Fight Night 3 Demo

JacoStanley

Should be due for download by the end of the week on 360 live.

steviec

Really?

That should be interesting, very good game and I got the impression at the Sony E3 conference last year that the developers were really enthusiastic about trying to make the most of the next gen hardware. They've certainly shown a lot of innovation with what they've done with the game on current gen, compared to the hideous Knockout Kings game EA used to have.

KTRIC

Great, I was blown away when I seen this on tv. I bet it's f*cking amazing in person.

Where did you here about the demo being available. It would be great if we could find out in advance of demo's becoming available.

JacoStanley

http://www.xboxyde.com/index_en.html

Great site for fairly exclusive screens and videos.

danbhala

is this REALLY game footage? or is it a lie?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/e/easportsfightnightround3xbox360/default.htm

holy crap if it is!! feicin amazin!

JacoStanley

danbhala wrote:

is this REALLY game footage? or is it a lie?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/e/easportsfightnightround3xbox360/default.htm

holy crap if it is!! feicin amazin!

Looks to be alright. Alot of people are complaining (as usual) about the stiffness of the animations. I think it looks great.

danbhala

looked fine to me really... maybe they slowed down the speed of it to make it better for the trailer.... cant wait for that demo!

JacoStanley

Just arrived on the marketplace. Downloading it now.

danbhala

savage! i wish i could other games while downloading it

PowerHouseDan

80% Almost there...

PowerHouseDan

What a Game, Graphics are Incredable...

JacoStanley

Sure are. A few things missing like the 1st person view as your about to be knocked out and a few replay camera issues. A few clipping issues aswell. Does look incredible. Would love to be able to swing a free roaming camera around the ring aswell like thw photo mode in PGR3.

danbhala

is it 2 player by any chance??

GrumPy

yeah, and and it's class, really good im loving it.

Headshot

i dont have xbox live and i really want this demo how can i get it ?

[No broadband in my area, i use a internet cafe]

Ciaran500

A magazine would be the best place to look. AFAIK you can't burn the demo yourself.

Headshot

Ciaran500 wrote:

A magazine would be the best place to look. AFAIK you can't burn the demo yourself.

what magazine does xbox 360 demo's iv seen none

to bad you cant burn

kaisersose77

Downloading it now, luckily its only 486 mb's and not a whopping gig. Hopefully its a sign of thinks to come, with demos coming out before games are released.

Timans

Yeah, It is a great addition to the MarketPlace. Really helps me decide on what games to get. Shame about the length it takes to Download the Demos though.

kaisersose77

Anything i've downloaded off marketplace has downloaded at nearly fully speed ( on 2mb dsl). The demo took about 30 mins max

danbhala

that game is beautiful looking!! hmmm... this or dea or alive 4!.... looks like i'll be getting both!

JacoStanley

Anybody know how to do one of those stun punches so it'll go into 1st person??

antifyre

I've heard it's disabled for the demo.....

JacoStanley

Might be, haven't come across it still. I have, however, streamed some of the rocky soundtrack through the 360 whilst playing FN3. Inspirational really. Looking forward to the full game with online fights.

GrumPy

it IS in the demo, my screen went into first person when i was given an uppercut once, completely random, but looked cool.

00sully

what a sweet demo, i loved the original but this blows (pardon the pun!) that away! classssss

Headshot

my kingdom for broadband:( :mad:

steviec

Very very impressed with it, probably the most interesting game yet in terms of what it does with the technology, the graphics look fantastic and the way they move(and morph) is particularly impressive to see, it seems to manage to mix excellent animation with near perfect physics to make the fight look really realistic, rather than the usual "play punch animation/play get hit animation/play fall animation" or the "perform dynamic but completely unnatural ragdoll physics calculations as the lifless body crumples in a heap" its finding a very happy medium. Or at least thats the impression I get. The current gen versions of the game were already quite impressive at this but this game takes it to a whole new level.

Also a lot of fun to play, was having some great two player fights. Looks like its gonna be a quality game, I hope the single player mode is interesting though because that's never grabbed me in boxing games.

JacoStanley

I'm gonna create a player model resembling Terry McCann. Providing EA don't skimp on this game like they have with the previous launch releases.

hottstuff

yes will download this later
its rumoured to show the true potential of the 360

madrab

yeah this demo is amazing to look at & the facial deformation & flying swet & drool is something that has to be seen to be believed

great addition to the marketplace (which in itself is a great idea)

hopefully there will be more to come (im looking at you doa4 & dead rising!!)

lafors

Its well worth the 30/40min download.

Looks fantastic too. But does anyone else feel its a bit slow?
Not really slow, but could have been a bit faster.
Also in the slow mo of a knock down, it always shows the boxing glove halfway through the olads head, bit dodgy, hopefully this is just because its a demo.

niall2j

Downloaded it yesterday too....simply gorgeous game.

I love the way there's no energy bars/indicators, etc. yet the graphics are now advanced enough to show the condition of the fighter just by how he's looking and moving.

