Like every year, a new version of video games about the world’s best known and most practiced sports is starting to see the light. In this case, the sequence Madden NFL, which in its 2023 edition brings a number of changes aimed at giving players more immersion and realism.
The main innovation brought by this edition is called ‘areaSENSE’Aiming to provide more control in each position and give a more authentic gameplay based on realistic and physical gameplay. It is worth saying that this innovation is only available on Xbox Series and PlayStation 5 versions.
American football is a collision-ridden sport, and that’s exactly what EA wanted to put a magnifying glass on these animations. To do this, according to the company, they worked on six key components and 3,500 new animations tries to present more realistic movements, effects and behaviors of bodies.
The components are:
–group shot, includes interventions made by multiple players at the same time. To achieve a better result, the game takes into account factors such as the points of contact between the players involved in the conflict and the forces they exert.
“Maden NFL 23’s group fights will be more organic and unpredictable in appearance and behavior, but also offer more control to influence the group during play,” the company says on its Madden NFL page.
–Static handling: These occur when the ball carrier and a defender collide and neither is dropped. At this point, each player must quickly press a button to get the upper hand and get the other out of the way.
-There is a confrontation just like the previous one, but when trying to cross the blockade line. The name of this component is ‘I’m going to knock the locks’.
– ‘Knockouts in the air’– When it comes to avoiding a pass, players in Madden NFL 23 can choose between chasing the ball, preventing the ball from reaching the receiver’s hands, or pushing it so as not to spoil the outcome.
– Complementary locks: This component affects attacking players who can join and leave blocking interactions without getting stuck in the players’ node, as in previous versions.
-Finally, there’s physics and branching technology that allow the game to determine whether a contact is strong enough to knock the player down or just stumble.
In addition, there are a number of other innovations that allow control never before seen in the NFL video game franchise. One of them is ‘360° cuts’ that allow the player to change direction suddenly during a race, which was impossible in previous games because it takes up too much room for the player to change course.
On the other hand, there is a new, more precise passing system that is not limited to just who the ball is sent to or how it is received. Now, In NFL 23, players can choose the height and strength of their passes and also slightly change the ball’s path. so it is located a little closer or closer to the point where the receiver will be.
With these major changes, the famous video game series gets what it’s been looking for: realism like never before. While it has a graphics upgrade and new camera moves that give the illusion of a real match broadcast, this game has gone to great lengths to make it feel like a more accurate simulation of the real world.
It’s not just an aesthetic component, it also has an impact on gameplay: a frenetic pace that opens up a world of variables that must be chosen within a thousandth of a second for the player.
Source: Exame
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