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wheelman990 · 06-21-2011, 06:19 PM

Hey guys. I am excited about the 3d grass and all, but I have felt like the shade of Maddens grass has really hurt the visuals in their game.If you watch the first video below, notice how in real life, players "pop" off the field. This is because the entire grass is green. With Madden we have been getting green/brown/black/mixed spotted grass for years.

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Now look at Madden. The spotty colored grass, that has a "zoomed in" type effect actually makes the game look worse. The players don't pop off the field in gameplay views. Everything just looks a mess.

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I am not at all a shoestring, belt buckle kind of guy. The reason the grass color is such a huge deal, is it is truely one of the things making Maddens visuals not pop. The 3d grass sounds great, but the main issue with Madden 11 was the grass shading. I had hoped it was fixed with Madden 12, but this video makes it look closer to Madden11(although a bit better).

You can compare Madden 12 team footage to NFL team footage, and every video will show pure green grass. Grass is green, not spotted brown and black. I know EA wanted to try and add shading/textures, but they did it the wrong way. Here is a clip from Backbreaker. It shows green grass that is pretty well done. Look at the way players pop off the field.

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IMO, Madden should loose all those extra funky texture colors, and put that added detail in players and sideline,etc..

06-21-2011, 06:19 PM	#1
wheelman990 Banned OVR: 49 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Blog Entries: 2	Madden 12 grass needs work Hey guys. I am excited about the 3d grass and all, but I have felt like the shade of Maddens grass has really hurt the visuals in their game.If you watch the first video below, notice how in real life, players "pop" off the field. This is because the entire grass is green. With Madden we have been getting green/brown/black/mixed spotted grass for years. file:// Now look at Madden. The spotty colored grass, that has a "zoomed in" type effect actually makes the game look worse. The players don't pop off the field in gameplay views. Everything just looks a mess. file:// I am not at all a shoestring, belt buckle kind of guy. The reason the grass color is such a huge deal, is it is truely one of the things making Maddens visuals not pop. The 3d grass sounds great, but the main issue with Madden 11 was the grass shading. I had hoped it was fixed with Madden 12, but this video makes it look closer to Madden11(although a bit better). You can compare Madden 12 team footage to NFL team footage, and every video will show pure green grass. Grass is green, not spotted brown and black. I know EA wanted to try and add shading/textures, but they did it the wrong way. Here is a clip from Backbreaker. It shows green grass that is pretty well done. Look at the way players pop off the field. file:// IMO, Madden should loose all those extra funky texture colors, and put that added detail in players and sideline,etc.. Last edited by wheelman990; 06-21-2011 at 06:28 PM.