Fight Night Round 4 improves gameplay with enhanced movement fluidity and an expanded historical boxers roster. Boxing simulation among the most realistic of the generation. Solid before the excellence of Champion.
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Sports2 players12+
Description
Sequel to EA Sports' boxing simulation refining analog stick controls and adding Legacy mode with historic boxers. Published by EA, released in Europe in June 2009. Refined Total Punch Control, Legacy mode with Ali, Tyson and others, online career mode, over 50 licensed boxers, and improved punch physics.
Fight Night Round 4 review
MAX
Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
4/5
Music
★★★★★
"Excellent"
3/5
Story
★★★★★
"Solid"
Bodies modelled with stunning realism, sweat, bruises and ring light: every bout looks like a television broadcast. The fluidity of the dodges and the impact of the blows reinforce an almost tangible presence. This visual realism, polished and visceral, places the game among the console's showcases.
An EA Sports boxing simulation praised for its physical rendering of exchanges, a flagship of a genre now nearly abandoned. Printed widely, it stays common and lightly priced. Its collector interest arises mostly from the genre's scarcity on today's market, video-game boxing having vanished, more than from a restricted run or a real price for this specific title.
Better with friends
Boxing of rare physicality, where analog punch control gives the exchanges a weight and a readability that change everything in a duel. The competition rests on patience, dodging and positioning, rewarding composure over flailing. The local face-off, intense and strategic, raises an almost real tension each round, punctuated by spectacular knockouts that stick in the mind.
Is Fight Night Round 4 still worth playing in 2026?
Fight Night Round 4 remains one of the most convincing boxing simulations of its generation, carried by remarkable movement fluidity and an analogue-stick punch system of great expressiveness. Facing ring legends such as Tyson or Ali, in bouts where fatigue and positioning matter as much as power, delivers an authentic tension. The boxer modelling stays impressive. The title was since refined by Champion and its online servers have closed. But for the fan of the noble art, the local experience keeps a real intensity.
