I play it daily bro!!! The detail of that game is KRAZY!!!! I remember the advertisement for 2k21 on next gen was the players yelling & u see the veins in their neck...I'm noticing Fight Night Champion had that 10 years ago 🤦🏾♂️ I still can't believe how good this game looks, especially playing it in 4k
@@RS-ob1vr that's true...I was so excited for undisputed when I 1st seen it in 2018. It was called ESBC but since it switched to Undisputed it just fell off. It almost hurts to watch how bad the physics are in that game. The punches are TERREIBLE. I was hopeful but at this point I'm just happy Fight Night Champion exist. It is ridiculous that EA keep making the same madden every year & have even blew money making NbaLive & haven't made a boxing game in 10 years, but it is what it is. People need to put some respect on boxing. Boxing is 1 of the most intelligent sports ever
Dude UFC 5 is coming which is fine but I swear Fight Night is a huge chunk of their community… Fight Night was always a success and UFC isn’t. I think they’re both cool but WE HAD AN M RATED FIGHT NIGHT with champion. Like that is so fire. EA sucks now!!
As the Lead Designer (and Associate Producer) of KOK 2000 and 2001 you were 💯 correct that this development was driven by passion and love of the sport (and fans!). As a martial artist, amateur kickboxer and huge fight fan I was absolutely motivated to make 2001 the best boxing game I could. Of course this was just design and direction…the entire dev team cared about the title as well and did so much great work. Fun fact…KOK 2000 (PS1) was built from scratch in only 8 months! We had a slightly longer development cycle and of course built off of KOK 2000 when we made 2001 which gave us that chance to really make an upgrade. I may not be done making boxing games! ❤
KO Kings 2001 is one of the most realistic boxing simulations still. It actually had punching while inside the clinch ! No other boxing game lets you fight while clinched. It also had true lunging punches. Like Pretty Boy Floyd's lunging lead right hand. Or his leaping left hook. Speaking of Floyd. He was in the game. Along with Judah, Michael Grant, Shane, Zab, Corrales, the roster was top notch !!!! I recently put it on my ps2 emulator but it's one of the few games that doesn't work on emulators. I had having to play my physical copy because I have to pull the dusty ps2 from underneath the bed and pray it actually reads the disc LMAO.
Fight night champion graphics and mechanics still hold major weight till this day I wish a wrestling game was made with those mechanics.. the gradual wear and tear fatigue and damage you visibly can see on your fighter every round is amazing
Rd4 and champions was total trash. Ppl bought rd4 expecting something that resembles RD3 sadly ended up with a game so trashed the plug was pulled from series. Only unskilled bums that got beat up in RD3 kept playing RD4.
How is rd4 fun? Thats a joke. You cant even tell if you landed a punch. It became a button mashing to the body. Lame gameplay is brain dead compared to rd3
The career mode in 4 was exceptional. You worked your way up the ranks, fought who you wanted and then could win all three weight class titles. So good. Also, there was a great cheat to make your guy incredible and blow through the early ranks before you fought the legends and it go harder. It may have been a cheat but damn it was also realistic given how so many boxers just smash early competition. Also, once you unified the titles in your weight class you could move up to the next weight class and capture those titles too. I played the career mode so much. If I remember correctly you could also play it with a legend too. Just balls out impressive. Loved it. Create a fighter was awesome too. Different gear, body types, tattoos, etc. You could even choose what you wore walking out to the ring. I mean. Damn. I miss that game. I’ve got champion on my Xbox and while it’s good. Round 4 was superior. Still holds up.
@@East_Texas_Gaming of course. That's a great game too. I played 4 first, obviously, and I was just blown away by how good the career mode was when I played it, that's all. I played champion too, but as this video said, the gameplay was just a bit better in 4 for me. Also, did Champion have the cheat for a bit of a fast start in career mode? I can't remember.
Fight night champion has become timeless in a sense because of the great people who have updated the game with realistic fighters of today that can be downloaded I think we need to say thank you to those people.
I think the PSP version was actually just a port of Fight Night around 2. They just tweaked a few things and added other soundtracks and stuff. But when the PlayStation Vita was a thing for a short minute I actually played the hell out of Fight Night Round 3 for PSP !!!!!!!!!!
Fight night round 3 is one of the best fighting games ive ever played. The training was fun, the conditioning was accurate and fun, and man, the fighting mechanics were GREAT in that game. Underrated franchise and wish EA would revive it (tho given their decade of failure in sports games, maybe its best it stays dead)
I was a top 100 player online for Fight Night Round 4. I was playing 10-15 matches online every day for that game. One of the more addicting games I've ever played.
Man what!?!?! Big memories. How you know the game was genuine fun, I could play AND watch other people play. Become champion, taking the bag fights, designated gatekeeper type situation, and move on cuz you ran out of comp. Move up in weight, skip training, half ass and lose everything. Then you look at the rankings again, see all the success and say to yourself "I still have a soul". Time to make the comeback. Rank up, become champ again and ride off into the sunset 🤣🥊. Retire and then take up commentary 🤣🤣
@@shtcoinmaxi1367 man what!?!?! It's some folks out there that legit pugilists. I could watch that all day. The shit talking and the call outs makes it even funnier 🥊🤣
you were not top 100 lol. quit bullshitting. anybody who was ranked in the game constantly checked the W/L records daily. players in the top 100 were fighting 50-100 fights a day. i remember looking at the rankings after the first week the rankings came out and the one dude was 1109-27. ill never forget that number. and that was after 7 days.
Fight Night Round 4 is my favorite boxing game ever. One of my favorite things about it was that it gave us the ability to win/defend multiple belts in career mode. You even saw your team holding up the belts during your entrance! You had to lose or gain weight in training camp in order to make the fights happen! Fight Night Champion had a cool story mode, but the career mode was awful.
@@Ceas3 facts, it wouldve been so cool to go from toned physique like James Toney to heavy sparring "i got milk, baby" like James Toney lol. Burger King!!!!!!!
My mom used to give me $2 a day for lunch in middle school. I saved that everyday for a little over a month to buy Fight Night Round 4. Great memories!
Fight Night 4 was the best competitive game I was ever at. I made it up to top 100 on the NA servers. Still remember perfecting the head slips and stick punch combos.
As a boxer, I liked Champion way more than 4. Something about the punching in 4 wasn’t fluid or fast enough. I held off on buying Champion because I thought it was just 4 with a story, but once I played it I was hooked. The punches just felt way more realistic and it made the game perfect to me. And don’t be hating on ‘04 ragdoll knockouts lol me and my brothers loved those 😂 you could trap them on the ropes where they wouldn’t fall and just beat the brakes off them lol could watch those knockouts for days
Man champion was a$$ for me. Bought it the first day and returned it about an hour later. Then they made it to where you automatically guard hi and low
you right bro the punch effect is very realistic!! right down to the sound of the punch im hooked when i feel like snuffin somebody this is the game,,, if the game would let u build your own boxer it would be the SUPER BOXING GAME EVER
@@MrShanester117The proof is literally in this video. Punches on Round 4 have no weight or momentum. It's extremely obvious in this video, as you watch Tyson throw a picture identical punch 3 times and come back to an identical stance. Champion is realistic. Probably why the Round 4 guys don't like it.
@@XoldnewsX healthy? Most of the community is toxic and uses cheap tactics to win or keep their opponent from winning. Glad the community is still there though
There were arcade boxing games that definitely were in competition with knockout kings. Ready 2 Rumble was like the NBA Street version of boxing. It was super fun but it was also an "EA Big" title. Simpsons boxing is another one I remember
Fight Night 3 had the flash ko mechanic that was difficult to pull off but was amazing to see. Especially when you get stunned and you wobbling then all of a sudden a bright flash and your opponent is on the canvas.
