Fighter Within

 Xbox One
  • Publisher: Ubisoft
  • Release Date: Nov 19, 2013
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  • Summary: Unleash your inner fighter to beat your friends with your bare knuckles. Discover Fighter Within, the next-gen game that provides you with the excitement of a real fight, throwing you into a total-body combat experience. Test your real fighting skills thanks to the next gen of motionUnleash your inner fighter to beat your friends with your bare knuckles. Discover Fighter Within, the next-gen game that provides you with the excitement of a real fight, throwing you into a total-body combat experience. Test your real fighting skills thanks to the next gen of motion recognition. Kinect for Xbox One arms the game with realistic fighting moves using 1:1 precision movement tracking. Enter a brutal, physical, and liberating world: Next-gen graphics, real-time wounds, sweat, and facial impacts in extreme arena environments and primal animations… Kinect allows you to dive into a realistic experience and really feel the fight. Enter a world of sweat, timing, and training.… Expand
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Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 39
  3. Negative: 38 out of 39
  1. Digital Chumps
    Dec 4, 2013
    64
    Fighter Within has plenty of shortcomings, but more importantly, I'm having a lot of fun.
  2. Multiplayer.it
    Dec 3, 2013
    40
    With its shallow gameplay mechanics and flawed controls, Fighter Within fails to demonstrate the potential of the new Kinect 2.0 and, ultimately, to provide an entertaining experience.
  3. Xbox Achievements
    Nov 29, 2013
    35
    Better than Fighters Uncaged, but that wasn’t too hard. Fighter Within works, and that’s the only positive thing to say about it.
  4. Polygon
    Nov 26, 2013
    20
    The game that actually came out is broken, hampered by a control scheme that doesn't work more than half of the time. This, coupled with the weak writing, means that Fighter Within does a better job of emulating the pain and frustration of actual training — rather than its rewards.
  5. Official Xbox Magazine
    Dec 11, 2013
    20
    In every respect, Fighter Within feels hacked together and devoid of interesting ideas or precise execution. The result is a game that would’ve been lousy at the launch of the original Kinect, but on Xbox One it’s just embarrassing.
  6. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Nov 29, 2013
    20
    A shambolic demonstration of motion control you shouldn't allow within a hundred miles of your Xbox One.
  7. Gaming Age
    Dec 31, 2013
    0
    We have no idea what happened with The Fighter Within. There was probably a game here at some point, but instead we got a broken, modern day re-imagining of a game from our youth.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 21
  3. Negative: 13 out of 21
  1. niknokseyer
    Mar 11, 2014
    10
    Actually this game is ok and fun. I know it isn't the game of the year but I guess the purpose of this game is to play it with friends, sweatActually this game is ok and fun. I know it isn't the game of the year but I guess the purpose of this game is to play it with friends, sweat a little and having fun.… Expand
  2. draphael111
    Apr 11, 2015
    10
    I am the fighter. I feel the blood of my foes all over my face. Oh wait...that's my knuckles hitting against the wall since the games controlsI am the fighter. I feel the blood of my foes all over my face. Oh wait...that's my knuckles hitting against the wall since the games controls are so stellar! 10/10.… Expand
  4. CAPorcupine
    Nov 25, 2013
    7
    So here's the deal. This is not a 10/10 game. It's not a 0/10 game either. If you're looking for a good game to play around with and have someSo here's the deal. This is not a 10/10 game. It's not a 0/10 game either. If you're looking for a good game to play around with and have some fun with your friends, it's not a bad choice. Don't expect a 1:1 fighting ratio in terms of your movements. It won't pick up every punch and every dip, but you can have some fun and get a moderate workout from it. It's not terrible either. The Kinect tracks pretty well for me. It's a lot like the Xbox Fitness in that regard. If you're looking for Street Fighter level depth and quality, you're setting yourself up for disappointment. Don't play this for the story, play it for the novelty and the fun of watching your movements reflect in some badass combos. I'd wait, however ,for a price decrease.

    I found it to be fun for what it was. Something I can play with friends and shadowbox like an idiot on a Saturday night.    … Expand
  5. MrB1ank
    Dec 21, 2013
    1
    This is a terrible Kinect game, and only further proof on how incompetent the device really is. Horribly story, lame voice acting, and yourThis is a terrible Kinect game, and only further proof on how incompetent the device really is. Horribly story, lame voice acting, and your movements are almost never registered. Most of the time, you won't even be moving and your character will attack anyway. Do not give these people any money; they didn't work for it at all.… Expand
  6. storygamer
    Mar 8, 2021
    0
    Fighter Within isn´t a game. At least not a finished game. Got it, drank some beers with a friend and tested it out. Nothing worked right, butFighter Within isn´t a game. At least not a finished game. Got it, drank some beers with a friend and tested it out. Nothing worked right, but fun for an evening. Nevertheless pretty pathetic!… Expand
  7. BladeStrike
    Dec 17, 2013
    0
    This is literally a waste of money. Do something useful with that cash instead.

    The kinect controls barely work correctly making it an    This is literally a waste of money. Do something useful with that cash instead.

    The kinect controls barely work correctly making it an unplayable mess. Its a disgrace to gaming.    … Expand
  8. sinadoom
    Nov 28, 2013
    0
    Fighting games and motion controls. Two things that will NEVER work. Those who think the two are made for each other clearly don't have anyFighting games and motion controls. Two things that will NEVER work. Those who think the two are made for each other clearly don't have any understanding of the complexities of a true fighting game.… Expand

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