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bad_philanthropy · 08-13-2021, 02:19 PM

It's amazing how two gens ago franchise felt like a contiguous world. As mentioned, there was progressive lighting, and games on the west coast games would have the normal 1pm lighting.

In addition to that, playing a later day game farther into the season would result in the transition to nighttime over the course of four quarters. Playing a later game in September would only bring you to dusk by the end of the game.

There used to be variable weather conditions, and you could have cold and sunny games, and people in the crowd and on the sidelines would dress appropriately for the temperature range at that time of year in that region and not according to one of three weather presets. For years now, if you play a sunny game in Green Bay in January, the crowd will show up in shorts and sun visors while players on the field have handwarmers and there's visible breath.

It all adds up to no feeling that the world existing in franchise is a connected simulation of teams from all over the country journeying through a September to February season. I don't feel like we'll ever get those small details back.

08-13-2021, 02:19 PM	#7
bad_philanthropy MVP OVR: 24 Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 12,167	Re: These areas of the game has to be fixed for Immersion It's amazing how two gens ago franchise felt like a contiguous world. As mentioned, there was progressive lighting, and games on the west coast games would have the normal 1pm lighting. In addition to that, playing a later day game farther into the season would result in the transition to nighttime over the course of four quarters. Playing a later game in September would only bring you to dusk by the end of the game. There used to be variable weather conditions, and you could have cold and sunny games, and people in the crowd and on the sidelines would dress appropriately for the temperature range at that time of year in that region and not according to one of three weather presets. For years now, if you play a sunny game in Green Bay in January, the crowd will show up in shorts and sun visors while players on the field have handwarmers and there's visible breath. It all adds up to no feeling that the world existing in franchise is a connected simulation of teams from all over the country journeying through a September to February season. I don't feel like we'll ever get those small details back.