[bucky60]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

It is impressive what NBA next gen did and built it from the ground up. I'm not sure that we can compare the two at every level though. In the NBA you have 12-15 player models per team, in the nfl you have 50-60 player models per team, you have 15-25k fans in NBA stadiums vs 70-100k in the NFL. I think if 2k made a soccer game that would be a better comparison, especially with the stadium size. The NFL and football in general is just much more detailed than basketball and there's a lot more happening at once. That doesn't take away from what NBA 14 team accomplished, I'm just saying its at a much smaller scale.

What does crowd size have to do with player AI or off season depth? As fare as on field, you really have a difference of 10 vs 22, not 15 vs 53. It does take more power for AI calculations with 22 vs 10, but the Basketball game seems to play twice as smart as the football game. Plus the depth outside of the gameplay is much better in the basketball game. On the PC, that basketball is gorgeous, both looking and playing. Madden 25 on PS3, not on par, especially off the field. I mean, the basketball game doesn't make me feel like I'm putting a quarter into an arcade machine. Madden, especially with the building up XP and buying packages makes me feel like I'm throwing quarters into a machine.