FaceBreaker

by Electronic Arts

Product Features

• Enjoy the satisfaction of deforming your opponent's face by throwing a flurry of combos from all over the ring. Add insult to injury by bringing their defeated head home to display in your Trophy Room for the whole world to see.
• With easy-to-use gameplay controls, string together haybreakers, face shots, and body blows until you find the right moment to drop the most nasty punch in your arsenal - the FaceBreaker.
• Twelve outlandish characters - each with unique attributes and special attacks - are ready to throw down in a moment’s notice. Do you have the guts to step in the ring against them all?
• Throw your hat in the ring during the most extreme boxing tournament. Put your skills on display as you battle past every character, earning belts - and ultimate glory - along the way.
• Create boxing's next legend using more than 60 image sliders, plus a full color palette and a closet full of costumes.

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0016BY0FI
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5.2 x 0.8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: September 3, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,574 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #4 in Video Games > PlayStation 3 > Sports > Boxing

Product Description

Platform: PLAYSTATION 3

This isn't your mama's fighting game. This is FaceBreaker, an all-out, hit 'em where it counts arcade boxing game. Put your onions on the line by calling out the most disrespectful fighters around, and see if you have what it takes to dominate the most hazardous boxing video game since... never. Whether you’re a hard-as-nails fighting machine or laying the smackdown for the first time, pound your most hated rivals into the canvas in FaceBreaker, where only the strong survive.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed..., September 17, 2008

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M "M" (AR) - See all my reviews

= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: FaceBreaker (Video Game)

Thought this game would be great considering the push they put behind it with the commercials and all...not at all though. Let me jump right into what makes this a terrible game: First and by far the most annoying thing, your hand and wrist will almost lose feeling in them just playing this game for one bout, mashing square and X buttons as fast as you can round after round. Next the graphics in this game are absolutely pathetic IMO. They took the cartoony look too far and most of the characters just look clumsy and stupid in the ring. Next is there is no strategy or depth to this game, like I said before you basically use square, X, and R1 over and over and over. I say there is no depth because by your second or third fight you'll have mastered all the controls you'll need! Another thing is the difficulty level to me is unbalanced, this game is extremely challenging at easy level many times. It took me several tries to beat some of the middle boxers. Which I like a challenging game but not at the easy level, when I just want to beat up a boxer for a little while and blow off some steam. Anyway, one cool thing is the Facebreaker "bout ending" punches which you build up after landing 3 or 4 combos. Overall: DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS GARBAGE!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Stick with the Demo, November 16, 2008

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Chuck "Memento mori" (United States) - See all my reviews

= Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: FaceBreaker (Video Game)

EA stated their desire to bring back the arcade puncher games with this game, and they did. Except instead of costing a quarter for a game you'd play once, they want [...]. It's kind of entertaining, the kids like to bash each other with the customized boxers they made but the game is boring. Like said previously, it's a button masher. The faster you mash the buttons, the better you'll do. You can have about 95% of the game experience from the demo version. Don't buy this game new.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's not that bad..., December 16, 2008

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HCS0001 "HCS0001" (Houston, TX) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: FaceBreaker (Video Game)

I stand by my decision when I say that this game is lots of fun to play! Maybe it's the mindlessness behind it all- but this game has grown on me and deserves to be played at least once with friends and family members.

What I perceive to be shinning points for the game are the loony graphics and insane specials. It's entertaining to watch and execute massive combos and parries simply by pressing a single button. Of course it's a very primative approach, but I believe that it's perfectly fitting for a game this absurdly fast paced! (I mean that in a good way...)

As far as flaws- I'll just put it like this: "AAAHHH MY WRISTS!!!!". Being a fighting game fan, I believe that this game is addicting at times, but the button mashing get's physically tiresome after 2 bouts. There's also no story mode that could've helped in the game's attractiveness.

All in all, this game deserves a chance. Just make sure to take plenty of breaks in between bouts...

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