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Camera Management

Camera is not only a matter of focus, of distance, of visibility, but also a core feature in terms of dynamic gameplay and realism. You can kill the rhythm of a game with bad camera management; especially with sports games. We are all used to watching football matches on TV and we don't realise how complex it is to juggle between focusing on players or movement speeds, and how much it brings to the actual on-pitch action when done well. In a video-game, you have to be at least as good as on TV, but of course being better is better

With various techniques you can give a real identity to the camera. Some cameras will put emphasis on player skills (generally close-ups, used as a basis for replays), a wide camera can make it easier to make plays, others will be specifically adapted for set-pieces, some will show the production values and off-pitch animations, and so on... Camera management has to be suited for any kind of play (short passes, long ones, from wing to wing, offensive, defensive, tight formations, offside trap and so on...) So many parameters to take into account!
Our role here is to make sure the camera focuses on the action and works for all types of play, all set-pieces, and most importantly that they make the game intense and exciting for the user.

Playing with camera effects is something extremely touchy, and yet decisive. For instance, you can create some visual effects that will influence the perceived speed of the ball depending on how the camera follows it. Put a little delay when a striker shoots, with camera focus catch-up, you'll get a greater impression of speed and power for the shot. Of course we're able to follow the ball and always centre it on screen, but we would all fall asleep after five minutes with setting such a camera rule. This is a very basic example, but I guess it helps understanding how we can play with the camera and how this topic is fundamental.

Some time ago I took the whole team to a stadium with all access tickets. I made them change seats once every 15 minutes to understand advantages and drawbacks of different views. We then followed this by watching football matches on TV in the office. Yes, with pizzas, yes, with mineral water . It's a hard life.

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Camera Management sounds good but I reckon it will take a while to find the settings that suit you.

oh yeah it will its like SVR 10 highlight reel takes me for ever to find a good camera position

hmm still no proper league football and very arcadey... fifa it is then.

thats the DS not the PS3 lol

but your a fifa man lol

pes is arcade, i dont mind, ppl like it. Ppl also like pacman and mario. Thats it lol

Sexton Hardcastle wrote:

pes is arcade, i dont mind, ppl like it. Ppl also like pacman and mario. Thats it lol

You're a bumchin

hammer a and b wacka wacka wacka

Fifa need there shooting sorting out big time, decent game but goals feel like shit.

Played PES 5 the other night and realised it geniunely has got worse, some bits are better but generally 5 was great. Felt so much more natural, goals felt well unique, big changes have to come for 2011.

Definitely agree about what you're saying about the shotting disco. PES has better shooting mechanics and FIFA has by far the better passing mechanics. If only we could get a game that combined them both.

PES 2010 was a big improvement on the last couple of games, with them slowing the pace down a little. Hopefully 2011 will improve on more of the faults which still exist in the game.

how do you mean. I've got no gripes with the goals. Passing sometimes doesnt go where you point though grr. I've scored so many diff types of goals though, hate the chip so i rarely do that unless it looks like the player would in reality attempt one.

I'm the first to admit PES' bad points but the shotting is ace. When I've played Fifa it just seems the shots are really "airish", as if your using a random penny floater. The passing is 10x better on Fifa but goals still feel a tad flat to me.

i havent played new pes so i dunno what to compare the shooting to. Do think the fifa ball moves alot better than the old one though.

Fifa's come on loads, PES has just made a few things better and a few more worse, proper stupid when you can play a PS2 game and enjoy it more.

If PES does try a huge overhaul (which they promise every year...) it will end in tears. It's a good game and football games can't be changed too dramatically. Fifa used to be pure 100% wank, but they gradually made it better, probably better than PES, not huge changes over 1 year though,

fifa did used to be bad but they always had leagues so it made the play life long as you could do seasons with your teams. Plus being younger you are less critical of realism just want to win. I remember on 04 i think doing fulham up nice. Whatever happened to steed ah and volz

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PES fans who have been calling for a Mark Lawrenson-free game rejoice... The once-mustachioed pundit won't appear in PES 2011, CVG has learnt.

Although previous PES commentator Jon Champion has been retained for the new title, Lawrenson has been replaced by ITV man Jim Beglin.

Some PES players have criticised Lawrenson in the past for sounding disinterested during play.

"We're keeping Jon Champion," European PES team leader Jon Murphy told CVG. "Lawrenson's delivery was a little forced at times. But that was partly him not living it in the studio and partly the way our scripts were written. Neither helped the other.

"With Jon Champion we've always had someone who's better at ad libbing. We've not only changed one member of the commentary team - which I hope people will be really pleased about - but we've gone for a much more live effect with the sound generally.

"We've changed the scripts, the studios we use etc. So we have done a certain amount. I think we've done enough to improve the atmosphere. In addition, the menu screens are a lot less 'Japanese-y'; a lot less clunky than they have been in the past.

"Also, at the end of the day, how are you going to play PES most of the time? It's against mates and the biggest thing you'll hear will be you ripping the p*ss out of your friend because you've just scored a goal against him."

Don't know why they had Lawrenson in the first place, he isn't a commentator in real life so why is he a commentator in a game? Used to always change the commentary to German as it was far more interesting.

last month i had a dream the ITV commentators took over how strange

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lawro does do commentary though, whenever bbc need a 2 man team. which is not often