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RickyAC · 07-31-2014, 01:55 PM

Watching this full full game footage finally helped me realize why I'm still not excited for Madden: They're digging DEEPER into the Uncanny Valley.

Player models and faces are the best looking they've ever been. The high graphical quality is serving somewhat to highlight just how bad the movement and animation system is. Players too often move like confused robots (which is exactly what they are) but the weird movement didn't stick out as much in Madden 05 when player models also looked like confused robots.

Madden players are not even close to running and moving and gesturing like real people. I know that no video game is ever perfect, but I also JUST watched the gameplay trailers for NHL 15 and FIFA 15 and those game's players at least run/skate/interact physically in a way that looks mostly like how humans really run/skate/interact physically.

07-31-2014, 01:55 PM	#295
RickyAC Rookie OVR: 0 Join Date: Jun 2014	Watching this full full game footage finally helped me realize why I'm still not excited for Madden: They're digging DEEPER into the Uncanny Valley. Player models and faces are the best looking they've ever been. The high graphical quality is serving somewhat to highlight just how bad the movement and animation system is. Players too often move like confused robots (which is exactly what they are) but the weird movement didn't stick out as much in Madden 05 when player models also looked like confused robots. Madden players are not even close to running and moving and gesturing like real people. I know that no video game is ever perfect, but I also JUST watched the gameplay trailers for NHL 15 and FIFA 15 and those game's players at least run/skate/interact physically in a way that looks mostly like how humans really run/skate/interact physically.