Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing PlayStation 2
Metascore
33 out of 100

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 13 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 13
  3. Negative: 10 out of 13
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  1. Game Informer
    68
    If you tough it out, there are rewards. Just be ready to bleed. [July 2002, p.82]
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  2. Games Radar
    61
    With precious little true depth and a distinct lack of quality boxers to topple Tyson from his in-game mantle, you'll just not want to put in the hours at the gym. [PSM2]
  3. Yahoo! Games
    50
    It's not all bad, just needlessly frustrating. Once you get your head around the controls and deal with some of the flawed game mechanics, Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing becomes mildly enjoyable.
  4. PSX Nation
    40
    An arcadey boxing game that doesn’t measure-up to Midway’s years-old "Ready 2 Rumble Round 2."
  5. Gaming Age
    33
    The game is a mess from the opening bell to the K.O. punch. As for differences between the two versions, nothing was touched up for the Xbox version, and both games are virtually identical.
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly
    32
    Trying to master the game's unintuitive control system (with 12 different types of punches) was making my head spin, until I realized that mashing buttons and "circle strafing" my foe produced great results most of the time.
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  7. PSM Magazine
    30
    A collection of terribly constructed animations, horribly limited replay, and a create-a-boxer mode that's shallower than it first seems. [Sept 2002, p.31]
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  8. netjak
    30
    The "big" draw, aside from the fun cheating Mike Tyson parts, is the damage textures applied to the face and the little blood spurts, and sweat coming off your boxers face after he takes a punch...Once you take so many hits your boxer will go from bruised, to cut, to Face Critical! Whoopty-doo. One feature doesn't make your entire game, Codemasters.
  9. IGN
    26
    An all around mess of a game, Mike Tyson Heavyweight Boxing is officially one of (if not THE) worst examples of digital boxing we've ever seen.
  10. GameSpot
    25
    Quite possibly one of the most confused games and most definitely one of the worst games to be released so far in 2002.
  11. TotalGames.net
    20
    An absolutely listless piece of software, which fails on almost every level to convey the action of its subject sport. If the big man himself sees this, he’s liable to bite the Darling brothers’ ears off.
  12. Maxim Online
    20
    Pathetically boring.
  13. Official U.S. Playstation Magazine
    20
    There are many flaws. The fighters move as if wearing cinder-block shoes. [July 2002, p.101]
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User Score
3.2 out of 10

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 2
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 2
  3. Negative: 2 out of 2
  1. W.W.
    0
    This game is a load of rubbish - if you want a boxing game buy fight night.
  2. KimÖ.
    2
    Fun...(about 1 hour)This game SUCKS!!!
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