Madden NFL 12 Interview with Mike Young (GamingIllustrated)

[Steve_OS]

GamingIllustrated has recently posted an interview with Mike Young, Creative Art Director for Madden NFL 12.

Quote:

GI: So what’s new with this year’s edition? Why don’t you talk about within the art scope what’s new with Madden 12. Mike Young: Art – tons of stuff is new. We have a brand new broadcast presentation. We worked with CBS in the off season and we basically did ride-alongs with their studio. We went to games and learned how they shoot the games, where every camera is in the stadium and we replicated those elements in the game. So we have every camera in every real stadium that you’d see on TV and we’re using it the right way. In addition to that we worked with NFL films and every scene in which you’d normally on a TV broadcast see a handheld or a steady cam, we actually have this great technology similar to what James Cameron had on Avatar where our NFL films cameramen are filming our feeds and that translates directly into the game. So we’re really proud of that. On top of that we have all 32 teams’ authentic pre-games and the player introductions. So we’ve added pyro, we’ve added inflatables, cheerleaders, mascots, all of it is 100% authentic to the real teams. Player models have gotten a drastic overhaul. Scaling proportions, the ball scale. We’ve added equipment, 20 new face masks, four new helmets, two new shoe manufacturers, flag jackets, back blades; it’s a lot of stuff. 3D grass is brand new, too.

[ssryry29]

40 stadiums?

[PSRusse83]

Did he just say 40 stadiums?

[mestevo]

Quote: Originally Posted by ssryry29

40 stadiums?

Probably because of the different versions, 32 teams, including Meadowlands for Giants and Meadlowlands for Jets (as far as the game is concerned probably different stadiums due to the cosmetic differences), a handful for the high school games, maybe a generic one as a practice field and for relocation. 40 starts to not really sound like a big deal.

[tatmanfish]

pro-bowl could acoount for 2 more

London and Toronto game? doubt it as they would have been psyched to tell us about them as cool new stuff.

Maybe they have to do the work for playoff games and consider each atmosphere as a stadium?

wierd to say the least.

[PSRusse83]

The Toronto game was in 11 so that puts its at yeah I guess thats about right. Id be cool to see Fawcett Field in there and the HOF game.

[derrickm10]

cbs on madden 12 i deffentyly will get the game they just need to add abc in mondat night football espn.

[scitychamps87]

Quote:

GI: So presentation is always big with Madden and when you?re looking at the flagship franchise of EA Sports, you know it must be pretty rewarding to know that what you do is not just about game play, it?s also about presentation. It really gives the Madden game a professional polished real-life look. How do you keep raising the bar year to year?MY: Well I think there?s our stuff, but our community is always asking for more and more and we have reality to also look at. And really, we just wanted to capture the true NFL. We have thousands of players to replicate and 40 stadiums; so there?s always new stuff to push ourselves towards and I think that?s the challenge. Everybody has their favorite player or favorite team and getting all those details right; their uniforms, the towels, like if a guy wears a different face mask we?ve got to get that in the game. So it?s really about getting all that authenticity plus keeping up with the rest of the industry with great new graphical features like HDR Lighting

Pleasant news for me! I thought that madden was just getting progressive linear lighting this year and only ncaa was getting hdr. But it was great to hear mike say that madden has it! Great. Lighting makes a huge difference in the reality/immersion factor in the appearance of the game, especially in a football game, where lighting is drastically changing based on light exposure and time of day.