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Fighting game with boxing rocky hero and destroy enemies

Fighting with your favorit boxing rocky hero and destroy enemies.

There's plenty of source material to work with here, with plenty of clips and characters from the films. The problem is that all that great material hangs on a poorly designed fighting system, which makes the time spent in the ring much less engaging than the time spent out of it.

In Boxing Fighting Rocky, you can reenact several memorable fights from the movies. The closest thing the game has to a career mode is the historical fights mode, which lets you fight as game in 20 fights spanning all six movies. Each of these fights is precluded by a short film clip to introduce the respective fight, but beyond that there's little context for each bout.

In addition to the historical fights, you can engage in an exhibition match and play as any of the more than two dozen characters in the game. However, many of those characters are just different versions of the same person, so for instance. There's also a fast lane mode, which is a series of timed challenges with specific objectives to be met. There are 90 of these in all, and the objectives range from knocking down an opponent in less than one minute to winning a full fight in less than 10 minutes.

Fundamentals like footwork and defense are completely lost here. For one, you have to move around to regain stamina, but you can't move and fight at the same time, so if you do try to move, you'll often end up with a face full of leather. Another problem is that there's no block button. Instead, you have to hold the analog stick up or down to raise or lower your guard, or leave it in the neutral position for a basic block. The system isn't very responsive, and it's often difficult to tell if you're blocking at all. You can lean by holding the R button and moving the analog stick, which works fairly well but still results in you standing there with your feet planted just waiting for your opportunity to attack, making for a boring fight.

While in a power mood, you can knock down an opponent with a full health bar by simply landing three or four punches. Enemies are also prone to these mood swings, and when you're on the other end of an unavoidable series of punches that knocks you down out of the blue, the entire power-mood system feels frustrating and cheap. You can put an end to an opponent's power mood by punching him, but it doesn't always work and is often difficult to pull off before taking a trip to the canvas. Thanks to these power moves, you'll see a lot of falls during the average fight, and it's not uncommon to see each fighter fall five or six times in a single bout.

The game does at least look good. The boxers are all accurately modeled and nicely detailed, and they move fairly well, although each one only has a few canned animations. The characters look accurate down to Ivan's creepy, expressionless stare and hilariously dated haircut. There are 18 different venues in which to fight, and they look good and are about as varied as boxing rings could possibly be.