I agree with everything said but would like to add one more thing. Wouldnt it be great to still have greats like Rocky Marciano in the game...? Why was he and others like Floyd Mayweather taken out? Just a thought (and i dont think you need a license for ROcky or am i wrong..he's dead)

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Jtoney25Player (EA.com)

you'd still need a license thanks to the pioneering work of Pricilla Presley in regards to likeness licensing

The bottom line is if EA doesn't want to put time,energy,care, AND MONEY into a game then they shouldn't be making that game(s). They should leave that if its to much for them to 2k because they never dissapoint!

EA MUSTS!!!!


1. More boxers

2. gameplay tweaks and add-ons

3. A F***ING BETTER CAREER MODE!!!!! This game might as well not have had a career mode with the horrible have to go up/down this/that force you to style career mode. Brine round 2's mode back but update it to next-gen status(a lot more customization..so on).

4. Better online play and dont manage the servers..please

5. everything else stated before by the creator of this topic...EVERYTHING.

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Jtoney25Player (EA.com)

PLEASE READ!!!!! When you say total punch control, u need it, but you need to be able to barely pull the right control stick to throw a fake left jab then turn around and hit hard with a hard right hook. It would add a lot more realism to fighting and add more skill to it too!!!!!

Also how come your jab can get parried and leave you open just like a hook or somthing. That should change. Also I think they should add the jrs and supers of the weight classes because Floyd isn't going to want to fight a micky ward at welterweight in real life, i think it would add more variety and make it so no one fighter is so overpowering in his own division

> PLEASE READ!!!!! When you say total punch control,
> u need it, but you need to be able to barely pull the
> right control stick to throw a fake left jab then
> turn around and hit hard with a hard right hook. It
> would add a lot more realism to fighting and add more
> skill to it too!!!!!

that is a damn good suggestion. I think that's the first time anyone's suggested that. That idea should have is own board

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TDEEZY58 (EA.com)

NEW ring entrances!!!!! I love the game but those entrances are just HORRIBLE!! ALi, Hoya Lamota, Frazier all walking in with the same foolish hip hop dance. Maybe have specific entrances to each fighter. Hopkins with his mask, DelaHoya with mexican music. All fighters should have robes, trainers, cutmen and the entire entourage walking in with them. Anyway, here's my list 1. New and specific Entrances for each fighter 2 Having ESPN is nice but it would be Awesome to have HBO and their crew. Lampley and Merchant 3. Michael Buffer!!!! how cool would it be to have him announce the fight. 4. Add more things for play by play announcer to say. he's so limmited it gets old. still miles above Tiger in 2004 though. 5. I love some of the new additions of boxers to the game but adding Mayweather Jr, Vargas, Trinidad would be great. Mosley should be easy now that he's with Golden Boy Promotions. 6. A variety of knock downs. Not every guy has to fall to the mat like he was shot. 7. Titles. have the champ with a title 8. Celebrations. have a variety of different celebrations after the fighter wins. reporters and trainers piling in the ring. etc. 9. More venues MSG and the staples centre are great but why not Ceasers Palace again and MGM Grand. 10. have a few more trainers. dont need many more but I get tierd of hearing Micky. Cant wait till Fight Night Round 4 comes out!!!

Unless it has any of the stuff that we've been asking for, I can wait

You know, I honestly don't feel any sense of excitement about round 4. I will need to see some real changes in the ps3 version first. And I don't mean a few cosmetic changes like two extra boxers/ rings. The A.I. they gave us this year is the worst I have ever seen. The styles turned out to be nothing new because in reality they all fight the same. ( they all just throw tons of hooks and uppercuts with little concern for defense.) The parry is even longer this year. ( For anyone that does not know, only straight punches can be parried in real life. And when those jabs and crosses are parried they do not freeze a person in a defenseless position for 2 seconds.) The forced amatuer career/forced weight class changes/forced to have the same crappy intro song/ forced to fight your rival 8 times... come on, who is responsible for all these things? Not to mention we were bombarded with commercials in this years game from Ford and McDonalds. Why would anyone wait around anxiously for round four when we have't even seen the last of round 3?

hopefully they can get some piggly wiggly commercials in the next one

i dont think this thread or any i wish thread is going to matter the makers of Ea isnt going to say hmmmmmm lets go on take alook on the fightnight forums to see whut are buyers think or whut features or ideas we should create.


they dont even care.

good point red . well i guess ill sum up my wish by saying"NEW GAME DESIGNERS" these cats workin on this franchise,atleast, have seem to lost the inspiration that was put forth in past titles like 04 and ko kings atleast those titles had a more somewhat of a more indepth realism to how boxing rankings work.

