I've completed the movie mode of Rocky on the easiest difficulty setting... it's pretty good, with a lot of different boxers, and it got tough sometimes, even on easy.
But it was weird how it goes through the story. It starts off with the first fight at the beginning of the original Rocky. Normal enough right there. But then, Rocky fights a series of fights that we never see in the movie, with each being more important than the last. It's like an alternate way of seeing how Rocky might have moved up in the boxing world. But then comes the Apollo Creed fight, and we see the scenes from the movie in an FMV... it's like none of those other fights have happened.
Stranger still... it's possible, apparently even required, to defeat Apollo in the first match. The game doesn't do anything to acknowledge this, and proceeds to the Rocky II section as if Rocky lost.
Rocky II starts of with Rocky fighting in more seemingly imaginary matches, again in increasing importance. Out of place though. since he didn't fight anyone but Apollo in the sequel. All in all though, this is one of the more normal parts of the game.
Rocky III gets strange again, though. At first, you fight some of Rocky's title defenses from the intro of the movie. But then, the part where you lose to Clubber doesn't happen. You just get the cutscene of a newspaper saying that Rocky's trainer had a heart attack, and the announcer mentions that he's now being trained by Apollo. It's pretty much treated as the first match between the two fighters.
Rocky IV is the most normal series of fights, except for the announcer for the Drago fight seeming out of place.
Rocky V is the strangest of all, though. It has Rocky going through another series of fights, including Union Kane (sp?) in regular matches. All this despite the fact that he's retired and never fights again in the movie aside from that last street fight... which is portrayed in basically an outdoor boxing ring in the game, probably so they didn't have to change the gameplay style.
Overall, the game is pretty fun. Took longer than I thought to get through it, though. I'd estimate around 25 matches before the game is over. You can beat the easy mode with button mashing most of the time, but I doubt that's going to work on the harder settings. I'll probably have to start using some more strategy from now on.
After each fight, you can train Rocky twice in several different categories using mostly entertaining mini-games. The better you do, the higher his stats increase. You can have him train automatically, but you can usually get better results playing the games yourself.
There are several other game modes I haven't really tried, like a tournament. You can also match up any of the unlocked fighters, creating some really interesting fights.
But it was weird how it goes through the story. It starts off with the first fight at the beginning of the original Rocky. Normal enough right there. But then, Rocky fights a series of fights that we never see in the movie, with each being more important than the last. It's like an alternate way of seeing how Rocky might have moved up in the boxing world. But then comes the Apollo Creed fight, and we see the scenes from the movie in an FMV... it's like none of those other fights have happened.
Stranger still... it's possible, apparently even required, to defeat Apollo in the first match. The game doesn't do anything to acknowledge this, and proceeds to the Rocky II section as if Rocky lost.
Rocky II starts of with Rocky fighting in more seemingly imaginary matches, again in increasing importance. Out of place though. since he didn't fight anyone but Apollo in the sequel. All in all though, this is one of the more normal parts of the game.
Rocky III gets strange again, though. At first, you fight some of Rocky's title defenses from the intro of the movie. But then, the part where you lose to Clubber doesn't happen. You just get the cutscene of a newspaper saying that Rocky's trainer had a heart attack, and the announcer mentions that he's now being trained by Apollo. It's pretty much treated as the first match between the two fighters.
Rocky IV is the most normal series of fights, except for the announcer for the Drago fight seeming out of place.
Rocky V is the strangest of all, though. It has Rocky going through another series of fights, including Union Kane (sp?) in regular matches. All this despite the fact that he's retired and never fights again in the movie aside from that last street fight... which is portrayed in basically an outdoor boxing ring in the game, probably so they didn't have to change the gameplay style.
Overall, the game is pretty fun. Took longer than I thought to get through it, though. I'd estimate around 25 matches before the game is over. You can beat the easy mode with button mashing most of the time, but I doubt that's going to work on the harder settings. I'll probably have to start using some more strategy from now on.
After each fight, you can train Rocky twice in several different categories using mostly entertaining mini-games. The better you do, the higher his stats increase. You can have him train automatically, but you can usually get better results playing the games yourself.
There are several other game modes I haven't really tried, like a tournament. You can also match up any of the unlocked fighters, creating some really interesting fights.
"I will do this. Nothing in my life matters except this. No moment in my life exists except this moment. I am born in this moment, and if I fail, I will die in this moment. - Raistlin

