Posted: December 14 2005 at 6:49pm | IP Logged

Quoted from IGN:

"Oh, the EA Super Punch! Now, this super blow does not take the place of the haymaker, which is still a critical punch in the game against stunned or inexperienced fighters. Instead, by winding up even farther with the right analog stick, taking it all the way back, you let loose a very slow and avoidable animation that, if landed, will either knock your opponent out, take off a butt-load of energy, or open up the "I just got rocked" mini-game."

"In the unofficially titled "I just got rocked" mini-game, the camera switches to a first-person view in the eyes of the stunned boxer. At this moment, all you can do is put your gloves in front of your face and try to deflect oncoming punches. Usually, you just get rocked again, and consequently knocked out."

Enough with the mini-games in sports games! Am I the only one that thinks this sounds ridiculous? Unlike the terrible mini-game in MLB 2K5 ("In the Zone"), I just hope this "I just got rocked" mini-game can be disabled because I won't buy Fight Night Round 3 if it can't.

Also, it looks like MLB 2K6 is moving to an analog batting system too with their new "Swing Stick". It'll be interesting to see how well this is implemented since previous games (2K4 and 2K5) supported zone batting.