Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

[Steve_OS]

During today's Fight Night Champion chat, it was revealed that the demo will be released on February 1st.

"Ok, since you asked. Demo will be released February 1st, a full month before the game is set to release March 1st. Check out the Facebook page Monday morning for all the details."

[NYG_Meth]

Re: Developer Chat: Fight Night Champion - Gameplay

Can't wait for the demo!

[Jesus]

Re: Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

"CANT WAIT!!!"

[The Visualizer]

Re: Developer Chat: Fight Night Champion - Gameplay

http://www.ea.com/fight-night/1/chat

thanx Steve,

since no one posted in here yet, here's a quick recap of info I found interesting from the chat:

-demo will be released on Feb 1st
-excessive clinching will drain your stamina, they want to prevent Ruiz-like tactics
-missing a punch costs more stamina than having one blocked
-No 1st Person mode
-Simulation setting only affects presentation, not gameplay. It will disable specific camera shake for high impact shots, screen flicker for counter window and counter flashes for landed counter punches among other things
-HUD can be completely disabled like last year
-Can only control 1 fighter in Legacy Mode
-Video about Create-A-Boxer mode coming sometime in Feb
-1 punch KO's are possible to the body
-approx 24 base styles available for CAB and 6 punch styles
-mixing up high/low as well as left/right will get thru a fighter's block better than just mixing up high/low
-Tall fighter's with long reach have the disadvantage of hooks that will go around opponents head more often than fighter's with shorter reach
-Live Chat for Online Q&A will be held in approx 2 weeks
-Boxer Share is in from FNR4 so you will be able to upload/share your CAB's again
-There is a chance that Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson and/or Jack Dempsey may make in into the game as DLC.
-Little to no chance that Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes and David Tua will be DLC at this point
-Sugar Ray Robinson is highest rated boxer in the game


There were a few more things covered, mostly stuff I've heard before so I didn't mention it here, chat is worth checking out, nice job devs, sounds like the game is rounding into form.

[Vast]

Re: Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

Thanks Steve!

Febuary 1st. Fight Night Champion Demo comes out!

Shout out to Steeler Spartan for asking probably the only meaty question.

The A.I.'s ability to counter the jab ruined Legacy mode for me.

[Steve_OS]

thanx Steve,

since no one posted in here yet, here's a quick recap of info I found interesting from the chat:

-demo will be released on Feb 1st
-excessive clinching will drain your stamina, they want to prevent Ruiz-like tactics
-missing a punch costs more stamina than having one blocked
-No 1st Person mode
-Simulation setting only affects presentation, not gameplay. It will disable specific camera shake for high impact shots, screen flicker for counter window and counter flashes for landed counter punches among other things
-HUD can be completely disabled like last year
-Can only control 1 fighter in Legacy Mode
-Video about Create-A-Boxer mode coming sometime in Feb
-1 punch KO's are possible to the body
-approx 24 base styles available for CAB and 6 punch styles
-mixing up high/low as well as left/right will get thru a fighter's block better than just mixing up high/low
-Tall fighter's with long reach have the disadvantage of hooks that will go around opponents head more often than fighter's with shorter reach
-Live Chat for Online Q&A will be held in approx 2 weeks
-Boxer Share is in from FNR4 so you will be able to upload/share your CAB's again
-There is a chance that Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson and/or Jack Dempsey may make in into the game as DLC.
-Little to no chance that Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes and David Tua will be DLC at this point
-Sugar Ray Robinson is highest rated boxer in the game


There were a few more things covered, mostly stuff I've heard before so I didn't mention it here, chat is worth checking out, nice job devs, sounds like the game is rounding into form.

Thanks for the recap The Visualizer!

[Dazraz]

Thanks for the info. Looking forward to the demo. Really disappointed to read that Legacy Mode is still single player. I was hoping for either a Multiplayer feature or the ability to control more than just one fighter to add some variety throughout the mode.

[JayBee74]

Re: Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

CABs are no longer allowed in Ranked Matches, except in OWC.

