Draft pick names in game commentary

[AMD4EVER]

Does anyone know if Madden 18 will bring back the commentators saying the names of draft picks rather than just calling them "that guy" or "rookie QB"? It seems so strange that in Madden 17 even if they have a name like Williams or Rodgers that even then the commentators don't use the name.

[Slim4824]

Yes it was in one of their blogs.

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[BleedGreen710]

they said about 50% of the draft pick generated names can be said by the commentators. they also said theres an increased chance of draft picks having those names.

[krulmichael]

Like the previous posters have stated, they have included commentary for 50% of the draft pick generated names. However, you cannot edit a players name that's not said to say, 'John Smith' and expect the commentary to work for them.

[rplatypus]

Quote: Originally Posted by krulmichael

Like the previous posters have stated, they have included commentary for 50% of the draft pick generated names. However, you cannot edit a players name that's not said to say, 'John Smith' and expect the commentary to work for them.

So the audio won't work if you edit a players name? Like if I edit a QB named John Smith and change his name to Lucas Jackson. Will the commentator refer to him as Smith, Jackson or just have no audio at all?

[ForUntoOblivionSoar∞]

Quote: Originally Posted by rplatypus

So the audio won't work if you edit a players name? Like if I edit a QB named John Smith and change his name to Lucas Jackson. Will the commentator refer to him as Smith, Jackson or just have no audio at all?

If not that is pretty sad, but even without that it's still a huge commentary upgrade. No more "the quarterback" every time you start a game (assuming you get a spoken name of course).

[Black Bruce Wayne]

I wish we had a list of the names.

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[T4VERTS]

Quote: Originally Posted by rplatypus

So the audio won't work if you edit a players name? Like if I edit a QB named John Smith and change his name to Lucas Jackson. Will the commentator refer to him as Smith, Jackson or just have no audio at all?

It'll only work if they were generated with that name, not if you edited it to the name. My guess here is the name is given some sort of identifier for audio related to it on generation and just changing the text doesn't change the identifier tied to it.