Straight from the horse's mouth about commentary in Madden 12

[Jesus]

considering i havent played much Madden the past 2 yrs, the commentary shouldnt be to bad for me.

[unfriendlyghst]

After playing 10 games of madden 10, this will be my first next gen pre order and purchase of a madden title. I can't wait to play and I think that all of the other immersion aspects added this year will help mask the flaws in the commentary anyway.

BTW, my fav commentary team by far was Al and John. I don't care what people say about those guys, it always felt like they were watching me play and calling the action for the millions of fans watching around the world.

[statum71]

I'm just glad they recognize and admit the commentary needs big time improvements.

So I can hold out a little bit longer. The rest of the game's looking great.

[statum71]

Quote: Originally Posted by Thinking Out Loud

they did improve commentary this year too but they didn't overhaul it. The DPP specific commentary and the commentary about players backgrounds heard in some E3 videos, is an improvement. .

Thats probably true. But if anybody on here is like me, its not just about adding new content.

The biggest problem with Madden commentary is how bad the timing of what Gus says in-game is. And the fact that he gets overly excited at the wrong times. Example: sometimes when he calls a touchdown, its 5 seconds after the guy has already scored. Its just very very robotic.

I could tell 3 seconds into the first video I saw that it was still there.

[at23steelers]

Quote: Originally Posted by statum71

Thats probably true. But if anybody on here is like me, its not just about adding new content. The biggest problem with Madden commentary is how bad the timing of what Gus says in-game is. And the fact that he gets overly excited at the wrong times. Example: sometimes when he calls a touchdown, its 5 seconds after the guy has already scored. Its just very very robotic. I could tell 3 seconds into the first video I saw that it was still there.

In the most recent video shown, it was 6 seconds after!!!

[blklightning]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTFitsDaveyJ

I don't see it...they aren't going to waste a Madden 13 back-of-box feature on a patch.

sir, please don't pour salt in my bottle of hope.

[jpdavis82]

Quote: Originally Posted by statum71

Thats probably true. But if anybody on here is like me, its not just about adding new content. The biggest problem with Madden commentary is how bad the timing of what Gus says in-game is. And the fact that he gets overly excited at the wrong times. Example: sometimes when he calls a touchdown, its 5 seconds after the guy has already scored. Its just very very robotic. I could tell 3 seconds into the first video I saw that it was still there.

That's why they are getting a new sound tech system, that's the biggest issue with the commentary. They are still using the same sound tech system from the freakin' PS2 days. That's why Gus says "The Cowboys....7 The Eagles....Nothing" With a new tech system we should get something closer to what Fifa has, well Phil Frazier said that's the engine the future games will be based off of anyway.

[jpdavis82]

They have the new tech system they just weren't able to implement it yet this year, well I think they may be using it for the DPP commentary they have added, because this one element of the commentary is very conversational between Gus and Cris.