Real Boxing wants to be the iPad’s answer to Punch-Out for Wii, but instead, well… it just makes me want to go out and buy a copy of Punch-Out for Wii again. Investing time and money into delivering an HD experience, but then not doing something as simple as having more than one face shape? It’s an utterly bizarre oversight. All of the fighters, for example, had the exact same face. The game’s visuals are fairly top notch, but even here there were some noticeable issues.
So if you’re punching yourself stupid round after round, it’s only a matter of time before the screen goes dim and then shuts off entirely, waiting for you to walk up to it, push the home button, and swipe to continue. And in the strangest technical twist, the game doesn’t force the iPad’s sleep timer off. I’ve had menu options that wouldn’t accept my tap unless I exited that menu and re-entered it. Touch controls aren’t the only technical problem, either. Training mini-games offer a bit of fun, but the opponents lack any real flair or uniqueness, leaving fight after fight feeling largely the same. The clock would tick out, our boxer would just stand there, and if we wanted to try again we’d need to force a restart.Įven if they manage to fix this bug and let players enjoy the touch controls in-game, Real Boxing doesn’t build enough around these controls to keep players engaged for long. In our time with Real Boxing, we were never able to get beyond the touch controls tutorial because once knocked out, our opponent would just lay there. But there’s a problem here too – at launch the game is pretty bug-ridden. You can really get into Real Boxing if you forgo its main selling point – that it allows you to play using real boxing. If it wasn’t for the savage beating he’s receiving, you might think he was waiting for a bus.īy contrast, the game offers an alternate set of touch controls that are spot on. But the game doesn’t track these movements nearly as well as it needs to, and you’ll often find yourself throwing your arms around like a madman while your on-screen counterpart just stands there. Punch straight up with either hand and you’ll dish out a devastating jab. Punch to the left or right and you’ll deliver a mean hook. The game isn’t trying to track 1:1 movement though – it’s just looking for you to set its sensors off in a few key areas.
The problem? It works just about as well as Kinect-style gaming on the Xbox – which means it’s spotty at best. In essence, it’s trying to introduce Kinect-style gaming to the iPad. Real Boxing uses your iPad’s front-facing camera to track a player’s movement.
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