Fight Night Round 4 trailer looks at the styles behind The Sweet Science

by David Hinkle { May 6th 2009 at 4:50PM }

EA Sports keeps the trailer train running with the latest look at Fight Night Round 4. In the trailer above, producer Brian Hayes takes us through the many styles available in the game's fourth installment, as well as how a boxer effectively employs each style in the ring. Hayes points out the lack of variety in Fight Night Round 3, making sure to show how improved this is in the new game, and based on the footage above, we'd say that EA has improved upon its predecessor by leaps and bounds ... and maybe an uppercut or two.

Tags: boxing, ea, ea-sports, fight-night-round-4

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

FAnchax @ May 6th 2009 4:59PM

lol ricky hatton...

avan @ May 6th 2009 5:31PM

yeah no doubt they made this trailer after P vs. H fight

Clinton @ May 6th 2009 5:05PM

man that looks so fun cant wait, hope you can mix styles

darko @ May 6th 2009 5:10PM

i dont know but the punching animation seem like theres no real power or speed in them mostly the jabs

Brendan H @ May 6th 2009 8:04PM

Yeah, I was hoping the overall speed of punches was going to be faster than FNR3. It definitely looks better, but not quite what I was hoping for.

BigFat @ May 6th 2009 5:20PM

i hate to say it (because i loved fight night round 3) but it looks like the UFC game has this one beat in terms of graphics and pure strategy. it also looks like they slowed this game down alot or took alot of the power/heavyness out of punches.

Linkario @ May 6th 2009 7:13PM

Really? I walked away from the UFC demo very disappointed. Another UFC button masher.

xFenixKnightx @ May 6th 2009 8:19PM

Linkario

You sir, are a dumbass. UFC 2009 Undisputed is the farthest thing from a button masher ever. Do the full tutorial and you'll know this for a fact. That game is incredibly deep and complex! Did you even see teh move list? I like how both games are looking so far but I'm a little more biased about UFC U 2009. MMA is my fav combat sport.

whazam1337 @ May 6th 2009 9:33PM

UFC sucksss LOL the demo was terrible even spending a good amount of time to go threw the whole tutorial. Its WAY to slow it made me want to go to my local gym and throw down with some scrubs.

dantebk @ May 6th 2009 5:35PM

Man, this looks good. Can't wait!

avan @ May 6th 2009 5:47PM

First time im doubtful about this game :/ I agree punches are not looking solid, i hope is just the trailer.

tmontana213 @ May 6th 2009 6:14PM

I enjoyed the third one and I'm sure I'll like the fourth.

Spartan @ May 6th 2009 6:24PM

'Gota say, this is the first boxing game since punch-out to grab my interest.
I think i'll rent or borrow it.

DigitalTwisted @ May 6th 2009 6:33PM

What the hell are you all talking about "The punches look underpowered".......unless my memory has completely gone (bearing in mind I still have FNR3) then IMO punches like the jab etc have ALWAYS been under-powered........

or at least they are animated that way.

Fight Night for me has always had poor punch animations which show almost no reaction from the boxer except for big knockout punches BUT the actual power was there, it just didn't show it, and FNR4 looks no different.

It's a small gripe, but I would say wait for a demo or something before judging because these trailers could simply be showing that and the punches themselves may still be powered accurately.

RedSonRising @ May 7th 2009 1:27AM

i hope round 4 corrects the 'stand in the middle of the ring and throw haymakers' gameplay in round 3. i like long drawn out fights, 'stickin the jab' and forcing my opponent to take risks and make a mistake.

+1 boxing and -1 brawling and im in..