Boxing Legends
Reviewed by Dyson Turner
Boxing Legends of the ring was a well-rounded boxing game.
You had a great cast of middleweight Legends to chose from,
good graphics and an overall good game. Plenty of boxing
buffs who think the Middle Weight class is the best will
like this game. Sports fans in general will like this breath
of fresh air because we are too use to seeing, boxing games
like Evander Holyfield, and Greatest Heavyweights. This game
is based on your actual skills and boxing no how, and not
cheap combos like the as fore mentioned games. This game
impressed me from start to finish, and it is one of the best
Genesis Boxing games you can have in your collection.
Story
Most boxing games follow the same type of story. You getr
the fight the best fighters of all time, you are a literal
nobody who just so happened to get 30 wins and 10 knockouts
in your short career. You have to fight the best there is
and was greats like Lamotta, Both comings of Sugar Ray
Leonard and Robinson, Graziano, Duran, and any a few others.
Some greats that are in the middle weight class today, who
were out when this game was created like Roy Jones Jr. and
Oscar Dela Hoya were not present in this game. Really you
don't have too many young guys, most of the guys are from
the early 80's and back.
Graphics 7/10
The ring had an appealing look to it. The background and the
signs out side of the ring gave you the feel that you were
in a real prizefight. Their were HBO signs and Las Vegas
signs every where that is if you looked pass the opponent
who was in your face and breathing down your throat. The
sprites were huge and highly detailed al though everyone did
have the same body frame, which was cut up. The punches and
the connection time were perfected to a science, and
flurries came out of now where at any time. The characters
moved pretty fast and much like real boxers so you had to
stay on your toes to dodge some of the deadly combinations
thrown at you. Some of the faces looked a little cheesy and
unrealistic, these were usually on the created guys, the
real guys looked pretty good though.
Sound 6/10
The song in the beginning of the game reminded me of music
that was pretty much found in most side scrollers at the
time. During the fight all you heard was the ring of the
bell, and the grunts of you or your worthy opponent. The ref
did his part to, he said fight, counted to 10, and knock
out. Other than that there weren't any voices or taunt calls
from the fighters. The crowd was live and energetic and they
were pretty fickle, one second they would cheer for you and
the opponent. The sound department went well with the
graphics on this game and all the thuds of the punches were
time perfectly with the animation.
Game Play 8/10
This game was for 1 or 2 players. You had a nice list of
boxers to chose from, which I mentioned above. Each boxer
had their real life strength and weaknesses, like Lamotta
was a slugger who ignored blocking and was quick, exactly
like the games version. Their were 3 modes of play,
Exhibition Career, and Tournament. Exhibition was where you
selected the options like round length, TKO rule and the
camera perspective. Then you selected from the 8 available
fighters, or you can use your password for the created
character. The season mode is where you make your own
pugilist. You give him everything name nickname, look, skin
color, and what types of punches do he throws best, and how
much power will be behind those punches. Then you get a
super punch. A super punch is given to you at the beginning
of each round, you can tell you have one if a small boxing
glove is next to your name. You have 3 different types Super
Uppercut, Super Hook, and Super Overhand. The maximum you
can get is 3, and they do a hefty amount of damage. When you
first step into the ring your first opponent will be
Kinikini a fake boxer just to test your skill on. Everyone
after have is random, as you go up you can look at your
opponents stats, the first guys stats will be low, but the
top guy will have his true to life stats, maybe even better.
At first the game seems easy but like most the farther you
get the harder your opponent gets. After you beat each guy
you will have to fight him in a re match and their a little
harder the second time around. The last mode is a tournament
this mode will only be used once you win the career mode,
you will be given a password to use here. The difficulty is
adjustable and there is a password feature.
Overall 8/10
This a excellent game and one of the best boxing sims money
can buy. The replay value is high with a friend you can
battle for hours in grueling battle to see who is the best.
You can have all those dream fights with guys like Leonard
vs. Robinson, Duran vs. Toney and others. The fun factor is
high too because this was one of the first boxing games that
had a real innovative create your own boxer, where you can
assign him the power behind each punch. My only gripe with
this game is the fact that their aren't that many boxers in
it, only 8 greats, some home made guys with a 30 or so man
season, and no rematches would have been great. It gets a
little tedious when you got to fight the same guy countless
times. Al though it is still complete without, this also the
tournament mode could have been more innovative than it was
as well. If your looking for a great boxing sim that
features middle weights this is your only choice.
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