I would never have thought to buy a boxing game but this seems really good, although if I'm being picky I hope they improve the collision detection a little

jonnybadd

Excellent, in both looks and gameplay. Was a big fan of the first fight night, but didn't get the next one as it was very samey (surprise surprise ea!) but this is awesome. My only fault would be that the single player is a bit easy, haven't had a chance to play two-player yet but should tonight.

madrab

yeah at one stage the fighters sorts disappeared so you were left with a floating torso & 2 legs, it was kinda wierd, but it only happened the first time i played

EDIT: seeing as how real the skin moves about, you can only imagine what dead or alives infamous cleavage will be like

The Cannibal

Too easy to win with Hopkins but playing as Jones Jr makes more of a challenge, have to counter well to win.

GrumPy

The Cannibal wrote:

Too easy to win with Hopkins but playing as Jones Jr makes more of a challenge, have to counter well to win.

deffo, Jones just doesnt seem to throw a punch as far, thus making it (for me anyway) almost impossible to land a decent dig on hopkins.

The Cannibal

Keep setting challenges for myself in the demo to get more mileage out of it.

First it was to beat Roy as Bernard, did it first try by button mashing and stopping him.

Then it was to beat Bernard as Roy which was much more difficult, Bernard stopped me the first couple of times because I tried to slug with him but then I focused on blocking and countering more, I realised I could see punches coming by looking and Hopkins waist motion. This lead to me beating him.

Next go I won every round as Roy and then set myself up for a really hard challenge.

I went next to stop Bernard as Roy before the 4 rounds were up which is much more difficult to do as Roy Jones. Took me about a dozen tries and finally I did it by decking Hopkins 3 times in the 4th, he nearly got off the hook when we got into the last 10 seconds but then I decked him with a haymaker and it was all gravy. Anyone stopped him before the 4th?

Things I've picked out as a boxing fan.

1/ Jabs are not effective enough. In real boxing if you have a great jab you'll go far, I've seen fights won by just a good jab. A jab should stop your opponents foward momentum, allowing you to follow up with something else if you are quick enough. It also makes it impossible to fight a long range fight because the jab fails to do it's job and if someone wants to get on the inside all they have to do is walk through a weak jab. The straight right seems to do what the jab should do but the straight right actually pulls you inside rather than keeping you outside.

2/ Counters are too effective. The strategy of Fight Night seems way to hinged on counters to the point where everyone will fight a similiar style if they want to win more than lose. Game engine seems to force you into letting an opponent walk onto you so you can parry his shots and counter, seems the only way to be effective.

3/ I miss the mini game from the first Fight Night when you got knocked down where you had to align your vision before the game would let you get up, made you feel you were in control of your fighter more but now we have these pre animated things that just leave it up to comp stats if you get up or not.

4/ Too many knockdowns. You'd never see a fight in the modern age be let continue when someone has been floored 7 or 8 times, couple this with the fact that is over 4 rounds and it seems even more ridiculous, I'd like to see a bit more punch resistance. Also, there never seems to be any one knockdown KO's which there are plenty of in real boxing.

5/ Hopefully the commentating is fixed before general release. When he comments on how badly a fighter is being beaten when not a single punch has been thrown, it gets annoying.

Apart from that I think it is a great game, more of an arcade boxer than a boxing sim though. Closest game to real boxing would probably be Knockout Kings 2001. I'll definitely buy it as I seem to be playing the demo more than my other 360 games at the moment and I have 5 purchased games.

daveirl

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Tank Top Fever!

Downloaded yesterday, very very impressive

pity there's such a long wait for it to hit the shops

JacoStanley

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

Downloaded yesterday, very very impressive

pity there's such a long wait for it to hit the shops

Still no official release date yet but gamestop and play have it listed for the middle of feb and the start of march respectively.

Tank Top Fever!

could have swore it said something about winter 2006 at the end of the demo, I'll have a check later

JacoStanley

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

could have swore it said something about winter 2006 at the end of the demo, I'll have a check later

It's still winter and will remain so for a couple of months.

lafors

Tank Top Fever! wrote:

could have swore it said something about winter 2006 at the end of the demo, I'll have a check later

Yep thats written in the demo alright "winter 2006"

JacoStanley

I'm still thinking they mean within the next 2 months. They'd never release a demo for a game that's 10 or 11 months off completion.

Tank Top Fever!

yea I kinda took Winter 06 as meaning November or December

Hopefully it's out soon though

Looking forward to the next few months, Ridge Racer, Top Spin, and Fight Night on the horizon

lafors

2 things,
its out feb in the US.
looked at the new videos on ign, it shows how to do 'flash ko'
now i can knock out jones in the 2nd and hopkins in the 3rd.
gonna keep playin till i get the out in the first.
online sounds savage fro what that lad says in the videos

FrankGrimes

hey lafors - can you give a link to that video? nice one

ianmc38

Gonna download this badboy tonight now that i finally found a hard drive.

danbhala

FrankGrimes wrote:

hey lafors - can you give a link to that video? nice one

http://media.xbox360.ign.com/media/766/766603/vids_1.html

check it out

GrumPy

i cant get over how good this demo is, hopefully the full game will be worth getting,
as hopkins, versus jones (as AI) i can get all 10's from judges, and 6 knockdowns was the best i could do.

EDIT: lafors, ive given KO's plenty of times, what i was trying to say, everytime i win, i cant sem too get more then 6, or 7 knockdowns throughout the match, its kinda fun trying to get as many as possible.