Fights flow from the story naturally and include specific story related conditions, such as not punching with a particular hand that's broken or winning a prison brawl by knockout only. With a full cast of well acted characters, a great script including every boxing movie cliché there is and slick production values to bring it all together, the story is a compelling rags to riches tale brimming with action that never feels tacked on. Instead of just being a series of increasingly more challenging bouts strung together to give the illusion of a story, it instead delivers a full narrative, concerning the journey of Andre Bishop from rough-round-the-edges wannabe to heavyweight champ of the world. Perhaps the biggest addition this time round is the brand new champion mode.
Fight Night Champion is the slickest and best looking boxing sim currently available and the closest you'll get to feeling like Ali without having to ruin your good looks. The heavyweight champion of boxing games returns for its fifth round on the PS3, with an all new champion mode and plenty of tweaks and improvements to the usual bevy of features.