@@tj2nasty4ya83 hell no. I'm referring to you getting stunned, everything blurry, the sound gets low, you on your last leg, then bang. Fighting out of those situations 🥊it ain't over til it's over 🥊
Really enjoyed playing through Andre Bishop's career in Fight Night Champion. Compelling story line, WELL ACTED, and provided unique challenges for each fight. The antagonist was someone you couldn't WAIT to defeat.
I absolutely loved Fight Night Round 3 with how fluid the controls were. The ones after that felt stiff and robotic to me. Couldn't really get into them.
Small detailed that you didn’t mention was that the fight night engine lives on within the current NHL hockey video games from EA. It lives on through those games as the engine is used for the on ice fist fights & grapples (what a shocker!!) you can cause during game play. It’s surprisingly in depth enough with its mechanics to be an interesting little mechanic/gimmick enough. A little bit of strategy goes into wining fights in NHL games whether it’s through a KO, referee interference or a grapple takedown, strategy plays into winning these small skirmishes. Here’s to hoping that new Fight Night title actually comes into existence !
I miss Fight Night Round 4 with a passion, the game alone got me really into boxing as a whole. I would watch highlights of almost every boxer on the roster on RUclips.
I was one of the consultants and community managers for FNR4 and FNC- I recall the devs saying that since boxing wasn't "seasonal" like other sports, they didn't feel like it was necessary to make it a yearly or even bi-yearly title. Add to that the relatively niche nature of boxing, the cost of licensing fighters, and the rise of MMA, and it's not surprising that EA pretty much abandoned it over the last decade.
Fight Night: Round 2 was the greatest in my opinion. The speed, the power, the graphics, the parrying of punches, the sounds of haymakers and damage from bruising and bleeding. They out did themselves with that one. When the PS3 dropped and Round 3 came out, they tried to go too realistic and made everything more sluggish and slow. That will always be my favorite one. Don't forget the "Flash Knockouts". Champion gets 2nd place, Round 4 gets 3rd place. Just my thoughts. They need to bring that series back. Don't forget FN:Round 2 was the last one Floyd Money Mayweather was on. I also want to say Manny Pacquiao too as well. Don't quote me on the Manny part tho lol
everything felt so much fresher on Round 2 compared to the other games. Punches felt like they had actual power, parries were hella easier to land and u could just punish and batter ur opponent
I've always wondered why I enjoyed round 4 way more than champion. I think you answered it in the frames per second. 60fps for sports games is a game changer
There's a hidden mechanic. Depending on what boxing style your using. You have to box the way that class should. Otherwise your stamina will suffer greatly. For example, the brawler style rewards you for throwing more haymakers vs combination.
The most recent title was a dud. That's certainly not true with Fight Night though, as 2011's Fight Night Champion was a critical success. "Only about 2 million copies were sold"(this is the reason they stopped) 2 million before they stopped making Fight Night games; that's across all systems; which isn't a success at all for a AAA company like EA.
@@thewoodchipperr To each is own. I worked with the EA devs and Fight Night Champion was a hybrid realistic/arcade game. Not realistic. They exaggerated punches and reactions.
With ESBC coming out sometime in the future , things can really change in the boxing world since ESBC will have a E-sports scene and a world title. Maybe this can push EA to bring back the fight night series? Anyway, fight night was good while it lasted and now I hope ESBC will be as good or even better( and by the looks of it, it will be good/better).
Ive been eagerly waiting for that title to drop since I heard about it last year. So long as there's a "create a player" option I honestly dont even care what boxers they put in the game, I just want an updated boxing game!
I used to play fight night Champions every chance I could get when I was deployed to Afghanistan. We literally had a dedicated night to that specific game. Even when I got back home, it is been the only video game I have consistently played for years. Then, there was no more . I don't have a PC, and it's not on PS4. Truly heat breaking. 😭
When I was a little kid my dad got me fight night round 3, and man I miss that game to this day it was so immersive to me and I would play it every day and it really was challenging and fun!
This wasn't EA's first boxing game. Foes of Ali was released in 1995 on the 3DO and was the base the Fight Night series was built on. You could fight in first person mode if you wanted and the characters faces got more cuts and bruises as the fight went on. It was a great game for its time.
Round 2 epitomized PS2 era sports games IMO. Just enough realism with some arcade elements still there too. The way you could throw haymakers in Round 2 was so fun.
Me too. I still have it and play it. Imo is the best one, the gameplay is the best. You can really box well in this game. I actually put some videos of me playing it on RUclips. Not the best quality videos since I record it with my phone LoL.
@@novalover5033 damn all the comments keep talking about champion,4,3. but WHAT ABOUT 2004? the leaning mechanics in that game were the best mechanics ever! litterally champion should take notes the defense mechanics are non existent in champion, round 2 & 3 had way better blocking mechanics so i can parry all fight but it dubbed down the leans which i hated. show fn2004 sum love its better than all of em 😤
Knockout kings 2000 on N64, 2004, and Champion are my goats. I still don't think boxing is as popular as UFC. There probably wasn't any high demand for another boxing game. But I will always have the great memories. Oh and Big Tigger's commentary is slept on.
The EA UFC games are so underwhelming. The same flaws that exist with madden are there with the EA UFC games. Fight night was so ahead of its time it’s a shame EA couldn’t take that moment and put it into the other sports titles.
@Someone Somewhere I hated that you would be gassed, play it safe the next round and your stamina never improved, while your opponent seems like he would never get tired,
I had all the boxing games EA produced. 2004, FN 4 and FN champion are some of the best boxing games ever created. ESBC seems to be working on something special and I hope it comes out before the world ends.
Fight Night was without a doubt one of the best boxing games ever made. Fantastic graphics, amazing mechanics and great gameplay. Can't ask for much more.
Fight night 3 will forever be one of my favorite games. I was ranked one of the top 50 players on the Xbox leaderboards. The gameplay went downhill after #3
Good video! I enjoyed the trip down memory lane from playing the older boxing titles (though they aren't part of the series, I loved Ready 2 Rumble as well - Afro Thunder, baybay!!), and loving Fight Night when EA Sports made the name change. At the time, EA Sports really was trying to up the ante across the board.
In my opinion round 3 is the best out of the series I like how they made the fights go like in slow motion when you’re about to get knockout it gave you a chance to clinch or to block they took that out in champions
So Knockout Kings 2003 started the time-honored tradition of EA releasing last year's sports game on Nintendo consoles with updated rosters and things of that nature?
Same here. I saw it in a game crazy store in 06. And to be honest those are my favorite Graphics I think the graphics kind of took a cartoony turn and in my personal opinion three still has the most realistic graphics.
Round 2 is my favorite, though I’ve never played 4, I’ve played 3 and Champion. Round 2 was so quick and responsive it was a blast to play. I love the analog controls, parries, and haymakers. The career mode was a lot of fun, but the most fun I had was playing with my friends and online, where I was ranked number 10 on Xbox live. Fights in round 2 had a real flow to it and you could really mix it up with your opponent with mind games and a well timed parry/haymaker counter could flip the momentum of a match. Round 3 looked great but I was disappointed with the gameplay. I don’t know if it was input lag, or intentional design choice but the game played slower and was less fun to control. Anyway, I hope they do bring back the series and make it great again. In the meantime I may try Round 4.
3 was designed to be slow. There was a lot there to use, thus a lot to have to spot coming if you were going to be any good at being a defensive fighter. I miss the parry system and the hi/lo blocking though. Why they took it out in favor of just physics is beyond me. All they needed to do was make it faster and more fluid to pull off.
