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Broken multiplayer was the biggest concern about Electronic Arts' potentially game-changing decision to release downloadable content for Fight Night Round 4 in September that lets players ditch the analog-based fighting controls for a more conventional button experience. The analog controls help restrain traditional button mashing; adding button-based boxing could potentially nullify all that work.
I asked EA last night whether the company would include an option for players to filter out the Fight Night gamers who made the switch to button-based play. Such a filter would make the problem irrelevant for most players, even if it created a schism in the user base. Unfortunately, EA's answer was a little coy.
"We will be making announcements surrounding the specific implementation of the button controls over the next couple of months," said an EA representative over e-mail. "We just wanted to inform users that a button update will be coming at no cost."
Though EA's statement doesn't provide the clarification I was looking for -- "yes, we we are, hurray compromise!" or "no, we're not, let the players begin vocally rioting" -- but to say there will be further announcements about the implementation of the button controls is definitely encouraging news; it means EA is aware of the issue. Now, we just need to hear what it plans to do about it.
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brotherray
Please bring back the option to "buttom-method" for those who are more comfortable with this method of game play for the Fight Night Round 4. We should have an option if I want to since I was the one who paid my $60.00 for the game...
brotherray
I love the EA boxing chain from Playstation 1 to its present game on Xbox 360, Playstation3, and WII. I have every EA Boxing game which they made thus far. I feel that its not be fair to those of us who have been faithful through the years of production of this great game who favor the "buttom-controlled" method over the present stick controlled to not have this available to us like before.
Some of us have been using the "buttom-controlled" method for years, and it feels really comfortable to those of us who enjoy the game without the drama of re-learning a whole new system and method. Fight Night Rd. 4 was suppose to be special, being able to fight some of the greatest boxers in boxing's history head to head. Don't take away the way we enjoy this great pasttime.
I hope that the makers of this great game "Fight Night Rd. 4" realize that they have just handicapped a large amount of its consumers attempting to make the game more competitive for the gamers, but you're forgetting about your overall base of people who have always played your great game in the past. Some of us just enjoy the "buttom method" of fighting not for competition, but for pure enjoyment of the sport of boxing. Please think about allwoing the option of "buttom-method" play back on your boxing games of EA sports.
Lucifer6972
@Andrew
LOL!! I was just thinking the same and I feel offended. Is kind of like buying your first car and get a call later saying they won't charge you for the next car crash, even though you got insurance, WTF?!?! LOL!!! :)
Okonoko
I like how they had to confirm that they wouldn't charge for a control change. We're at the point in the industry where that's believable.
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