You are seriously hilarious. According to you Prizefighter must've been the pinnacle of sports gaming due to having a referee in the ring. Just that one BRILLIANT example of authenticity sucked you into the awesome atmosphere that was Prizefighter.
Nevermind the choppy framerate, ugly motion captured punches, horrible collision detection, unresponsive controls, and the fact it didn't even remotely resemble real boxing.
No no .. the REFEREE is in the ring!! Yess!! Our dreams have come true.
You sir need to get your priorities checked. Every time i watch a boxing match (which is one of my favorite sports) i focus on the boxers, the strategy, the ebb and flow of a match, the sweet science for goodness sake. The ref is only there to make sure its a fair fight. Thats it.
This game according to the info leaked is bringing for the first time ever in a boxing videogame, innovation upon innovation. Your talking about everything being physics based with no clipping ever, gloves grazing over heads, getting tangled in opponents arms, real life sweet spots on the head and body, for the first time ever they'll be infighting, there will also be outfighting with reach strongly coming into play, extremely varied A.I. with realistic strategies, and finally the career mode all boxing fans have been waiting for, and it will allow us to implement our created charecters into our careers which will have organic rivalries. With alot more info to come.
And thats just what i remember off the top of my head. I have been feeening for a great american boxing game since holyfield boxing on the genesis back in 91. and you guys want to complain about a ref that is purely visual (don't believe me buy Prizefighter).
BezO i wish i knew ur gamertag so come June 30th i'd see for myself how u've eaten your words.
If your a true boxing fan, i dont see how anyone can deny the spectacularity that Fight NIght 4 seems to be.
And for the record I very very rarely buy EA sports games.