since it took me a couple matches to figure it out make sure you guys check out all the configuartions and choose the best one. at the controller select screen hit X and look at the 6 different configs. i went with 4, i found the default (#2) to be terrible. i went from "holy shit this game plays like shit" to "holy shit, this game plays as good as it looks".
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Xbox 360 Live demo availability thread
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I took some pictures (Aquos 32" 720p)
And you can get two videos here:
http://outerspace.terra.com.br/interno.php?area=download_ver&jogo=1485&tipo=2
(Two firsts)
And you can get two videos here:
http://outerspace.terra.com.br/interno.php?area=download_ver&jogo=1485&tipo=2
(Two firsts)
Doc Savage
Member
This game is mighty impressive graphically. It looks photo realistic at times. The control feels stiff and some of the punches feel like they are in slow motion overall I think it could be sped up across the board just a tad. I still have to mess around the controls to see if helps.
The overall animations are smooth the transitions feel like there is a hitch between them. For those saying there is slowdown or framerate problems I think you are smoking crack. (IMO of course).
I would like to see it polished up a bit more before it ships but this late in the schedule I am not so sure that will happen. I hope EA and Kudo would listen to the valuable feedback they are getting for free from all the end users.
All in all I had fun with this demo!
The overall animations are smooth the transitions feel like there is a hitch between them. For those saying there is slowdown or framerate problems I think you are smoking crack. (IMO of course).
I would like to see it polished up a bit more before it ships but this late in the schedule I am not so sure that will happen. I hope EA and Kudo would listen to the valuable feedback they are getting for free from all the end users.
All in all I had fun with this demo!
Celeryface
Member
This demo is hawt. I'm not a fan of the sport, but I actually enjoy the gameplay in the demo.
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
When I connected with a hard punch, saw blood start to trickle on the fighter, saw him grimace, and then saw him wipe the blood away, I smiled a smile I haven't smiled in a while.
raYne said:Been playing for the last hour and a half, man does this demo rock.And yes, Roy JJ sucks. Horrible reach, bad signature blow and he just seems weak overall. All hail B-Hop! King of the FN3 demo!
Someone mentioned parrying/counter hits earlier in the thread. So how does one go about doing said moves?
edit:
Nevermind, figured it out... w00t!
Jones doesn't suck actually. I thought that also but if you lean a lot and then counter from there he is pretty food. He won't knock Hopkins out but man can he combo punch. I'm like all over the ring schooling hopkins with him. You just got to hold L trigger and lean a lot then jump in with some hooks and upper cuts.
And oh yeah, looks amazing. The transitional animation is better than I though and I'm sure by the time they make the next sequels it will get better from there. Now I have to buy an EA game..sigh.
Also I think the faster the game gets the less tactical it would be. This pace is fast enough to be effective and still be slick with the blocks and dodges.
Now that I've put significant time into the demo the slow pace doesnt bother me and I actually kind of like it. I think I'm going to buy this one for sure.
The glitchy replays/ragdoll have been around since the first fight night, so I wouldn't expect them to go away by launch.
I think its the dodge animation that gets to people (left trigger+move)
The glitchy replays/ragdoll have been around since the first fight night, so I wouldn't expect them to go away by launch.
Chiggs said:
I think its the dodge animation that gets to people (left trigger+move)
krypt0nian
Banned
DenogginizerOS said:
The only HUD anyone ever needs!
DenogginizerOS
BenjaminBirdie's Thomas Jefferson
I see large crowds of people in stores watching the FN3 demo saying things like, "Damn!!!"; "I got to get a 360!; "Holy shit! Is that PS3?"
Pfft.. everyone's pretty good if you dodge all the time!Haklong said:
Still, I only tried using him once and I just didn't like how he actually punched compared to Hopkins. I'll use him for a few matches tomorr... err.. later to see if my initial "wtf?" was warranted.
Again, amazing demo.
Add whiffing punches to that list. That affects your stamina as well.DopeyFish said:to the people who haven't played fight night before:
when you get hit in the stomach alot or your shots are blocked you end up getting tired. this won't help your punch speed
truffleshuffle83
Banned
the commentary is crakin me up. RJJ dables in rapping and cock fighting
Pretty, but I have NO clue how to play this game. I was swinging that right stick every which way to pull off punches, but couldn't figure it out. So then I just resorted to mashing the face buttons until I knocked the guy out cold, patted myself on the back confusingly...and then I went back to playing RR6.
Demo really needed a tutorial of some sort.
Demo really needed a tutorial of some sort.
