This series has been solid for years. The incorporation of the right stick to control your punches while you dance around the ring with the left makes it feel very fluid and natural.
One gripe, and to no fault of EA's is the type of gamer that you encounter when you play online. Its all or nothing for allot of these guys, and as soon as you start winning a fight, they tend to disconnect. Also, punch spammers are rampant, guys that just want to bull-rush you the first two rounds, and if they have not beaten you to a pulp by the time their stamina drops they disconnect. Its frustrating to play one on one sports games online, at least ones with any depth.
See, fighting games, 90 second rounds, not a big investment to match up, people play right, then quit after a couple rounds if they don't like it, but any game that requires an attention span of more than five minutes (and Fight Night does), well, lets just say the kids cant hack it...
I agree 100% with you Cliff this game is horrible online because of all the reasons you listed. Juvenile online players aren't exclusive to Fight Night but the ratio seems to be so high I don't even bother anymore.
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One gripe, and to no fault of EA's is the type of gamer that you encounter when you play online. Its all or nothing for allot of these guys, and as soon as you start winning a fight, they tend to disconnect. Also, punch spammers are rampant, guys that just want to bull-rush you the first two rounds, and if they have not beaten you to a pulp by the time their stamina drops they disconnect. Its frustrating to play one on one sports games online, at least ones with any depth.
See, fighting games, 90 second rounds, not a big investment to match up, people play right, then quit after a couple rounds if they don't like it, but any game that requires an attention span of more than five minutes (and Fight Night does), well, lets just say the kids cant hack it...