Madden NFL 13 Video - Gameplay With Jim Nantz and Phil Simms In-Game Commentary

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

I cannot stress enough to people to go and watch the intros from the livestream and then compare them to the one in that video. They are completely different and sound much better. Intro 1 - Giants at 49ers 18:50 Intro 2 - Packers at Steelers 23:50 Madden NFL 13 Audio Webcast

Yeah just to put a number on it I'd score the eagles intro about a 5-6 and these are probably an 8-8.5

[BritPitbull]

*adopts robotic monotone voice* "Touchdown"........"Interception".................."Yawn".........

[johnprestonevans]

I really dont know what to say. It's early, so Ill wait and see if this gets better, but my initial reaction to listening to the new commentary is: meh. There are still very generic statements and akward silences throughout these clips. It's really hard to enjoy this level of quality after listening to other stellar sounding sports games like Fifa, MLB and NBA2K. Those one sound like a real broadcast. They use player names and proper inflection that match the moment to moment action on the field. It seems like this generation of Madden is not capable of delivering an authentic broadcast sounding game. The Radio guy was a bad idea in 06. Tom Hammond put us to sleep in 08. Cris and Gus sounded like they broadcast 2 different games at once. All in all, this generation of Madden has sounded so bland, generic, disjointed and repetitive. I really hope EA can improve upon this short early sneak peak.

EA, if you're listening, you need to:
1) Use player names and team names ALL the time. Not "he" or "they".
2) Make it dynamic. I dont wanna hear the same shpiel everytime the Eagles meet a division rival. It's too generic and canned.
3) No awkward pauses.
4) Talk about the progression of the game. Who's done what. What were the big plays? What's happening around the league? What has the team done recent? Playoff implications? Key injuries. etc. etc. etc.

[AussieChiefsFan]

Quote: Originally Posted by DeuceDouglas

I really wish they would bring back the camera shake at the line a la NCAA 2005. It was awesome playing on the road and the controller would start to rumble. Then you look at your play play pre-snap and all your receivers routes are shaking violently. The best part was when you made a big play right after that and the controller vibration would tone down and the routes would become less shaky. It was awesome.

Yea when you're breaking away with a RB or WR itd be awesome for the camera to shake around and make it more intense

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by johnprestonevans

I really dont know what to say. It's early, so Ill wait and see if this gets better, but my initial reaction to listening to the new commentary is: meh. There are still very generic statements and akward silences throughout these clips. It's really hard to enjoy this level of quality after listening to other stellar sounding sports games like Fifa, MLB and NBA2K. Those one sound like a real broadcast. They use player names and proper inflection that match the moment to moment action on the field. It seems like this generation of Madden is not capable of delivering an authentic broadcast sounding game. The Radio guy was a bad idea in 06. Tom Hammond put us to sleep in 08. Cris and Gus sounded like they broadcast 2 different games at once. All in all, this generation of Madden has sounded so bland, generic, disjointed and repetitive. I really hope EA can improve upon this short early sneak peak. EA, if you're listening, you need to: 1) Use player names and team names ALL the time. Not "he" or "they". 2) Make it dynamic. I dont wanna hear the same shpiel everytime the Eagles meet a division rival. It's too generic and canned. 3) No awkward pauses. 4) Talk about the progression of the game. Who's done what. What were the big plays? What's happening around the league? What has the team done recent? Playoff implications? Key injuries. etc. etc. etc.

As far as #1 goes, a poster brought up a post from one of the Sound Designers mentioning that they prefer "he" vs jersey number. As the poster above said, the CD folks heard the names, so, they played a much more recent build that what you saw.

What we see hear was an old mix.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

As far as #1 goes, a poster brought up a post from one of the Sound Designers mentioning that they prefer "he" vs jersey number. As the poster above said, the CD folks heard the names, so, they played a much more recent build that what you saw. What we see hear was an old mix.

Yeah we haven't heard anything near a recent build, they were playing with RG3 on the redskins at community day. This is showing Roy Williams on the Bears and V-Jax on SD. I know we have heard it's an old build before and the end result ends up being similar, but remember guys this is the first year they are working with new commentary technology since probably the PS2 and that means starting from ground zero and adding to and improving it every day. Not only that, but the difference in this video and the pregame intro videos we saw in the webcast Monday is pretty great.

Now if we see E3 gameplay videos and the commentary still sounds robotic, static, scripted, and dull then we will have a problem. Until then I'm going to remain cautiously optimistic about the commentary this year.

[tanner75]

Hoping that this year at E3 we can hear the commentary. Last year it was all but drowned out by the blaring background music.

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by tanner75

Hoping that this year at E3 we can hear the commentary. Last year it was all but drowned out by the blaring background music.

I think once E3 hits and they get their big reveal out of the way we'll get some videos that we should have gotten during the Audio Playbook with Nantz and Simms over gameplay.