Other taller fighter disadvantages (besides hooks going behind opponents' heads more often then with shorter fighters) are lower Reflex Attribute and "current Stamina level".

This is a pretty significant post and dev reply:

Dant8:What tweaks, if any, could be done to the game based on the communites reaction to the demo??

thebrizzo: A lot. We have a lot of gameplay tuning variables set up on the server so we can tweak the game without having to patch.

[DaveDQ]

Good bit of info there. Can't wait for the demo.

[BezO]

Re: Developer Chat: Fight Night Champion - Gameplay

-excessive clinching will drain your stamina, they want to prevent Ruiz-like tactics

Would've preferred warnings & points. Boxers hold to preserve themselves.

-Simulation setting only affects presentation, not gameplay. It will disable specific camera shake for high impact shots, screen flicker for counter window and counter flashes for landed counter punches among other things

Cool as long as stamina and other aspects are simulated realistically. Good to see you can turn that stuff off.

-demo will be released on Feb 1st
-missing a punch costs more stamina than having one blocked
-HUD can be completely disabled like last year
-Video about Create-A-Boxer mode coming sometime in Feb
-1 punch KO's are possible to the body
-approx 24 base styles available for CAB and 6 punch styles
-mixing up high/low as well as left/right will get thru a fighter's block better than just mixing up high/low
-Tall fighter's with long reach have the disadvantage of hooks that will go around opponents head more often than fighter's with shorter reach
-Boxer Share is in from FNR4 so you will be able to upload/share your CAB's again

Excellent stuff!

-There is a chance that Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson and/or Jack Dempsey may make in into the game as DLC.
-Little to no chance that Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes and David Tua will be DLC at this point
-Sugar Ray Robinson is highest rated boxer in the game

I wouldn't pay any way.

I'm still waiting/hoping for news on the footwork since my purchase depends on it.

[magicman30]

Steve Thanks for the recap! I am really looking forward to this game... let the demo fix on Feb. 1st began!

[Chef Matt]

Re: Developer Chat: Fight Night Champion - Gameplay

thanx Steve,

since no one posted in here yet, here's a quick recap of info I found interesting from the chat:

-demo will be released on Feb 1st
-excessive clinching will drain your stamina, they want to prevent Ruiz-like tactics
-missing a punch costs more stamina than having one blocked
-No 1st Person mode
-Simulation setting only affects presentation, not gameplay. It will disable specific camera shake for high impact shots, screen flicker for counter window and counter flashes for landed counter punches among other things
-HUD can be completely disabled like last year
-Can only control 1 fighter in Legacy Mode
-Video about Create-A-Boxer mode coming sometime in Feb
-1 punch KO's are possible to the body
-approx 24 base styles available for CAB and 6 punch styles
-mixing up high/low as well as left/right will get thru a fighter's block better than just mixing up high/low
-Tall fighter's with long reach have the disadvantage of hooks that will go around opponents head more often than fighter's with shorter reach
-Live Chat for Online Q&A will be held in approx 2 weeks
-Boxer Share is in from FNR4 so you will be able to upload/share your CAB's again
-There is a chance that Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson and/or Jack Dempsey may make in into the game as DLC.
-Little to no chance that Riddick Bowe, Larry Holmes and David Tua will be DLC at this point
-Sugar Ray Robinson is highest rated boxer in the game


There were a few more things covered, mostly stuff I've heard before so I didn't mention it here, chat is worth checking out, nice job devs, sounds like the game is rounding into form.

Good lookin stuff there. Very excited for this game. Very excited. Bring on the Demo.

[Panicshade]

Re: Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

my guess is that the demo will be Manny Pacquiao vs. "Sugar" Shane Mosley and that there will probably be some sort of unlockable item for playing/sharing the demo like in the last few EA Sports demo releases.

[JayBee74]

Re: Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

I hope this demo is put on a more challenging level than the FN4 demo. Better yet, I hope that all the levels are included. *

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[countryboy]

Re: Fight Night Champion Demo Confirmed, February 1st

looking forward to playing the demo