Madden NFL 12 Blog - Major Presentation Graphical Upgrades

[SageInfinite]

Great blog, everything sounds really good. I hope it looks as good as it sounds. I am pumped for now.

[ezekiel55]

Looks like no real time cut scenes once again.

[Exonerated]

Quote: Originally Posted by ezekiel55

Looks like no real time cut scenes once again.

Because EA went into a CBS truck and learnt how CBS did cutscenes.

So logically, they did not copy how CBS did real life cutscenes?

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by Exonerated

Because EA went into a CBS truck and learnt how CBS did cutscenes. So logically, they did not copy how CBS did real life cutscenes?

I don't know if you were joking or not, so....

Real Time is when players will do an animation in real time like celebrating, walking, jogging, talking, pretty much anything on the field. The camera just pans over to them and watches their animation play out.

Cut scenes are when everything is pre-canned. Player A will always fist pump, player B will always pat Player C on the back, etc. Everything is pre-crafted including the camera(s). It always plays out the same.

[ezekiel55]

The issue is canned cutscenes that dont fit within the flow of the game, and become repetitive...NBA 2K and The Show did away with them and it's a much better look.

[canes21]

Quote: Originally Posted by ezekiel55

The issue is canned cutscenes that dont fit within the flow of the game, and become repetitive...NBA 2K and The Show did away with them and it's a much better look.

MLB 2k does everything real time as well and it is just leaps better than anything canned. Sometimes the animations will look goofy, but just it being cut to real time still looks a lot better than anything canned that looks silly and does get repetitive.

[ezekiel55]

Quote: Originally Posted by canes21

MLB 2k does everything real time as well and it is just leaps better than anything canned. Sometimes the animations will look goofy, but just it being cut to real time still looks a lot better than anything canned that looks silly and does get repetitive.

Exactly, if anything it'd probably save devs time not having to capture the cutscenes and just having a library of animations to play out post whistle...I'm a big fan of RT cutscenes, unfortunately, looks like another year of canned stuff.

[HealyMonster]

Finally, it appears EA is talking a language I understand. One of the greatest things I could have ever done for myself was to not play Madden 11. Madden 12 is going to be a good game for me from the sounds of things because I am a presentation whore.