Madden NFL 11 Demo Video (Via Gamespot)

[kjcheezhead]

Like others have said, the commentary sounds badly edited and spliced together. I also don't like the coordinators comments, they sound generic and cheesy to me.

The gameplay looks basically the same as well with just a little improvement to locomotion. Oline pass blocking didn't look to be any different at all.

People who have played this all seem to swear it's even better than NCAA, but I just don't see it in the vids.

[ChampIsHere42]

Yeah this commentary is horrible. EA seems to have ruined Gus Johnson's enthusiasm. They've combined the old boring EA commentary with Gus Johnson's exciting commentary which doesn't mesh well at all. I feel sorry for Johnson, but I'm glad people are realizing it's not his fault. I think the gameplay looks pretty good..atleast the running game looks fun..but I guess we'll just wait and see like always...NCAA might be able to hold me off of Madden this year.

[ReviveESPN2k5]

Quote: Originally Posted by lilgame06

man...they really need to become friends with the guys at 2k sports. if the commentary in this game could sound anything like it is in the recent NBA 2K games with Kevin Harlan and Clark Kellogg, this could turn out a lot better. I guess we have to assume this demo is not a chunk of the final game though. There's no way they can allow the final product to sound like that. Though it would be highly questionable and possibly detrimental to their sales for them to put a demo out that sounds that bad as well. by the way...how come they never set up the start of a play with their commentary? where is the "Manning comes out in the shotgun, 3rd down and long from the 42 yard line"? Did they do this in Madden 10 or any previous madden games? I honestly can't remember. I feel like thats the first part of sports commentary 101, is to set up the start of a play.

I agree. You feel like the commentators are in the same room with 2K commentary.

As for the start of the play commentary, it's hard to tell by the demo because gameflow is on, which is annoying to listen as well. It's like a kids version of Manhunt.

[Valdarez]

Wait. I thought there was going to be commentary in the demo?

Seriously though, Gus sounds good, definitive upgrade over Hammond without a doubt, but there's been no change to the commentary engine which is a shame as it results in big man SILENCE continuing to receive all the talking time in a game.

[Maximus205]

Delay of game....On the announcer

[CaliDude916]

Quote: Originally Posted by MrSkagTrendy

It would seem what they've done is kept the exact same commentary coding from last year, and simply switched the voices from Hammond to Johnson. Listen to it, it's the exact same structure as last year

I agree. Very stale and boring.

[canes21]

The receiver catches the ball, starts celebrating, turns towards the sidelines and starts running over there to get a breather, then Gus Johnson yells,"He's got it! Touchdown!" Really EA?

[at23steelers]

My question: "why does the commentary have a 5 second lapse between start of play until Gus' voice?"

Ian Cummings response: "Oh I see now - demo build? Seems like a bug there since the demo is not a final build"

Ian Cummings 2nd response: "Oops, may not be a bug, Ronnie just reminded me they cut out a ton of commentary to make it fit in the demo."