Gus Johnson Confirmed Play-By-Play Commentator For Madden NFL 11 w/ Gameplay Video

[taqiyya]

Smelling something yummy. LoL classic ..

[SIM RULES]

I initially watched the video first and was shocked. I was ready to praise EA for the best commentary ever heard in a video game. Sadly enough, I read the article a few moments later. Why, tease us with that video, if the actual game will not be like that? That video sounds more like what I hear on Sundays. Man, that would be sweet if I could play a football game with great commentary like that. Even that Owens guy did a great job, IMO. They actually draw you into the game, and take the focus off of game play issues.

Speaking of game play issues, I am sure they will fix those replay issues. Replays were almost pointless. Why is the QB able to glide from left to right like that? In one play, the ball was hiked from the 6 yard line. The QB glided back effortlessly to the 21 yard line, and his lateral movement defies physics. Since this is a "pre alpha build", I am sure we will not see this in the final game. Man, that play by play in the video would be awesome.

[splff3000]

Quote: Originally Posted by SIM RULES

I initially watched the video first and was shocked. I was ready to praise EA for the best commentary ever heard in a video game. Sadly enough, I read the article a few moments later. Why, tease us with that video, if the actual game will not be like that? That video sounds more like what I hear on Sundays. Man, that would be sweet if I could play a football game with great commentary like that. Even that Owens guy did a great job, IMO. They actually draw you into the game, and take the focus off of game play issues.

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing after watching the vid in the IGN preview thread lol. I noticed Gus saying Alex Smith drops back to pass and then I remembered the watcher saying one of the devs said that it would not be possible to have the announcer say that in the game. That's when I starting wondering why is EA showing us this anyway? Is it just to tease? It's almost certain that the commentary in game will not be as good. I mean, if the announcer can't even say **insert QB name here** drops back to pass, then how great can it be? It also makes me wonder what else the announcer can't do.

[Bgamer90]

Quote: Originally Posted by splff3000

Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing after watching the vid in the IGN preview thread lol. I noticed Gus saying Alex Smith drops back to pass and then I remembered the watcher saying one of the devs said that it would not be possible to have the announcer say that in the game. That's when I starting wondering why is EA showing us this anyway? Is it just to tease? It's almost certain that the commentary in game will not be as good. I mean, if the announcer can't even say **insert QB name here** drops back to pass, then how great can it be? It also makes me wonder what else the announcer can't do.

Where/when did TheWacther say that?

Anyways, I think the reason that they have these vids is because they are still doing work to the commentary and therefore them showing a vid of the game now with the commentary wouldn't be as good as how the commentary will be in the final game.

[XtremeDunkz]

yeah there was an article that said Johnson commentary was only about 70% implemented. I forget what article it was though.

[JEM]

I have have the pleasure err displeasure of having to listen to Gus call several Bills games over the years.. and he is horrible.

" LYNCH UP THE MMMIIIIDDDDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEE! for two yards "

" PASS DOWN THE SIIIIIIDDDLLLLLIIIIIINNNNNEEEE! way overthrown "

All he knows how to do is yell..

[tlc12576]

Quote: Originally Posted by JEM

I have have the pleasure err displeasure of having to listen to Gus call several Bills games over the years.. and he is horrible. " LYNCH UP THE MMMIIIIDDDDLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEE! for two yards " " PASS DOWN THE SIIIIIIDDDLLLLLIIIIIINNNNNEEEE! way overthrown " All he knows how to do is yell..

JEM,you are truely outrageous! LOL j/k (late 80s)

[GiantBlue76]

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What's changed in 2 yrs? Nothing. It doesn't matter if they resurrect Howard Cosell, get John Madden back in the booth, and throw in a dash of Brent Musburger and Al Michaels (the top 4 of the 50 greatest sports announcers of all time http://sports.yahoo.com/top/news?slu...nouncers013009 ), the commentary will be bad if they are putting in a lackluster effort with it, like they have been doing the last 2 years. Tom Hammond was/is the scapegoat for poor commentary programming. Now I'm no programmer so I have no idea how easy or hard it is, but I do know one of 2 things has been happening the last 2 years. Either the programmers working on commentary lack the effort to fix it or they lack the talent to fix it. I would tend to think it was more of the former than the latter. It sounds harsh, but it is the truth. Anytime Hammond can pronounce Nnamdi Asomugha's(arguably the best CB in the game today) name wrong for 2 years in a row, you know something is wrong. I can't imagine how many people sent letters, emails, tweets, texts, etc to EA after Madden 09 saying that Nnamdi's last name is pronounced a-so-mu-wa not a-so-moo-gah, yet it made it into 10 the same way. That tells me something was really wrong with the effort put forth into commentary. Now Tom Hammond is not completely off the hook. He was the one who said asomoogah in the first place, but I put more of the blame on the EA team. I've seen Hammond call games and he sounds nothing like he does in Madden. That's because the team has noticeable pauses before obvious spliced statements ie "Today's game is between **pause** the Oakland Raiders and **pause** the Denver Broncos. Tom Hammond doesn't talk like that. That's how the game is programmed. You may say, well he sounds dull and bland like a robot. That's EA's job to tell him to put a little more excitement in his voice. They're supposed to be there to direct him. That's just more evidence of a lack of effort. If you ever watch a game that he announces, it's like night and day when compared to Madden. The first time I heard him call a game I was like who the hell is this? lol This isn't the same guy from Madden. While he may not be as exciting as Gus, he is definitely nowhere near as bad as he sounds on Madden. I know a lot of you all are happy about Gus Johnson joining the Madden booth, but, like all those other guys said about Madden 09, it's not necessarily about the announcer, but about how the commentary is programmed to integrate into the game. If the team puts forth the same effort that they have been for the last 2 years, Gus Johnson may quickly become the new Tom Hammond.

Excellent post.