Outlaw Pro Mod
Member
This demo is pretty fun. Kind of makes me want to pick up Dead or Alive 4.
I had a slight problem with the controls earlier, but the more I play it the more I get the hang of it. I've also found that if you play the game well, the punches are hardly slow at all. When you get "in the zone", you can pull off punches very quickly.
When you take body shots, miss punches, etc... all of that leads to your stamina dropping, and that leads to a lot of the slow punches. Now that I have the hang of it (I'm still not great though), I'm having fantastic rounds over and over again, with tons of action.
To block, you need to hold down RT and move the right thumbstick to the part of the body that is going to be hit. There six different ways to move it - straight head shot, left, and right and then a straight body shot, left, and right. If you time it just right, it will also counter and will open the other guy up and give you a chance to go full blast with a combo.
Don't give up on this demo after just a few rounds. Stick with it, and you will start to feel it, trust me.
When you take body shots, miss punches, etc... all of that leads to your stamina dropping, and that leads to a lot of the slow punches. Now that I have the hang of it (I'm still not great though), I'm having fantastic rounds over and over again, with tons of action.
To block, you need to hold down RT and move the right thumbstick to the part of the body that is going to be hit. There six different ways to move it - straight head shot, left, and right and then a straight body shot, left, and right. If you time it just right, it will also counter and will open the other guy up and give you a chance to go full blast with a combo.
Don't give up on this demo after just a few rounds. Stick with it, and you will start to feel it, trust me.
momolicious
Member
sooo, if you have an xbox360 and an internet connection and the harddrive, you can download all the latest demos for free?
nextgeneration
Member
True, but isn't Fight Night the first demo of a game that hasn't been released yet? I think that's what they mean - that we'll be able to download demos of games in the future that still haven't been released yet.
momolicious
Member
so you dont need a Live suscription?
I played a lot of Fight Night Round 2 for Xbox and so I've been anticipating this for a while.. and man when I finally played the demo it was very jarring. Not in a bad way, I just couldn't get over the fact that I was actually in control of what I was seeing on screen, it's still pretty surreal.
For people who have never played FN games before, here's how it works.
Defense
Right Trigger + Right Analog brings your gloves up.
RT + Up = Block your face
RT + Down = Block your body
Then there are the parries which are done with RT + a diagonal. The four diagonal directions correspond to Left Head, Right Head, Left Body and Right Body. If you are in the parry position and a punch connects with the blocking arm (so you're holding RT + up left) and the guy throws a right hook to your temple, the puncher will go into a stun mode where the defender can unleash a nice reprisal. The amount of stun from the parried person depends on how hard of a punch was thrown, if you parry a haymaker, get ready to throw a haymaker of your own. If you parry a jab, you can get a hook or uppercut in, or a 2-jab combo. So parries are pretty sweet, except that there's 4 possibilites you have to consider and if you choose wrong then you take the hit entirely.
Contrast parrying with blocking which is just one of two decisions, just up and down, left and right don't matter. However, if you block a punch then the blocker takes a little bit of damage, and the puncher doesn't get stunned at all.
Then there's the LT which is used for moving your body around. This is useful for both offense and defence. Defensively you can lean your boxer's body back to avoid punches, as well as side to side to bob and weave. LT+DownForward makes your boxer duck and at this point you can throw body punches, in fact it's the only way to throw body punches.
Offensively I use Total Punch Control, which refers to using the right analog for your punches. Straight up and slightly to the left is a jab. Doing a quarter circle will do a hook. Doing a 3/8s circle does an uppercut. Mirror the arcs and angle of the straight to use the opposite hand. And press left trigger to do the body blow versions of all of those punches.
In terms of the speed, I'm happy with the slower pace. In FNR2 it was difficult to effectively block or counter haymaker punches sinse they came so fast, and they were so powerful that it just became a haymaker fest. Now there's enough time to REACT instead of just predict, so they become a lot more dangerous to the puncher, but they're also more rewarding if you connect.
The animation is very good, with a great wind-up animation for the haymakers, and all sorts of secondary animations for the boxers as they walk around and such. The facial expressions, facial deformation and everything are all first-class and really bring the characters to life. And on top of all of that the way the boxers physically show they're tired is done very well, as the more I was beating on RJJ he was dropping his hands lower and lower which let me tag him with more jabs.
Standing out the most in terms of all visual effects, has got to be the camera. Zooming, blur, changing viewpoint, all of these things are handled so damn well, and are integrated so well into the action that it evokes a very immersive response. I thought they did a great job on this in FNR2 and they totally took it up 10 notches and it really adds to the experience.