I agree that E.A. does not care about what any of us think, or about what we want in these games. Like alot of other people, I have taken the time to e-mail E.A. and ask/suggest very nicely that they make some very reasonable improvements. That is not what they hear me or you saying though.
What they hear is all of us saying is "you guys did a great job on this game." WHY? Because The only thing they are listening to is the sound of the cash register going ch-ching! If you purchased this game you are complicit in allowing E.A. to give us crappy games in the future.
Sadly, I am part of this problem because I bought the game also. In the future I will rent these games first and then decide if this is something that is really worth my money. I strongly suggest that all of us do that if we wish to have an impact on the game.
The only other reason I have hope that this game will improve is because 2k Sports is making a boxing game. The competition will be good for all of us because it will force E.A. to do more for this game.

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hatethiswebsite (EA.com)

I must say you put a lot of thought into your posting. I feel there are a few other things that should be upgraded and added. I have made multiple characters in story mode trying to make a dominate fighter. I paid attention to what stance and punch type most of my opponents were.

Example...Jeff "Left Hand" Lacy is a Hook Master with Power Stance. For some reason you add power to this setup after about 20 punches to the weakness of a your opponent, he'll looking like he has violent trimmers when you hit him. Seems like a hidden advantage if you don't pay attention.

Unrealistic! As for stats I know this game was just thrown together in a short time frame but some things need to be examined for FNR4. I know there is a specialist career field called Statistical Accounting. Hire some of these people. Have them go over every punch stat of all the fighters you plan to have in the game. Ali probably never threw 100 punches in a round and if he did it was purely jabs and crosses. He's body is definitely not a 60...HELLO DOPE ON A ROPE. Ali vs Foreman? Ring a bell? What i'm getting at is stamina should be based on number of punches thrown. Now the fact that you watched Ali go 15 rounds where he danced around every round doesn't mean he's 100 all the time regardless of how many punches he throws. This would also affect the number of people throwing haymakers in online matches. You shouldn't be able to throw 60 haymakers and only land maybe 9 but win a decision after 10 rounds. If you need an engine to produce this stat us a baseball engine where how many pitches affect a pitchers stamina.

Example of 100 plus punches per round punchers. Paul "The Punisher" Williams & Kassim Ouma.

There should also be sub-categories for punch types. Example...Lacy powerful Left Hook. While a young prospect who's not in the game Edner Cherry can drop someone with a straight Right which is his weapon of choice.

I agree with footwork and movement but every time you turn in this game you are always toe to toe with your opponent. Angles are an advantage. You should be able to slide to a side and jack someone on the jaw scoring a knockdown or a potential knockdown if your a good finisher. Angles plus the right punch equals realism.

Cut man should get more than 30 seconds to heal. You should get the full minute. Go split screen or do whatever you have to make it more realistic. 30 seconds for each boxer doesn't make sense.

To add entertainment to the game you should be able to create your own trunks, gloves & shoes. Make a bunch of templates and allow people to set there color scheme. Have people purchase an item which affects a certain stat and then go to town on color schemes.

Entrances to the ring should be selectable. You should be able go out to you're own theme music and decide if you want a crew or go out solo. This might add more interest to story mode and possible online if all of it can load.

Problem with a better jab. Is what we had with the last KnockOut Kings. Great jabbers were so unreal fast. You could win a fight throwing a jab all day long. No way should you increases the jabs effectiveness. Yea guys in boxing have great jobs. But I cant think of one guy who has hurt a guy just with his jab. I se them use it to score and set up other punches. But the jab is not really a dangerous weapon to create damage. Maybe some swelling over a period of time. Or to work on a cut already created. But the jab is fine. Play the last Knockout Kings, and see how bad the game is due to a fast over done jab. At one time it was a great scorer for boxers in the 80 and 70s. But now its used sparingly. And to set up more dangerous and far more effective punches. You cant make the jab better, if anything than your going to a far more unrealistic side than. What makes this game good is its not to fast. Its has good defense. Boxers do get tired. You cahnge that you have another bs arcade fighter.