Why Can't Madden Football Look Like This?

[NYGmen56]

This Game is older and and not even Next Gen, but yet it looks so much more realistic then Madden.. Why? Madden's Graphics look good but the players don't look as proportional and realistic as 2k Football games.. Madden needs to start making the game and players look more realistic and less cartoony. Take a good look at these pics and you can see what a realistic football game should look like and play.. The pics look like real life football images not a game. When will Madden football look and play like this??

[Football4lyfe]

Am I looking @ the right picture? APF 2K8 is on XBOX 360 and PS3...last time I checked thats next gen(save your xbox 720 talk)

And ummm I just spent 5 hours last night recreating the 96 Packers on that beauty of a game...it seriously owns my soul even two years later.

[TheWatcher]

There are two things I really like about All-Pro's graphics:

-Softening/blurring images in the distance (which you can see in those two photos above)... they did this a lot in Madden 07 and it was very realistic to what you see on TV when camera men are trying to get focus on a level or a specific player. If you watch a game on TV it's impossible not to see this happen all game long. You also see this a lot in Head Coach '09 and games like NBA 2K9. FIFA '09 does a bit of it, too It's really nice.

-Player model detail... the player models are detailed at a level so incredible, I'm still shocked. But at the same time by doing that, they had to take away from the detail of everything else and it really downgraded the overall picture.

I like the size of the player models in All Pro, but not the proportions. A perfect example of how they messed up here is with Ickey Woods. That guy was a massive beast in real life, but in All Pro he looks like he hit Jenny Craig really, really hard.

I think the one thing you take from All Pro is something I've been taking about with Madden... the need to make design choices that maintain the overall and not take away from the essential parts. Making sensible choices. The player model detail in All Pro was ultra-high and that was great, but as a result you got low-res stadiums and the worst-looking grass ever which was terrible. You got AI sidelines, but they too looked mostly low res. If they'd just dropped the on-field player model detail to something more sensible, they may have had more resources available to up the overall picture. Its all about proper balance.

[Guillotine 1]

All-Pro Football is my inspiration bro...They combined the elements of football & gaming perfectly. The only thing I'd change is the speed button...don't like the mashing.

If that game had the real NFL teams w/current rosters...WOW!!!

I'm about to put it in right now dude...lmao

[BoKnowsBest]

what i like most about APF was how it created a pocket for the QB, and how the animations were more smooth and realistic, especially the route running. madden has always had rigid rout running.

[countryboy]

I thought APF2K8 was next gen

And maybe it was just me, but all the player models looked very similar. The linemen really had no "beef" about them.

Anywho, there's several things that Madden should "borrow" from APF but I don't necessarily think graphics/player models is one of them.

[Exonerated]

Imo. Madden's graphics looks better. Its just the gameplay that lags behind.

[tyler289]

APF has it's downfalls, but the game plays so much like more like real life. I find myself replaying every pass play because the pocket is so life-like and the receiver interactions are fabulous. Madden could learn a lot from APF, but let's not act like it's perfect. I think a lot of Madden's player models are better.