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gameplay/animations are taking backwards steps imo.

Earlier footage was smoother and the community was very vocal about the punches not looking right and needing more weight - rather than adding more rotation at the hips/neck/shoulders and having more follow-through, it looks like they just sped it up and cut some frames of animation. Now it looks more like FN which is a bad thing.

The biggest punches from earlier was that there was no commitment - like they did mo-cap of people shadow boxing and hitting pads. In a real bout the boxers 'expect to hit their opponent' so when they miss, there is follow through which was lacking. Added to that the 'getting hit' animations were often times non-existent and when you put those 2 things together you had ineffective looking punches / arm punches with no power or impact.

NOW they've reduced the animation frames/times of the punches and they still look as bad as ever, just much faster which is actually appeasing many fans or followers of the game.

Looks how bad the jabs/straights/crosses are. Take the straight/cross specifically - it's just super fast out and back in - where's the INTENTION/ the commitment, the leaning and twisting to have the goal of inflicting damage?
The jabs and straights also have limited impact making the outside game look ineffective - it looks like you have zero chance of interrupting someone and keeping them at bay with a strong jab.

So now we have a game that was looking more authentic moving towards looking more and more like FN and it's killing the anticipation for me. They started with the goal of replicating what you see on TV and were moving towards that and have taken a sharp left turn and what you see in those rounds above look ABSOLUTELY NOTHING like what you see on TV when you watch boxing. IT's just a hook and uppercut fest of guys throwing bombs with reckless abandon because the punches don't alter them in any significant way. People should feel some level of fear that they'll get dropped running in swinging hooks and why isn't boxing's #1 most effective weapon (the jab) looking like it's able to do anything?

This started happening more when Fanatico joined the team, but also they're just listening to the most vocal group which honestly seem to be competitive gamers. Pretty much looks like the game huge potential but it's systematically being ruined.