Fight Night Round 4 Demo Impressions

[JayBee74]

Keep in mind I started out playing on 2 Player. I thought the movement around the ring was fluid and I was able to get out of reach of my brother's PacMan punches fairly easy. The camera view did not bother me. The biggest hurdle was teaching my brother how to throw hooks to the head (he still can't do it), but despite my superiority I was only able to land one "head hook" haymaker. The body haymakers were a little easier to land but after 6 bouts there was never a stun situation.
Very occasional sluggishness occured, but for the most part the gameplay is very intuitive. I was plaesantly surprised.

[WeLLWeLL]

Quote: Originally Posted by JayBee74

Keep in mind I started out playing on 2 Player. I thought the movement around the ring was fluid and I was able to get out of reach of my brother's PacMan punches fairly easy. The camera view did not bother me. The biggest hurdle was teaching my brother how to throw hooks to the head (he still can't do it), but despite my superiority I was only able to land one "head hook" haymaker. The body haymakers were a little easier to land but after 6 bouts there was never a stun situation. Very occasional sluggishness occured, but for the most part the gameplay is very intuitive. I was plaesantly surprised.

Ok I'm glad I'm not the only one who had trouble throwing head haymakers. Most of my haymakers where directly to the body. I'm also too used to winding it like in Round 3. Those tendencies of mine need to go away.

[Complex]

had my first fight just minutes ago. quick notes

-counter punching is rewarded. screen flashes real quick when you landing a meaningful one

-new controls, easier to get off body shots, hooks esp. this should be good for those Tyson and Frazier users

-still cant get up with the difficult mini game..argghhhh

[BSanders]

The sweat needs to be toned down I feel like I'm fighting in a thunderstorm between the sweat rain and the flashing punches.

[Stumbleweed]

Haha, so the screen actually flashes when you hit a counter... that's what I kept complaining about in the videos.. I thought it was a camera flash but that it was just really exaggerated. that makes more sense, but still... don't like the look of it ("videogamey", just like the status bars). Guess the guy above me agrees that it is distracting or strange.

[Complex]

-FN3 is ruining me in this game. like someone said already, i want to wind up on everything lol

-two fights in now, used pac and hatton, speed kills in this game

-commentary can be misleading, i was killing hatton and they would mention me needing to step it up??

[Bronk_Bonin]

Couple of notes after playing the demo a dozen of so times.

- Graphics and presentation are stunning.

- I was afraid after seeing the demo videos I wouldn't be able to keep distance playing as Pac Man vs. Hatton (CPU). That's not the case. I worked the ring beautifully keeping Hatton away from me with the jab and slipping in for a few shots then backing off again.

- I feel they got both Hatton and Pac Man's style down pretty well. Hatton wan't to work the inside fight game and applies pressure. Manny is lightning quick with his hand speed. One thing I noticed is Manny is a southpaw by default. You have to hit the LB to switch him.

- The hit percentages are way too high. I can easily connect on 60-65% of my punches ever match. I'm thinking this is the case because it's on a very easy difficulty mode.

- How do you get the fighter off you once you're clinched?

- Stamina needs to decrease faster and regenerate slower.

- This game is all about countering and landing the big shots while slipping and ducking. I love it.

- By far the best boxing game I've ever played.

- I've been knocked down twice and have had no trouble getting back to my feet either time.

- TPC is great and I've had no trouble with the sticks. Similar to FN3 but some variations.

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[BOSsTOwN]

first people were here saying "its just videos wait for the demo to pass judgement" now the demo is out and people are saying "wait to the game comes out" lol


any idea when the demo will be released for everyone else