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H_G said:
Finally in game graphics.

What's your opinion based on the given footage?

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Looks graphically much better than the current match engine but still has the clunkyness of it.

TBH though I don't buy FM for the match engine.
 
In all honesty, after a two year break, I was expecting a lot more. The players are still essentially stick-men, and the foot-planting is still dreadful (so much skating).

Do I care if the player performances and results are realistic? No. It's a management game, so ultimately it's not important.

But I feel like a major graphical upgrade was the main benefit of switching to Unity (outside of being able to port it to more platforms more easily). If that's the biggest upgrade then... :ANX:
 
I think they did the same thing as Effotball 22. They programmed PES21 onto a new engine, but simply programmed all the animations onto the new engine.
The main goal was not to offer particularly beautiful graphics, but to switch to the engine that could be programmed (ports) most easily on all systems.
 
Which one is Salah ? Players' height difference doesn't seems to be obvious here

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I was expecting to see players collisions, a feint.. Perso. I don't need a big graphic improvement for a game such FM, but was waiting to see more fluid animation. There's not a single feint in the video, not even a fake shot.
 
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Normally here, a player should loose a little bit of balance after an attempted sliding tackle on him. Thing the player in the footage didn't.

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More screenshots here: FM Scout
 
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That’s a massive graphic upgrade from FM24 and a major improvement in a two-year span, I don’t understand how anyone doesn’t see it that way. Real Premier League stadiums, players having some depth and recognizability to them…this is a much stronger opener from SI than I was expecting.
 
Silverdome94 said:
[...] players having some depth and recognizability to them
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Do they? Players all have the same face, hair and height from what I've seen - the height bit being particularly frustrating, the line-ups look silly!

I'm not seeing much of a difference in their animations either but maybe I'm missing something?
 
Chris Davies said:
Do they? Players all have the same face, hair and height from what I've seen - the height bit being particularly frustrating, the line-ups look silly!

I'm not seeing much of a difference in their animations either but maybe I'm missing something?
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It might sound harsh but it really isn't a great improvement and actually shows more the weaknesses of their animations.

The slowing down in the trailer actually makes it worse since Football Managers Match Speed traditionally has hid some of their weaknesses.

The lighting is an upgrade but let's be honest stadiums still look poor, those player heads are really not great and it is not the graphical leap you would wish for.

In the end it won't matter if tactics make sense and you feel your strategy has an influence on what you see and outcomes

But I do actually think that this graphic update does more harm than good since it now shows way more their weak spots
 
I think with better graphics, it actually looks worse because most of the animations are from FM 24.
 
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