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Fight Night Round 4: The Perfect Career Mode

02:55 PM - May 28, 2008 by Steve_OS

There has been a lot of hype surrounding Fight Night Round 4 lately. Noah Weber has put together an interesting article called Fight Night Round 4: The Perfect Career Mode where he gives EA advice on how to create, you guessed it, the perfect career mode.

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	"Another really important feature that�s been missing from EA�s boxing games is rankings. There is no excuse for not having a dynamic rankings system. By focusing on this, EA could open up the entire career mode experience immensely. Instead of offering us a few choices at a time, the game could allow us to schedule our own fights based on the rankings system."

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# 21 SHAKYR @ 05/31/08 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by fistofrage


	While I agree with this statement, I still have to argue that the more options the better. Noone I know plays Madden on 15 minute quarters because it throws stats out of whack. Give me the option to make 2 minute rounds in career mode and I'll be happy. Give you the option to keep it at 3 minutes and you'll be happy. FN 04 had the accelerated clock and it worked out great.

I totally agree with you the more options the better.

Here are some more career ideas I would like to see.
1.Have a stable of fighters to manage
2.News Articles
3.PLAYER DATA-(Show information about number of wins/lost/ko's/draws/and a few more things)
4.WATCH MODE-being able to watch other bouts
5.FIGHT CARDS MODE-being able to create a show with different boxers
6.Put all the weight classes-If you can't sign certain fighters, give the option to add them to the empty weight class slots

# 22 Complex @ 05/31/08 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SHAKYR


	Stamina makes for real stats not a accelerated clock.

Depends how it is applied.

# 23 Sausage @ 06/06/08 10:35 AM

A few things I would love to see is the return of double time rounds. The round still starts at 3 minutes, but gets to 0 minutes in half the time.

A stamina system that takes into account the number of punches thrown, received, movement, and stamina points you received during training.

No more energy bars (see Victorious Boxers 1). A weak jab should not be able to knockdown an opponent or even knockout, I am talking to you fight night.

One thing for career modes have the commentators and ring announcer say the name of your opponent. I am tired of having multiple "Kid Dynamites, Wonder Kid, etc." as my opponents.

# 24 babyfat9 @ 06/07/08 04:20 AM

Bout time a game like this came out...i've been waiting to get legend boxers like Tyson and bunch others....can't wait !!!!!

# 25 thppanthers1 @ 06/11/08 04:45 PM

Very well thought out. Nice Article

# 26 Dahal @ 06/22/08 02:26 PM

Could we have the option of having legends in our career mode or not?Its pretty unrealistic when you are having a title fight against Ali.Id rather I had just current boxers to fight.Also,a classic mode would be good with selectable eras like days from Rocky,Ali,Sugar,Benn. think thats askin a bit too much tho and would mean a massive data base of boxers.

And I remember a time in FN3 where I fought Del La Hoya in some old hanger with a few people gathered around to watch.TOTALLY UNREALISTIC!and I found it hard taking the game serious after this.PLEASE DONT MAKE THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE NEW VERSION!!little things like that can really ruin a game for some people..

Would also be good to add your own real life boxers and select where you feel they should be ranked so you dont get them early on in your own career,i.e.If Calzaghe wasnt in the game and I wanted to add him I could set his stats accordingly and rank him where I feel he deserves to be ranked.

# 27 theblasian @ 07/08/08 08:13 AM

Something I think that'd be a pretty cool is if they actually utilized game systems ability to connect to the internet and update and create boxers and stats. all they'd have to do is get connected with ESPN or something and have new guys created as they appear on Wed and Friday Night Fights, or whatever major fights happen throughout the year.

# 28 Enef @ 07/21/08 09:01 AM

I think every single thing you said in this article was spot on, i especially like the idea of more varied training and including diets and weigh ins, it would feel more realistic if they included these things and made them all count towards the actual fight.

So you are a veteran heavy hitting champion and a young upstart with speed just challenged you? You not only have to work on keeping your weight level correct but you have to be able to keep up with this young guns speed and be able to block and dodge his punches, you also have to think about wether you can last the full match against a younger, faster opponent.

You would have to decide what jogging/dashes to do, how often to do them, wether you should concentrate on mitt hitting or sandbag practice, you would have to scout speedy sparring partners etc etc.

