Knockout Kings 2002
{{Short description|2002 video game}}
{{infobox video game
|image = Knockoutkings 2002 cover.jpg
|caption = North American cover art featuring Muhammad Ali
|developer = Black Ops Entertainment
|publisher = EA Sports
|platforms = PlayStation 2, Xbox
|release = {{vgrelease|NA|March 5, 2002{{Cite web |author=I. G. N. Staff |date=2002-03-05 |title=Knockout Kings Ships Today |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/05/knockout-kings-ships-today |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=IGN |language=en}}|EU|April 5, 2002 (PS2)|EU|May 3, 2002 (Xbox)}}
|genre = Sports
|series = Knockout Kings
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Knockout Kings 2002 is a boxing video game by EA Sports, released in March 2002 for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It features Muhammad Ali on the front cover. It also features many well-known boxers like Lennox Lewis, Félix Trinidad, Oscar De La Hoya, Evander Holyfield, Butterbean, Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, and Bernard Hopkins. It is the fourth installment in the Knockout Kings series, and was succeeded by Knockout Kings 2003 later that same year, for the GameCube.
Gameplay
Knockout Kings 2002 features a different engine than its predecessors, as it now features smoother graphics and a new control scheme, which allows boxers to move around the ring more fluidly, as well as a new analog evasion system, where tilting the left analog stick slightly allows a boxer to bob and weave in the direction of the stick's movement.
Like its predecessors, Knockout Kings 2002 features a career mode, where a player can create a boxer and partake in a series of fights to become champion. For the first time, players can use a real boxer in the mode. The game also features a tournament mode.
Unlike Knockout Kings 2001 before it, the game forgoes female boxers, instead featuring some fictional boxers including, but not limited to, Henri Tibualt, Joe Giere, Kazahiro Arikawa, Tyler Brooks, Pete Donohue, and Lawrence O'Toole. These boxers would later be featured in Knockout Kings 2003.
Reviews
Metacritic gave the game a score of 76/100 on PS2 and 78/100 on Xbox.
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|MC = 76/100 (PS2){{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/knockout-kings-2002/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2|title=Knockout Kings 2002|website=Metacritic|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-03-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331162236/https://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-2/knockout-kings-2002|url-status=live}}
78/100 (Xbox){{Cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/knockout-kings-2002/critic-reviews/?platform=xbox|title=Knockout Kings 2002|website=Metacritic|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522002846/https://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/knockout-kings-2002|url-status=live}}
|GameRev = C{{Cite web |url=http://www.game-revolution.com/games/ps2/sports/knockout_kings_2002.htm |title=Game Revolution Playstation 2 Review Page - Game Revolution |access-date=2019-10-22 |archive-date=2004-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041025235257/http://game-revolution.com/games/ps2/sports/knockout_kings_2002.htm |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.game-revolution.com/games/xbox/sports/knockout_kings_2002.htm |title=Game Revolution Xbox Review Page - Game Revolution |access-date=2019-10-22 |archive-date=2004-10-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041026233545/http://www.game-revolution.com/games/xbox/sports/knockout_kings_2002.htm |url-status=live }}
|GSpot = 8.4/10 (PS2){{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/knockout-kings-2002-review/1900-2853843/|title=Knockout Kings 2002 Review|access-date=2019-10-22|archive-date=2019-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022144716/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/knockout-kings-2002-review/1900-2853843/|url-status=live}}
8.3/10 (Xbox)
|IGN = 8.9/10 (PS2){{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/08/knockout-kings-2002|title=Knockout Kings 2002 - IGN|date=8 March 2002|via=www.ign.com|access-date=22 October 2019|archive-date=22 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022102511/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/08/knockout-kings-2002|url-status=live}}
8.8/10 (Xbox){{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/05/knockout-kings-2002-review|title=Knock Kings 2002 Xbox - IGN|date=5 March 2002|via=www.ign.com|access-date=23 October 2019|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023192006/https://www.ign.com/articles/2002/03/05/knockout-kings-2002-review|url-status=live}}
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Category:Black Ops Entertainment games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Video games developed in the United States
Category:Video games scored by Burke Trieschmann