Round two is definitely just behind round three for me and I absolutely love that game as well. Like someone else said on here the PSP version of Fight Night Round 3 was also really good is basically just a port of round two and having that on the go was really fun and I sunk a lot of time in it.
I've played most of EAs boxing game, all the way from knockout kings and all the fight nights. I still have round 4 and champion. Would love one for current gens and a new NBA street.
I've been waiting on that new Boxing games for a few years now. Fight night champion was a masterpiece. It's just krazy to think we went an entire gaming generation w/o a boxing game. Boxing made a great comeback with the smaller weight classes after the heavyweight class slowed down, & the gaming companies missed it. I loved that era, kuz it opened up my mind as far as being strategic about everything overall kuz I was old enough to comprehend. I was a kid when Mike Tyson was CHAMP, so I felt like anything other than a k.o. was uncivilized lol, so I thought Floyd Mayweather was a boring fighter at 1st, but with the help of the showtime documentaries it got me more into his fights & I seen there's a science to boxing & u can win a fight thru strategy, not just 1st round knockouts. I would've loved to got a chance to play with Floyd, Wilder, Crawford, AB, Errol, etc.
Ive never really played any of the aforementioned boxing games, except for Fight Night Round 3 on the PSP. I genuinely loved that game to death, especially considering that during that time Manny Pacquiao was at his peak and I was watching him as a little filipino kid. I really do hope someone comes out with a good boxing game.
I still play Fight Night Round 4 up to a day like today. What a.game! Thanks for doing this doc on a forgotten franchise and arguably one of the best. Would you mind doing one on the Topspin series. Love to get your take on it.
I recently started playing Champion because I found it on game pass and I went in with low expectations and just mindless fun. I haven't had a video game of any genre blow my mind out of the water as much as Champion did for me! It looks great, it plays great, I was heavily invested in the story, and above all else it's challenging! I haven't seen a game take that much practice and skill to get decent at in a very long time! I recently saw that the game Undisputed is coming to Steam early access on 1/31/23 and it's promising to be a fight night successor that focuses on patience and skill. Highly intrigued!
Brah I play it daily!!! I've been playing it on & off for 10 years & I'm still learning new things. I had high hopes for ESBC but not anymore. The gameplay looks TERRIBLE as far as how they throw punches. The future we go in the future the less I'm expecting out of video games. These developers are too lazy. There's only a handful of games that I used to go back & play after I'm done with them, but now all I've been doing is goin back b/c some of those games in 4k on the series x, or trying games I never played. The quality of alot of things are in the past now days, like music, movies, games, food, sports, etc. Everything I getting repeative now. They keep remaking movies, releasing the same game every year, & releasing the same phone every year instead of taking a few years off & focusing on bringing something new & innovative to the table
I’m 37 years old now and played all the boxing titles EA made, from Knockout Kings to Fight Night Rd 3 in my teenage years. I still have that boxing video game itch that I unfortunately can’t scratch. UFC is like you said mediocre at best. Really hope a game company can come out with a quality boxing game for the PlayStation. I remember those days when EA actually cared about putting out quality games. Sad that they are the infamous company that they are now.
@@tj2nasty4ya83 they just don't make em like that anymore. Remember the old HBO boxing after dark promo "I still have a soul"? EA need to watch that on repeat, then they will understand. That man donated plasma so he can afford to train. We were that invested in those games because we love the science. They lost the love somewhere along the way.
I still play Fight Night Round 3 whenever I get bored of playing other games. There are times when fighting a hard opponent that all of my attention and focus are maxed out trying to stay consistent with the fighting strategy I am using to win the fight. The one thing that I can't stand is boxing with the right thumb stick. I decided to test the game play of Round 4 and Champions after watching this video. Here are my thoughts after playing Round 3 for years. Fight Night Round 4 takes away the ability to use the right buttons for throwing punches. EA might have realized that some gamers didn't like the right thumbstick controls so they brought back the buttons in Champions. I didn't know they did this to Champions until just now as I was looking things up. The downfall might be that people like me didn't know EA brought back those control settings and didn't buy Champions. The game play of Round 4 and Champions are the same. Both do not compare to Round 3 with accuracy. What I am trying to say is that boxing in Round 3 felt like a sim while Round 4 and Champions is more arcade.
Jesus Valentine Toro on RUclips made a really good series on a next gen fight night...I know that if EA makes a new one or with ESBC the gameplay will be there but like in his videos, it's the career mode that im curious about -More people in your entrances as you climb -Rivals -MyCourt like system where you can customize your gym as you rank up or buy a new one -Post fight presser -Weighins and face off like UD3 -NBA Ballers you could have girlfriends lol -Logo creator so you can have fans wearing your gear -Regions: Basically if you make your fighter from Puerto Rico, and if they have the necessary arenas, and you fight in PR, Florida or New York...you'll have fans chanting Yo Soy Boricua and other chants we do. I want an atmosphere like Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano
The rise of MMA was Fight Nights downfall. There has been a decline in big money boxing matches lately too. I really hope boxing comes back hard and this game returns cause dude you hit the nail on the head with this, FN is absolutely a monster series and FN 4 or Champion is 100 percent still worth playing even today!
Yeah, it was obvious that the popularity of MMA outgrown boxing, so Idk why he's acting like we don't know why they stopped making Fight Night in favor of MMA games.
@@DaDualityofMan Well, MMA will never truly outgrow boxing in terms of PPV and big money matches. Boxing is still king in that regard, even if the sport has been slow to produce them on a regular basis. MMA rose past boxing in terms of mainstream popularity, and IMHO, it was a short-term money grab by EA to stop Fight Night in favor for worse MMA games.
Lmao me and my sister was talking about this game last night, and you uploaded it right after. Wow. This series was the best. No duds. Fight Night Round 2 is the goat.
A jab from your back hand is called a straight. A jab is strictly a lead hand punch. Not to nitpick, I've just been boxing my whole life, and this series made me so happy during my childhood in the sport.
Champion was one of my favourite gaming experiences. While the career was flawed and the licensed fighters were often done by the time you got to the top yourself, I spent hours creating 50 custom boxers to import into the career to face as I rose up the ranks, and getting to see them compete against each other as the career went on was just so entertaining and a lot of them I'll probably never forget. They became like real boxers to me with their own careers and histories in the game and then I got to have rivalries and epic fights with them myself. God the game was repetitive after that long, difficult to get the right AI slider balance to keep it competitive, but with those tools and freedom to impact the career mode and create a world of your own - if you put the time into it, you got something in a sports game we'll maybe never see again.
Growing up on Knockout Kings takes me back to my childhood lol but i remember Fight Night Round 3 on XBOX 360 was one of my favorite games. That shit was amazing graphically, especially jumping from ps2/xbox to that. Sheeeeeesh
As much as I want another Fight Night game, I don’t want a new one with the current EA. Current EA would make it free-to-play and have tons of microtransactions and DLC, trying to milk any feature for a profit. This series ended at the best time
The story mode is brilliant up until you have to defeat Isaac Frost with 75 body punches before you can tee off on him. Considering the dude can and will seal your fate with one punch, landing 75 body shots before he’s dropped me 2 or 3 and drained most of my health remains a bridge to far…. Can’t I just drag a log through the snow ffs? 😓
Thanks for this. I hope my comment on your last video influenced you to do the Fight Night series. This is one I played a ton of with my freinds back in the day, mainly round 2.
Awesome video, the nostalgia hit when seeing the old PS2 versions, and since I never played round 4, finding out it was the best one, I’m excited, and now I gotta scoop it, anyone have any recommendations on whether the PS3 or 360 version is the one to get?
