Limber up for The Fight on PS3 with these top tips from the game's producer John McLaughlin.
Playable in amazing stereoscopic 3D and with support for two PlayStation Move motion controllers, The Fight puts your moves, and your actions, directly into the game with an unprecedented level of freedom. Make sure you're a champ not a chump with these handy hints to getting the most out of this brand new way to slug it out on PlayStation 3.
1. Define your space
You’ll need to clear some space to play, since you’re going to be fighting and swinging your arms around. When calibrating the PlayStation Move motion controller, pay attention to the live video feed. If your hands disappear off-screen when you do certain moves, tracking will suffer, so ensure you’re always in full view of the camera and take a step back if you have to.
2. Straight as an arrow
The PlayStation Eye camera likes it best when it’s right in front of you. The more you tilt it, the more complicated it gets to track your movements accurately. Ideally, since you’ll be standing up to fight, place the camera quite high, and angle it straight on.
3. The light! It burnssss!
Stay away from very bright lights, such as direct sunlight or strong spotlights. It drowns out the coloured light from the motion controllers' spheres, which makes them hard to track.
4. Head shots
Head tracking requires good lighting conditions to work well. You want bright and even lighting (but not too bright), without too many shadows. If your room is too dark, or you have flickering fluorescent lights, or lots of movement, (curtains, cats, friends) chances are head tracking won’t work.
If head tracking is disabled, you can lean and dodge just as well without it, and you can crouch down by pressing the X button (and crouching down).
5. Strike a pose!
When you do the T-pose calibration, stretch your arms out straight to the side and try to reach as far as you can. Otherwise, the game won’t be able to match your movements quite as accurately, because your arm length will be measured wrong.
6. Relax
When calibrating your guard pose, relax and stand just like you want to stand when you’re actually fighting, or your guard pose in-game won’t match. For instance, if you lean forward a lot when fighting, then calibrate like that, or things will look a bit wrong. You can always recalibrate in a fight, by pressing the Circle button.
7. Stand still, please
The game only registers hand movements, so if you move too far away from your calibration pose, it’ll look like your hands are moving away from you. You can dodge and lean all you want, but try to stay in one place.
8. The Circle button is your friend, use it!
Since this is a very physical game, with pretty much non-stop action, it is easy to forget not to move your feet and if you move too much calibration can sometimes suffer. If this happens, get back to the guard pose and then press the Circle button to do a quick recalibration. It takes half a second to do, and it’ll ensure that you’ve always got accurate and responsive controls.
9. "There is no spoon"
When you throw punches, try to punch like you’re not actually holding a controller at all. Don’t stab, chop or wave, or any of the other stuff you might’ve come to expect from other motion controlled games. Just throw normal, proper punches, and try to hit with your knuckles.
10. Put some effort into it
The harder you hit, the more damage you will do. The faster you punch, the faster your combos will land. How far you make it in the game is all down to your skill and your ability.
11. Shadow-boxing
Try to imagine someone standing right in front of you, and aim your punches there. If, for instance, your TV is placed very low, punching down towards the screen will result in your character in-game punching down. So imagine you’re shadow-boxing, and punch straight forward.
12. Keep your guard up
Don’t forget to keep your guard up. This is a 1:1 game, so your character does what you do. If you just stand there with your hands hanging by your side, that’s what happens in-game. You might get away with it in the first few fights, but not for long.
13. Moving really is important
Just like in a real fight, finding the proper range to your opponent is key to mastering this game. You’ll step forward every time you punch but if your opponent is trying to escape, punching to close the distance will eat up all your stamina. Press the Move button and tilt the motion controller forward first, and when you’re close enough, unleash your punches.
14. "The body, the body!"
Some fighters are quite defensive and cover up well. Don’t just burn all your energy punching into their guard, mix it up! Hit the body or try a different angle. You are free to punch anywhere, any way you want. Use that freedom.
15. Stick ’n’ move
When you’re facing really hard-hitting opponents, don’t just stand there and trade punches. The game helps you block some attacks, but not all, so unless you want to get beaten up, learn to get in close and throw your combinations, and back out before your opponent can retaliate.
16. Red bars and flashing red screens are bad
Pay attention to your stamina bar when fighting. When you swing your hands around, the bar starts to turn red, which means you’re getting tired. If you get too tired, the screen will flash red, you’ll do very little damage and you’ll be super easy to knockout. So don’t punch non-stop as that’ll just wear you down. Punch in controlled bursts instead and make sure to upgrade your speed and stamina.
17. Give yourself a boost
Don’t forget to raise your in-game skills as well. You need to level up to get stronger and quicker. Play the training games, and upgrade yourself to stay ahead of the competition.
18. Dirty moves are different
Dirty moves are very effective. But they’re gesture based, so when you’re flailing all over the place and then trying to do a gesture from that position, it can look like a completely different gesture to the game. So always start all dirty moves from the guard pose. And make sure you’ve got a nice and full Rage bar when you use them or you won’t do as much damage.
Grab a copy of The Fight now and fire up your PS3 for your shot at fighting glory.
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