FaceBreaker PS3 Demo
Navneet Prakash, Aug 05, 2008 1729 hrs IST
This is boxing of a different kind; the kind where the boxers range from the weird to the bizarre, all in true animated glory.
Fight Night Round 3 was a really polished product - a game with highly detailed graphics and Fight Night's popularity has led to many spin-offs but none as popular as Facebreaker. This is boxing of a different kind, the kind where the boxers range from the weird to the bizarre, all in true animated glory.
FaceBreaker is boxing for a more casual guy, with simple controls and easy knockout combos. I just played the PS3 demo this morning and was really impressed with what I saw. Read on to known my initial impressions.
Summary
Facebreaker (FB) is a simplified boxing title but don't confuse simplified with easy. The controls are easy, one button for jab, another for a Haymaker, same goes for defending. The developers made sure that one need not struggle to land a single punch on the opponent. Fight Night was more of a simulation to boxing, using the analogs for various punches was a great idea, but the controls had a steep learning curve. In FB, you can simple punch the upper body or lower body by pressing the associated button, no need to make semi-circles with your analog stick.
This is an arcade version of boxing with over the top characters, in terms of style and design. The demo offers three default characters Ice, Steve and Sparrow. Steve is an overweight Zorro wannabe, Ice looks like a coldhearted killer and Sparrow is a sleek and skinny female boxer.
You can also create your own boxer, which is really good fun but more on that later. I choose Ice initially cos he reminded me of Appollo Creed and played the game on easy, there are 4 settings - easy, normal, hard and practice. As I mentioned earlier, the controls are easy so you get in the groove from the first punch.
The basics apply here, jab, jab, duck, jab, haymaker and repeat. As you punch your opponent you can also grab him and shove him in the corner, if done right you can stun the opponent, which leaves him vulnerable for a few seconds. This is the time that you land a few successful punches and land a facebreaker. A facebreaker move is the finisher; it means total annihilation, think of it as an animated fatality.
To land a facebreaker, you need to fill a bar that represents your momentum (my guess). There are 4 blocks that get filled as you successfully hit your opponents without getting hit. Once the bar is full, you press Triangle to hit the first haymaker, and then you have to time your second and third haymakers. The third haymaker is called the FaceBreaker and it basically turns the opponent into pulp. Blocking is quite easy but if the opponent gets a hold of you with a few quick jabs, you need to parry your way out.
I had a few interesting face-offs with Steve, the fat guy can move and even teleport. Steve has this special ability to teleport short distances and surprise you with a powerful throw. Steve always manages to stun you at higher difficulties and lands quite an amusing facebreaker. We have seen only a few characters from the FB world, I am sure that there are many more unique and weird characters ready to unleash their might in the full version.
The demo also allows you to make your own boxer and upload it online for the FB community. The FB community can then download your boxer and use him to play. I can already see at least 50,000 boxers with branded silk shorts, oh!! Viral marketing thou art a heartless bi$%h. You have tons of options while creating your boxer; you can literally choose every possible detail about your boxer. EA is pushing the community aspect of the game very strongly with loads of new features to be available with the full game. A Peter Moore model is available for editing as well, so in case you have any grudges against the guy, go crazy.
The visuals are simple and clean and look like a more polished version of Team Fortress 2, which isn't bad. More on the visuals and presentation once the full game is out. To summarize the feel and style of the game, it reminds me a lot of Def Jam Vendetta: Fight For New York, which is a good thing. I have high expectations from FaceBreaker, I think it will be a good fun game, something that we will enjoy playing and may be creating as well. Lets hope the game is released soon. Oh the demo matches last only 2 mins, so get used to getting knocked out very soon at hard settings! enjoy.
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