BackBreaker demo video
2008-05-02 22:17:10 by BlimBlim
Like many Europeans I'm not really into American Football and tend to "forget" about writing news about these games, but this BackBreaker demo video sure was nice enough to force me out of my natural laziness and write something about it. Remember Euphoria? That procedural animation system used with mostly a lot of success (but not always) in GTA IV? Well, imagine this great engine used for an Ameran Football game, and in terms of animation you get to wonder why EA Sports keeps using an old animation system...
Natural Motion
Since 1056 Days
2008-05-04 17:13:30
Actually, I found an interesting article on this subject which explains to great depth how it can be used and how it is being used to some extent in GTA IV:
http://aigamedev.com/editorial/naturalmotion-eupho...
If I read and understand the article correctly, it seems that Euphoria could take over all animations in the game, or just in certain circumstances. It's up to the developer in how to use it and to what extent. For example, the running animation in Euphoria could be just a motion-captured/hand-written animation, while the walking animation could be using the Euphoria technology. It's basicly just a tool.
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Since 1336 Days
2008-05-04 20:26:23
Finally! Touchdown!
LOL
Since 1186 Days
2008-05-05 18:58:13
I hope this is a game mode. Like an arcade mode within the game.
It looks fun enough just doing this over and over. At least for 5 minutes anyway =)
Since 1115 Days
2008-05-06 13:48:09
This game is gonna really feel like football. I like the animations and everything.
Since 1174 Days
2008-05-07 10:33:50 In reply to DarkElfa (2008-05-03 01:14:23)