FN Champions Patch Impressions

[Jesus]

- Marked improvement in stamina loss w/ heavy modified punches. Still too much recovery between rounds however.

-The punch reactions and offsetting is very rewarding

- Freeze is gone from PB

more later

[Money99]

Is this strictly for online or does it affect offline gameplay too?

[acts238shaun]

Both. Still some freezing though :-(

[JayBee74]

Jab seems more effective. Perfect block seems almost neutered, but I've only had one fight. Punch accuracy particularly to the head is down. In my first fight since the update:
ME-------:41% Accuracy, Head-29%, Body-64%
OPPONENT:46% Accuracy, Head-28%, Body-55%

[bnb]

i thought it came out tomorrow with the dlc? anyway, is there any confirmation of the rest of the sliders working on the 360?

[JerzeyReign]

Played a quick online match... threw in the towel on one because I didn't realize he picked a superstar versus my dud and he just blew me out the water with his power punches... my next opponent was B Hop versus Jones Jr... I was Roy and I don't think ol' buddy got the message of what the patch does... I blew his body apart while avoiding his big blows... by round 5 it was pretty much a wrap for him and he acknowledged that by DQ'n himself... I like the patch from that aspect... its good to know I can stand a chance with one punch power punchers... my masterpiece I painted with the body had his punches coming out extra slow... so far I like it...

[Jesus]

After more play, the problem is that EA feels that connecting on punches and making your opponent miss does not deplete stamina.

[steelernut]

Just got done playing a game online. The punch accuracy is the most noticeable in my opinion. The punches seem to have more snap in them and seem more crisper. The movement of the fighter is more polished overall. They have done away with the counter auto block (not completely) but a very big improvement;I'm happy about that,... Haymaker spammers will hate it lol. You have to really pick your shots, my connect rate was 43% my opponents was 33% (which is very realistic in terms of real boxing). I still see a issue with the stamina portion, the opponent I faced threw nothing but HAYMAKERS the whole fight and wasn't penalized for it, but I've only played once so it could be an unfair assessment as far as the stamina goes. Overall I say EA did a good job, they cleaned up allot of the major issues, IM SATISFIED (so far lol). Also a side note. The new DLC's are there but are not up for purchase, finally they'll have someone to compete with Robinson in middle weight and ALI in Heavy (Roy Jones, Hopkins, & Joe louis, Patterson).