ET Warrior Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 So while it's not a big flat out lie, it seems that those delicious screenshots of madden NFL 360 everyone was eyeballing when they released them back in the day were perhaps a bit of an exaggeration. http://egm.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3143540 Can't say I'm surprised that it doesn't look as good as they said it would, what I AM surprised about is how little better it looks than madden '06. '06 just came out this month, are people really going to fork over another 50-60 bucks for the new madden in two months when the graphical improvements are minimal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 '06 just came out this month, are people really going to fork over another 50-60 bucks for the new madden in two months when the graphical improvements are minimal?Yes. Because they are suckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datheus Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Yes. Because they are suckers. Quoted to emphasize accuracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 *shrugs* so what's new then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegis Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I was wondering when they'd start to do this **** since they bought the license. Fork out a nice sum to rape the public. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Still looks pretty nice to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Well we all knew that EA was gonna do this. Makes me wonder about the other EA games that they have announced for 360. God I hate EA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IG-64 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Makes me wonder about all of the PS3 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BongoBob Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I've always been skeptical about the PS3 game footage. Until I see that the specs are finallized, and beeing produced into final machines, I won't believe them, and until I see someone sitting down and playing one of the games, I won't believe them either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxStar Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Makes me wonder about all of the PS3 games. Haha, the first time I read the Game Informer article about the PS3 I immiedaitly yelled "bull****" when my friends was over . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 See, this is why you people would do better to listen to me. "Oh no Sith, that's totally in-game footage". HA! [/rubbing it in] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuel Dravis Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 It's not that uncommon. Hyped things almost always look worse than what they actually are... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynk Former Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 You guys do realise that we've already been through all of this with the PS2 and Xbox... How both Sony and Microsoft showed off uber sweet lookin demo's and when push came to shove most games didn't even come close to how good those demos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master_Ginn Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 It's not that uncommon. Hyped things almost always look worse than what they actually are... Wow, reminds a whole lot of Fable, only not with the graphics, but gameplay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd1234 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 This doesn't surprise me the slightest. Now that they don't have any competition, they can do as little as they want year to year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TiE23 Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 (Edited for the young'ns) Thank you penny arcade! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupes. Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 The first images were hight resolution images of what the game might look like. At the time the specs for the the next gen systems were not set in stone, so it couldn't have been actual gameplay footage. The new video, which is very low resolution, shows in-game footage that was possibly taken from an early build of the game or of the game played on hardware inferior to the real 360. The same thing happened with the Killzone demo on PS3. Just wait and see, it's possible it'll turn out much better that you expect, besides the first generation of games on a new console never look as good as 2nd or 3rd generation titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ET Warrior Posted September 13, 2005 Author Share Posted September 13, 2005 My point is not that the first games out look bad and all the games that come out will look bad. I am aware that is not the case. What I laugh at is how EA went so far as to say those early renders were probably even worse than what we will see in-game. They have two more months, and I highly doubt they'll bring it up even close to those renders. It looks nearly identical to Madden '06, which means they're shipping what will, in essence be the exact same game as '06 with a little shine in only two months. And people will still buy it because they are retarded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 I think 2 words can effectively express my thoughts on this: oh well. Lawl @ Penny Arcade. (maybe those renders are actually for the CG intro movie? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 (maybe those renders are actually for the CG intro movie? ) Then they still lied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coupes. Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Like I said, we don't know how recent the newly released footage is, but let's assume it's what the final game will look like. We're still comparing this really small and compressed video to the high resolution footage we saw a couple of months ago. You obviously loose a lot of detail due to the small size and poor quality of the video, mainly in the textures department. We can't really see any of the details on the jerseys, faces or field (as in the early footage), but it doesn't mean it isn't there. Also, note that most of the first footage consists of closeups of player's face and whatnot, however, the new footage looks more like a real game would look like (from father away), but if you were to zoom in on the players, I wouldn't be surprised to see a quality similar to what we saw in the old video. You also have to take into account the fact that the first clip was set in a winter setting, with snowflakes, player's breath, etc. wheras the new clip doesn't offer the same image richness or complexity. Again, the fact that such a high level of detail wasn't shown in the video doesn't mean it won't be part of the final game. I thought the video, albeit of poor quality, showed impressive graphics. The dynamic lighting, reflections, shadows and models looked very good and very well done to me. And after looking at some screens from the xbox version, I can clearly see a difference. There are no more jaggies, the lighting is much better and the models are made up of much more polygons, the textures on the xbox were also on the low-res side, you really can't compare the two IMO. But I guess we'll just have to wait and see to know for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Then they still lied. Oh I know. I'm just saying. =P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukeskywalker1 Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Well if you watched that video you coulda guessed it was prerendered... I don't recall any gameplay, but its been a while. Just wait and see, it's possible it'll turn out much better that you expect, besides the first generation of games on a new console never look as good as 2nd or 3rd generation titles. Well, there are exceptions. A few games, in my opinion, look better than there sequals. EX: Star Fox Adventures Vs. Star Fox Assault. While Assault looks good, I like Adventures' graphics better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Windu Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Now if only they could apply that to the classic Fox, and make the games not suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Sitherino Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Now if only they could apply that to the classic Fox, and make the games not suck. ... Are you saying the original Star Fox sucks? Because if you are, I will have to destroy you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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