Controversial opinion but I have enjoyed Round 4 the most out of the three titles on the XBox 360. I liked the controls and didn't really feel like the blocking and head movement problems you described were an issue. Although I do agree it all heavily leans on the counter punch mechanic. Also the minigames I did agree to begin with they are annoying and onerous. However I put quite a bit of time into practicing them and ended up being able to get champion level almost every time. Even on the push bag one which is frustratingly luck based. The main thing that disappointed me was toward the end of my career around 40 fights in, I had won all the belts available and suddenly my opponents dried up. I pushed through to 50 fights to get the GOAT achievement but to do so I had to fight the same half dozen guys over and over. And these guys didn't seem to be fighting anyone else since their last 2 or 3 fights were all me. There were no new challengers and no new fighters appearing for me to book. I compare this with Round 3, where I was able to keep fighting new challengers indefinitely until my fighter got too old (I retired him in his early 40s after over 60 fights). So you're going to review Champion next which everyone raves about, but I am having a real hard time getting into it. They really dumbed down the controls. Anyway I'll look forward to that next video as I'll be very interested to see if we agree on some things about that or maybe I'm missing something.
@@goodlookinouthomie1757 I am really glad to hear that you enjoyed Fight Night Round 4. That's the one I've heard people rave about, along with Champion, but I feel both are in the same boat as the Final Fantasy games, where some people say 7 is the best, and others cite the gospel of 6. Personally, I felt Round 4 is a slew fine game in many ways, but does a lot of small things that irk me, that just build up. I don't have an issue with its ideas, but I don't like how a lot of them were executed. I do however like the career mode. I give a lot of flak to games for making career mode a series of menus, but what I really mean is that those career modes tend to be a series of menus that don't really require you to think about your choices, whereas Round 4 feels like your decisions outside of the ring matter almost as much as the ones you make in the ring. I am really looking forward to reviewing Champion. After that, I want to cover the less simulation boxing games, like Ready 2 Rumble, and Facebreakers.
Fight Night Round 4 takes a lot of practice but once you learn how to really play it, aw man. It's the best one by far!
Controversial opinion but I have enjoyed Round 4 the most out of the three titles on the XBox 360. I liked the controls and didn't really feel like the blocking and head movement problems you described were an issue. Although I do agree it all heavily leans on the counter punch mechanic. Also the minigames I did agree to begin with they are annoying and onerous. However I put quite a bit of time into practicing them and ended up being able to get champion level almost every time. Even on the push bag one which is frustratingly luck based.
The main thing that disappointed me was toward the end of my career around 40 fights in, I had won all the belts available and suddenly my opponents dried up. I pushed through to 50 fights to get the GOAT achievement but to do so I had to fight the same half dozen guys over and over. And these guys didn't seem to be fighting anyone else since their last 2 or 3 fights were all me. There were no new challengers and no new fighters appearing for me to book. I compare this with Round 3, where I was able to keep fighting new challengers indefinitely until my fighter got too old (I retired him in his early 40s after over 60 fights).
So you're going to review Champion next which everyone raves about, but I am having a real hard time getting into it. They really dumbed down the controls. Anyway I'll look forward to that next video as I'll be very interested to see if we agree on some things about that or maybe I'm missing something.
@@goodlookinouthomie1757 I am really glad to hear that you enjoyed Fight Night Round 4. That's the one I've heard people rave about, along with Champion, but I feel both are in the same boat as the Final Fantasy games, where some people say 7 is the best, and others cite the gospel of 6.
Personally, I felt Round 4 is a slew fine game in many ways, but does a lot of small things that irk me, that just build up. I don't have an issue with its ideas, but I don't like how a lot of them were executed.
I do however like the career mode. I give a lot of flak to games for making career mode a series of menus, but what I really mean is that those career modes tend to be a series of menus that don't really require you to think about your choices, whereas Round 4 feels like your decisions outside of the ring matter almost as much as the ones you make in the ring.
I am really looking forward to reviewing Champion. After that, I want to cover the less simulation boxing games, like Ready 2 Rumble, and Facebreakers.
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@@joshdoek I aim to please.
You played FN Champion yet?
@@cjumberger7489 Its the very next video. After that, its Facebreakers.