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

[Tyrant8RDFL]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

I'll wait to hear from Chase on this before I say the commentary was bland and that is what will be in the final product. If Chase says we can fine tune the rough edges till the game goes gold, fine. If not, oh, oh. Heck, everyone that has been here awhile knows they can tweak after June 4th.

Wasup Roadman hope all is good.

I have a question for you. Please indicate what they have tweaked in the past that improved the game? In regards to something shown in May or June then corrected nicely come release date?

Thanks

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyrant8RDFL

I would also think it would be smart not to think it would be better than the video EA decided to use to showcase some of their commentary, and even ask for us to voice our opinion. Now is EA asked for our opinion on this video. Why do you feel the need to quote me and make such a statement? Why not just make the statement to all the other members who feel the same? One other thing to point out. They implemented video with big play moments. Which you would think is the right scenario to showcase some exciting commentary. Guess what it FAILED. Now you may need 82 hours of commentary to see the failer, but I don't. They showed me big plays with commentary and it was bad. Why would I need 82 hours for? Anyway history has proven what we see in MAY JUNE or JULY is what we will get come AUGUST. have you ever see any video of Madden this gen that looked one way in May , and then change come August? I will kindly answer that for you "No"

You could be right, but I feel people need to give Chase his due diligence on this. Some of the game play that I saw was a repeat from a few weeks ago where we didn't hear any audio.

[roadman]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyrant8RDFL

Wasup Roadman hope all is good. I have a question for you. Please indicate what they have tweaked in the past that improved the game? In regards to something shown in May or June then corrected nicely come release date? Thanks

How about privately they've tuned. We don't know that, do we? We are outsiders looking in. I don't think we are privy to what bugs and what they have tuned or tweaked till going gold outside the forums.

So, what to they do from E3 to it goes gold? Take vacations till it goes gold and then come back for feedback?

On Twitter, I've read where they tuned and squashed bugs up to E3.

[ABR173rd]

I find it interesting that EA did not mention nor show in this video draft class names being recorded in this version of Madden 13. They want to talk about immersion and creating a storyline in franchise mode yet they still have failed to record every single NFL players name including the draft classes.

MLB the show has almost any name you can come up with recorded into the commentary, why is this so hard for EA to fix? I can't stand one of my rookies becoming a superstar three seasons down the road and the commentators call him by his number... Or when the opening commentators don't have the starting QB's name recorded.


I know this was a demo and not sure if this was mentioned, but I definitely noticed the same line quoted twice in this video. I understand it's a demo but not exactly the type of demo that builds confidence. There was also a TD pass were the announcer seemed monotone throughout the whole commentary even when announcing he TD pass?

[at23steelers]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

How about privately they've tuned. We don't know that, do we? We are outsiders looking in. I don't think we are privy to what bugs and what they have tuned or tweaked till going gold outside the forums. So, what to they do from E3 to it goes gold? Take vacations till it goes gold and then come back for feedback? On Twitter, I've read where they tuned and squashed bugs up to E3.

I guess my question is: what could they tune on that TD to make it show more excitement and have less dead space?

Nantz: They are in the same division, they met already once, and for the team they lost the last matchup. How much do they want this one?

Simms: Well, first off, it's tough to dominate a team twice in the same division...They're gonna have different answers for the team today.

Needs to be more specific!

[DeuceDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tyrant8RDFL

I would also think it would be smart not to think it would be better than the video EA decided to use to showcase some of their commentary, and even ask for us to voice our opinion. Now is EA asked for our opinion on this video. Why do you feel the need to quote me and make such a statement? Why not just make the statement to all the other members who feel the same? One other thing to point out. They implemented video with big play moments. Which you would think is the right scenario to showcase some exciting commentary. Guess what it FAILED. Now you may need 82 hours of commentary to see the failer, but I don't. They showed me big plays with commentary and it was bad. Why would I need 82 hours for? Anyway history has proven what we see in MAY JUNE or JULY is what we will get come AUGUST. have you ever see any video of Madden this gen that looked or sounded one way in May , and then change come August? I will kindly answer that for you "No"

I don't need 82 hours of commentary to hear the failure. But I do need more than a handful of lines on probably pre-alpha video. It would be like saying the entire pass trajectory system they implemented was a failure based on one screen pass.

And if video's we see in May and June are what we're going to see in August then I guess this is the first year you'll be able to be sacked on 1st and 20 and have it be 1st and 24 (1:30). Crowd noise will also be virtually non-existent and no teams or players will ever be mentioned. They did just update the scoreboard as well so I guess this will be the first year that what we see in May is in fact different than what we get in August.

We've never seen EA deliberately show as little gameplay as possible like they have this year. There wasn't even a point to having the Audio Playbook yesterday because the only new thing we got was the Madden Theme. June 4th is when the cat's out of the bag.

[bigsmallwood]

Quote: Originally Posted by roadman

Yep, all the above, but the repetitiveness does get to me, so, to each their own on that. It's not like I can press the A button and filter through it, lol. I have a gut feeling that is the way Nantz-Sims will be, too. Recording them together was huge and they've worked together for 8 yrs plus, 99% of the commentary is ad-libed, Just need to hear it in more action and game play.

I respect your optimism Road, but let's be real, Madden is not in the same atmosphere with commentary. And 2Ks commentary doesn't repeat nearly as much as you make it seem. The comments are spot on and observational to what happens on the court....this is what Madden should be. There is no excitement, no comparisons between last games stats, struggles etc. in short Madden 13 has no excuse and if they don't deliver on June 4th then people should just accept the fact that EA won't deliver without competition. Look at FIFAs commentary, again it is light years ahead. #June4th

[ch46647]

Quote: Originally Posted by bigsmallwood

I respect your optimism Road, but let's be real, Madden is not in the same atmosphere with commentary. And 2Ks commentary doesn't repeat nearly as much as you make it seem. The comments are spot on and observational to what happens on the court....this is what Madden should be. There is no excitement, no comparisons between last games stats, struggles etc. in short Madden 13 has no excuse and if they don't deliver on June 4th then people should just accept the fact that EA won't deliver without competition. Look at FIFAs commentary, again it is light years ahead. #June4th

I agree with all of this. Everything hinges on June 4th and how M13 comes together. If they cant do it now. Then we are just going to have to wait until next-gen to hopefully get a decent football game.