They proposed strategies to use in the legacy mode and these were my initial thoughts:
1. They made a direct mention to tommy hearns but still havent put his famous punch in the game. The straight lead down the middle was monsterous for him. He didnt knock people out by wildly cocking his arm back and swinging forward with all his might (haymaker), he just set his feet from the outside and stepped into a straight punch down the middle. He was good at managing distance as well so he got the full extension on it. The tommy hearns straight right was devistating, it wasnt just some slightly stronger than a jab punch.
2. They told them to stay on the outside with hearns. How do they propose we keep the fight on the outside? What tool do you use to keep a fight outside (anyone who says pushing should be slapped. You cant legally push as much as is required to honestly keep a fight at distance in this game. You can lean on someone, you can give them a shove off to a direction when rolling, but you cant outright push someone for a whole fight over and over again.)?
3. They keep it nice and vague. Its a lot of generic advice (fight in a way that best suits your fighter) that people should already understand.
4. They said one of the big differences between elites and beginners online is the ability to punch without getting hit. I wouldnt say im elite yet but im pretty darn good and I get hit all the time. If you dont land at least 65%-70% of your punches then you are terrible at picking your shots.
5. They are assuming that if you counter punch a lot then you are a defensive fighter. He said that when he fights his buddies it turns into a brawl and therefore, while its fun, you cant control the outcome of the brawl. No doubts about the fact that I go out to brawl every fight but what keeps me winning is that I control the outcome of the brawl all the time.
6. "...get used to the training games". Id love to if they werent a colossal waste of my time. Thankfully they let you auto train but that doesnt help the fact that I dont understand why I would lose punch accuracy or heart from open sparring. Since when does hitting the heavy bag cause you to get a weaker chin?
7. They said its really hard to recreate Tysons career and become champ by 21. This is true when you tell me that Tyson couldnt punch as an amateur and its a skill he apparently picked up along the way to the top by hitting heavy bags all the time. We all know how weak Tyson was in the amateurs. He had pillows for hands. Thank god all the amateurs didnt have any head or body toughness because apparently everyone sucks at everything when their career begins. No one is ever naturally gifted in a physical area when they are 18. Its loads of fun to earn back the gifts that tyson always had by way of minigame tedium....
I could keep going but ima leave it there.
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