Differences I found for the versions according to forums. PS3 has looser sticks than the 360, allowing for more mobility. 360 has more achievements and custom entrance music while the PS3 version, for the latter, does not. Shoulder buttons are switched. L2 and R2 are used for haymaker and stance switch while LT and RT are used for blocking and leaning. Personally, I have never played the game myself so I can't make a comment. It's on you on what you want to get.
Fight night round 3 and Gears of war where really the only 2 games that ever made me say holy shit looking at the graphics for the first time. Fight Night 4 was awful at launch until they let you use buttons to fight instead of the shit sticks.
Hey man, you have a gift for this✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿my only nit pick is the music, and it’s not bad. 7/10 imo, earned a sub my guy. I guess I should’ve waited. Disregard, music is super solid😂😂😂
I was born in 1990 and I remember Mike Tysons Punch Out.. Had so much fun playing that game, a simpler time.. That being said I was a teenager when Fight Night Round 4 came out, I'll always remember the "Victory" track by Biggie and Puffy playing in the main menu.. "PDiddy run the city, show no pity. I'm the witty one, Franks the crook from the Brook, mad I snapped the neck on ya coke connect"... Ahhh.. memories
The Fight Night demo that dropped when the 360 first released was an absolute system seller and helped crystalize the promise of 'next-gen' at the time, at least for me. Remarkable, immersive presentation that still holds up. Appreciate this video SD!
I STILL play Fight Night Champion. Damn shame that we'll never get another one with these new boxers popping up: Garcia, Tank, Charlo bros, Spence, Ugas, Crawford, and more! Another good boxing game you overlooked was The Ring Magazine's Boxing Legends of the Ring. It was pretty dope!
At the time I loved these games. But going back to play Champion it's far too arcade like for what I want anymore. Far too stiff in leg movements. Can't dance if you wanted to. So usually ends up being standing still slugfests. I can get the same experience with Greatest Heavyweights on the Genesis. Esports boxing better not drop the ball, or glove.
I remember walking into Best Buy not too long after fight night 2004 was released and I played the demo for the PS2 and the way they used to fall against the ropes like they were having a seizure was the sheer reason why I bought the game LOL
I play through champion 2-3 times a year. Currently haven’t bought a brand new game of any time in probably 4 years despite owning a new Xbox. Gaming has become just nostalgia for me now.
15:51 in my opinion, fight night champion is the best game in the series, maybe even the greatest boxing video game, ever, is the most realistic, best pure playing boxing video game of all time, it features full specturm punch control, heavy punch modifier, including jab and straight, career mode was even deeper, champion mode was great mode, more blood that ever before, create a boxer was even deeper, and more, fight night champion, is in my opinion, the greatest boxing video game of all time, its an all time classic, its better than fight night round 4, at least in my opinion, its my all time favorite boxing video game.
Would you guys be interested in a retrospective on Fight Night Round 4, which, in my opinion, is the greatest boxing game of all time?
Let's see it
Absolutely!! Btw ESBC is setting up to be the best boxing game ever. Been following them for 2 years now. Hopefully releasing this year
Absolutely interested
@@matthewshannongreen1900 That ESBC roster is great so far. Almost seems too good to be true. Hopefully that gameplay will be worth the wait!
Yes please.
Fight night champion was WAY ahead of its time, 10 years plus later & the game still slaps like its brand new 💯
I play it daily bro!!! The detail of that game is KRAZY!!!! I remember the advertisement for 2k21 on next gen was the players yelling & u see the veins in their neck...I'm noticing Fight Night Champion had that 10 years ago 🤦🏾♂️ I still can't believe how good this game looks, especially playing it in 4k
@@BreakHarpestill playing the game in 2023 FNCis the bedt . Undisputed will always be in development and itms just 4 pc users 😮
@@RS-ob1vr that's true...I was so excited for undisputed when I 1st seen it in 2018. It was called ESBC but since it switched to Undisputed it just fell off. It almost hurts to watch how bad the physics are in that game. The punches are TERREIBLE. I was hopeful but at this point I'm just happy Fight Night Champion exist. It is ridiculous that EA keep making the same madden every year & have even blew money making NbaLive & haven't made a boxing game in 10 years, but it is what it is. People need to put some respect on boxing. Boxing is 1 of the most intelligent sports ever
Dude UFC 5 is coming which is fine but I swear Fight Night is a huge chunk of their community… Fight Night was always a success and UFC isn’t. I think they’re both cool but WE HAD AN M RATED FIGHT NIGHT with champion. Like that is so fire. EA sucks now!!
Yes
As the Lead Designer (and Associate Producer) of KOK 2000 and 2001 you were 💯 correct that this development was driven by passion and love of the sport (and fans!). As a martial artist, amateur kickboxer and huge fight fan I was absolutely motivated to make 2001 the best boxing game I could. Of course this was just design and direction…the entire dev team cared about the title as well and did so much great work.
Fun fact…KOK 2000 (PS1) was built from scratch in only 8 months! We had a slightly longer development cycle and of course built off of KOK 2000 when we made 2001 which gave us that chance to really make an upgrade.
I may not be done making boxing games! ❤
KO Kings 2001 is one of the most realistic boxing simulations still. It actually had punching while inside the clinch ! No other boxing game lets you fight while clinched. It also had true lunging punches. Like Pretty Boy Floyd's lunging lead right hand. Or his leaping left hook. Speaking of Floyd. He was in the game. Along with Judah, Michael Grant, Shane, Zab, Corrales, the roster was top notch !!!! I recently put it on my ps2 emulator but it's one of the few games that doesn't work on emulators.
I had having to play my physical copy because I have to pull the dusty ps2 from underneath the bed and pray it actually reads the disc LMAO.
Fight night champion graphics and mechanics still hold major weight till this day I wish a wrestling game was made with those mechanics.. the gradual wear and tear fatigue and damage you visibly can see on your fighter every round is amazing
Fight night champion is better than fight night round 4 to me
Agreed. Champions was the better boxing. FN4 was good when it dropped.
Rd4 and champions was total trash. Ppl bought rd4 expecting something that resembles RD3 sadly ended up with a game so trashed the plug was pulled from series. Only unskilled bums that got beat up in RD3 kept playing RD4.
How is rd4 fun? Thats a joke. You cant even tell if you landed a punch. It became a button mashing to the body. Lame gameplay is brain dead compared to rd3
I still play fight night champions
The career mode in 4 was exceptional. You worked your way up the ranks, fought who you wanted and then could win all three weight class titles. So good. Also, there was a great cheat to make your guy incredible and blow through the early ranks before you fought the legends and it go harder. It may have been a cheat but damn it was also realistic given how so many boxers just smash early competition. Also, once you unified the titles in your weight class you could move up to the next weight class and capture those titles too. I played the career mode so much. If I remember correctly you could also play it with a legend too. Just balls out impressive. Loved it. Create a fighter was awesome too. Different gear, body types, tattoos, etc. You could even choose what you wore walking out to the ring. I mean. Damn. I miss that game. I’ve got champion on my Xbox and while it’s good. Round 4 was superior. Still holds up.
So stupid that 4 is not playable on the One
Damn bro loved dat game lol
You can do all thst in fnc champions career mode as well. Im currently undisputed in 2 weight classes, welter and jr middle.
@@East_Texas_Gaming of course. That's a great game too. I played 4 first, obviously, and I was just blown away by how good the career mode was when I played it, that's all. I played champion too, but as this video said, the gameplay was just a bit better in 4 for me. Also, did Champion have the cheat for a bit of a fast start in career mode? I can't remember.
