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Originally Posted by canes21 |
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I am trying to get excited for Madden 11, but its just not happening. There have been no big features announced. The biggest news so far has been Gus Johnson. I thought he would be a big upgrade over Hammond, but the videos have not shown it. If anything, he sounds like an excited Tom Hammond, thats it.
The Boldin TD was just terrible. He was way too late with the comments. He said, "He comes down with it..." after Boldin had started celebrating. He should have started that line mid catch animation. Then he said, "Touchdown!" after Boldin's celebration. He should have said that when Boldin started celebrating.
I saw another delay in commentary on a running play. The ball had been handed off already and a tackle was taking place when Gus finally said something along the lines of, "He hands the ball off" or "He runs with it". He should have said, "Young takes the snap, hands it off to Johnson, and Johnson is taken down after a short gain of 3." We should hear the commentary during the play, not after.
Also, the pass from Young to Scaife was out of sync too. He comments on the catch too late if I remember correctly, then 3 seconds after he is knocked out of bounds we hear Gus say, "He's knocked out of bounds..." Then it takes him 2 more seconds to say, "At the 15 yard line".
EA needs to rethink how they write their scripts. As it stands now, nobody could come in and make it sound right. Peter and Dan from 2k would sound terrible with the way EA does their commentary.
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They have professional writers though *
(long dramatic pause)*...
This is a disaster. They have a major QA problem with these things. As I listened to this video, I was hoping it was some kind of prank and all of a sudden a clown would bust through the video and yell "GOTCHA!" and then the real audio would play. Well, I've now watched this video several times, and sadly, no clown
That commentary is bad... it just sounds like Hammond's poorly written lines with the same empty holes and bad timing, except with Gus's voice. If I were Gus, I'd be very angry that they did this to me. And did you hear how he announced that first down play at :40? LOL. "Knocked outta bounds...
at the fifteen" The Audio Team seriously left that clip in? He sounds like he's about to fall asleep. They butchered the man. Just the way his commentary at the opening sounded made you quickly realize that this was about to be bad. He sounds worn-out and disconnected. Who is QA'ing this stuff? Is anyone
actually QA'ing this stuff? I mean that seriously, that's a real question... is anyone actually QA'ing the audio? If so, explain to me how there are so many bad clips getting through?
... No commentary to announce the person dropping back? No ID on the handoff? Really? REALLY? Surely, professional writers who've watched at least one game of football on TV would've noticed gaping holes like that and spoke up about it, right? How could they not?
If you can manage to make the most exciting broadcaster in football sound like a generic bore, it's over. Nothing can save you.
To add on, it looks like they did nothing with post-play movements. Nothing. It looks like the same mess, untouched. That's ridiculous. They've gotta be kidding.
... and that kicking meter is hideous.
This all just looks and sounds like a bust. I can't believe this is the game. I don't even wanna hear "maybe next year". Those three words are nothing more than brainwash. They're never going to get these things right. It's over. I'm looking at next generation now.