Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

[sportyguyfl31]

It usually takes you at least 5 years (Triple Play Baseball) to a decade (NBA Live, Madden, NCAA Football) to accomplish this, but thanks to the downloadable button configuration, you shattered all previous records.


Just when all of the people who refused to adapt to TPC had been weeded out, you have now reopened the flood gates to the idiots, and the 9 year olds who want to play this game like Tekken.

You "rewarded" them with with an absolutely heinous controller configuration, which leads them to mindless combinations, and chaining together haymakers.

I played 4 drooling idiots like this in a row, and I refuse to play another one. After 200+ bouts, this fine game will be traded in towards credit to purchase the hoops games.

Well done.

[BOSsTOwN]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

Yeah it was pretty unnecessary. I'm not pleased with the decision to add button configs.

[LingeringRegime]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

I can't believe that they gave in to do this. Now it takes less skill than it did before to win. Offline Sports gaming is where it is at. Online Sports are the worst of online gaming.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

I haven't played a random match of Fight Night since the game first came out. It's just not even worth it to play people other than my friends and OSers. I think all sports games need the lobby system where you can see a list of people and type messages back and forth (Why did they dump that in FNR4 and NBA 2K9?) I think including that with an analog-only room would be pretty beneficial now that this patch has dropped.

You shouldn't trade the game in though. There are still good fights out there to be had.

[Jet Sufferer]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

If they only fixed the stamina properly spam punching with buttons or not would be ineffective like it SHOULD be. There needs to be a system in place where if you throw 50 punches in 20 seconds you shouldn't be able to lift your arms for like 10 seconds. Give us a lactic acid meter, lol.

[LingeringRegime]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

In a similar vein, I was watching Justin TV a little while ago, and a guy has a channel called, "Rage Quit Gaming."

Anyway, he was playing UFC and just spamming the whole time with Rampage. It was funny because the guy he was fighting was able to KO him with Forrest before he could rage quit. I was just shocked to see that his channel was actually called "Rage Quit Gaming." Like it was a badge of honor or something.

Bottom line, people will find a way to win cheaply, especially in sports games. At least in fighting games (SFIV, Blazblue, etc.) there are enough gameplay mechanics to overcome most cheap tactics.

[Pappy Knuckles]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

If they only fixed the stamina properly spam punching with buttons or not would be ineffective like it SHOULD be. There needs to be a system in place where if you throw 50 punches in 20 seconds you shouldn't be able to lift your arms for like 10 seconds. Give us a lactic acid meter, lol.

I love it lol.

[withauthority22]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

im having a completely different problems. I dont play online and I really wanted the punch buttons just for my own use. I was prepared to not get the game, but I ended up forcing myself to play it. Still wanted the punch buttons and had my dislike of the stick, but got used to it after a few month. Now that the punch buttons have finally come out, Im used to the damn stick! I tried two matches with the buttons and Im getting DQed for headbutts that Im not trying to throw and my timing is completely off. so now even though the buttons are in, I can no longer use them like I was used to. I cant believe this.

[DaveDQ]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

I can't believe that they gave in to do this. Now it takes less skill than it did before to win. Offline Sports gaming is where it is at. Online Sports are the worst of online gaming.

That is a very true statement, most likely because we want the game to be as close to the sport it represents as possible. With people that abuse sports games, and go for the cheap win, there's no difference in them going from playing Halo to Fight Night (no disrespect to Halo). There is just not a true sportsmanship mentality running through their mind. I blame myself. I should know better than to walk down that dark alley.

[grunt]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

It not the button but the fatigue that destroyed the game. Some of the most technical fighters use buttons and it is up the game developer to balance the game. It is not even a sim vs arcade issue but an issue of poor game design.

Before the button config people were throwing hundred of punches in a few rounds without any real hit to their stamina. New control scheme will never trump quality game design. The pactch didn't fix bodu spamers.

[parker002]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

It not the button but the fatigue that destroyed the game. Some of the most technical fighters use buttons and it is up the game developer to balance the game. It is not even a sim vs arcade issue but an issue of poor game design.

Before the button config people were throwing hundred of punches in a few rounds without any real hit to their stamina. New control scheme will never trump quality game design. The pactch didn't fix bodu spamers.

Exactly.

Putting the blame on the introduction of button punching is horribly misplaced. Just go back and read the threads here about online play in the MONTHS before there was button punching...

The problem is, and always was, stamina.

[DaveDQ]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

Exactly.

Putting the blame on the introduction of button punching is horribly misplaced. Just go back and read the threads here about online play in the MONTHS before there was button punching...

The problem is, and always was, stamina.

Yes, and if they can't fix this huge problem, I think online would be better off with FN3's parry system.

[Bamtino]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

Basically...

The TPC elitist is always mad...

These guys have actually convinced themselves Round 4 was a spammer free boxing sim before the buttons were added...

It really makes you wonder what game were they playing??? It's definitely not Fight Night Round 4...

[boxboy99]

Re: Great Job EA, You Did The Unthinkable. You Destroyed A Game, Inside Of 6 Months

If they only fixed the stamina properly spam punching with buttons or not would be ineffective like it SHOULD be. There needs to be a system in place where if you throw 50 punches in 20 seconds you shouldn't be able to lift your arms for like 10 seconds. Give us a lactic acid meter, lol.

Bas Rutten would be very happy. I just got the game recent and will not be venturing to the online world since button config is now allowed. I am really not good at the game anyways. I like your idea though.