Peter Moore blames Wii for EA Sports staff exodus

[Squilliam]

Kasz216 said:

Squilliam said:

Well, for a start: How many PS2 games had an interactive physics based environment? Could a Wii game support a model where a level designer can litterally throw a million interactive things on the screen at once with no care for how it may perform? These two elements are things I never saw on a PS2 era game.

For example Quaz51 on Beyond3d.com made a working calculator with the LBP level designer. Using the physical levers and such.

 

PS2 games?  Not sure.  The Xbox had at least one though with Half Life 2.

As for the Wii being able to support a model where you can thrown a million of interactive things on the screen?  Dunno.  I doubt LBP could support a million either though.

The physics model in general in the game left me unimpressed though.  It's actually why i never play it... it ruins the platforming.

 

Additionally i've played games with 2D interactive physics based enviroments on my PC which was less powerful then a Wii.

Clickteam stuff for example.  Though it's less indepth.  I actually find it a more satisfying model and creator though.

The design decisions which effect gameplay (floaty platforming) had nothing to do with what the physics model could or could not produce.

The half-life 2 model was professionally designed. You simply could not induce a scenario with the Xbox or PC version of that game to cause the game to come to a complete standstill, frame-rate drops when physics were involved however were well documented. You can look it up if you're interested.

A million interactive objects is an exageration, but like with Quaz51's working mechanical calculator there were litterally hundreds of parts working together to make it work. Its an example of a modern game engine really in a lot of ways.