@@UncomfortableShoes not sure, i owned them all but never knew about this cheat in round 4.
Legit got blisters on my hands from trying to haymaker dudes nonstop in FNR2. One of the most satisfying things in gaming for me
Lol then you must've lost a lot
FN2 is way better than Champion
Fight night champion has become timeless in a sense because of the great people who have updated the game with realistic fighters of today that can be downloaded I think we need to say thank you to those people.
Fr it really helps keep the game alive
WHo are these new updated fighters bro?
@@adolfryan1930who ever you like you can download a plethora of today's fighters created by the community.
Say thank you to whoever you want. And stop saying we when you’re talking about yourself. It’s narcissistic
@@MrShanester117 nobody asked nobody cares.
Fight Night Round 3 still has a place in my heart from the soundtrack to the presentation. It was amazing to pick up on the psp and play all day.
I think the PSP version was actually just a port of Fight Night around 2. They just tweaked a few things and added other soundtracks and stuff. But when the PlayStation Vita was a thing for a short minute I actually played the hell out of Fight Night Round 3 for PSP !!!!!!!!!!
I had it on PSP too
Fight night round 3 is one of the best fighting games ive ever played. The training was fun, the conditioning was accurate and fun, and man, the fighting mechanics were GREAT in that game. Underrated franchise and wish EA would revive it (tho given their decade of failure in sports games, maybe its best it stays dead)
It's the only boxing game out of this series that I played. This and Ready 2 Rumble: Round 2 are pretty awesome!
Yeah I agree with you round 3 was fire round 4 was horrible champion was OK
@@epicgameRAAM15 facts
POP OFF GAMING 4 was great wdym
I was number one in fight night for a long time my gamertag is NORTONBLOCKSOLO
I was a top 100 player online for Fight Night Round 4. I was playing 10-15 matches online every day for that game. One of the more addicting games I've ever played.
Man what!?!?! Big memories. How you know the game was genuine fun, I could play AND watch other people play. Become champion, taking the bag fights, designated gatekeeper type situation, and move on cuz you ran out of comp. Move up in weight, skip training, half ass and lose everything. Then you look at the rankings again, see all the success and say to yourself "I still have a soul". Time to make the comeback. Rank up, become champ again and ride off into the sunset 🤣🥊. Retire and then take up commentary 🤣🤣
I thought i was good at fight night series until i watched the top online players...whole other level
@@shtcoinmaxi1367 man what!?!?! It's some folks out there that legit pugilists. I could watch that all day. The shit talking and the call outs makes it even funnier 🥊🤣
you were not top 100 lol. quit bullshitting. anybody who was ranked in the game constantly checked the W/L records daily. players in the top 100 were fighting 50-100 fights a day. i remember looking at the rankings after the first week the rankings came out and the one dude was 1109-27. ill never forget that number. and that was after 7 days.
@@Diego-Delgado it wasn’t hard to crack the top 100 and didn’t take 50-100 fights a day 💀😂
Fight Night Round 4 is my favorite boxing game ever. One of my favorite things about it was that it gave us the ability to win/defend multiple belts in career mode. You even saw your team holding up the belts during your entrance! You had to lose or gain weight in training camp in order to make the fights happen! Fight Night Champion had a cool story mode, but the career mode was awful.
You were your own B Hop. Fight everybody, win everything. Defend every title. What's left to prove? Retire and start all over. Good times indeed 🥊🥊
One of my first games on the PS3
the fnc career is good the only thing it lacks is the gaining or losing weight
@@Ceas3 facts, it wouldve been so cool to go from toned physique like James Toney to heavy sparring "i got milk, baby" like James Toney lol. Burger King!!!!!!!
I remember doing that in round 2 till they force you to retire at age 65 lol
My mom used to give me $2 a day for lunch in middle school. I saved that everyday for a little over a month to buy Fight Night Round 4. Great memories!
One reason:
This game wasn't micro transcationed...
What does this mean
Fight Night 4 was the best competitive game I was ever at. I made it up to top 100 on the NA servers. Still remember perfecting the head slips and stick punch combos.
As a boxer, I liked Champion way more than 4. Something about the punching in 4 wasn’t fluid or fast enough. I held off on buying Champion because I thought it was just 4 with a story, but once I played it I was hooked. The punches just felt way more realistic and it made the game perfect to me.
And don’t be hating on ‘04 ragdoll knockouts lol me and my brothers loved those 😂 you could trap them on the ropes where they wouldn’t fall and just beat the brakes off them lol could watch those knockouts for days
I completely disagree and think the opposite is true
Man champion was a$$ for me. Bought it the first day and returned it about an hour later. Then they made it to where you automatically guard hi and low
you right bro the punch effect is very realistic!! right down to the sound of the punch im hooked when i feel like snuffin somebody this is the game,,, if the game would let u build your own boxer it would be the SUPER BOXING GAME EVER
@@MrShanester117The proof is literally in this video.
Punches on Round 4 have no weight or momentum. It's extremely obvious in this video, as you watch Tyson throw a picture identical punch 3 times and come back to an identical stance.
Champion is realistic. Probably why the Round 4 guys don't like it.
Fight night champion was a great game.
It still is. The game still has a dedicated and healthy community keeping it alive, even online.
@@XoldnewsX healthy? Most of the community is toxic and uses cheap tactics to win or keep their opponent from winning. Glad the community is still there though
@@Kurgton yeah healthy was not the right word at all lmao
@@XoldnewsX yeah far from healthy but the few who are make it worth it to have the game still be alive
If ever Fight Night returns,it will be like their sports games. Knowing EA they will monetize it like crazy
You wanna throw a jab? That's $10 to unlock in the store -EA
For each taunt is 10$ a piece
Round 4 is a legit masterpiece. Might be my favorite "non-traditional" fighting game of all time.
Hell yeah
There were arcade boxing games that definitely were in competition with knockout kings. Ready 2 Rumble was like the NBA Street version of boxing. It was super fun but it was also an "EA Big" title. Simpsons boxing is another one I remember
Facebreaker. Ready 2 Rumble was a Midway franchise.
@@ThaMizphit74 wow facebreaker! that was fun. pity i cant get it on ps4
Ready 2 Rumble was not a EA game.
Simpsons Boxing bro? 💀 that’s not competition
@@megamonke2195 lol
It was fun but lol
Fight Night 3 had the flash ko mechanic that was difficult to pull off but was amazing to see. Especially when you get stunned and you wobbling then all of a sudden a bright flash and your opponent is on the canvas.
Fighting out of those situations were so satisfying. "Ya gotta dog em!!!!" Had me sounding like Duke from Rocky V 🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@Solodolo84 ain't no fighting out of a flash ko lol
@@tj2nasty4ya83 hell no. I'm referring to you getting stunned, everything blurry, the sound gets low, you on your last leg, then bang. Fighting out of those situations 🥊it ain't over til it's over 🥊
Really enjoyed playing through Andre Bishop's career in Fight Night Champion. Compelling story line, WELL ACTED, and provided unique challenges for each fight. The antagonist was someone you couldn't WAIT to defeat.
You mean it was someone you couldn't defeat 😂
@@mephistopheles2508 It took 8 year old me like 30 attempts to beat him
I absolutely loved Fight Night Round 3 with how fluid the controls were. The ones after that felt stiff and robotic to me. Couldn't really get into them.
That's exactly what I was saying I feel like the controls kind of went out the window later on the fluid controls in three were just so good.
