Det var under förra veckan som EA Sports utannonserade uppföljaren till fjolårets UFC-spel och detta genom att visa upp ett omslag som till 50% var färdigt, föreställande en surmulet stenhård Ronda Rousey som gick match i helgen mot före detta boxningsdrottningen Holly Holm. I samma veva pratade producenten för spelserien, Brian Hayes, lite med amerikanska Gamespot och när det gäller den grafiska biten sade han bland annat såhär:
Producent Brian Hayes:
"The game being really, really, really, ridiculously good-looking is important to us, and the team is always working to find ways to outdo themselves. That includes updates to the in-game lighting, the facial animation system and lots of new physics and rendering details. It all comes together in the in-fight replays, where you can really see the fighter flinch a moment before a huge strike lands, sending ripples across their face, and how their hair whips around with the force of the blow".
Hayes pratade också lite om sakerna de avser att förbättra i tvåan:
"There was a lot feedback about how challenging the game was on the ground, or in the clinch. That wasn't exactly a complete surprise, because those facets of the sport are generally the most complex. But in hindsight, it was more challenging than we would have liked. So for UFC 2 we put a big focus on improving the grappling controls, providing a better on-boarding experience, and giving players plenty of ways to learn how to master the game".
Tydligen kommer det finnas ett spelläge i UFC 2 som heter KO Mode där det inte kommer att gå att slåss på mattan, alls, märkligt nog. Kickboxning inuti oktagonen, med andra ord. Såhär sade Hayes om detta:
"We heard from lots of people that they would play that way with their more casual friends; no ground game allowed, just KOs. And part of it was from testing the new KO physics system and capturing videos for internal review. We had a debug setting that turned on one-hit knockouts and ended up having these very quick, but very intense fights that always finished with a spectacular KO".
UFC 2 släpps till Playstation 4 och Xbox One till våren.
Bilden härstammar från det förra UFC-spelet från EA.
Tack, Gamespot.