FaceBreaker (PS3 Preview)
While the last Fight Night still occupies first place in the hierarchy of the simulations boxe rare outings on current consoles, the slope parody of this kind is still awaiting a worthy representative. It remembers indeed Ready 2 Rumble, the last reference to date and, before him, the mythical Super Punch Out released on Super Nintendo. A credo vacated Electronic Arts intends to deal with Facebreaker, as developed in its studios in Montreal. Some boxers Caricature, blows that are not less spectacular and gameplay are the menu of this production EA Freestyle. From fun but not that ... quite the contrary.
Breaking your mouth!
Before embarking on the conquest of five titles from "Fighting in bars," we strongly advise to engage in a little workout. This is what mode Bats Up! Alongside the traditional exhibition matches against the computer or another player (local). For the gameplay FaceBreaker plays the card of hammering buttons and gives rise to clashes extremely nervous. The first duels against the console and quickly saw the massacre, the latter linking with ease jabs and hooks to a crazy speed. We must therefore become familiar as soon as possible with the possibilities of counter and esquives to avoid being KO at the end of the first round. By holding down the R1 our boxer block indiscriminately blows ups and downs when it comes to strikes simple. But to avoid the guard break better anticipate the level of the coup to put an evasion or against good sense. The duck is done by keeping the keys square (X) or round (A) depending on the trajectory of coup opponents and allows direct-attack against releasing the pressure. As against it convenes at the same manipulation at the difference it is accompanied by a pressure on the R1 button.
On the side of the offensive, the presence catch melee still offers a bit of diversity in all this apparatus of moves. Accurate in the corner, the player will get to reversing the situation with this argument. In the middle of the ring, it will send his opponent back to the ropes history to take a little distance. Finally, to close this chapter on orders, the triangle button (Y) is assigned to the powerful blows: the breaking, first of all, allows as its name suggests to break the opposing guards; most powerful and ideal for a close combo, the breaker can be launched when the power indicator gaining a level (each set of two blows), thence to the next level, just the ground breaker breaker and sky, two devastating blows even more crushing the opponent into the ring or projecting into the air and finally the famous FaceBreaker can engage only when the power gauge is at its maximum and ends the match, leaving the victim choir on the ground, the eye haggard.
The size of the previous two paragraphs demonstrated, FaceBreaker offers a nice arsenal of orders and therefore promises clashes as turbulent as technical. In any case, what we naively hoped before facing the console for the first time. Because once between the strings of the ring, an uncomfortable feeling of helplessness does not move forward. The onslaught of boxer opposing one another, linking the face jabs, hooks to the belly, equipes, breakers and taken melee but could not reach, as a first step, both to anticipate the speed of lightning blows east. We must therefore go through numerous and serious setbacks before they can compete with IA. Particularly frustrating insofar as dressing and colorful caricature of FaceBreaker promised more fun than tension. Even the mode of difficulty "Feroce" the weakest, will sweat more than one. In short, it certainly would have been wiser to slow the pace of trade to allow the player to raise his game and thus provide a little more technical in the fighting.
Let's get ready to grumble!
It is hard to take pleasure in winning five titles from "Fighting in bars." If every boxer met requires the adoption of a particular strategy will require yet countless cash-stuffing pifs before they can implement it. A problem purely empirical and fichtrement evil determined that some bruisers early part will give you a lot of twisting over other, more advanced in the game, you appear strangely less tough. Also it is frustrating that as it may be difficult mode "Fighting in bars" gives an honest life for those who have the patience and blood cold chain dozen fighting proposed.This is not necessarily the case mode two players who suffer for its mechanics on the title. Indeed, once cordoned off mode Bagarres in bars "and released the full rings and boxers, the title has already delivered most of its secrets to the player alone. Therefore, faced with a friend FaceBreaker has unfortunately does not have a sudden upsurge of interest. The combos eventually all be the same and, after some parts fun, gradually. Without being uninteresting, fighting lack of variety and game sessions shorten by fatigue.
Too bad, because FaceBreaker got no shortage of good ideas. First its laudable intention to reconcile a caricature style with a list of commands opening more opportunities than the average games of the genre. Then, a tool for creating characters rather atypical since it allows the use of the camera (PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360) to make the portrait, and model its avatar from its own traits. One thing is rather rare, if the result is not as resembling, it is clean and well done. Note also that it is possible to share their creations with other players online. The game also offers a "Royal Sofa", in other words a tournament for the evening with friends. Nothing extraordinary, but a possibility that there are unfortunately less and less in Games castagne. Then, the inevitable way of online game is well on the program but, at a time when we write these lines, servers are still deserts. At any humour is also a pervasive, varied fighting styles and characters to design fun. But fatigue has unfortunately because of all these good intentions. Hard to dwell on a game whose resources are being depleted so quickly.
Conclusion
FaceBreaker had many strengths as a successor to justify Ready 2 Rumble as a worthy representative of the game of boxing parody. A good variety of techniques to use in the ring, senior figures in colour, humour tool of the most original character. Unfortunately, too want to make their way nervous and spectacular developers EA Montreal have forgotten to exploit its potential. The fighting ends quickly by all look alike and it is very difficult to play with a minimum of finesse fault in a frenetic tempo. Worse still, facing the console duelling become crispants both dazzling shots and the difficulty evil determined to bring little hope of the player. A title that lacks balance, despite a fishing undeniable.
