3 version continues to innovate on the hit franchise. Get in the Ring mode allows gamers to experience the fight through the eyes of the boxer. This is the closest a gamer will ever come to getting into the ring and trading blows with the greatest boxers of all time like Oscar De La Hoya, Muhammad Ali and many others. For the first time ever, gamers will truly experience the sensation of the sport with visual and audio effects like ear ringing, restricted vision, flashes of bright light, color shifts and blur effects that simulate the sense and feeling of getting punched. Imagine trying to recover from Ali's lighting fast jabs when you can barely make out his glove through a blinding barrage of flashes and blur. Tapping into the power of the pLAYTSTATION3, the EA Canada development team has come up with new ways to make the boxers look more photo realistic than ever before!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3154 in Video Games
• Brand: Electronic Arts
• Model: 15311
• Published on: 2006-12
• Released on: 2006-12-05
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platform: PLAYSTATION 3
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .50" h x 5.25" w x 6.50" l, .30 pounds

Features

• 3 new Impact Punches, with high risk and high reward - put down your opponent or get knocked on the canvas. Players are only one punch away from the entire dynamic of the fight changing!
• Clench down on that mouth guard, rookie! Super Punch lets you feel the impact of a devastating punch, as the boxer's face ripples from that blow
• Design a fighting style all your own, and see how you match up against the authentic signature styles from the world's best fighters
• Establish rivalries by intimidating opponents before the big fight with heated press conferences, trash talkin', and fights at weigh-ins
• Watch ESPN Classic footage of real-life bouts or re-create the greatest fights from past and present

Amazon.com

The king of the virtual ring is back! Garnering high marks from gaming critics, EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 is now ready for the Playstation 3 entertainment system with new exclusive features.

Game Storyline
Knocking out the competition, EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing experience to the virtual ring.

Photo realistic graphics make for an amazing experience. You'll see the sweat on your competitors' bodies fly off as you hit them! View larger.

Crushing blows can change the tide. View larger.

Realistic opponents. View larger.

Seeing stars yet? View larger.

Multiplayer split-screen action. View larger.

Featuring exclusive content including a comprehensive ESPN integration package, film quality graphics, and a new first person mode called Get-in-the-Ring, the Playstation 3 version continues to innovate on the hit franchise.

Gameplay
Get-in-the-Ring mode allows you to experience the fight through the eyes of the boxer. This is the closest you will ever come to getting into the ring and trading blows with the greatest boxers of all time like Oscar De La Hoya, Muhammad Ali and many others. For most people, getting that close is, by far, close enough.

For the first time ever, you will truly experience the sensation of the sport with visual and audio effects like ear ringing, restricted vision, flashes of bright light, color shifts, and blur effects that simulate the sense and feeling of getting punched. Imagine trying to recover from Ali's lighting fast jabs when you can barely make out his glove through a blinding barrage of flashes and blur.

Key Game Features

• Get in the Ring: Rely on your instincts in this PlayStation 3-exclusive game mode that allows you to fight through the eyes of your boxer from the moment he enters the ring.
• ESPN integration: ESPN raises the bar with this all-new level of integration only available on the PlayStation 3. Get the latest scores and news with ESPN Motion's streaming video content, live ticker updates, ESPN Radio and ESPNEWS.
• Split-screen multiplayer action: Punish your rival and go head to head against your friends in PlayStation 3-exclusive split-screen battles.
• Super punch: Clench down on that mouth guard, rookie! Players will feel the impact of a devastating punch as the boxer's face ripples from a super punch knockout.
• One punch can change a fight: Devastating impact punches keep you in the fight. Instantly trigger a Flash KO moment, Stun Punch, or EA Sports Haymaker to take control.
• Boxing's greatest rivalries: Watch recreations of ESPN Classic footage of bouts or re-create the greatest fights from past and present including Arturo Gatti vs. Mickey Ward, Marco Antonio Barrera vs. Eric Morales, and Ali vs. Frasier. Online gameplay: EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 features online play with PlayStation 3 online.

Customer Reviews

A must have for any boxing fan.
I'm not a hard core gamer. I won a PS3 in a contest and purchased this primarily because I'm a big boxing fan.
This game takes some practice to use the controls effectively and button mashing will not help. When I first loaded the game I couldn't get past the first or second round against any fighter without getting KO'd. As such I found the game quite frustrating. However the more I learned to use the various intricate controls, the more I enjoyed it. Now, this game is one of my favorites.
The game is challenging. The graphics are fantastic, especially on a HDTV. The gameplay is incredibly realistic. Matching up differnt fighters with different styles, strengths, and weaknesses, makes for endless fight possibilities. The 'get in the ring' (only on the PS3 version) is particularly engaging.
I have read complaints about the load times on this game, but they don't seem to be any longer than most other games and don't seem to bother me.
Joe Tessitore serves as the ringside announcer in the game. At least initially this is quite fun because his voice brings the feel of a real fight on ESPN. However, once you've fought a few fights, you've heard most everything he has to say and it starts to get redundant. EA Sports is definitely on the right track using the voice of an actual ESPN boxing analyst, but it future versions I hope they include a wider variety of things to be said, and also additional personalities. It would be great, for example, to hear Tessitore's television counterpart Teddy Atlas chime in during the fight. Or during a heavyweight bout, it would be great to hear commentary from the voice of Lennox Lewis or Mike Tyson.
The game does have areas which can be improved in future releases, but all in all it a great game and by far the best boxing game I've ever seen.

Very little to complain about!
Ok Here are some pros and cons
PROS
1.Very life like boxers. signiture moves were pretty damn cool i must say.
2.The sweat beads and and facial expression looks so real.
3.Game play is pretty easy once you get the hang of it.
4.The sound of the fighting is really clear such as foot movement spit flying out of the mouth.
5.Great game to play with a friend and talk smack on. lol

CONS
1.Slow loading time when trying to create a boxer. Like changing hair,shoes,gloves,etc...
2.I really didn't think EA Sports took there time on some very easy detail such as the people in the backround. They all look like ps2 people. Ps3 is much more capable of better backround graffics.

Overall this is a great game and i would say go get it!

Winner by a knockout
My 16 year old son loves this game. The graphics are unbelievably great, at times it looks almost like live action. You can see beads of sweat on their lifelike-looking skin. Definitely a game to own, not just rent. Worth the money. A real winner!