What happend to the commentary?

[Twizler]

In my opinion, the previous Madden games had much better commentary than the current Madden.

Well, I didn't buy Madden 10, but Madden 09 had good commentary. The announcers talked to each other. Discussions about specific teams and players were smooth. Etc.

Now, in Madden 11, the commentary really bothers me. Though this is one of the very few problems I have with Madden 11, it's still pretty annoying. It gets really repetitive, the announcers barely talk to each other, and there's awkward changes in the tone of voice at times. Not to mention that... EVERY pre-game discussion is exactly the same. It's always like this:

Quote:

"Who do you think are the key players of todays game?" "Well I think the quarterbacks are the key players. I had a chance to talk to both of them *blah* *blah* *blah* you can see a different look in their eyes..."

Not only that, but the commentary during the game is pretty bad. There is almost always an awkward transition between team's and player's names to the rest of the sentence. It's usually like this:

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"tom brady... IS HUMAN AFTER ALL! You don't see him miss a pass that often."

I can see how it could be difficult to record every quarterback's name and try to match the tone of voice with the main sentence, but I didn't seem to notice any problems with '09, so I don't know what's up with that.

Then, after EVERY 2-point conversion, the SAME comment is said EVERY time:

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"And you can tell the offense had a plan throughout that drive. They scored the touchdown and got the immediate call for the 2-point conversion." Please, at the least, record one alternate comment for 2-point conversions.

On the other hand, I kind of enjoy how Gus (I think?) gets really into the game on big plays. Sometimes he goes a little bit over the top, but it adds a little bit more excitement to the game.

So, does anyone know what the reason is for having poor commentary in Madden 11? Maybe they were on a tight budget or something... Or am I the only person who feels that the commentary was done poorly?

[Valdarez]

The words Madden and good commentary don't belong in the same sentence.

They got a better commentator this year, but it doesn't look like they changed their commentary engine at all (going off the demo). Until they fix the commentary engine and introduce the concept of in game banter, the game is going to continue to feel fairly shallow on the commentary side.

[havokeff]

Part of the problem is that most, if not all of Collinsworth's commentary is recycled from last year and it doesn't mesh at all with Gus's.

I'm guessing that doing a good commentary track is one of the harder parts of the game.

[xRobertitox]

They need to have them in the booth so together and record lines at the same time like NBA2K to have a better vibe, I noticed they don't sound like they know there's another commentator with them, at ALL.

[oneamongthefence]

They lead very busy lives. They commentate sports other than football.

[Gordy748]

I've found that Gus takes some getting used to. He sounds infantile at first but after a few weeks I've found him quite entertaining.

But Chris' commentary is largely retained from last year. This wouldn't be a problem so much if they programed in some questions each could ask of the other, like last year, "What happened there, Chris?" "Well the defense rocked and the offense stank. What more do you want to know?"

But hey ho. Tiburon has bigger things to worry about. Gameflow, replays, defense... I guess these all take precedence over the commentary.

[R9NALD9]

Quote: Originally Posted by Twizler

"tom brady... IS HUMAN AFTER ALL! You don't see him miss a pass that often."

this made me lol...so true

[rooney8]

Without a doubt the worst commentary I have heard in a video game. Having spent time on commentary this year I doubt much other than tuning and tweaking will be done for M12. A game with so many issues I hate to see more created.