Rocky: Legends Xbox
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67 out of 100

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4.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: A prequel to the movie Rocky, the game Rocky: Legends lets you experience all the action that took place before Rocky became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. You'll pummel your way through a variety of career modes that feature Rocky, Clubber, Apollo, and Drago. Fight in 20 venues based on familiar locations from the Rocky films, such as the Philadelphia Art Museum, a casino on the Vegas strip, a Russian training camp, and more.… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
  1. Next Level Gaming
    84
    It has the great gameplay from the original, a new story more, and still looks great. But yanking out the big online feature that made me jump for joy, I can't give the game the same score.
  2. TeamXbox
    74
    There are still a few minor issues that keep the overall impact of the game from really landing a solid knockout punch, but the game does provide boxing fans with an easy game to jump into without having to worry about spending 2 hours figuring out the controls. It’s pure Rocky fun.
  3. IGN
    71
    Though it's not going to rewrite the boxing genre the way that "Fight Night 2004" did, it still offers a more accessible gameplay engine that players should find easier to get into and easier to win with.
  4. eToychest
    40
    Another problem is the game's terrible collision detection and absurd recovery times after throwing a punch or ducking to avoid a blow.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 2 out of 3
  1. Chris
    8
    This game has a lot more sim qualities than credited for... boxing fans will be surprised at the depth involved in the actual fighting, if you're playing against a human opponent... unlike the fight night series, you can effectively sidestep your opponent's attacks...you don't have the same fluid control over bobbing and weaving and leaning, but the blocking makes a lot more sense as the block button blocks both head and body blows, without having to ridiculously switch from a high and low guard, which resulted in a three-stooges-like sequences in fight night round 2, where you would fake a blow to the body, and once your opponent drops his guard to protect his body, you go for a head shot.. does that ever happen in real boxing?… Expand
  2. BlueFalcon
    4
    The graphics, sound, atmosphere, and game concept are all pretty good. The problem here, is with the gameplay. It's way too simple and button mashy. It all but makes the great presentation pointless.… Expand
  3. VickyJ.
    3
    What a disappointment. Any boxing game with the rocky name to it you would expect to be half decent. Wrong. Maybe my opinion on this is a little harsh, after playing fight night 2004 you can hardly blame me. This game falls short on every aspect, and was it just me, did rocky seem to be graphically the worse looking character in the game ? Put it back on the shelf you can pick up fightnight 2004 for less which is the best boxing game available.… Expand