Madden NFL 17 Videos - Best Plays & Bengals vs. Steelers (SimFBallCritic)

[champ1997]

Are those Jordan cleats I see

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

The crowd reaction and commentary on the Heyward-Bey touchdown is incredible.

Yeah when Davis is talking and Gaudin says "oh look at this", and then he calls the TD, hope to have a lot more of those wow moments this year.

Blown away by two things, how great commentary sounds for a first attempt at around only 50% finished and blown away by how disappointed and unimpressed a lot of people on here are about the commentary. This is the most difficult sport of all to reproduce commentary for and this is by FAR the best football game commentary we've ever seen, what did people expect?


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[JKSportsGamer1984]

Quote: Originally Posted by riichiieriich

Why do the tackles look so weak? Looks like the players just fall to the ground. Also, the collision system still needs work. As do the running animations.

Agreed. Still seeing some ragdoll physics going on with players adding on to a gang tackle & just falling to the ground lifeless. I thought this would've been fixed by now. The overall player movement needs to be the #1 priority going forward as players still have that robotic look at times. It needs to look more natural ala NBA 2K.

[SageInfinite]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Yeah when Davis is talking and Gaudin says "oh look at this", and then he calls the TD, hope to have a lot more of those wow moments this year. Blown away by two things, how great commentary sounds for a first attempt at around only 50% finished and blown away by how disappointed and unimpressed a lot of people on here are about the commentary. This is the most difficult sport of all to reproduce commentary for and this is by FAR the best football game commentary we've ever seen, what did people expect? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There hasn't been another console football game in almost a decade, it should be the best by default. With that said we'll have to see how it turns out in the final product. It's definitely the freshest thing I've seen so far in Madden 17 tho.....

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by SageInfinite

There hasn't been another console football game in almost a decade, it should be the best by default. With that said we'll have to see how it turns out in the final product. It's definitely the freshest thing I've seen so far in Madden 17 tho.....

Lets not forget about NCAA. Same company but the commentary was often better than Madden.

From the little bit I heard, I think it sounds great but I can see where there are some issues. Gaudin and Davis speak in generic terms a little too much for my taste. I get why they do this (so that the lines can be used in every game) but I think I'm going to tire of hearing "The WR catches a pass at the 20 yrd line" or Davis saying "I'm looking forward to see which big guy stands out."

With that said, I get that lines are going to be repetitive no matter what they do (I love NBA2k's commentary and it gets really repetitive when playing a whole season) so I'm hoping the ongoing commentary recording will help fight against that.

[strawberryshortcake]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Yeah when Davis is talking and Gaudin says "oh look at this", and then he calls the TD, hope to have a lot more of those wow moments this year. Blown away by two things, how great commentary sounds for a first attempt at around only 50% finished and blown away by how disappointed and unimpressed a lot of people on here are about the commentary. This is the most difficult sport of all to reproduce commentary for and this is by FAR the best football game commentary we've ever seen, what did people expect? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Sorry if the following is a repeat from a different thread. But it does answer the question on what I am looking for. Putting in spoiler tag so it doesn't take up more real estate.

Spoiler

Does commentary sound better? Absolutely. And there are moments where it does exactly what I was hoping for and got. However, I was expecting the commentary team to be a bit more specific to the action on the field at the line of scrimmage before and after the snap.

Before the snap: Reference down and yards, time of the clock, mention the playclock, the offensive formation (QB under center, in the shotgun, player in the slot, comes out in a 3 receiver set, Crabtree split to the right, single back, split back, etc.) and lightly touch on the defensive formation (maybe mention there's two safeties up top, comes out in the nickel, Richard Sherman and where he's positioned, etc. The defense is loading up the box, etc.) All of this before the snap. Maybe even talk about what certain players have been doing during the game.



What we got (first play from scrimmage, @0:49 mark)
Play fake to Martin, now Jamis, Austin Seferian
Jenkins has it .... a big play there on the catch and run, 55 yards.


Was expecting something like this, or something similar:
https://translate.google.com/#auto/e...%20yard%20gain.
It's 1st and 10 at their own 22, under 2 minutes to go in the 1st. Winston under center, single back Martin, Evans the lone receiver to the right. 31 seconds on the playclock, two safeties up top.

Playfake to Martin, Winston rolls right, throws across his body, finds Seferian Jenkins at the 35. Gilmore takes a bad angle going for a pick. This is trouble. Open space no one within 20 yards of Jenkins, Jenkin to the 50, to the 40, down the sideline, to the 30, Darby in pursuit, finally chased out of bounds to the 23. Big gain. What a play! First play of the game from scrimmage. 41 big yards after the catch, 55 yard gain.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by strawberryshortcake

Spoiler Does commentary sound better? Absolutely. And there are moments where it does exactly what I was hoping for and got. However, I was expecting the commentary team to be a bit more specific to the action on the field at the line of scrimmage before and after the snap. Before the snap: Reference down and yards, time of the clock, mention the playclock, the offensive formation (QB under center, in the shotgun, player in the slot, comes out in a 3 receiver set, Crabtree split to the right, single back, split back, etc.) and lightly touch on the defensive formation (maybe mention there's two safeties up top, comes out in the nickel, Richard Sherman and where he's positioned, etc. The defense is loading up the box, etc.) All of this before the snap. Maybe even talk about what certain players have been doing during the game. What we got (first play from scrimmage, @0:49 mark) Play fake to Martin, now Jamis, Austin Seferian Jenkins has it .... a big play there on the catch and run, 55 yards. Was expecting something like this, or something similar: https://translate.google.com/#auto/e...%20yard%20gain. It's 1st and 10 at their own 22, under 2 minutes to go in the 1st. Winston under center, single back Martin, Evans the lone receiver to the right. 31 seconds on the playclock, two safeties up top. Playfake to Martin, Winston rolls right, throws across his body, finds Seferian Jenkins at the 35. Gilmore takes a bad angle going for a pick. This is trouble. Open space no one within 20 yards of Jenkins, Jenkin to the 50, to the 40, down the sideline, to the 30, Darby in pursuit, finally chased out of bounds to the 23. Big gain. What a play! First play of the game from scrimmage. 41 big yards after the catch, 55 yard gain.

I think your expectations were a bit high. One, the commentary you expected is a bit more of a radio broadcast style than TV broadcast style. Two, we have to keep in mind that they have to rebuild the commentary database and that will take some time.

[BleedGreen710]

these vids made the game look sooo much better then the other videos I've seen so far. props to simfbcritic for showing us what we wanted to see.