Facebreaker Demo (x360)

[merf]

oh dear, oh dear, oh dear

what an awful horrible no brainer of a game

i loved fight night but other than EA these titles share nothing. this is a horrid generic button mashing pile of crap

that is all

[Myth]

Did you like Ready 2 Rumble as that's what the videos have reminded me of?

I'm just making my character and then I'll edit this with my impressions.

[SuperBeatBoy]

It certainly looks like it was made out of my arse. Doesn't even look as good as Ready 2 Rumble a game almost a decade old...

[merf]

ready 2 rumble was high art in comparison to this.

as was Super Punch Out on the SNES.

[FreelancePolice]

I quite liked this

It's a bit button mashey but it was certainly nice and satisfying smacking people about. Maybe one to get when it drops in price

[mrsquare]

I liked it too.

Its deeper than it looks - the skill isn't in attacking, but defending. Getting the timing down for the dodging/parrying looks like it should be fun, and I can imagine some proper epic back-and-forth fights between skilled players

I'd recommend playing it a couple of times on a harder difficulty (and reading through the 'how to play' bit in the options menu) before dismissing it completely.

[FreelancePolice]

It's getting a lot of flak cross the board. Were people really expecting a cartoon fight night? They said from the get go they wanted to make it accessible to everyone.

[merf]

i wasn't expecting fight night at all but rather an update on Super Punch Out & Ready 2 Rumble, both games which I enjoyed greatly.

this was just a shocking button masher with no refinement at all, worse thing I can say is it felt like an EA product of a few years ago, shiny tossed out drivel lacking in gameplay.

[FreelancePolice]

I just found it really easy to pick up. Like I said it is very button mashy but there was plenty of strategy needed - especially on the higher difficulty.

I'll wait for reviews but I'd happily pick this up when it drops in price.

[tom-nook]

Unfortunately, the big thing at EA this year is to make games easier to play to attract non-gamers. No skill necessary, brain in neutral.

They're doing this with some of their 'serious' sports franchises too but hopefully it'll be an option rather than an enforced thing. Personally I think they're risking getting stuck between two stools and pleasing no one.

I blame it all on Nintendo! They can pull off the family gaming thing but the bandwagon jumpers can't.....simple doesn't necessarily mean dumb.

[Shoju]

Unfortunately, the big thing at EA this year is to make games easier to play to attract non-gamers. No skill necessary, brain in neutral.

They're doing this with some of their 'serious' sports franchises too but hopefully it'll be an option rather than an enforced thing. Personally I think they're risking getting stuck between two stools and pleasing no one.

I blame it all on Nintendo! They can pull off the family gaming thing but the bandwagon jumpers can't.....simple doesn't necessarily mean dumb.

I hope this new attitude isn't going to affect Fight Night 4. Are any of the original developers involved in FN4 though?

[EvilBoris]

This confused me, I was expecting a Boxing game, but instead I got a fighting game, without kicking...

[eastyy]

downloaded the demo today.....my god i found this boring such a button basher....and really limited moves set

[ItsThere]

Bump!

Stupidly downloaded this for ?4. I got served in about 3 minutes by the first fighter...

Did anyone persevere with this in the end?

[JazzFunk]

^I've been tempted by that, too.

Is it, like, really, really ****...and is it kind of 20fpsy like that Don King game was? Or is it kinda fun???