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[JB1981]

Hmm, those Fight Night shots make me feel like firing that game up again. Amazing graphics.

 

[BlueTsunami]

Maybe Che is right about IGN. :lol

Probably, what EA has done with Tiger Woods 07 is UNPRECEDENTED!

 

[Odysseus]

The media has been very desirous that a Cablinasian golfer do well.

Rush Limbaugh with a touch of Jim Rome, am I right?

Oh, and these shots definitely are "wow."

 

[Souldriver]

:lol Anyone notice in the third shot half the people are looking in the exact opposite direction as Tiger? :lol

:lol

****ing racists

:lol ²

 

[nightez]

Looks like a zombie version of tiger

...

 

[TheGrue]

The crowd look like gingerbread men.

I did not say wow.

 

[Nozi]

Two things for the uninformed.

1- This is a golf game, with large tesselated environments, this means the characters can't be the same poly or texture count as fight night. Such an elementary explanation shouldn't be necessary, however it seems in this case it is.

2- The sky in these shots is overcast. There is no direct sunlight, meaning the graphics will appear very flat (I don't know why they chose such a scene, though). In such conditions shadows are reduced to diffused patches. What these screens are showing us is some very good ambient occlusion on the character model.. once they stick a direct sun light in there it should look awesome.

 

[Speevy]

EA Chicago needs to share the talent!

 

[Nozi]

Will do.

Sadly not only did you not ignore my post, you replied to it.

 

[Kolgar]

After seeing that Tiger Woods demo at the Sony E3 press conference, there's simply no excuse for this.

Cripes, EA, don't put your junior teams on major franchises. I wanted to buy this!

 

[Tom the Enchanter]

Wheres the "OMG PS2 Trees!" posts?

OMG PS2 Trees! lollercuast and whatnot.

They'd make great South Park characters.

 

[Barry Lightning]

anyone trip off how fight night 360 is still the best looking game?

 

[BlueTsunami]

Minna no Tiger

 

[duk]

by 'wow' i think you meant 'meh'

 

[raYne]

Say, Nozi... Do you perchance have shares in EA or something? You were so quick to defend The Godfather and this is by no means looking stellar.

I was wondering the same. There's no possible way this looks "awesome" in any sense of the word.

anyone trip off how fight night 360 is still the best looking game?

Two boxers in enclosed arenas featuring clone crowds with looping animations? Not really.

 

[wreckml]

Why is half of the crown facing an entirely different direction? :lol They need to fix the way the crowd looks, make the clubs look a little better, and better grass detail.

And make the crowds arms look more... pre-mortum. :lol

 

[squatingyeti]

how in god's earth does this look worse than 06 on 360?? I just don't get how you go backwards. I mean, I'm used to EA saying they've made this or that improvement and new graphics engine blah blah. This on the other hand is just crazy. There's no talk that can fix, "Well, what we did here was ummmm....go backwards, but you're gonna love the graphics."

Oh yeah, for those that think the PS3 looks better, go back and read what IGN was saying about how it looked inferior and had slowdown problems when it was shown to them a little while ago.

 

[DenogginizerOS]

pours bleach on eyes

That looks XBOXish. As in XBOX. WTF EA?

 

[Bad_Boy]

wtf

EA Chicago needs to share the talent!

only thing would be tiger not being all sweaty and monochrome.
i think tiger actually comes closer to tiger than both boxers do
and to be fair, tiger is on a huge golf course not a gym

but that doesnt erase the fact the environment looks like shit in tiger 07.

 

[Diatribe]

Looks like a first-gen PS2 game, apart from Tiger.

 

[Darmstadtium]

Needs more lighting sources.

 

[Zombie James]

Way to go EA, get everyone ooooh-ing and awwww-ing over the grass in Madden and then give Tiger Woods some generic two-tone "grass" texture from 1997. Without AF.

 

[Bad_Boy]

Way to go EA, get everyone ooooh-ing and awwww-ing over the grass in Madden and then give Tiger Woods some generic two-tone "grass" texture from 1997. Without AF.

Yeah I think thats kinda ironic lol. A game where grass plays a big factor actually has no focus on grass. And a game where grass makes minimal difference is more hyped up.

 

[the androgyne]

It still looks like ass, but half the crowd is probably facing the other direction because they're watching the next in line player tee off .. right?

 

[BlueTsunami]

Just testing the "Photoshopping Grudens Face on Something Automatically makes it Funny" theory

 

[Tabs]

Another year, another 7-iron as big as a human head.

 

[Treo360]

Another year, another 7-iron as big as a human head.

Wow, the crowd sure hates Tiger here too!:lol

 

[antiloop]

The crowd has a strange sect-like pose.

 

[Orodreth]

this crowd is better

and even the sun would look at tiger

 

[Kingpen]

With the Fight Night love in here..... Just want to say...

Who wants a shot at the NeoGaf Fight Night Champ? No one has been able to take me down, despite a few good and close matches....

Send a request if you do... GT: KINGPEN66

 

[Mr Mike]

YOU WILL SAY "HUH?"

 

[Bad_Boy]

Just testing the "Photoshopping Grudens Face on Something Automatically makes it Funny" theory

:lol :lol

 

[travisbickle]

"Why?"

 

[DSN2K]

Grass looks awful and is lacking AF as well, very poor.

 

[Snookie]

I sure wish someone would release a good looking next gen golf game. Apparently EA will get it 'right' around 2011.

 

[dasein]

what kind of crowd stands perfectly straight like that? that's just retarded.

 

[BojTrek]

 

[Nozi]

what kind of crowd stands perfectly straight like that? that's just retarded.

An instanced crowd.

 

[jax (old)]

well, those trees make it look like tiger is playing golf in oblivion.

speed tree trees FTL.

 

[SonnyBoy]

Its my opinion that EA just needs to revamp the crowds in ALL of their games.

NCAA utilized sprites and they looked better than the polygonal figures in madden. I cringe when I think of the WASTED resources going into this horrible crowds. I dont think sprites would work in this game but something needs to be done.

 

[Nozi]

Its my opinion that EA just needs to revamp the crowds in ALL of their games.

NCAA utilized sprites and they looked better than the polygonal figures in madden. I cringe when I think of the WASTED resources going into this horrible crowds. I dont think sprites would work in this game but something needs to be done.

The industry would like to know, how can crowds be done better?

 

[cleveridea]

well, those trees make it look like tiger is playing golf in oblivion.

speed tree trees FTL.

someone with photoshop skills please add some daedra

 

[Sjoerd]

Nozi are you serious?

It's hard to get sarcasm on the internet.

 

[Baron Doggystyle von Woof]

looks like their standing in line for a DSlite :lol :lol

 

[BojTrek]

I love how the crease in Tiger's sleave is the same in a number of pictures... I know the shirt moves in the wind... but EA is just terrible with cloth animation...

 

[Nozi]

Nozi are you serious?

It's hard to get sarcasm on the internet.

Yeah I'm serious. Everyone working in this business knows the limitations of making instanced low-poly crowds. Currently it's hard to make them look 'great' as they have to share so many properties, so I'm asking some of the experts how they could be done better.

 

[mckmas8808]

looks like their standing in line for a DSlite :lol :lol

:lol :lol :lol

OMG I love you guys.

 

[eso76]

Dunno, this shot...the golf club, the crowd...made me think of running towards those guys and crack some head open with the golf club. Too much playing that dead rising demo i guess.

 

[fly high ~ayunite~]

Just get rid of the crowd if it's going to look ass.

 

[racerx77]

:lol you drink diet coke!

:lol you laughed at someone for drinking diet coke.