Is best boxing fight worth upgrading to in '26?

[Matticus]

This divides opinion and I wanted to see where people stand.

People always overreact to recent form and forget the longer picture.

Any caveats or things to watch out for would be just as useful as a straight recommendation.

Is it just me or does anyone else feel the same way?

[DarkSideRichard47]

Mate, you are opening a massive can of worms with this one! Honestly-wait, let me banish that word from my vocabulary-seriously though, everyone gets blinded by the hype train every single January. Last year's iteration felt like a total cash grab with the same recycled animations, but my mate dragged me into a shared franchise save last week and I've slowly been dragged back in. If they actually fix the stamina drain this time around, it might just sneak onto my shelf.

[Tia]

Does anyone else remember when sports games shipped as complete packages instead of feeling like half-baked subscription fees? My nephew brought his console over last Sunday and we fired up the classic 2011 undisputed title just for nostalgia, and honestly-dammit, stop using that word-truly, the movement mechanics felt tighter than half the stuff coming out now. Still, I am weak, and if the career mode gets a proper overhaul with a real training camp minigame, I'll probably fold by March.

[NeonPilot]

You're spot on about people forgetting the longer picture, but let's be real for a second-EA has us over a barrel every time they drop a milestone update. My wallet still weeps from the deluxe pack nonsense in '24, so I swore a blood oath to skip '26 entirely. That said, watching the heavy bag physics in the leaked developer build yesterday made my inner fight fan twitch a little bit. Stay strong comrades, do not pre-order!