Gary Thorne and Bill Clement again for NHL 13?

[13whitebread]

I saw some news that Gary and Bill are coming back to do the game. Not to be negative but this unfortunately was a deal breaker for me. I will not be purchasing NHL 13. I really wish they would have listened to the fans and spent some extra money to overhaul this just my opinion of course but I will buy Madden this year but what a huge disappointment this is. I love hockey but those too have had a good run but its over will wait till next year. Where's Doc Emerick or Jim Hughson HELP we want something fresh!

[savoie2006]

Re: Gary Thorne and Bill Clement again for NHL 13?

I saw some news that Gary and Bill are coming back to do the game. Not to be negative but this unfortunately was a deal breaker for me. I will not be purchasing NHL 13. I really wish they would have listened to the fans and spent some extra money to overhaul this just my opinion of course but I will buy Madden this year but what a huge disappointment this is. I love hockey but those too have had a good run but its over will wait till next year. Where's Doc Emerick or Jim Hughson HELP we want something fresh!

Jim Hughson was with the game most of last gen, no thanks. To not buy a game because of the commentary is ridiculous, especially to turn and around and buy Madden instead. Madden may have improved its commentary over last year or the year before, but that's not really saying much. Not to mention, this years sounds a bit robotic during gameplay. I'll take NHL anyday over Madden and just turn the commentary down, it's that easy.

[Segagendude]

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Well it's not a deal breaker for me, but it is a letdown. Even though they claim there's some new lines, I too wanted Emrick.
Ah well...

[Yeats]

Re: Gary Thorne and Bill Clement again for NHL 13?

I saw some news that Gary and Bill are coming back to do the game. Not to be negative but this unfortunately was a deal breaker for me. I will not be purchasing NHL 13. I really wish they would have listened to the fans and spent some extra money to overhaul this just my opinion of course but I will buy Madden this year but what a huge disappointment this is. I love hockey but those too have had a good run but its over will wait till next year. Where's Doc Emerick or Jim Hughson HELP we want something fresh!

I really don't understand posts like this. The commentary -- which is very decent compared to other sports games BTW -- is WAY down the list of issues that need to be addressed with this series. If you're passing on the game because of the PBP announcers, that says more about you than the game I'm afraid.

[Yeats]

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Jim Hughson was with the game most of last gen, no thanks. To not buy a game because of the commentary is ridiculous. To not buy a game because of the commentary is ridiculous, especially to turn and around and buy Madden instead.

100% agree with all three of those comments. It's laughable to knock NHL's commentary as the reason to stop playing, and then say you're going to buy... gack... Madden instead. Madden's commentary is worse than awful, it's abysmal.

[The_Kid77]

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TBH....I don't find them to be that bad, just the lines are getting a bit old now and could do with an overhaul. To not buy the game for that sole reason seems slightly harsh.

[Broncos86]

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I can understand being disgusted with commentary like Madden 12's. I get that. But NHL 12's commentary was by no-means broken or terrible. It's simply stale.

[Simple Mathematics]

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I'm not going to buy NHL 13 because some players have Warrior gloves. Absolute deal breaker for me...

On a serious note, really? The commentary will make you not buy the game?

[Fiddy]

Re: Gary Thorne and Bill Clement again for NHL 13?

Settings, Volume Settings, Commentator slider to zero. I do it every year!!

[gopher_guy]

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OK..... Thanks for letting us know.

We were on pins and needles waiting to find out if you would buy the game or not.

[Pezell04x]

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Settings, Volume Settings, Commentator slider to zero. I do it every year!!

And now some useful contribution

I hate the team of Clement and Thorne. They're absolutely DREADFUL. The commentary is stale. The Bruins won the Cup in the 2010-2011 season. When NHL 12 dropped, it still said that Boston won their last Cup in 1972. It's irritating.

The crew also says the same things they've said in the past, but that doesn't bother me too much because it happens in NCAA 12 as well.

I think it's time to spice things up. Give us Pierre McGuire "Inside the Glass". Even if you don't see him there, it would be nice for them to break to him. I know a lot of people hate McGuire, but I think he does a good job. Does he ball wash? Probably more than needed, but what big market broadcasting company doesn't with superstar players?

It would be nice for EA Vancouver to bring in some new guys, preferably the TSN crew since they seem the most knowledgable about the sport and I would HATE to listen to Doc Emerick over and over

It's definitely not game breaking. After about two months of Be A GM, the commentators go off and I either put on music from my ipod or sports radio from my surround sound.

[Jattbreed]

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Don't mind the announcers, just completely re record their damn lines.

[savoie2006]

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This...Thorne and Clement fit fine and do a great job. The lines just need some depth and changing. I wouldn't mind seeing the NBC crew taking over at some point, but really it all boils down to refreshing the lines and updating the commentary in general. It will get old no matter who does it, if the lines remain the same. Still no reason to not buy what appears to be the freshest NHL game since 08.

[Simple Mathematics]

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This...Thorne and Clement fit fine and do a great job. The lines just need some depth and changing. I wouldn't mind seeing the NBC crew taking over at some point, but really it all boils down to refreshing the lines and updating the commentary in general. It will get old no matter who does it, if the lines remain the same. Still no reason to not buy what appears to be the freshest NHL game since 08.

I agree with this. It's not like they have irritating voices or something. Just have them come in and record a ton more lines so it seems like there is more depth to commentary.

[Yeats]

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Still no reason to not buy what appears to be the freshest NHL game since 08.

Believing the EA hype machine already and again are we? Think I'll wait until weeks after the game is out before coming to any such conclusions, heh. Personally, I wouldn't recommend buying the game at all, and not because of the stale commentary, but because of how stale the entire series is and has been.