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Boxing Videogames are played by grown-ups too

Posted on November 22, 2008 at 06:33 PM.

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I was in the Title Bout Championship Boxing forums on another site and you have guys(40+ ) there who love boxing.

Here what's being said in one of the threads.....

My Thoughts on our Boxing Game (Title Bout Championship Boxing)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- this was written by board member wildhawke11 (OOTP)

Below is a copy of a post i did some years back when we were trying to think of ways to drum up more support for our game and i still stand by it today.

The real problem is good as this game is the average buyer of computer games is not that interested in a pure simulation of boxing. They have been brought up on flashy graphics, first person shoot ups. Games that scare the **** out of you and loud bangs from sound cards and speakers. Next to these games our game seems very dull to them. If you really want to make money you have to give the average buyer what he wants. Look at it from the average persons point of view. They download the demo of our game. Then just sit there watching a page full of text strolling down. The names of Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Roberto Duran and fighters like Sam Langford mean nothing to them. After a while of watching pretty much the same text in a few fights. They are bored stiff and look for another game in which they can at least take part in some real time action. No sad to say most people would have no interest in wasting there lives watching text stroll by on a computer screen.
Our small band of boxing lovers see it entirely different, We don't just see the text strolling by. We use our imagination and see the crowd cheering as both fighters make there entrance into the arena. Before the bell even sounds in the game. We see Mike Tyson at his peak pacing up and down in the ring just waiting with hatred in his heart for the man they call the greatest Muhammad Ali in the opposite corner who is waving and playing up to his adoring fans. The text in itself is only part of it, to us we see it as if we were there at ringside. Our imagination does the rest because we understand the excitement that a big fight can bring. The average person who does not follow and love boxing can never experience this in his mind, and therefore most will never fall in love like we have with this game. The mind and your own imagination is so powerful The pictures that you can see in your own mind with a little help from a few words can never be beaten, That why so many great books when turned into a film never come up to the expectations that you were hoping for. How many times have you heard people say "Yes it was a good film but i thought the book itself was so much better"

Have to say though that i feel that add ons that will be hopefully coming will perhaps take Title Bout on to another level. and hopefully appeal to more then us die hard old time boxing lovers. I to am a tester on the boxing games and having done a little boxing myself as a young man as well as being a lover of the fight game for more years then i care to remember. I can with hand on heart tell you guys in my humble opinion right now there is nothing on the market at present that comes close to a decent boxing simulation as does Title Bout.
Thank You Gentlemen for hopefully taking the time to read this.

Cheers To You From UK ------ Danny

Title Bout Championship boxing fans are not drawn into games like Fight Night because it's not deep enough for them. I'll have to agree. The Fight Night series has many options to be a great game, but right now it's content just being a contender .

If The Fight Night series stepped it's game up they would have more buyers across the board. They need to really sit in a room and study Title Bout Championship Boxing and Victorious boxer. There is a great amount of ideas that can be taking from these games.

Comments

# 1 PRGUY85 @ Nov 23

Well, Fight Night is not just a contender at the moment. It is the only contender in the mainstream boxing video games category. I love boxing and love simulation but a text-based boxing game doesn't appeal to me at all. I would prefer to see this attention to detail in a true 3D representation of the sport where I can move the boxer around and not just read about it.

# 2 SHAKYR @ Nov 23

You are right,PRGuy. I'm saying if Fight Night had the presentation and similiar layout(rankings,fight cards,editable rating etc; ) as Title Bout with Fight Night's graphics it would be beyond a boxing fans dream.

# 3 statum71 @ Nov 23

SHAKYR, boxing MUST be your favorite sport homie??? LOL

Yeah man I like what I see in those screen shots. I agree, if EA modeled a little more after this with their graphics it would be incredible.

Boxing is the one sport I feel is lacking the most in video games at this time.

# 4 SHAKYR @ Nov 23

Yeah, boxing is my favorite sport. I boxed for over 10 years. I was a well decorated amateur in NJ.

# 5 SHAKYR @ Nov 25

EA needs to cater to die-hard sim boxing fans too. Give the casual fans Facebreaker and let us have the Fight Night series. Fight Night could be so much deeper than it is. I want more than just fighting some matches. I want to be a to set matches, use more than one boxer. I want be able to see other matches etc;. If EA are still bent on getting that casual fans dollar. Let there be an arcade option like back in the day of Knockout Kings or add sliders to make it arcadey if you want.

# 6 Jonny Toe @ Nov 26

Boxing is losing glamour....People are running after the UFC these days...

# 7 SHAKYR @ Nov 26

Yeah, boxing is losing fans,but in the virtual world you could gain fans if the game is put together right. Everyone fantasize about dream match ups or want to play as certain boxers.

# 8 SHAKYR @ Nov 26

You know if a text-based game is selling numerous copies and has a deep fan base, a game with graphics,rankings and more to get involved in would be a guaranteed buy for anyone. You have people who live for stats, rankings, representation and control. A true representation makes even the youth want to know more about boxing history.