Fight Night Round 4 Hopes and Concerns

[Vast]

What you guys speak of has been my dream since Evander Real Deal Boxing. And now that the gameplay has the possibility of being great, the hopes of having an AWESOME career mode is almost a fantasy. I pray EA answers our call. If they do what we want and make a robust career mode, it will only increase their sales and fatten their pockets. Its mind boggling why they don't do this.

[EXboxur]

To add depth to the game boxers need to be represented from different periods in their career. I want to be able to select beginning, middle, or end of career for boxers.

[BrianFifaFan]

I'm feeling this game will have the goods. EA Canada has put out some real winners lately. They seem to be a "sim" binge.

[Complex]

I could careless about ring walks, or wearing the belt to the ring.

Boxer's Road 2 had a simple formula. The announcer said the name of the fighter, and showed him in his corner either:

1. Standing looking focused, no smile no grin
2. Bouncing up and down trying to stay warm
3. Shuffling his feet and jabbing about

Add this and simply have the trainer and cut man holding the belts in the background.

When they show these screens they also show the Tale of the Tap under his name (height, weight, record, notable fights). I think that is better than having my fighter crip walk to the ring.

[metallicatz]

I would be satisfied with a scene showing the trainers in the corner holding the belt(s). After all, you spend all that time going through fights to get the title(s)......you wanna see those belts once you've gotten there. I could sacrifice the ring entrances as I usually skip them anyway.

[fistofrage]

I definitely want the tale of the tape. Honestly, If EA takes the the career mode from Boxers Road, Adds solid in ring boxing, and puts in some extra presentation we'll all be very happy.

[allBthere]

make jabbing a practical neccessity.

tale of the tape

harold letterman's score cards

choose who you fight (at least 10+ options during points of your carreer, but have some mandatory defenses).

Varied opponents (some pad stats by fighting bums and are therefore deceptively weak, make semi-scouting, record analysis available)

Create virtually as many boxers as you want that can be human or AI from that point on.

multiple gym's, trainers etc.

DNA starting point reflecting (to an extent) handspeed, power, heart, cuts)

make rounds, hit%, punches per round etc. statistically believeable in default settings (maybe accelerated clock?)
same w/ ko likelyhood ***for me, even more important than my fighter NOT winning every single bout by ko, is that, if I'm going to lose, I don't want to lose INEVITABLY by KO --- can't some AI outbox my slugger????

Don't make me age too quickly - why is my career over after 32-34 wins? and I start to diminish???

Why in god's name does my fighter's stats take a big dip after a loss? - this is often not the case...sometimes this happens when fighting a horrible opponent for a 'tune-up'. There are also natural 'ups and downs' how people feel during some nights + momentum, second wind etc..

Also if we had to quantify real life athlete's abilities, would they not be close to what they are for big portion of their careers like other sports?
did rocky's first 10 fights have a ''power score'' of less than 50, and it kept growing until he was a 'top ten' boxer where it finally reaches the 80s and 90s in score? also see tyson.
Was sugar ray and pbf's handspeed crap until they had 20+ wins??? did jake lamotta's chin continuously get better and better? was arturo's heart rating improving and so on and so on.

training imporves your conditioning andkeeps you in shape as well as imporving technique and boxing skill..there's a huge mental game too.

in the end i probably shouldn't have bothered thinking/writing about this stuff because it's useless we're in charge.

[Complex]

I have posted this before but I will again. I would like to see different speeds for Feet and Hands. Some guys move around the ring fast but still punch slow. Some have fast hands but not quick feet. Klitcsho has slow movements but his right hand comes like its on a spring. This small change would make the 5-10 fighting styles that much more varied.

And we need way more animations. Not all jabs are the same. Some measure with it, some use it to set up punches, some double and triple it. Also Lennox's jab does not look like Tysons or Roy Jones.