ESBC Roster Announcement

[aholbert32]

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Man I cant front. This roster is pretty ****ing solid. Crawford, Jacobs, Porter, Estrada, Chocolitito.....man this is a first day buy here.

[Pappy Knuckles]

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I was just looking on Steam to see if there was a date yet and saw this video. OMG this roster is way more fleshed out than I thought it would be. Let's ****ing gooooooo!

[Pappy Knuckles]

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This video is hype as ****. EA wasted this opportunity, I'm glad someone finally picked up the torch. This is looking like the one.

[Cavsfan4life]

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I can't wait for this game!

[Bamtino]

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Strong roster so far. They had a few quick gameplay clips sprinkled in the beginning there. I really hope that was an old build because those slow looping soft arm punches with no impact were no bueno for me. That Frazier big left hook KD looked great though. Hopefully the gameplay trailer shows improvement.

[TheRizzzle]

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And apparently they have a roster share feature and a good CAF system. So hopefully the community can get up to speed and fill in the gaps.

Super pumped.

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[TheRizzzle]

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Somehow this game is going to have a larger roster than the UFC game. Amazing considering the UFC game basically has over 500 fighters already licensed and ready to roll and on the boxing side you've gotta go 1-by-1.

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[DCowboys22]

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Roster is amazing so far. Way way beyond what I expected.

Where I’m a bit worried is in the hit reactions. That gameplay clip showed guys landing clean punches to the chin with almost no reaction.

Gotta work on that.

But I’m still ready for this game on ps5


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[Yaari]

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Very excited for this, but trying not to get too hyped. Don't really know much about the team behind this and how they plan to do all of those fighters justice in their game. Guess we will see where it goes.

[allBthere]

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This video is hype as ****. EA wasted this opportunity, I'm glad someone finally picked up the torch. This is looking like the one.

It'll be day 1 for me, it's kind of embarrassing for EA and other MAJOR corporate entities that these guys could get this level of partnerships. The roster is banana's that's for sure. Getting the WBC belt was also smart as well as the cornermen and other peripheral type guys (something that may not have even occurred to other studios)

I would love to know the details of their financing(s) as to how they got this thing done. As far as I know they are a brand new small indie studio?

Having said all of that and also getting hyped up along with all you guys... the punches don't look very good - I hate to say it but I can't pretend like I didn't notice a few negative things and they are all animation based. Footwork and ring movement looks good - well done there. Punches which are arguably the most important part of the immersion and animation look off. They lack the perception of force in some ways as well as on the receiving end. I wish I could lend a voice to them here. I don't know if they did mo-cap, but to me a potential hurdle starts with this type of mindset:

We mo-capped ___ super star throwing a right cross so it's perfect. We have the perfect data and animation is linked directly to that so there is no arguing that.

Even if they aren't doing that, the problem is that videogames exist in their own distinctive realm. A perfect technique in real-life will often not look good in a videogame, just as it would not in a movie. More visual cues need to be given, more exaggeration, more speed ramping, more cause and effect. You need to SELL the movement and the HIT.
So far, every small clip I've seen of punches, they are not coming off well. Whether it's regular animation or mo-cap, the torque isn't there. I could talk about this forever lol, but I hope they realize this and how to get it on the right track

[TarHeelPhenom]

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Cannot wait! In just keeping up with their discord and how they are choosing to go about things...I don't believe they will drop full release until they have the gameplay the way they want it. So, I'm not worried about those game clips. The game looks beautiful and the movement looks great. I'm confident they will get the punching down. Day 1...

[TheBleedingRed21]

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They seem to listen to feedback already so early access will be vital in sharing it and getting stuff tuned. If the punches feel flat, I’m sure the community will make it known.

[TarHeelPhenom]

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They seem to listen to feedback already so early access will be vital in sharing it and getting stuff tuned. If the punches feel flat, I’m sure the community will make it known.

They put out a release today stating that the Early Release will be this summer. They will also have a gameplay trailer dropping this week explaining the punch mechanics. Exciting times if you're a boxing fan.

[allBthere]

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They seem to listen to feedback already so early access will be vital in sharing it and getting stuff tuned. If the punches feel flat, I’m sure the community will make it known.

will they do console early access?

[TheBleedingRed21]

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will they do console early access?

Early access is through steam and PC only. Consoles may eventually adopt something similar but probably not anytime soon.