Fight Night Champion: To the Penitentiary and Beyond

[Steve_OS]

Jon Robinson from ESPN The Gamer, has posted his Fight Night Champion preview. You start out in... Prison.

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"When I heard "Fight Night Champion" was going to be EA Sports' first M-rated video game, I figured they were just going to play up the blood and gore factor of the sport. What I didn't expect was the game to start out in prison. That's right, prison (and it has nothing to do with Mike Tyson being in the game). But when I sat down to view a clip of the new Champion story mode last week at an EA media event, that's exactly where I found the game's lead character. There he was, boxing in prison, hands wrapped but no gloves, ring surrounded by other prisoners cheering and shouting (no visible shanking), while dressed in their orange jumpers. Then between rounds, it didn't take long for my cut-man in the corner to drop F-bomb after F-bomb, even referring to my white opponent as a "cracker." Not what I expected at all. "Essentially what we wanted to do with Champion mode necessitated this being an M-rated game," explains producer Brian Hayes. "It's a story with mature themes. Not topless mature themes, but it's gritty. Being an unlicensed sports product and being in the world of boxing where there is a lot of stuff going on ... if you're going to tell a story about boxing, it's not going to be, 'Hey, I just got an e-mail from your rival and he's really upset.' There are a lot of fighters who we drew inspiration from, and they've been through some real mature experiences. So we laid out our vision for Champion mode and we said, if we do this, there's no way this can be T."

Check out the rest of the preview here.

[Eman5805]

They're taking quite a risk. I love when gaming companies take risks. If the story isn't half-glutted, which doesn't appear to be the case, I might buy this.

[SHAKYR]

I hope it pays off. I think they should have taken a bigger and made Fight Night totally sim.

[statum71]

Good!!!!! Boxing is a grown man's sport. Let's keep it real. Just like GTA.

[mr_president]

why prison?? you can have heated rivalries without guys having records.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Career mode sounds like fun. It'll be interesting to see how it's executed. I'm really looking forward to getting my hands on the game. I still have Round 4, but it's time for an improved game.

[SouthernBrick]

Different approach to it....risky, I like it.

[JerseySuave4]

no need to make you start in prison. Just start as an amateur and work your way up like in real life.