I'm looking forward to the game but i hope to high heaven that they add a lot more detail and realism into the story mode.

# 29 Pappy Knuckles @ 07/26/08 07:25 AM

Please get rid of the cartoon fighters. I don't care if they're not real, they don't have to have crazy hair and look rediculous.

# 30 SHAKYR @ 07/26/08 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Buddy Knox


	Please get rid of the cartoon fighters. I don't care if they're not real, they don't have to have crazy hair and look rediculous.

You are absolutely right. They need more realistic hairstyles and color shades.

# 31 Vegas415 @ 08/01/08 05:15 AM

plz..plz..do not make it where when i knocked down a guy about 10 times in a fight and they dont stop the fight yet...i mean come on thats a lot of knock downs, usally i knock a guy down 2 times a round and by the 11th then i can knock him down 3 times in a round, i know the 3 knock down rule is in effect but in a real fight they would stop it by the 4th knock down even if its not in the same round.

# 32 ThaPeeplz @ 08/02/08 08:52 AM

Damn man thats alot of knockdowns. As Im playing I really dont even start seeing knockdowns until the 4th or 5th round. I've never seen 10 knockdowns accumulate over the course of a fight.

# 33 Divrie17 @ 08/06/08 07:56 AM

How about during training the ability to watch clips from your next opponents previous fights allowing you to find out their strengths and weakness's.
Also for realism they should have the Press Conference and as mentioned in the article followed by Weigh in before the fights.

It will add to the length of time it takes between fights but its about having the real life experience without physically stepping into the ring

# 34 yaz2008 @ 08/20/08 11:20 AM

in fairness the biggest change they need to make is adding realism in the game - proper ring/fight intros and fighter record announcements before fights.. consider bringing Michael Buffer into the game for announcements.. that would be great. of course that can be skipped if some gamers dont prefer it by pressing start button.. that would be good. also the create-a-champ needs to more realistic and cannot offer a facial look that makes every boxer look too similar, (hint: laziness from EA!!), the training games seems pointless - maybe look at the training styles adapted in KI2. also look into proper AI 'boxing' behaviour for each fighter, and response should be synchronised so that a fighter does not just get up and everythings hunky dory - implement dependancy programming into it!!

# 35 Fresh Tendrils @ 08/22/08 05:55 PM

I just want the AI opponents to be able to adapt to my fighting style and for the opponents to have a lot of different techniques apart from the way they block. The training stuff is worthless, IMO. You can't really build up anything since you can only do one before a fight. I think there should be some type of calendar system where you can do some type of routine before the fight, etc. FN3 just felt bare-bones.

# 36 Al_Youdell_08 @ 12/19/08 08:18 AM

yeah all those changes would be amazing, having to make the weight and having a proper weigh in would be great, and also having a pound 4 pound ranking would be cool. also agree about being able to pick your own fights due to the ranking system and not having to fight created boxers all the time.
it would be so cool if you could go up and down in weights to be champion at different weight classes like floyd mayweather jr.
hope EA Sports gets it right coz its got the potential to be brilliant if they do a bit more work on the career mode because ive seen some lists of fighters on the game and they have basically everyone which is great compared to round 3 which i thought the amountof fighters were pretty poor.

# 37 Mackaveli @ 12/19/08 07:35 PM

I agree, i also think that when playing online, along with the rankings and stuff for everyones personal fighters, that you should be able to challenge any other fighter and maybe have 2 days to prepare for the fight.....to train etc, then 2 days later you and the challenged fighter battle it out ! this would also make your fights more important and worth something. I would love to see this as it would also make you feel more like a real fighter with set fight dates and stuff.

# 38 Jebus @ 12/28/08 05:12 AM

Great article!

Loved Fight Night 3, and the main thing I want in No. 4 is that they give more of an RPG leveling system like you said. Gaining points from the training sessions and then you choose from a wider amount of skills/attributes to put thous points towards.

Also more customisation and not just one training session between each bout... It should change depending on how far away the fight is and you be able to schedual your own training sessions at your own risk of a. being under prepared or b. being worn out before the fight.

I have hundreds of ideas for the new title

P.S Whens it due out the game?

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