FIFA 12's new Impact Engine is the "biggest change" EA Canada has made
to the franchise since rebuilding the game for next generation consoles,
according to lead gameplay designer Aaron McHardy.
Detailed at length in OXM issue 73, which goes on sale 10th May, the Impact Engine swaps out the canned collision animations and injury calculations of older games for a true-blue physics system that dramatically enhances the realism of play, or so EA Canada claims.
Detailed at length in OXM issue 73, which goes on sale 10th May, the Impact Engine swaps out the canned collision animations and injury calculations of older games for a true-blue physics system that dramatically enhances the realism of play, or so EA Canada claims.
"It's the biggest change we've made
since we rebuilt the engine for next-gen consoles," McHardy told deputy
editor Mike Channell. "I mean we rebuilt the engine from scratch, so
that's as big as it can get, but since then we're ripping out a big
chunk of the game and it's a massive change."
"It solves a lot of problems for us this
year, it gives us better accuracy, better momentum, more realistic
outcomes, solving a lot of situations that we just tried not to get into
before," he went on.
One of the areas the Impact Engine affects is tackling. If a tackling party clips your trailing leg, you should have the momentum and balance to keep your feet - but if that player connects with your front peg, you'll go down like a sack of potatoes.
"Now we're opening up the game so you can get into these situations and see new cool and interesting things, but also it lays a foundation for places for us to go in the future," McHardy enthused.
"When you think about the resilience of the player and the ability for someone to take a hit and continue dribbling, we didn't have that ability before in our game because you were either dribbling or you were stumbling. Now we have that grey area and it's something we can play with down the line, just to give you some vision of where we see these kind of things going."
For more FIFA 12 info - including details of how EA has bolstered the defensive game and how the inclusion of Pro Players can alter the flow of a game - get ye down the shops on 10th May. You can also buy OXM online, or even - whisper it - set up a subscription.
FIFA 12 launches later this year.
One of the areas the Impact Engine affects is tackling. If a tackling party clips your trailing leg, you should have the momentum and balance to keep your feet - but if that player connects with your front peg, you'll go down like a sack of potatoes.
"Now we're opening up the game so you can get into these situations and see new cool and interesting things, but also it lays a foundation for places for us to go in the future," McHardy enthused.
"When you think about the resilience of the player and the ability for someone to take a hit and continue dribbling, we didn't have that ability before in our game because you were either dribbling or you were stumbling. Now we have that grey area and it's something we can play with down the line, just to give you some vision of where we see these kind of things going."
For more FIFA 12 info - including details of how EA has bolstered the defensive game and how the inclusion of Pro Players can alter the flow of a game - get ye down the shops on 10th May. You can also buy OXM online, or even - whisper it - set up a subscription.
FIFA 12 launches later this year.
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