Fight Night 2004
Fight Night 2004 is a Xbox fighting game released in 2004 developed by Electronic Arts. It centers on combat encounters, offense-defense reads, and character matchups, with controls and information arranged around the Duke or Controller S twin sticks, analog triggers, directional pad, and face buttons.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.3 / 10
About this game
Fight Night 2004 is a Xbox fighting game centered on combat encounters, offense-defense reads, and character matchups. Short bouts use character differences and rising difficulty for variety, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hit feedback, and readable arenas create match tension, while standard or progressive-scan video, widescreen support, HDD caching, and Dolby Digital audio need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that button mapping, move recognition, multiplayer accessories, and cpu behavior can affect balance. Platform conditions also include disc loading, the internal HDD and cache, memory units, regional language, display modes, legacy controller ports, and retired Xbox Live services affect present-day use. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Fight Night is EA’s boxing series, with professional fighters and ring legends facing off in tactical bouts. Work behind a jab, slip incoming punches and look for an opening to counter, while saving enough stamina to stay dangerous in later rounds.
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Expressive analog boxing with a slow career start.
Fight Night 2004 on the original Xbox puts punch direction and combination timing on the right stick. Once its inputs become familiar, choosing the angle and pace of an exchange is more engaging than repeated button presses, and later opponents show distinct boxing approaches. Career play begins with distributing attributes and developing a boxer, though many generic challengers stand between the player and the most recognizable licensed rivals. Face scans, swelling, cuts and convincing hit reactions give blows visual weight. Commentary becomes repetitive after several bouts. A direct comparison finds Xbox and PlayStation 2 controls very similar, with somewhat softer Xbox lighting and generally convincing collision. It does not provide a measured frame-rate claim, and the PlayStation 2-only online mode is not counted for Xbox. Players willing to practice analog punching and grow through a career have a substantial boxing game here.
Strengths
- Punch control, boxer reactions and visible damage.
Weaknesses
- Many early generic opponents and repetitive commentary.
Who it is for: Players keen to practice stick-based punches and career growth.
Play notes: Original Xbox edition excludes the PS2-only online mode.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Progression offers scope but delays the most distinctive rivals. | Reviewed | 7.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Timing and directional input make each exchange more intentional than button mashing. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Visual feedback sells the sport better than the limited commentary. | Reviewed | 8.5 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension The original Xbox build communicates blows clearly without invented performance measurements. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Electronic Arts
- Publisher
- Electronic Arts
- Release date
- 2004
- Platforms
- Original Xbox
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Sports · Primary genre
- Tags
- Fast-pacedMain Story Under 10 HoursSolo-friendlyCombosReal-time CombatReplayableMelee CombatPlayer versus Player3D GraphicsShort SessionsWar
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Single player
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Original XboxWorldwide2004
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