Thrill of the Fight 2
Critic Reviews for Thrill of the Fight 2
I can understand the divided reviews to a degree. This isn’t an arcade style beat-em-up. You can’t just rock up without learning the core mechanics and expect to land a load of knock out blows. Plenty of times, it felt like my swings barely affected my opponent, while they could just step into my character model and unleash a barrage of heavy hits before I had a chance to back up far enough to even see them. It feels a lot more like an actual boxing simulator. The training videos suggest that you’ll be rewarded for actually fighting like a real boxer, rather than just flailing your Quest remote toward your opponent’s head. But I like what it’s trying to do. A game where improving your physical abilities will let you be better at the game is exactly what VR should allow. I’m going to keep playing, working out, trying to improve my own abilities. For this reason I’m happy to award Thrill of the Fight 2 the Thumb Culture Gold Award.
