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Madden NFL 15: Why The Presentation Hasn't Quite Arrived into Primetime

12:47 PM - August 31, 2014 by RaychelSnr

Madden’s presentation has always been a spot where the franchise simply didn’t measure up against the competition. This lack of quality presentation seems to, at least partially, be the result of a disastrous start on the last generation of consoles where a TV-style presentation simply wasn’t even included in the game in the first edition.

This year, Madden finally arrived with a broadcast presentation which is much more believable to the eyes, unfortunately your ears will leave you wondering what went wrong.

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# 81 dakidjr23 @ 09/02/14 08:32 AM

The commentary doesn't affect my enjoyment of the game. to me that should be the last thing to worry about i think madden should address the gameplay first and game modes second for to get my full enjoyment out the game.

# 82 zonadrk @ 09/02/14 09:17 AM

My issue is with the intro. They NEVER should have removed the the teams coming out of their tunnel and replaced it with Nance and Simms. AWFUL! I don't care what a rendered Nance and Simms look like. But to see the Patriots come out of the helmet, or the Falconss with the flames! That is what I miss.

# 83 xsdfhstuh @ 09/02/14 10:49 AM

What they really need to do is partner with ESPN and get Tirico and Gruden in the game.

# 84 sticks323 @ 09/02/14 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ZO


	What they really need to do is partner with ESPN and get Tirico and Gruden in the game.

This is a great idea.

# 85 blackadder33 @ 09/02/14 12:31 PM

Good article Chris, thanks. For me - and many of my friends agree with me on this - all the little presentation improvements and minutia details you mention on how Madden has improved (or not) mean nothing. It wouldn't matter if Madden 15, 16, or indeed Madden 33 is the greatest NFL simulation of all time. The crux of the matter will always be that Madden is the only choice and this situation needs to end. The NFL clearly isn't listening to us so, until the NFL do start listening; that is, until they finally drop their ridiculous exclusive rights license with EA, then I and many others have decided to never buy anything from EA again, not just Madden but a total EA games boycott for as long as it takes. For anyone who missed it, Mike Florio agrees with us and wrote an interesting article about it, here: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/06/20/ea-has-exclusive-license-from-nfl-for-a-couple-more-years/

# 86 statum71 @ 09/02/14 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Sheba2011


	The backlash over Gus Johnson, Chris Collinsworth and the present clowns is a lot worse than anything from the Radio announcer. The problem with the radio announcer wasn't that he was bad, it was that for the first time in a long time, Madden wasn't in the game. If they added a color guy and introduced him today instead of Simms/Dr. Robot the presentation would be a 100x better.

I still have to disagree. I don't read a whole lot of negative comments about the guys now. Just a few here and there like in this very thread. There's no commentators that everybody will like. But I remember these threads from that radio guy like it was yesterday.

This isn't NEARLY as bad.

But you're right about Gus and Collingsworth. The forums blew up over them.

# 87 statum71 @ 09/02/14 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dakidjr23


	The commentary doesn't affect my enjoyment of the game. to me that should be the last thing to worry about i think madden should address the gameplay first and game modes second for to get my full enjoyment out the game.

Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!

This article is about presentation. Gameplay gets plenty of write-up and attention.

# 88 Demoncrom @ 09/02/14 07:58 PM

I would be happy if they would just deliver proper surround sound support. The game is in a stadium, is it too hard to place audio on the back channels to make it sound right?

# 89 dfyuu @ 09/02/14 10:13 PM

They need to hire a dozen no name (see: cheap) voice actors and record a TON of commentary. No one buys Madden because Simms and Nance are in it.

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