Where Is A New Fight Night Game?

[SPRINGS03]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

You giving Fight Night Champion too much credit. The hardcore boxing fans and even boxers didn't think it was realistic as other sports game and the sim aspects were missing. The depth of modes were not there and the game needed a manager mode.

Word. Fight night champion was ok, but it had a ton of gameplay problems(forced misses, weird punch offsetting, bad scoring, bad/repetitive knockdown animations and stun animations etc.) and a lot of boxing heads had issues with it, go to the fight night champion forums and see all of the threads about problems there(i used to visit those forums alot). It was a beautiful looking game, i'll say that. But i honestly feel like champion and round 4 were a step down from the previous 3. For their time FN 1-3 were amazing, and in some ways they still have more details than fn Champion does. Champion messed up by focusing too much on things like the champion mode, which was completely unnecessary.

[Pappy Knuckles]

I'm a casual boxing fan and a hardcore mma guy. I don't want to see EA UFC go anywhere, but I'm still itching for a decent boxing game. I really don't care who makes it. I think there's plenty of room in the market for both games to coexist.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles

I'm a casual boxing fan and a hardcore mma guy. I don't want to see EA UFC go anywhere, but I'm still itching for a decent boxing game. I really don't care who makes it. I think there's plenty of room in the market for both games to coexist.

The survival of either game would be on it's overall realism and depth.

[JayBee74]

Quote: Originally Posted by SHAKYR

The survival of either game would be on it's overall realism and depth.

But I will say this. Can they do it right now? I would sacrifice some total realism for a fun, tactical, boxing game even it's a 2D Evander Holyfield perspective. Give me something.

Quote: Originally Posted by Pappy Knuckles

I'm a casual boxing fan and a hardcore mma guy. I don't want to see EA UFC go anywhere, but I'm still itching for a decent boxing game. I really don't care who makes it. I think there's plenty of room in the market for both games to coexist.

I said it before. If the UFC game had a strike only mode, I would have bought it. I actually liked the two player K-1 battles a few years ago.

[ILuvMN81]

Excellent article, good discussion.

I'd like to say I'd love to see a new Fight Night or really any boxing series come to the newer consoles. I'd hope it could co-exist with UFC since I like both.

Never tried EA UFC, but it sounds like I should be glad I didn't. The last UFC game I played was THQ's UFC 3; it wasn't perfect, but it had some great modes and content. I hope EA does what the THQ UFC series developers did and listen to the fans and evolve.

I kind of like the story mode in FN Champion, it was something different.

As for my thoughts on UFC vs boxing in the real world...hmm, gotta go with boxing. Boxing is more available and accessible; it's on NBC occasionally. If it weren't for the UFC on Fox, I'd never see an event. Cut the cable long ago and even if I had cable, I'm not paying the $ for the PPVs, especially sub-par ones.

[SHAKYR]

Quote: Originally Posted by ILuvMN81

Excellent article, good discussion. I'd like to say I'd love to see a new Fight Night or really any boxing series come to the newer consoles. I'd hope it could co-exist with UFC since I like both. Never tried EA UFC, but it sounds like I should be glad I didn't. The last UFC game I played was THQ's UFC 3; it wasn't perfect, but it had some great modes and content. I hope EA does what the THQ UFC series developers did and listen to the fans and evolve. I kind of like the story mode in FN Champion, it was something different. As for my thoughts on UFC vs boxing in the real world...hmm, gotta go with boxing. Boxing is more available and accessible; it's on NBC occasionally. If it weren't for the UFC on Fox, I'd never see an event. Cut the cable long ago and even if I had cable, I'm not paying the $ for the PPVs, especially sub-par ones.

I agree with what I put in bold.

[SHAKYR]

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[Cabish]

Bring back fight night, but don't bring back the cartoonish aspect...the big flashing light and sound effect on punches...the first one for PS3 was great then they started going south.