Fight Night Round 4 Update Adding Button Controls

Well I'm definitely not buying this game now. The face button controls, IMO, ruined the spirit of Fight Night R3 for me.

How sad is that, they can't even stick to their guns. They crumbled almost instantly with a few complaints.

"EA today announced that an upcoming download to Fight Night Round 4 will add the option of using face buttons to control the game. "

Yes, yes! How I waited for this. My hopes have come true!

""We strongly believe that the refined Total Punch Control is the most intuitive way to throw punches in Fight Night Round 4,"

How is is having to use your thumb to rotate a joystick with precision against an unprecise type of control more intuitive than smashing buttons that's either going to be up or down?

It's about damn time. I'm glad they're finally caving because I'm not buying the game until the patch comes out.

Whining punch spammer faggots. BUT MOM I HAVE TO WIN THIS GAME BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY!!!!

It's nice to see them support something people asked for. Though total punch control is stil lthe way to go.

Round 4 has kind of left a sour taste in my mouth overall though. It seems that they attempted to go for some more realism in some ways, but at the same time it made the fight mechanics even more unrealistic in others. Eh. It's just a game.

Yay for button mashing cocksuckers.

They better not allow this shit online.

Anybody that complains about this .....isn't good at Fight night round 4. Hate to be blunt but the protection against that strategy is built into the game. Just like boxing its not how many punches you throw its WHAT punches you throw or what punches miss.

Punch spammers especially body punch spammers are already PREVALENT in the game online.........just repeatedly re-block low, eventually you will perfect block and wham knock his head off.......rinse and repeat till the idiot is kayoed or trys something else. Also tapping up or tapping down on left analog does a sidestep that also has a good chance to counter if you do it at the right time. Learn good defense and it dont matter how many button mashers you fight......they go to sleep. My best online match so far was a war and I was literally scared to throw two or three of the same punches cause I was getting countered. We even had a five counter punch volley back and forth....it was sick. Had to mix it up....ended up looking like a real boxing match (I won thanks to a sidestep at the last minute)

on a different note, has anybody uploaded their faces for custom boxers? Does it work well? I think that would be so cool, if it could really capture the likeness of someone.

BOOOO

The only reason I'm enjoying Round 4 so much is because it actually puts me on a more even playing field against my friend, who was notorious for button mashing in Round 3. Maybe the game mechanics will prevent some of this, but I preferred thumbsticks only. :/

I wonder if they plan on fixing any of the other issues in the game? Like permanently fixing the stuns so that people can't even remotely get close to winning by spamming leans/blocks? Or making licensed boxers in Legacy mode actually have to build up their skills just like you are? Never fun to have a 65 rating and have to take on someone like Eddie Chambers with an 80ish rating just because he happens to be a real life boxer. Or Tommy Morrison, with an 89 rating, when he challenges you directly.

wow, that pretty much ruins it. The tpc really takes some skills, but it will always be easier just to combo away with buttons :(

I am 100% all for total punch control, but if I am feeling REALLY lazy and don't feel like unhooking my SFIV TE Fightstick, I can just map buttons to that, lol.