Wish The Show would use actors for the commentary/presentation

[sportdan30]

I would say use some minor league announcers, but their time would be also be limited during the season.

After listening to the commentary in Madden 17, The Show is just so incredibly dull.

Madden just put out a new download update yesterday and added some fresh new lines!

I know the devs said they're going to stick with Matt V, but something seriously needs to change. You hear the audio clips in the menus and it's absolutely nothing like the in game.

Further, it still sounds like the conversation between the two commentators is distant and not in the same booth.



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[andybill]

I have them turned off.

I find it distracting to hear "heh..yeah. If he had swung at THAT one....heh....he'd NEVER hear the end of it!" when I am trying to measuring up an incoming pitch.

[videobastard]

Not my 1st choice but I would gladly take actors that could give a better commentary recording then what the show has had all these years. I turn the audio off every year.

[zello144]

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Some new voices in the booth would be welcome but They have a good relationship with Matty V I don't like him but I guess we have to deal with him I think they should get him away from the commentary and give him a pre game show or a in game highlights show.

[BigOscar]

But how would I know that it's easy to lay off a straight fast ball below the zone with two strikes if they didn't tell me literally every time I do it? Or keep my constantly updated on my percentage of first pitch strikes?

[HighCmpPct]

Well Matty V isn't going anywhere. So what I'd like is to add in some stories in the game you know. Like they guys are just talking about some random stuff and occasionally be like as we watch Freeman single into right, or as Howard grounds out to short.

Anyone who's watched a Braves or Dodgers game knows what I'm talking about.

I still stand that slugfest loaded had the best commentary lol. Even the 2k baseball games best in this category, and that's saying something.

[strawberryshortcake]

Matt V is perfectly fine. He has a solid broadcast voice. The problem is the rest of the crew doesn't sound as if they're in the same booth. Madden has improved their commentary but they are still very much lacking in the way the lines are read. Not entirely a fan of how brandon gaudin and charles davis stretches out the final word in their sentences. I had high expectations for the Madden new commentary, but it's still missing the mark. Improved? Yes, but still missing a component.

I honestly would like to see the Oakland Athletics, either radio or tv broadcast crew, take over. Has nothing to do with the fact that I'm an A's fan, but it's because they have great broadcast voices. However .....

Thread topic. I would openly welcome actors if it brings the commentary to a different level. However, if the Show doesn't figure out how to implement two or three individuals sounding as if they're all in the same booth, actors aren't going to make a difference.

Quote: Originally Posted by andybill

I have them turned off. I find it distracting to hear "heh..yeah. If he had swung at THAT one....heh....he'd NEVER hear the end of it!" when I am trying to measuring up an incoming pitch.

It's nice that there's an option for those select individuals, but when developers are trying to create a baseball TV broadcast atmosphere, it's an important feature to get right, and not simply dismiss. Sure, there are individuals that watches baseball games on mute, but that's not how the other percentage of the population watches.

I personally find it unsettling playing the game with the crew on mute. It's simply doesn't feel right. I would rather hear the same lines repeated over and over. The commentary is one component that breathes life into a TV broadcast.

[KBLover]

Quote: Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake

It's nice that there's an option for those select individuals, but when developers are trying to create a baseball TV broadcast atmosphere, it's an important feature to get right, and not simply dismiss. Sure, there are individuals that watches baseball games on mute, but that's not how the other percentage of the population watches.

I'm not one to mute the commentary, but I don't think of it as watching on mute. More like watching a game at the stadium.

There's no voice in the booth when you're at the ballpark.

I think no commentary is sort of a hybrid considering the game probably will never give a true "like at the park" view (even RTTS isn't purely "like on the field" since it's still a third person-ish view since you can see your own body and all in front of you and hitting is still through the catcher's [or 2B/SS, depending on your preferred hitting view] eyes) since that would be a fixed camera based on where you're "sitting" (good luck playing from that).