And while white supremacy may not have felt as relevant when the game launched in 2011, there’s no denying it’s made a comeback in our collective consciousness of late. His opponents are sneering racist assholes. Part of Andre’s story involves time spent in prison for a crime he didn’t commit, and while incarcerated he takes part in boxing tournaments. Perhaps the most satisfying element of Fight Night Champion for contemporary audiences is its scathing portrayal of white supremacy. In the next, you need to KO your opponent with your rehabilitated right hand to show everyone you still got it. In one fight you break your right hand and need to win with just your left. There are plot twists and character developments, ESPN segments and even Eliza Dushku! The story arc is applied to fights as well, so instead of just taking the protagonist Andre Bishop through cutscenes and vanilla matches, the game peppers in specific challenges in the fights to keep things interesting. With the exception of Longshot mode in Madden 18, none of the other story modes come close to what goes on in Fight Night. Some of you may be familiar with the story modes EA has introduced into games like Madden and UFC, all of them offshoots of the story-driven Champion Mode pioneered by Fight Night Champion. Sales of EA’s UFC franchise are robust and the sport’s popularity shows no signs of slowing down.
So perhaps we can forgive EA for deciding to make the pivot to the up-and-coming UFC brand and leave boxing on the mat. Best estimates put it at lifetime sales of under 2 million units, a paltry sum for a studio used to selling megahits like Madden and FIFA which typically number in the tens of millions.
Released in 2011, it was a critical success but not a commercial one. I’m speaking about Fight Night Champion from EA Sports. In a sports game.īut first: How did gaming get you through the pandemic? We want to hear from you! Take this quick Inverse survey. Everything about this game ages well, from the controls and mechanics to the soundtrack to the story.
Xbox Game Pass subscribers need to check out this overlooked game that caters to diehard fans of the sweet science and casual gamers who just want something a little different. It has been nearly a decade since there was a AAA boxing game available for pugnacious pugilism enthusiasts. Fans are desperately clinging to the faintest whiff of rumor surrounding a new boxing game. Even less so if you are one of the dwindling numbers of boxing fans in the world. In an era where fighting games are split between massive rosters of fantastical fighters and a UFC game with plenty of issues, there isn’t much for anyone who wants a realistic fighting experience to do.
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