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Cap · 05-26-2013, 08:35 AM

Not sure why it was necessary to use up so much space for the stats, conditions, etc on the fight screen. It looked fine in the previous versions and allowed space for the fighters' pics to be a decent size. This is a boxing game. The focus should be on the individual boxers. In any other sports game you're usually dealing with teams, so you can get by with a small team logo. In a boxing game you should be placing the emphasis on the two combatants to try and make the thing come alive. You don't have real animation or the voice of an announcer shouting their names. Those photos are your best way to immerse your gamer in the battle playing out before his eyes. This is especially true when using well-known historical boxers. With Dempsey, Marciano or Frazier a glance at their photos triggers mental images of ferocity. Ali, Tunney or Robinson conjure up speed and agility.

Tiny pics at the top far away from the action below just won't cut it, and I'm surprised someone who knows the sport would set up the fight screen like that. It leaves me gobsmacked!

Cap

05-26-2013, 08:35 AM	#51
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 7,778 Blog Entries: 4	Not sure why it was necessary to use up so much space for the stats, conditions, etc on the fight screen. It looked fine in the previous versions and allowed space for the fighters' pics to be a decent size. This is a boxing game. The focus should be on the individual boxers. In any other sports game you're usually dealing with teams, so you can get by with a small team logo. In a boxing game you should be placing the emphasis on the two combatants to try and make the thing come alive. You don't have real animation or the voice of an announcer shouting their names. Those photos are your best way to immerse your gamer in the battle playing out before his eyes. This is especially true when using well-known historical boxers. With Dempsey, Marciano or Frazier a glance at their photos triggers mental images of ferocity. Ali, Tunney or Robinson conjure up speed and agility. Tiny pics at the top far away from the action below just won't cut it, and I'm surprised someone who knows the sport would set up the fight screen like that. It leaves me gobsmacked! Cap __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."