Is Creed: Rise to Glory - Championship Edition A Great Virtual Reality Workout? - Jack Jenkins

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When you think of motion controls, the first thing that pops into a ton of people's heads is boxing in Wii Sports. Punching virtual dudes is just so incredibly relaxing. The same can be said for Virtual Reality, with Thrill of the Fight being one of my favorite games of all time for the system. Now it’s time to step it up with Creed: Rise to Glory Championship edition. Will this game have what it takes to knock out the competition, or is it not even worth stepping into the ringer? Let’s find out with today’s review.

Creed: Rise to Glory is a VR boxing simulator game. The game comes in a few versions, with the Championship edition being the most complete. It contains all the DLC of the base game, along with new characters and arenas from the third Creed Movie.
The game has two main components, an online multiplayer mode and a story mode. The story mode follows along with the Creed series of movies. These films take place after the popular Rocky franchise. Honestly, I’ve never seen any of the movies in either Creed or Rocky. In fact, I don’t think that I’ve seen any boxing movies except for Cinderella Man, which is played in every middle school ever. Needless to say, I won’t be able to judge it for accuracy.

However, I am able to say that the story stands on its own. You start off as Creed, who works his way up from being an amateur to a pro. Working your way up from a random coach to Silvester Stallone. Between matches, you get to talk to people and listen to phone calls, which adds a ton of character to the story in a way Thrill of the Fight doesn’t. The story is told in two parts. Rise to Glory is the main campaign that follows the first two movies. The second campaign, Legacy, follows the third movie. They are pretty short, with them taking about an hour and a half to complete both.

The story loop is the same for each. Listen to a phone recording of your coach, do a training montage, and then box. The training montage is a collection of mini-games that rate your cardio level. These range from hitting the bags to running on the treadmill. How well you do here will carry over to the main boxing match. At first, it’s hard to tell what’s going on as they are run through quickly, but after a bit, you will figure out what to do.

So far, I praised the story mode for existing and having as much character as it does. That is something I love when games do. I need a story mode in every single game. What Creed Rise to Glory fails at is the most important part of a boxing game… the boxing. While other games in VR try to be more simulator-like, this is more of an arcade boxer, which really doesn’t work that well in VR.

You punch like you normally do in VR Boxing games. When you get a good hit in you get a slow-motion mode called Swarm where you can smack those glowing circles to get a knockout in. Punching harder results in harder hits and more damage to the opponent. It’s all fairly standard and works well in this game. Moving, however, is a different story. You use the control stick to move around, as the game doesn’t match room scale, nor does it have a pass-through mode.

That Stamena that is earned in the mini-games comes in when punching and blocking. Instead of relying on your own personal stamina, you must stop when the game tells you to; otherwise, you run the risk of getting knocked out. Your glove will glow, and you must keep it in block mode to get it to stabilize. It does add some challenge to the game, but in a bad way. I want to be able to punch as much as I can until I get tired… not when the game tells me to. This arcade feeling works with traditional controls, but not really with motion controls. You should be in control of your own stamina, as you are the one who is actually moving. That way, improving your personal fitness is what allows you to get better at the game. Not to mention, you are moving more and thus burning more calories....

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