NBA Elite 11 Video: Vision Developer Diary

[dexvex]

Quote: Originally Posted by JVal3208

Not sure how I feel about this so far. I hope this is a very early WIP because the players look and move like those SCEA NBA games on PSP.

wow reaally now.

[Pared]

I see what he is saying. Players seem to have a low polygon count, and with the physics not incorporated to the players when they took those images, you get the result of Dwight looking like he is jumping out of the building.

Again, the images are early. I personally think they could have chosen better images based on what we saw. To me a lot of what is need for the game to look at least as good as '10 did was not enabled when they took those shots.

And as others have pointed out, a lot of the graphics are being re-touched, which is why you see the NBA logo socks missing, etc.

[Gotmadskillzson]

hmmmm......interesting to a point. I have to wait and see 5 on 5 interaction first.

[Starlin4Prez]

All I kno is that Brandon Jennings dunk animation was probably the smoothest dunk I have seen in Live in a long time...excuse me, Elite.

[KG]

Quote: Originally Posted by NINJAK2

Because it's a work in progress

LOL

That is one thing that I hope real-time physics addresses and it sounds like it will at least attempt to do so. I felt like both EA bball games in 2010 (and come to think about it, FIFA & NCAA10) were way to herky jerky with their animations, especially when contact was initiated.

[NINJAK2]

Quote: Originally Posted by rockchisler

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...-diary-10.html Look at Post number 99......

Sorry rock. I immediately responded to a post that I felt like responding to and didn't realize you responded with the exact same post earlier.lol

[rockchisler]

Quote: Originally Posted by NINJAK2

Sorry rock. I immediately responded to a post that I felt like responding to and didn't realize you responded with the exact same post earlier.lol

Its all good Great minds think alike...

[Jesus]

Its hilarious how people are screaming "calm down, its early" when a person has something the least bit negative to say about the game footage as if we are supposed to look at the video stoically. Closed mouths dont get fed.

Personally that video did more harm for me than it did good. The animations were sub par, the blending from one move to another left alot to be desired and not a single move looked life-like. I was really looking forward to this game ( especially with the broadcast team) but EA has an amazingly short leash with me, and after seeing that video, I believe their claim that Elite will have everything based off physics like I believe the 'Protak' in Madden takes into account height, weight and momentum as they promised.


The footage is early, i get that, but what was shown would theoretically be the equivalent of a tech demo if im not mistaken, and the tech didnt even impress me. When I saw the blogs about the tech for the route running in Madden (even though it didnt make it in), the tackling in Backbreaker, the grazing punches in Fight Night and the environmental destruction of some FPS at E3, i knew that the games needed more much more polish but I could see the promise of the technology. At this point in time, i cant say the same here.