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Preview  Knockout Kings 2003
- By Travis Coats
After Mike Tyson's Punch Out for the NES, it's hard to get excited about a boxing game. Even though it is over a decade old, Punch Out has yet to be beaten for pure fun factor. While no game may ever dethrone the classic, Knockout Kings 2003 looks to at least give ol' Mike the full fifteen rounds.
Below are the game's key features.
Career mode: Allows the user to build a boxer from scratch with the create-a-player feature. Develop and manage your boxer's career by building up attributes with points earned in the ring as you work your way up in rank.
Motion capture technology: Motion capture brings the boxers' movements to life. Hand animation and motion blending, give boxers extremely fluid movements and realism in the ring.
Graphics: Detailed body models and 3D face mapping technology allows EA to record every feature on a boxers face and recreate them in the game.
Facial Animations: Full facial animations let the user see the raw emotions of the fighters, facial damage and contortions from devastating combos and lethal punches.
Health: Feel the difference, a heartbeat in the controller delivers a signal to the user that he is in danger of being knocked out so he can box defensively or go for a quick knockout.
Commentary: Exciting commentary and analysis from Larry Michael and Max Kellerman.
Referees: Mills Lane and Richard Steele to help keep things fair.
Ring announcements: Jimmy Lennon Jr.
Punch control: Punch control allows gamers to unleash lightning fast punches on their opponents.
Soundtrack: Hip-hop soundtrack sets the tone as boxers enter the ring; sound effects bring the user into the ring.
10 Venues: Select from 10 new and redesigned boxing venues.
Multiplayer tournament mode: Go head-to-head with up to 8 players vying for the championship belt.
Taunting: Bring on the attitude with unique, boxer specific taunts to let your opponents know how little you respect them in the ring.
AI: Artificial Intelligence system based on volumes of data from boxing expert, Bert Sugar. Go up against the real fighting styles of Ali, Frazier, Lewis and others.
The next great thing? You be the judge when it is released this Fall. For now, view the screen shots on the right to sneak a peek.
- 7.25.2002 |
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