Fight Night Round 4: The Perfect Career Mode

[TooTall]

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The best career mode was Hajime no Ippo 2: Victorious Road for the PS2. Controlled everything down to the diet, exercises, training regiment, and the like. You can choose what year you want to start in, region (Japanese, England, USA) and even if you wanted to fight real boxers or just the anime characters. Simply amazing.

[BrianFifaFan]

Great article. But I wouldn't want them to have a shorter fight with less rounds or accelerated clock. I had more than a dozen fights on Rd3 go the distance and actually loved it. My thumb didn't,but it felt good to have to keep it all together and not make a mistake.

[Ewberdude]

Thanks for the comments, guys. We can only hope some of our ideas get implemented in the actual game.

[fistofrage]

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Great article. But I wouldn't want them to have a shorter fight with less rounds or accelerated clock. I had more than a dozen fights on Rd3 go the distance and actually loved it. My thumb didn't,but it felt good to have to keep it all together and not make a mistake.

Thats why you have options for people who want these things. Not everyone wants to play Madden with 15 minute quarters it throws the stats off. Just give us options and everybody will be happy.

[Complex]

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I like the idea of an accelerated clock to get stats in line with true boxing stats.

[SHAKYR]

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I like the idea of an accelerated clock to get stats in line with true boxing stats.

Stamina makes for real stats not a accelerated clock.

[fistofrage]

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Stamina makes for real stats not a accelerated clock.

While I agree with this statement, I still have to argue that the more options the better. Noone I know plays Madden on 15 minute quarters because it throws stats out of whack. Give me the option to make 2 minute rounds in career mode and I'll be happy. Give you the option to keep it at 3 minutes and you'll be happy. FN 04 had the accelerated clock and it worked out great.

[SHAKYR]

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While I agree with this statement, I still have to argue that the more options the better. Noone I know plays Madden on 15 minute quarters because it throws stats out of whack. Give me the option to make 2 minute rounds in career mode and I'll be happy. Give you the option to keep it at 3 minutes and you'll be happy. FN 04 had the accelerated clock and it worked out great.

I totally agree with you the more options the better.

Here are some more career ideas I would like to see.
1.Have a stable of fighters to manage
2.News Articles
3.PLAYER DATA-(Show information about number of wins/lost/ko's/draws/and a few more things)
4.WATCH MODE-being able to watch other bouts
5.FIGHT CARDS MODE-being able to create a show with different boxers
6.Put all the weight classes-If you can't sign certain fighters, give the option to add them to the empty weight class slots

[Complex]

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Stamina makes for real stats not a accelerated clock.

Depends how it is applied.

[Sausage]

A few things I would love to see is the return of double time rounds. The round still starts at 3 minutes, but gets to 0 minutes in half the time.

A stamina system that takes into account the number of punches thrown, received, movement, and stamina points you received during training.

No more energy bars (see Victorious Boxers 1). A weak jab should not be able to knockdown an opponent or even knockout, I am talking to you fight night.

One thing for career modes have the commentators and ring announcer say the name of your opponent. I am tired of having multiple "Kid Dynamites, Wonder Kid, etc." as my opponents.

[babyfat9]

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Bout time a game like this came out...i've been waiting to get legend boxers like Tyson and bunch others....can't wait !!!!!

[abuC]

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One thing for career modes have the commentators and ring announcer say the name of your opponent. I am tired of having multiple "Kid Dynamites, Wonder Kid, etc." as my opponents.

Yeah, they already have a huge name database with Madden/Live that they could borrow from.


I want punches to have different ratings, the more ratings the better, there should be footspeed, handspeed, right/left hand power, jab power, straight power, hook etc.

There should be flash knockdowns, and if a fighter has been rocked there should be lasting affects. In fight night, after you get up it's like nothing ever happened you just have less energy. How about some wobbly legs where you have to shake out the cobwebs.

[thppanthers1]

Very well thought out. Nice Article

[abuC]

I think a very important thing would be tendency sliders also, that seems to have been in every game except boxing. It could be setup to vary from each CPU boxer to the next, one might like to throw the jab more than the other, one might like to mix it up while another likes to pot shot. Basically, offer players everything that NBA2k, Live, Madden and basically every other sports genre has offered to their fans. it seems like boxing games are held to a lower standard of realism, when more realism is what could help the genre even more.


Also, I dont want to fight in a jet hangar, or ontop of a rotating casino, give me realistic venues only.

[Dahal]

Could we have the option of having legends in our career mode or not?Its pretty unrealistic when you are having a title fight against Ali.Id rather I had just current boxers to fight.Also,a classic mode would be good with selectable eras like days from Rocky,Ali,Sugar,Benn. think thats askin a bit too much tho and would mean a massive data base of boxers.

And I remember a time in FN3 where I fought Del La Hoya in some old hanger with a few people gathered around to watch.TOTALLY UNREALISTIC!and I found it hard taking the game serious after this.PLEASE DONT MAKE THINGS LIKE THIS HAPPEN IN THE NEW VERSION!!little things like that can really ruin a game for some people..

Would also be good to add your own real life boxers and select where you feel they should be ranked so you dont get them early on in your own career,i.e.If Calzaghe wasnt in the game and I wanted to add him I could set his stats accordingly and rank him where I feel he deserves to be ranked.