WorthPlaying writes: "EA Sports, the people that brought us the Fight Night franchise and massively popular sports titles like Tiger Woods and Madden have brought us Facebreaker, an "over-the-top, arcade boxing world." They really, really shouldn't have.
I love Fight Night, and Fight Night 3 was one of the main reasons for my purchase of the Xbox 360 console. Boxing and fighting games in general are one of the genres that I really love, so when a game, especially one from EA Sports, delivers so little and so poorly, it hurts me and makes me curse an awful lot.
The genre for Facebreaker should technically be listed as boxing, or possibly even sports, but it isn't. It's a fighting game, and I use that term extremely loosely. Not since Dead or Alive 4 has there been a game so utterly devoted to its own art style and overinflated ego. I even hate calling this game a "fighter." Soul Calibur? Now that's a fighter. Facebreaker is a button-masher."
The ultimate reason is both shocking and disgusting.
From the article:
"Real Steel is, believe it or not, one of the top 10 best selling games on XBox Live Arcade. Considering the prevalence of the DLC, and the number of people playing, it’s a safe bet that Real Steel has become a surprisingly steady source of income for Yukes."
So a company is continuing to update and support a popular title.
... and the problem is what exactly?
3 new games added to games on demand (albeit average games)
Stuntman
Facebreaker
NFL Tour
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GFB writes: "Facebreaker could have been a spectacular game. I couldn't help but believe that the developers made a genuine effort to create a fun game worth playing. Unfortunately, bad AI and broken elements create an ugly experience that turns most away within minutes of popping the disc in."