Yes round 3 was peak
Small detailed that you didn’t mention was that the fight night engine lives on within the current NHL hockey video games from EA. It lives on through those games as the engine is used for the on ice fist fights & grapples (what a shocker!!) you can cause during game play. It’s surprisingly in depth enough with its mechanics to be an interesting little mechanic/gimmick enough. A little bit of strategy goes into wining fights in NHL games whether it’s through a KO, referee interference or a grapple takedown, strategy plays into winning these small skirmishes. Here’s to hoping that new Fight Night title actually comes into existence !
You can fight in the current nhl hockey games? I might buy the next one then.
@christianrapper... Current?? Lol.. You can fight in ALL hockey games. Ever since Nintendo and Sega Genesis. Its just better now
@@GeneralBuckNaked i am definitely going to have to get that game.
I miss Fight Night Round 4 with a passion, the game alone got me really into boxing as a whole. I would watch highlights of almost every boxer on the roster on RUclips.
Ew worst fighting game ever🤮🤮🤮
I was one of the consultants and community managers for FNR4 and FNC- I recall the devs saying that since boxing wasn't "seasonal" like other sports, they didn't feel like it was necessary to make it a yearly or even bi-yearly title. Add to that the relatively niche nature of boxing, the cost of licensing fighters, and the rise of MMA, and it's not surprising that EA pretty much abandoned it over the last decade.
Absolutely loved Fight Night.
Wish this was brought back. This & Def Jam: Fight For NY. Some of the best games of all time if you ask me.
Fight Night: Round 2 was the greatest in my opinion. The speed, the power, the graphics, the parrying of punches, the sounds of haymakers and damage from bruising and bleeding. They out did themselves with that one. When the PS3 dropped and Round 3 came out, they tried to go too realistic and made everything more sluggish and slow. That will always be my favorite one. Don't forget the "Flash Knockouts". Champion gets 2nd place, Round 4 gets 3rd place. Just my thoughts. They need to bring that series back. Don't forget FN:Round 2 was the last one Floyd Money Mayweather was on. I also want to say Manny Pacquiao too as well. Don't quote me on the Manny part tho lol
Manny is on Fight Night Champion and Round 4
@@therealnoriega1433 Manny is also on round 3. I'm playing it right now on my steam deck
Love round 2 I still play it every once in awhile I agree the speed and haymakers just made it more fun than the more sluggish entries
everything felt so much fresher on Round 2 compared to the other games. Punches felt like they had actual power, parries were hella easier to land and u could just punish and batter ur opponent
💯 agree with you in this
I've always wondered why I enjoyed round 4 way more than champion. I think you answered it in the frames per second. 60fps for sports games is a game changer
This is why I love this channel. I played the early Knockout Kings and 2004. I need to go pick up Rounds 4 now.
It’s overrated. The stamina system is completely broken
There's a hidden mechanic. Depending on what boxing style your using. You have to box the way that class should. Otherwise your stamina will suffer greatly. For example, the brawler style rewards you for throwing more haymakers vs combination.
The most recent title was a dud. That's certainly not true with Fight Night though, as 2011's Fight Night Champion was a critical success. "Only about 2 million copies were sold"(this is the reason they stopped) 2 million before they stopped making Fight Night games; that's across all systems; which isn't a success at all for a AAA company like EA.
Fight Night Champion was the truth. Most realistic portrayal of boxing I've played imo
@@thewoodchipperr To each is own. I worked with the EA devs and Fight Night Champion was a hybrid realistic/arcade game. Not realistic. They exaggerated punches and reactions.
With ESBC coming out sometime in the future , things can really change in the boxing world since ESBC will have a E-sports scene and a world title. Maybe this can push EA to bring back the fight night series?
Anyway, fight night was good while it lasted and now I hope ESBC will be as good or even better( and by the looks of it, it will be good/better).
Ive been eagerly waiting for that title to drop since I heard about it last year. So long as there's a "create a player" option I honestly dont even care what boxers they put in the game, I just want an updated boxing game!
@@kaymojohnson It will have one, so nothing will stop someone to make a Rocky Balboa vs Apollo Creed match.
@@BoliveiraNTPW lol
I used to love fight night and played it all the time. It would be awesome on PS5 or XBSX, but we know they won’t do it.
I used to play fight night Champions every chance I could get when I was deployed to Afghanistan. We literally had a dedicated night to that specific game. Even when I got back home, it is been the only video game I have consistently played for years. Then, there was no more . I don't have a PC, and it's not on PS4. Truly heat breaking. 😭
Ps3 it's 4 dollars online and Xbox u can get it for 4 dollars
I bought a PS3 a couple years ago just to play fight night 4 still play it to this day
If you get an used Xbox one, you can buy it for 20 dollars, which is what I play it on
I would never change my boxer's intro music from Victory in the first one. To this day that song amps me up
When I was a little kid my dad got me fight night round 3, and man I miss that game to this day it was so immersive to me and I would play it every day and it really was challenging and fun!
Round 3 represent 😎
Hahaha if you were a kid during the PS3 era, You're still a kid today!
@@CCQ75 I got it on the ps2, I think I was 7 or 8 then, 22 now
@@JustinGariepyPope Thats what im saying. you are just a kid. when I was 22, PS1 was the thing people played
@@CCQ75 glad to still be young :)
This wasn't EA's first boxing game. Foes of Ali was released in 1995 on the 3DO and was the base the Fight Night series was built on. You could fight in first person mode if you wanted and the characters faces got more cuts and bruises as the fight went on. It was a great game for its time.
I legit play Fight Night Champion from time to time. I remember playing Knockout Kings ('98) on the PS1 with my dad and uncle 🥊🔥
At least the franchise went out like a champion and wasn't milked to death like other EA sports games.
FIFA is definitely getting milked to death 😭
I still play Round 2 to this day. Its my personal favorite of the series.
Round 2 epitomized PS2 era sports games IMO. Just enough realism with some arcade elements still there too. The way you could throw haymakers in Round 2 was so fun.
Me too. I still have it and play it. Imo is the best one, the gameplay is the best. You can really box well in this game. I actually put some videos of me playing it on RUclips. Not the best quality videos since I record it with my phone LoL.
Excellent choice !
Same here mate love fight night round 2 10/10 , better game than round 3
Honestly, From 2004 to Round 3 would be some of my favorites ever.
Round 4 and Champion are amazing!!!
same for me.
Only i don't think 4 and champion are amazing. I like them. But i don't love them like other people.
@@novalover5033 damn all the comments keep talking about champion,4,3. but WHAT ABOUT 2004? the leaning mechanics in that game were the best mechanics ever! litterally champion should take notes the defense mechanics are non existent in champion, round 2 & 3 had way better blocking mechanics so i can parry all fight but it dubbed down the leans which i hated. show fn2004 sum love its better than all of em 😤
I still play Champion from time to time
Knockout kings 2000 on N64, 2004, and Champion are my goats. I still don't think boxing is as popular as UFC. There probably wasn't any high demand for another boxing game. But I will always have the great memories. Oh and Big Tigger's commentary is slept on.
Imo boxing is immensely more popular than ufc. The ppv numbers and money generated proves that.
The EA UFC games are so underwhelming. The same flaws that exist with madden are there with the EA UFC games. Fight night was so ahead of its time it’s a shame EA couldn’t take that moment and put it into the other sports titles.
@Someone Somewhere plus every fighter fights the same. There’s nothing special about any fighter.
As soon as they added combos after ufc 2 it completely ruined it.
ufc undisputed is better more modes and better ground and pound
@Someone Somewhere I hated that you would be gassed, play it safe the next round and your stamina never improved, while your opponent seems like he would never get tired,
I had all the boxing games EA produced. 2004, FN 4 and FN champion are some of the best boxing games ever created. ESBC seems to be working on something special and I hope it comes out before the world ends.
