-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
The Giant Bomb Quick Look Thread 2
- Thread starter Gowans
- Start date
Felix Lighter
Member
Oh fuck, so good. He gets up like nothing happened. I guess when you have 1 year and no room for delay to try and add a new dynamic animation system there is going to be some hitches.
Rodney McKay
Member
Man, the slow-mo in the playbacks really shows how horrible the animation blending in in that game. Every half second it just switches unnaturally into another animation for another half second.
I guess it's impressive that they have all of that going on between all of the characters on screen at the same time, but it doesn't mean it looks good.
I guess it's impressive that they have all of that going on between all of the characters on screen at the same time, but it doesn't mean it looks good.
funkystudent
Member
Now I see why people think Bioware has gone to shit.
This new infinity engine is janky as hell.
This new infinity engine is janky as hell.
Felix Lighter
Member
"He's popping and locking on his way down."
SteveWinwood
Member
Backbreaker was so much better.
Typographenia
Member
I never would have imagined football QLs could be so fantastic.
Rabies warnings, the weird physics stuff, and Jeff/Vinny both being hilarious. Great stuff.
Rabies warnings, the weird physics stuff, and Jeff/Vinny both being hilarious. Great stuff.
Did a quick search on Youtube and found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf8TsTuQ7Kc&feature=fvwrel
So, yeah, a lot of weirdness when physics and animation collide.
The same thing happened in the newer versions of Fifa. They added this "dynamic collision system" to make the tackles and collisions look more natural. Sometimes it actually looks good, but way too often it just looks awful.
SteveWinwood
Member
BACKBREAKER WAS SO MUCH BETTER
Stuff like that was a rarity to be honest, I played a lot of it and something like that video only happened say once every 5 or so games. It looked 10 times better than this Madden junk.
The Madden Quick Look was indeed amazing.
What's also amazing is howlittle not at all the game looks to have advance since I stopped playing 5 years ago. The animations still look like garbage and the 'infinity engine' appears to have broken things even more. If only the NFL could see how the lack of competition completely halts innovation when EA is involved. I feel bad for UFC fans. :/
But, holy shit was that funny as hell. I find it impossible to not laugh out loud when I hear Jeff laughs.
What's also amazing is how
But, holy shit was that funny as hell. I find it impossible to not laugh out loud when I hear Jeff laughs.
Baconsammy
Banned
Runs at a high unwavering framerate. Fix your eyes.
Rodney McKay
Member
I remember seeing the Fifa gifs of the players falling to the ground, embracing, and kissing each other.
Who says we need next-gen?
firehawk12
Subete no aware
Now that's amazing.
EmCeeGramr
Member
I loved them in this and the NCAA QL being surprised by football players with huge dreads coming out the back.
the hell, which fifa is that from?
LOL
Bubble Metropolis
Member
When I read the articles about the WiiU versions of EA Sports games not including the physics engine that the other consoles use I honestly thought that sounded kind of nice.
FIFA 12.
Thank you for mentioning this. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when Vinny got that hail mary touchdown.
Yes. Watch the NCAA one too.
just watched it, Vinny's presence really made a difference. he kept pushing Jeff to keep playing and we got to the silly mascot mode, lol
SapientWolf
Trucker Sexologist
They will not include any physics. Everything will clip through everything and the ball will sail out the stadium in a straight line when put in motion. EA's Wii U ports are pretty lazy.
They don't either. Watch it!
Fox Mulder
Member
uncontested EA is the worst. I actually thought their MMA game was a good first attempt and they really tried to get the best possible lineup of guys outside the UFC. They even did some unique community things with the online matchmaking. Now they'll just coast with the actual UFC license like they do everything else.
Basileus777
Member
That Madden QL was amazing.
Baconsammy
Banned
It's nice to get the absolute worst version of the game? The physics engine on display in the Quick Look are a huge step up over what they had before. Neither are perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but where they are now is far better than where they were.
As for the QL, the magic of the sports-related quick looks always comes down to "Is Vinny doing it?". If yes = magic. I love how pretty much every time he was near the goal line he took a safety. Brilliant. And most of his receptions were for losses. That was awesome.
Felix Lighter
Member
LOL
Better animated love scene than anything Bioware ever created.
hillsighed
Member
The Madden QL was amazing. Man, the animations look so jank. Especially in slow-mo.
For me it's gotten to the point where my expectation for EA Sports game engines are so low that I look and say "at least it's an improvement from the last game." but then the slow motion replay kicks in and man, oh man does it highlight how low quality it really is. That and the guys pointing out how the game footage looks great in the menu videos.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Madden jank was hilarious. Watching the DC3 QLEX right now, and yeah, pretty much what I expected.
"PEOPLE LIKE THE GAME!"
"PEOPLE LIKE THE GAME!"
The most fun Football game was still Blitz 2 Warning; really graphic
And a nice montage of all the injuries set to the right music
And a nice montage of all the injuries set to the right music
LOL
... I said "wow"
Bubble Metropolis
Member
My original statement wasn't intended to be serious.
Since I'm thinking about it though: I've admittedly not been keeping up with Madden, but I have played nearly every iteration of FIFA since 2005 and am certain the last gen games did not have me irate and wanting to toss my controller due to absolutely laughable collision detection every few matches, or sometimes several times a match. It can really be atrocious. I know diving is problem in many modern sports, none moreso than soccer, but the slightest clip at a walking pace can send both characters sprawling to the floor, often entangling with one another's geometry and falling over each several more times. It's bullshit.
But the game's addictive, so I always load it back up eventually.
Fried Food
Banned
It's so perfect, it might as well be scripted.
the guy getting kissed wipes his mouth at the end and looks at the other guy, leading me to believe that it is, in fact, scripted
Quick Look: Rock Band Blitz (Ryan/Jeff) 27:45
Ah Ryan is playing... sweet a menu quicklook!
6min in and he's still in the menu going through every single features 1 by 1...still haven't seen any gameplay.
As someone who likes Rockband, and the other music-based Harmonix games, I don't like any aspect of this. From the selecting powerups, to paying for them with coins, to the cluttered nature of the actual gameplay... ehh. I was hoping for a fun drop in game, and this is exact opposite.
wtf is this shit? since when do you need to be a rocket scientist to learn the rules of a new rockband game? jeffs explanation at minute 8:00...wth?
Ninja Scooter
Member
YEah that QL turned me off from the game big time. All the bullshit set up required to get into a song and get a good score seems excessive.