Good game, some constructive feedback – Boxing Star Review

This is a fun game to play, though it has some limitations. It’s clear you gain a big advantage if you can pay for gold, allowing you to quickly level up your equipment and skills. However, for free to play you can make up for some of this with intelligent gameplay (learning how to dodge your opponents attacks effectively) That being said, it only works up to a certain point. IMO, the jabbing AI is broken, making it nearly impossible to beat an opponent stronger than you. For uppercut and hook heavy opponents, with better skill you can learn the patterns to quickly avoid punches and then counter them. This gets harder as the opponents skills get better and more diverse, but it’s still possible to beat them. However, for a jabbing opponent, weaving becomes almost a foolish thing to try (which the game also tells you), and even if you manage a weave your opponent will invariably dodge your counter hook or uppercut. Now, the game tells you guarding is the best method in order to wear out a jabber by knocking his endurance stat down and making him slower. In my experience though, this doesn’t matter...I will guard out a jabber to lower endurance, and then when I try to hit him back with a hook or uppercut the opponent STILL invariably dodges them. So basically my boxer is too slow no matter what I try, and a loss is all but guaranteed. The only way to really counter this is to make your boxer stronger/faster...and, well, that takes time for those of us who are t throwing money at the game. Another nitpick, the promoter matches don’t give you any indication of opponents skills prior to the match. So if I happen to be matched up with a jabber, then tough luck I guess. Knowing ahead of time at least would give me the chance to change out equipment/skills to better match up the opponent. All that being said, this really is a fun addictive game. Opponents are often challenging but usually beatable (except the jabbing opponents). Free to play is a grind but patience does pay off.
Review by -->thatguy<-- on Boxing Star.