Bruh that 2009-10 lineup for EA was crazy i mean go back almost every sport was covered and the game was damn good
Fight Night was without a doubt one of the best boxing games ever made. Fantastic graphics, amazing mechanics and great gameplay. Can't ask for much more.
Fight night 3 will forever be one of my favorite games. I was ranked one of the top 50 players on the Xbox leaderboards. The gameplay went downhill after #3
Good video! I enjoyed the trip down memory lane from playing the older boxing titles (though they aren't part of the series, I loved Ready 2 Rumble as well - Afro Thunder, baybay!!), and loving Fight Night when EA Sports made the name change. At the time, EA Sports really was trying to up the ante across the board.
In my opinion round 3 is the best out of the series I like how they made the fights go like in slow motion when you’re about to get knockout it gave you a chance to clinch or to block they took that out in champions
Hell yes 👍
So Knockout Kings 2003 started the time-honored tradition of EA releasing last year's sports game on Nintendo consoles with updated rosters and things of that nature?
I’ll never forget the first time I ever saw Fight night rd 3 on the 360. I remember thinking graphics couldn’t get any better, Just blew me away.
Same here. I saw it in a game crazy store in 06.
And to be honest those are my favorite Graphics I think the graphics kind of took a cartoony turn and in my personal opinion three still has the most realistic graphics.
Round 2 is my favorite, though I’ve never played 4, I’ve played 3 and Champion. Round 2 was so quick and responsive it was a blast to play. I love the analog controls, parries, and haymakers. The career mode was a lot of fun, but the most fun I had was playing with my friends and online, where I was ranked number 10 on Xbox live. Fights in round 2 had a real flow to it and you could really mix it up with your opponent with mind games and a well timed parry/haymaker counter could flip the momentum of a match. Round 3 looked great but I was disappointed with the gameplay. I don’t know if it was input lag, or intentional design choice but the game played slower and was less fun to control. Anyway, I hope they do bring back the series and make it great again. In the meantime I may try Round 4.
3 was designed to be slow. There was a lot there to use, thus a lot to have to spot coming if you were going to be any good at being a defensive fighter. I miss the parry system and the hi/lo blocking though. Why they took it out in favor of just physics is beyond me. All they needed to do was make it faster and more fluid to pull off.
Round two is definitely just behind round three for me and I absolutely love that game as well.
Like someone else said on here the PSP version of Fight Night Round 3 was also really good is basically just a port of round two and having that on the go was really fun and I sunk a lot of time in it.
I've played most of EAs boxing game, all the way from knockout kings and all the fight nights. I still have round 4 and champion. Would love one for current gens and a new NBA street.
I've been waiting on that new Boxing games for a few years now. Fight night champion was a masterpiece. It's just krazy to think we went an entire gaming generation w/o a boxing game. Boxing made a great comeback with the smaller weight classes after the heavyweight class slowed down, & the gaming companies missed it. I loved that era, kuz it opened up my mind as far as being strategic about everything overall kuz I was old enough to comprehend. I was a kid when Mike Tyson was CHAMP, so I felt like anything other than a k.o. was uncivilized lol, so I thought Floyd Mayweather was a boring fighter at 1st, but with the help of the showtime documentaries it got me more into his fights & I seen there's a science to boxing & u can win a fight thru strategy, not just 1st round knockouts. I would've loved to got a chance to play with Floyd, Wilder, Crawford, AB, Errol, etc.
Ive never really played any of the aforementioned boxing games, except for Fight Night Round 3 on the PSP. I genuinely loved that game to death, especially considering that during that time Manny Pacquiao was at his peak and I was watching him as a little filipino kid. I really do hope someone comes out with a good boxing game.
I still play Fight Night Round 4 up to a day like today. What a.game! Thanks for doing this doc on a forgotten franchise and arguably one of the best. Would you mind doing one on the Topspin series. Love to get your take on it.
I recently started playing Champion because I found it on game pass and I went in with low expectations and just mindless fun. I haven't had a video game of any genre blow my mind out of the water as much as Champion did for me! It looks great, it plays great, I was heavily invested in the story, and above all else it's challenging! I haven't seen a game take that much practice and skill to get decent at in a very long time! I recently saw that the game Undisputed is coming to Steam early access on 1/31/23 and it's promising to be a fight night successor that focuses on patience and skill. Highly intrigued!
You any good?👀😂
Brah I play it daily!!! I've been playing it on & off for 10 years & I'm still learning new things. I had high hopes for ESBC but not anymore. The gameplay looks TERRIBLE as far as how they throw punches. The future we go in the future the less I'm expecting out of video games. These developers are too lazy. There's only a handful of games that I used to go back & play after I'm done with them, but now all I've been doing is goin back b/c some of those games in 4k on the series x, or trying games I never played. The quality of alot of things are in the past now days, like music, movies, games, food, sports, etc. Everything I getting repeative now. They keep remaking movies, releasing the same game every year, & releasing the same phone every year instead of taking a few years off & focusing on bringing something new & innovative to the table
I’m 37 years old now and played all the boxing titles EA made, from Knockout Kings to Fight Night Rd 3 in my teenage years. I still have that boxing video game itch that I unfortunately can’t scratch. UFC is like you said mediocre at best. Really hope a game company can come out with a quality boxing game for the PlayStation. I remember those days when EA actually cared about putting out quality games. Sad that they are the infamous company that they are now.
Facts I'm 36 and I'm sorry round 3 is better than round 4 n Champion..
@@tj2nasty4ya83 they just don't make em like that anymore. Remember the old HBO boxing after dark promo "I still have a soul"? EA need to watch that on repeat, then they will understand. That man donated plasma so he can afford to train. We were that invested in those games because we love the science. They lost the love somewhere along the way.
@@Solodolo84 Lol forreal though
Round 3 is THE GOAT
I'm 18 and i just bought three FN games for the PS2 and those were better than EA's UFC games
Great video! I'm more astonished that no other company has filled the void of boxing games at this point.
I still play Fight Night Round 3 whenever I get bored of playing other games. There are times when fighting a hard opponent that all of my attention and focus are maxed out trying to stay consistent with the fighting strategy I am using to win the fight. The one thing that I can't stand is boxing with the right thumb stick.
I decided to test the game play of Round 4 and Champions after watching this video. Here are my thoughts after playing Round 3 for years.
Fight Night Round 4 takes away the ability to use the right buttons for throwing punches. EA might have realized that some gamers didn't like the right thumbstick controls so they brought back the buttons in Champions. I didn't know they did this to Champions until just now as I was looking things up. The downfall might be that people like me didn't know EA brought back those control settings and didn't buy Champions. The game play of Round 4 and Champions are the same. Both do not compare to Round 3 with accuracy. What I am trying to say is that boxing in Round 3 felt like a sim while Round 4 and Champions is more arcade.
Jesus Valentine Toro on RUclips made a really good series on a next gen fight night...I know that if EA makes a new one or with ESBC the gameplay will be there but like in his videos, it's the career mode that im curious about
-More people in your entrances as you climb
-Rivals
-MyCourt like system where you can customize your gym as you rank up or buy a new one
-Post fight presser
-Weighins and face off like UD3
-NBA Ballers you could have girlfriends lol
-Logo creator so you can have fans wearing your gear
-Regions: Basically if you make your fighter from Puerto Rico, and if they have the necessary arenas, and you fight in PR, Florida or New York...you'll have fans chanting Yo Soy Boricua and other chants we do. I want an atmosphere like Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano
The rise of MMA was Fight Nights downfall. There has been a decline in big money boxing matches lately too. I really hope boxing comes back hard and this game returns cause dude you hit the nail on the head with this, FN is absolutely a monster series and FN 4 or Champion is 100 percent still worth playing even today!
