Taking a trip down the Boxer's Road

UPDATE: My review just went up a couple of days ago and can be found here.

No, I haven't taken up a pair of gloves and started boxing, but I did recently recieve the copy of Boxer's Road 2: The Real that I ordered from Play-Asia. I've delved into the game over the past few days and my initial reactions are somewhat mixed. At first I had to overcome the language barrier in the game since I don't speak Japanese, but the handy english-language instuction sheet that came in the manual as well as the fact that many of the menus in the game are in english helped me quite a bit. Once I got by that and started getting into the game though I became hooked. The boxing itself is a very accurate reflection of boxing in real life and although on the surface it feels similar to Victorious Boxers for the PS2, which isn't a coincidence since its from the same dev team, the fights are much more slow paced and methodical than the fights in that game. The career mode in Boxer's Road is also ridiculously deep and allows you to plan your boxer's schedule and even choose what he eats from an extensive breakfast, lunch, and dinner menu. Being able to put your face on a created fighter, using any jpg image, is a very neat feature and one which worked surprisingly well. Anyway, if you're a boxing fan and are looking for something to play on the PSP then Boxer's Road might just be what you're looking for. Look for my final verdict on Netjak sometime around next week.