[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by baa7

The pbp programming/engineering in EA's game is much better, for sure. But IMO it has as much to do with both the writing -- which you've pointed out -- as well as the directing. I worked in stage direction and sound design for years, and it takes a take-charge type of person with the talent and know-how to coax the best performance out of people. I listen to Thorne and Clement and I hear the people behind the scenes who put together an intelligent script, and who helped those two maximize their performance. I listen to the 2K announcers and I hear a talentless group of writers, and a sound director who obviously didn't have the balls to say, "That wasn't good; that didn't work; we need to get some excitement and flow to the dialogue."

Agreed and its a shame, because VC is capable of better. Their NBA commentary is solid and for the most part fairly realistic. I wish they'd get a script writer with a clue (make the writers actually watch a few hockey games with talented commentators) Or at the very least man up when these guys are recording and get the best performance they can out of them considering they obviously don't do it for free. I know play by play is such a small thing to most people out there, but to me its always been a huge huge aspect of the presentation.