I will be 33 in July, so I am a relatively young guy, but thanks to construction jobs (commercial plumbing), desk jobs typing TPS reports and sporting activities (basketball/baseball), I have jacked up hands for a guy my age. When it gets colder here in the South or the A/C is on (I have a wife, lol), I type slower with more errors and my writing goes from bad to terrible. I don't have any pain as much as my fingers just work a lot slower. Quite unintentionally, I have noticed I can place my thumb in the middle of the face buttons and hit one or a combo of them w/o lifting it up. The top of my thumb is on the X & Y button while the knuckle is on the A & B button. I can react like I need to like that playing a game and be ok.
If EA takes away the buttons I will learn to use TPC, but I won't play online, which is the main reason I buy this game. It's why I bought FNR3 and I played online (about 50 fights) until I noticed every other guy threw constant haymakers or after every round would elbow me to open up a cut.
I love the stategic aspect of boxing and FNR4 allows me to somehow experience that without getting KO'd IRL. I like changing strategies according to what my opponent shows, counterpunching, setting up my punches, etc. It's mental crack and I enjoy the competition.
If EA takes away buttons, there are others who have major hand issue and can still play games, but can't constantly manipulate one or two joints on one appendage for hours at a time.
I started paying attention to boxing as a kid because of Mike Tyson. I began to check out its history, watch Ali fights and some occasional ESPN Classic fights when that was became an option. Saying that, I haven't planned an evening around a fight since Jermaine Taylor/Winky Wright. I don't follow the sport daily like I do college football.
I believe hardcore boxing fans/FN gamers should have hardcore options, because I want the NCAA/Madden games to be customizable to the serious gamers. At the same time, I hate it that EA's top 2 football games can be bought by some kid who doesn't know anything about football except "Tim Tebow/LaDanian Tomlinson RuLz!!!", learn two or three exploits and win online with no idea about executing a gameplan.
That's what made sim style FNR3 guys mad, I believe. Some kid can go to Gamestop and see it, buy it on a whim and in a couple days throw 1000 punches in 4 rounds without tiring and beat you when all you want is a decent fight. The newbies had no gameplan because they didn't have to have one.
With FNR4's redone TPC, the stick can be as responsive as the buttons. It they can't be, give the stick guys a slight power option to nullify any advantage a masher may have and possibly bring a masher over to the light side.
Still, I have a wife with more hot flashes than the CERN particle accelerator and my A/C stays on constantly, leaving me with stiff hands year round. Please leave sim style fighters an option to fight online with buttons.
If EA takes away the buttons I will learn to use TPC, but I won't play online, which is the main reason I buy this game. It's why I bought FNR3 and I played online (about 50 fights) until I noticed every other guy threw constant haymakers or after every round would elbow me to open up a cut.
I love the stategic aspect of boxing and FNR4 allows me to somehow experience that without getting KO'd IRL. I like changing strategies according to what my opponent shows, counterpunching, setting up my punches, etc. It's mental crack and I enjoy the competition.
If EA takes away buttons, there are others who have major hand issue and can still play games, but can't constantly manipulate one or two joints on one appendage for hours at a time.
I started paying attention to boxing as a kid because of Mike Tyson. I began to check out its history, watch Ali fights and some occasional ESPN Classic fights when that was became an option. Saying that, I haven't planned an evening around a fight since Jermaine Taylor/Winky Wright. I don't follow the sport daily like I do college football.
I believe hardcore boxing fans/FN gamers should have hardcore options, because I want the NCAA/Madden games to be customizable to the serious gamers. At the same time, I hate it that EA's top 2 football games can be bought by some kid who doesn't know anything about football except "Tim Tebow/LaDanian Tomlinson RuLz!!!", learn two or three exploits and win online with no idea about executing a gameplan.
That's what made sim style FNR3 guys mad, I believe. Some kid can go to Gamestop and see it, buy it on a whim and in a couple days throw 1000 punches in 4 rounds without tiring and beat you when all you want is a decent fight. The newbies had no gameplan because they didn't have to have one.
With FNR4's redone TPC, the stick can be as responsive as the buttons. It they can't be, give the stick guys a slight power option to nullify any advantage a masher may have and possibly bring a masher over to the light side.
Still, I have a wife with more hot flashes than the CERN particle accelerator and my A/C stays on constantly, leaving me with stiff hands year round. Please leave sim style fighters an option to fight online with buttons.