Anyone Play Fightnight II on Playstation?

[Tom Yum]

I don't play video games as much as I used to, but I was invited to play Fightnight II on a friend's play station. It was incredible!

You can pick fighters from the likes of Marco-Antonio Barrera, Miguel Cotto, Evander Holyfield, Muhammed Ali and more. The game designers knew their boxing for sure. As you fight you hear sports commentary and if you fight on the game like you sparr in the ring, you hear them call out your style. Its cool. I recommend anyone who trains in boxing play this game!

For example, I was playing as Holyfield I jabbed my way in to Ali's inside and worked short right hands upstairs, hooks down stairs and up.

The announcer said something like "Holyfield is working his jab to get inside! He's using good 4 and 5 punch combinations to pressure Ali!! Holyfield is hitting Ali downstairs, this could slow him down later in this bout!"

Ali has some slick moves, like his bolo punch. He's got an elbow punch that looks like a short hook but its definitely an elbow! Ever now and then, he'll start counter punching by leaving an intentional opening, steping just outside of your shot and firing right back.

I beat him by Judges Decision.....WOOHOO!!!

[fozzy40]

Yeah, it's a pretty cool game. I have almost the whole series of EA sports boxing games. I like that in career mode you can challenge other weight classes.

[Britt]

I've been trying to play it, but it's been consistently rented out every time I go to the rental shop. I've tried so many time I'd actually forgotten about it, but I'll stop by the store again this week.

[Britt]

I went to rent it again yesterday and the damn thing still wasn't there, so based largely on your recommendation, I bought a used copy. Following is my 5 cent review.

My first thought was "playing this boxing game is friggin' harder than actually boxing"; the first Ali-Frazier rematch in nearly 30 years did not go well for Ali. At all. Ali fared only marginally better against Frazier than I would have. In fact, nothing went well for Ali until I fought him against a featherweight, and it was still a close match. It wasn't until I played the training game that I finally got the point that you were supposed to stick a combo and move, and if you went in too aggressively you'd get pummeled.

After I sort of got the hang of things, I designed my own boxer: light heavyweight Paddy "Crazy Legs" O' Furntur, the Pride of Dublin, Ireland. Unfortunately, Paddy was a power puncher with no stamina and little footwork who couldn't take body shots too well. Paddy first got his arse handed to him by Roy Jones, Jr., so I decided to try him against a welterweight. Paddy then said "no mas" to Roberto Duran, so I decided to try him against a featherweight. After Diego Corrales schooled and repeatedly KO'd my boxer, who outweighed him by 60-70 pounds, I decided to temporarily retire Paddy back to bouncing the woozy virtual drunks of imaginary Dublin pubs to rethink whether he truly wanted to pursue a career in professional video game boxing.

It took a while to get the hang of, but it really is a great game. Most boxing games have exactly four punches that don't really vary, but this allowed you to slip, bob and weave realistically and to throw your punch from anywhere you draw your hands to, which powers your punches accordingly. The funniest thing about thie game was that I found myself doing the same things I do when sparring (throwing lots of jabs, keeping the opponent at a distance with jabs, throwing a jab to the midsection and then a cross when he drops his hands), as well as making the same mistakes (neglecting hooks and uppercuts, headhunting too much), and the game announcers commented on it. The best fighting game I've played in a long time, maybe ever, and I'm proud to say that by bedtime Ali, under my tutelage, took Frazier by KO in the 5th.

[Tom Yum]

Originally Posted by Britt

I went to rent it again yesterday and the damn thing still wasn't there, so based largely on your recommendation, I bought a used copy. Following is my 5 cent review.

My first thought was "playing this boxing game is friggin' harder than actually boxing"; the first Ali-Frazier rematch in nearly 30 years did not go well for Ali. At all. Ali fared only marginally better against Frazier than I would have. In fact, nothing went well for Ali until I fought him against a featherweight, and it was still a close match. It wasn't until I played the training game that I finally got the point that you were supposed to stick a combo and move, and if you went in too aggressively you'd get pummeled.

After I sort of got the hang of things, I designed my own boxer: light heavyweight Paddy "Crazy Legs" O' Furntur, the Pride of Dublin, Ireland. Unfortunately, Paddy was a power puncher with no stamina and little footwork who couldn't take body shots too well. Paddy first got his arse handed to him by Roy Jones, Jr., so I decided to try him against a welterweight. Paddy then said "no mas" to Roberto Duran, so I decided to try him against a featherweight. After Diego Corrales schooled and repeatedly KO'd my boxer, who outweighed him by 60-70 pounds, I decided to temporarily retire Paddy back to bouncing the woozy virtual drunks of imaginary Dublin pubs to rethink whether he truly wanted to pursue a career in professional video game boxing.

It took a while to get the hang of, but it really is a great game. Most boxing games have exactly four punches that don't really vary, but this allowed you to slip, bob and weave realistically and to throw your punch from anywhere you draw your hands to, which powers your punches accordingly. The funniest thing about thie game was that I found myself doing the same things I do when sparring (throwing lots of jabs, keeping the opponent at a distance with jabs, throwing a jab to the midsection and then a cross when he drops his hands), as well as making the same mistakes (neglecting hooks and uppercuts, headhunting too much), and the game announcers commented on it. The best fighting game I've played in a long time, maybe ever, and I'm proud to say that by bedtime Ali, under my tutelage, took Frazier by KO in the 5th.

LOL!!! Glad to hear about your man, Paddy - I am imagining Peter "Hurricane" McNeeley.

I am going to buy the game soon (rather than playing it at my friends place...and making him owe mee beers)

I too have noticed that once you get the hang of the controls, you're own fighting style kicks in. I use the jab alot to open up 4-5 punch combinaitions, hook off the jab, wear the body down but trying to remain elusive while damaging the computer. Then getting inside to finish off with hooks and short straights. My weakness, well timed counter uppercuts! Got thrown off several times.


I've done well with Hollyfield as a cruiserweight and Winky Right as a middleweight. When I played with Winky, I lost a round to Miguel Coto even with a 26 lb weight advantage but won a decision; its hard to win by KO. But as in real life, Coto has great timing and toughness...lol.

[hEmPY]

Did anyone played rocky legends? Id rather buy this one, lookin at the videos, then fightnight. Fightnight's good too.

Speakin of the games. Heard of tekken? I love that game. I tried virtua fighter evolution, mortal kombat deadly alliance, but it just dont fits tekken. They got everythin but realistic fights, you know? Tekken is N1 at fights. They've got even boxer there. Even a bear! LOL Any style u wish. Try it.

[MAMA_Boy]

I thought that Soul Caliber 2 and Virtua Fighter Evolution were really good. I've owned almost all of the fighting games on the market. Oh yeah, and Dead of Alive series was awesome too. And not just cause of the fighting.