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

[billylee0000]

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I generally agree with this premise but it can over emphasis the dev team as the only past issue.

I liken it to (about to throw up in my mouth a lil) the 90's Dallas Cowboys with Jimmy Johnson and Jerry Jones. Johnson definitely came in and changed personnel making the Cowboys a winning organization again but Jones was still around mucking some things up.

Likewise for Madden, I feel good about Cam Weber and the personnel around assembled but there may still be an EA Jerry Jones persona or mindset around to muck things up. lol

Time will tell.

I actually think that's just it. The dev team may be sticking to what they have because someone is pushing them towards this direction. That's why everything I've seen so far looks like an upgraded version of Madden12. If they were allowed to explore different options say in the graphics engine and physics engine, things may be different.

[treq21]

It looks just like more of the same. And thats not good. I wont be buying this game at release anyway, so we will see. But I am not impressed by this video at all.

[PGaither84]

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I have all of the playoff games from last year still on my Laptop. While I can't upload them or share them with you, I started watching the PIT@DEN Wildcard game Sims and Nantz called.

On TV we see replays of nice plays and big plays, but general banter and stories on small plays like a run for two yards on 1st down. I don't EXPECT the little stories that you hear in real life, but I do expect normal commentary to be done well.

Something small that I notice Nantz often calling game that would be nice to hear in Madden is when a man is sent in motion.

Nantz: Hines Ward shifts out of the backfield
[ball snap] [quick pump fake and throw to the middle]
Quick fake, he goes middle looking for Hines and no flag. [Player name] on the coverage.

I'm not bothered by "he" comments too much. Nantz uses "he" a lot in real life too.

At the beginning of the 2nd quarter:

Nantz: 3rd and 12... Tebow... Launches the long ball for Thomas AND THAT'S A CATCH AT THE 30 OF PITTSBURGH, THE PLAY WEHAVE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR WEEKS! He beats Ike Taylor for 51

The last bit about the play we have been waiting for for weeks doesn't need to be in the game, but it would be nice... the fact is that he gets excited by a 51 yard 3rd and 12 conversion at the beginning of the 2nd quarter... not just a TD pass.

Also, even in real life, there is some dead air while Tebow scrambles around buying time... and when he does talk, he doesn't say much until after the catch. So, be fair when we talk about how "stale" it sounds. I think these are examples of little differences and possible improvements.

[jpdavis82]

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Here's an actual game with Nantz and Simms from last season, opening scene and display graphics are almost exactly like what you saw in the pregame video of Madden 13. To see a side by side comparison of Simms and Nantz in the booth in real life and in Madden, pause real life at :14, and Madden 13 video at 24:03. Play the pregame audio at the same time and you actually can't tell which is which unless you know the lines.

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Pregame Intro at 23:50
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[tanner75]

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Not heard the "magic happen " yet! Lol

[GiantBlue76]

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I see I used a poor analogy. lol

Anyway, I think people should wait til at least E3.

Funny things is, even if June 4th is BIG and the game looks much improved at E3, some people, including myself will still say, can't be sure til August. However, if E3 is underwhelming, those same people, including me, will think August will be more of the same. lol

That's the just the way things are, it is what is.

The problem I have is that all of these vids are always underwhelming. When PG posted that video of NBA 2k, I was completely "wow'ed". I don't remember the last time that happened with a Madden game. Maybe back in 1993? I want them to show me something that is so realistic, and so awesome that I am about to fall back in my chair. That's literally what seeing that NBA 2k video did to me. I had the very first NBA 2k game and the last one I bought/played was 2k8. It's unbelievable to me how much better that game has gotten. If you look quickly, you can't tell the difference between it and a real game. The sound included! That's what I am clamoring for out of Madden. To say that it is remotely close is just plain silly. Madden is comparable to 10 yard fight in relation to that.

[jpdavis82]

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Not heard the "magic happen " yet! Lol

There's 82 hours of commentary, you've heard like what 8 minutes tops? That's 1/100th

[jpdavis82]

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The problem I have is that all of these vids are always underwhelming. When PG posted that video of NBA 2k, I was completely "wow'ed". I don't remember the last time that happened with a Madden game. Maybe back in 1993? I want them to show me something that is so realistic, and so awesome that I am about to fall back in my chair. That's literally what seeing that NBA 2k video did to me. I had the very first NBA 2k game and the last one I bought/played was 2k8. It's unbelievable to me how much better that game has gotten. If you look quickly, you can't tell the difference between it and a real game. The sound included! That's what I am clamoring for out of Madden. To say that it is remotely close is just plain silly. Madden is comparable to 10 yard fight in relation to that.

Hopefully that will happen June 4th, sounds like it may. I'm waiting for that "moment" with Madden too.

[WildFan22]

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I'm waiting for more longer gameplay videos to pass judgement on the commentary but I'm not hearing anything close to the quality heard in other sports games. Are we are hearing a rough version of the finished product?

My fingers are crossed.

[Big FN Deal]

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The problem I have is that all of these vids are always underwhelming. When PG posted that video of NBA 2k, I was completely "wow'ed". I don't remember the last time that happened with a Madden game. Maybe back in 1993? I want them to show me something that is so realistic, and so awesome that I am about to fall back in my chair. That's literally what seeing that NBA 2k video did to me. I had the very first NBA 2k game and the last one I bought/played was 2k8. It's unbelievable to me how much better that game has gotten. If you look quickly, you can't tell the difference between it and a real game. The sound included! That's what I am clamoring for out of Madden. To say that it is remotely close is just plain silly. Madden is comparable to 10 yard fight in relation to that.

I hear you Taz but NBA2k12 is a finished product and quite frankly further ahead in presentation to Madden, so it's best to wait until it's all put together for M13, imo. I don't expect the finished product to equal NBA2k12's presentation but there could still be a "Wow" element in regards to what we have had in football gaming the past 7 years.

I have stated all along, if what they add this year to commentary is rough around the edges, I am cool with that, as long as it is good enough to add immersion. With all this perceived secrecy surrounding June 4th, I am withholding too much judgement until E3.

The funny thing about audio is just about anything is better than last year and M12 audio wasn't high on my least of reasons I stopped playing it. lol.

[tanner75]

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Hope to hear and see the magic on the 4th June. I have a feeling they are holding something back this year...

[jpdavis82]

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I'm waiting for more longer gameplay videos to pass judgement on the commentary but I'm not hearing anything close to the quality heard in other sports games. Are we are hearing a rough version of the finished product?

My fingers are crossed.

The audio director for Madden 13 tweeted me about this today, it's a version that's way out of date

Matt Bialosuknia @mbialosuknia
@jpdavis1982 Not sure when that OS/Pasta Padre mix was captured but it's way out of date. Stay tuned for updates.

[StrawHat Patriot]

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You know it's funny, because said not to get our hopes up another thread (I think it was the gameplay one), now you know why.

[macavity]

Wow. I see now that commentary in Madden is the same as swinging in Tiger Woods - the more EA promise, the less they deliver. Bialosuknia's undoubtedly correct when he says the commentary's out of date....compared to other sports titles, it's about 3 years out of date.

[JoSiiF]

Idk how anybody thought that the comentary on that clip was good, it sounded terrible. When he picked the ball up for a touchdown he wasnt excited at all and the sttiching was pretty bad. i see they didnt change anything other than the uniforms.. no new cleats or gloves and the sleaves look the same and the body types still look like **** :/