Yeah, it was obvious that the popularity of MMA outgrown boxing, so Idk why he's acting like we don't know why they stopped making Fight Night in favor of MMA games.
Not to mention boxing being a fixed sport. That didn't help
@@DaDualityofMan Well, MMA will never truly outgrow boxing in terms of PPV and big money matches. Boxing is still king in that regard, even if the sport has been slow to produce them on a regular basis.
MMA rose past boxing in terms of mainstream popularity, and IMHO, it was a short-term money grab by EA to stop Fight Night in favor for worse MMA games.
@@francisparker3557 lol as if people don't also gamble on MMA fights?
Nah
Lmao me and my sister was talking about this game last night, and you uploaded it right after. Wow. This series was the best. No duds. Fight Night Round 2 is the goat.
One of the few franchises in ea that has maintained the quality despite the problems
Huh
A jab from your back hand is called a straight. A jab is strictly a lead hand punch. Not to nitpick, I've just been boxing my whole life, and this series made me so happy during my childhood in the sport.
Champion was one of my favourite gaming experiences. While the career was flawed and the licensed fighters were often done by the time you got to the top yourself, I spent hours creating 50 custom boxers to import into the career to face as I rose up the ranks, and getting to see them compete against each other as the career went on was just so entertaining and a lot of them I'll probably never forget. They became like real boxers to me with their own careers and histories in the game and then I got to have rivalries and epic fights with them myself. God the game was repetitive after that long, difficult to get the right AI slider balance to keep it competitive, but with those tools and freedom to impact the career mode and create a world of your own - if you put the time into it, you got something in a sports game we'll maybe never see again.
Growing up on Knockout Kings takes me back to my childhood lol but i remember Fight Night Round 3 on XBOX 360 was one of my favorite games. That shit was amazing graphically, especially jumping from ps2/xbox to that. Sheeeeeesh
Same HERE !
You should do a retrospective on the Rocky video games. I always thought those games were pretty fun especially if you a Rocky mark such as I am.
Yes. ....totally agree.
I still have my Rocky games on PS2......and the one on PS4 is really good too. 👍
Punching up your friends nuts in Champions until you got disqualified was a joy
As much as I want another Fight Night game, I don’t want a new one with the current EA. Current EA would make it free-to-play and have tons of microtransactions and DLC, trying to milk any feature for a profit. This series ended at the best time
I fxcking hated having to fight with the sticks. I wanted my buttons back.
The story mode is brilliant up until you have to defeat Isaac Frost with 75 body punches before you can tee off on him.
Considering the dude can and will seal your fate with one punch, landing 75 body shots before he’s dropped me 2 or 3 and drained most of my health remains a bridge to far….
Can’t I just drag a log through the snow ffs? 😓
Thanks for this. I hope my comment on your last video influenced you to do the Fight Night series. This is one I played a ton of with my freinds back in the day, mainly round 2.
Awesome video, the nostalgia hit when seeing the old PS2 versions, and since I never played round 4, finding out it was the best one, I’m excited, and now I gotta scoop it, anyone have any recommendations on whether the PS3 or 360 version is the one to get?
Differences I found for the versions according to forums.
PS3 has looser sticks than the 360, allowing for more mobility.
360 has more achievements and custom entrance music while the PS3 version, for the latter, does not.
Shoulder buttons are switched. L2 and R2 are used for haymaker and stance switch while LT and RT are used for blocking and leaning.
Personally, I have never played the game myself so I can't make a comment. It's on you on what you want to get.
@@BlueBlur24 excellent response thank you! Might just have to get it for both!
I remember playing Fight Night 2004 on Xbox, such a great game
Fight night round 3 and Gears of war where really the only 2 games that ever made me say holy shit looking at the graphics for the first time. Fight Night 4 was awful at launch until they let you use buttons to fight instead of the shit sticks.
Hey man, you have a gift for this✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿my only nit pick is the music, and it’s not bad. 7/10 imo, earned a sub my guy.
I guess I should’ve waited. Disregard, music is super solid😂😂😂
All great things must come to an end that all of EA sports games
I was born in 1990 and I remember Mike Tysons Punch Out.. Had so much fun playing that game, a simpler time.. That being said I was a teenager when Fight Night Round 4 came out, I'll always remember the "Victory" track by Biggie and Puffy playing in the main menu.. "PDiddy run the city, show no pity. I'm the witty one, Franks the crook from the Brook, mad I snapped the neck on ya coke connect"... Ahhh.. memories
The Fight Night demo that dropped when the 360 first released was an absolute system seller and helped crystalize the promise of 'next-gen' at the time, at least for me. Remarkable, immersive presentation that still holds up. Appreciate this video SD!
You just unlocked a memory booooyyy
I STILL play Fight Night Champion. Damn shame that we'll never get another one with these new boxers popping up: Garcia, Tank, Charlo bros, Spence, Ugas, Crawford, and more!
Another good boxing game you overlooked was The Ring Magazine's Boxing Legends of the Ring. It was pretty dope!
10:16 he tore his balls up! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I never played the series, but I'm always watching any new SDTV upload 🍿
At the time I loved these games. But going back to play Champion it's far too arcade like for what I want anymore. Far too stiff in leg movements. Can't dance if you wanted to. So usually ends up being standing still slugfests. I can get the same experience with Greatest Heavyweights on the Genesis. Esports boxing better not drop the ball, or glove.
I don't like the camera with Champion, but round 4 i still like..
Really good video my man! Just subbed and gonna start binging your vids!
Because you can’t make an ultimate team in boxing.
I remember walking into Best Buy not too long after fight night 2004 was released and I played the demo for the PS2 and the way they used to fall against the ropes like they were having a seizure was the sheer reason why I bought the game LOL
Imagine not playing fall guys with sdtv on stream
Great job on the video bud
Hi Been watching u for three years now I think
Appreciate it!
Fight Night rnd 3 is goated. We had some serious technical wars in that game. 4 changed the controls and got a lot of hate at the beginning.
Please cover Mlb the Show more!
Knockout Kings 2002 was one of the first video games I ever played, I would always get my ass beat, but I still loved it lol.
Lol so Mayweather helped ruin Fight Night just like he helped ruin PPV boxing. Lovely.
Pretty boy Floyd was in fight night round 2
@@tj2nasty4ya83 Right, but that was before I asked for too much money apparently
@@CoolHandLuke813 lol well u was still pretty n not money
Man, I played the hell out of Fight Night Round 3. Still looks great even after all these years.
EA really has let us down in such a massive way.
It's what they do best.
Worst I don’t like the MMA games
Fight Night Champion is the greatest boxing game ever created. Still play it to this day.
Round 4 had the best AI imo
I never used the analog sticks to punch. I always changed the button configuration to traditional. Can't nobody see me in Fight Night Champion
I play through champion 2-3 times a year. Currently haven’t bought a brand new game of any time in probably 4 years despite owning a new Xbox. Gaming has become just nostalgia for me now.
15:51 in my opinion, fight night champion is the best game in the series, maybe even the greatest boxing video game, ever, is the most realistic, best pure playing boxing video game of all time, it features full specturm punch control, heavy punch modifier, including jab and straight, career mode was even deeper, champion mode was great mode, more blood that ever before, create a boxer was even deeper, and more, fight night champion, is in my opinion, the greatest boxing video game of all time, its an all time classic, its better than fight night round 4, at least in my opinion, its my all time favorite boxing video game.