Not EVERYTHING is rosy, and I hope this is just a matter of being a demo, but some of the sound effects have been significantly toned down from FNR2. When you watch the KO replays in R2 each punch, even the little jabs would let out a deep thud. But now all that emits, even from the big punches (after the first KO-triggering punch) are soft taps. Also during normal gameplay, the sounds of connected and blocked punches seem to lack the proper oomph that the visuals imply, so that's something I'd like to see get changed for the final release.
For people who have never played FN games before, here's how it works.
Defense
Right Trigger + Right Analog brings your gloves up.
RT + Up = Block your face
RT + Down = Block your body
Then there are the parries which are done with RT + a diagonal. The four diagonal directions correspond to Left Head, Right Head, Left Body and Right Body. If you are in the parry position and a punch connects with the blocking arm (so you're holding RT + up left) and the guy throws a right hook to your temple, the puncher will go into a stun mode where the defender can unleash a nice reprisal. The amount of stun from the parried person depends on how hard of a punch was thrown, if you parry a haymaker, get ready to throw a haymaker of your own. If you parry a jab, you can get a hook or uppercut in, or a 2-jab combo. So parries are pretty sweet, except that there's 4 possibilites you have to consider and if you choose wrong then you take the hit entirely.
Contrast parrying with blocking which is just one of two decisions, just up and down, left and right don't matter. However, if you block a punch then the blocker takes a little bit of damage, and the puncher doesn't get stunned at all.
Then there's the LT which is used for moving your body around. This is useful for both offense and defence. Defensively you can lean your boxer's body back to avoid punches, as well as side to side to bob and weave. LT+DownForward makes your boxer duck and at this point you can throw body punches, in fact it's the only way to throw body punches.
Offensively I use Total Punch Control, which refers to using the right analog for your punches. Straight up and slightly to the left is a jab. Doing a quarter circle will do a hook. Doing a 3/8s circle does an uppercut. Mirror the arcs and angle of the straight to use the opposite hand. And press left trigger to do the body blow versions of all of those punches.
In terms of the speed, I'm happy with the slower pace. In FNR2 it was difficult to effectively block or counter haymaker punches sinse they came so fast, and they were so powerful that it just became a haymaker fest. Now there's enough time to REACT instead of just predict, so they become a lot more dangerous to the puncher, but they're also more rewarding if you connect.
The animation is very good, with a great wind-up animation for the haymakers, and all sorts of secondary animations for the boxers as they walk around and such. The facial expressions, facial deformation and everything are all first-class and really bring the characters to life. And on top of all of that the way the boxers physically show they're tired is done very well, as the more I was beating on RJJ he was dropping his hands lower and lower which let me tag him with more jabs.
Standing out the most in terms of all visual effects, has got to be the camera. Zooming, blur, changing viewpoint, all of these things are handled so damn well, and are integrated so well into the action that it evokes a very immersive response. I thought they did a great job on this in FNR2 and they totally took it up 10 notches and it really adds to the experience.
Not EVERYTHING is rosy, and I hope this is just a matter of being a demo, but some of the sound effects have been significantly toned down from FNR2. When you watch the KO replays in R2 each punch, even the little jabs would let out a deep thud. But now all that emits, even from the big punches (after the first KO-triggering punch) are soft taps. Also during normal gameplay, the sounds of connected and blocked punches seem to lack the proper oomph that the visuals imply, so that's something I'd like to see get changed for the final release.
TekunoRobby
Tag of Excellence
Thank you rastex, now I can actually enjoy the demo now.
I never really played a Fight Night title before so it was a bit odd getting used to the game for the first time without any sort of proper explanation.
I never really played a Fight Night title before so it was a bit odd getting used to the game for the first time without any sort of proper explanation.
Aruarian Reflection
Chauffeur de la gdlk
\rastex said:
Props props. I was just going to come in here and ask how the hell do I play this game.
:lol
Well I called the bitching about the animation at least, they'll never match the E3 demo for animation unless they turn it into Dragon's Lair just because of the nature of a boxing game.
I can't believe I'm going to buy a boxing game though, I usually reserve them for a quick rental.
Well I called the bitching about the animation at least, they'll never match the E3 demo for animation unless they turn it into Dragon's Lair just because of the nature of a boxing game.
I can't believe I'm going to buy a boxing game though, I usually reserve them for a quick rental.
Video from the demo :
http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_2127_1_en.html
http://www.xboxyde.com/leech_2127_1_en.html
According to IGN, this demo is the first downloadable demo on the Xbox 360! :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/678/678971p1.html
http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/678/678971p1.html