Madden NFL 12 Video - Eagles vs. Falcons 1st Quarter

[Wildcats302]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

1. The guy playing with the Eagles...what's he doing on defense? He looks so awkward playing defense. What NFL player runs backwards with his back to the play at every snap covering nothing but air? Laughable.
2. The guy playing with the Eagles...once again, what is he doing on offense? On the first play where he went deep I'm pretty sure Jackson was streaking open over the middle, but he threw that silly bomb deep. The other two plays were pretty poor as well as far as decision making and execution.
3. The game looks better and commentary is better. I am probably going to give in and buy Madden this year. It looks good.

[at23steelers]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

Overall, the commentary and atmosphere in this game are DRASTICALLY better than Madden 11 and even NCAA 12. In NCAA 12, you just don't feel any immersion in the game whatsoever: the crowd is quiet, the commentary lacks energy, and while the team intros are compelling that don't pump you up or have a lasting appeal, since it seems so cut up (team-specific, then crowd cheering, then commentary on player to watch). It just doesn't come together like Madden does so well here. A few specific things I took notice of:

- I think I heard the "homefield advantage intro" before, so I hope it doesn't turn out to be as repetitive as the generic QB intro.

- The QB intros for Matt Ryan and Mike Vick seemed too short. Gus talked for maybe half of the air time that they showed the QB player stats, which look fantastic. I also really like where they placed the scoreboard.

- There was no player to watch on the Falcons Defense. I am hoping like in franchise mode and there is no player recorded, there could be different segments of hot and cold players to watch.

- Hard to judge the gameplay, as the one guy wasn't very good.

- The pregame announcer does an incredible job in adding to the excitement and energy!!

- As I said before, the crowd and commentary are sooo much improved. I just can't say enough how much that adds to a game. It makes you want to keep playing, whereas IMO of NCAA 12, I get turned off because no matter what I do, the crowd doesn't get excited, the commentary doesn't get excited, so it starts to feel bland even with all the gameplay improvements. It's ashame I know.

[CajunPunk]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

Looks/sounds so much better than last year, but my question is this:

If a player, like Matt Ryan, gets traded or signed to another team, does the announcer introduce him the same with the new team?

Are the introductions attached to that player? If so, that's cool, I was just thinking it would be weird to have a pregame intro where Matt Ryan runs out of the inflatable helmet without an announcement simply because he plays for another team.

[vstro]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

Looks/sounds so much better than last year, but my question is this:

If a player, like Matt Ryan, gets traded or signed to another team, does the announcer introduce him the same with the new team?

Are the introductions attached to that player? If so, that's cool, I was just thinking it would be weird to have a pregame intro where Matt Ryan runs out of the inflatable helmet without an announcement simply because he plays for another team.

I was wondering the same thing...

[PanthersFanboy]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

and Vick plays like a doucher!

You can't blame Vick for that because the Eagles where human controlled.

[jpdavis82]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

Looks/sounds so much better than last year, but my question is this:

If a player, like Matt Ryan, gets traded or signed to another team, does the announcer introduce him the same with the new team?

Are the introductions attached to that player? If so, that's cool, I was just thinking it would be weird to have a pregame intro where Matt Ryan runs out of the inflatable helmet without an announcement simply because he plays for another team.

I'm not sure but I did notice how they talked about Nnamdi as the player to watch on the Eagles Defense and not Asante or Cole.

[ultralow36]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

Not the best players i see......but on the plus side game looks good and will pick up to go with ncaa 12

[PGaither84]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

I look forward to Madden 13's commentary. At least according to Phil, before he left, he said that Visual presentation was a focus this year and that audio was a focus for next.

In the video, I would rather hear Gus Johnson give a brief intro to the game and then "pitch it down" to the player introductions. After that he should come back in and ask Chris about the keys to the game and so forth. The way it is now still feel wrong.

[BlackJackRabbit]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

Agreed, but what's up with the Eagles user running around like a chicken with hishead cut off on defense...smh.

Yeah, dude obviously has no clue about football. He was taking the MLB all over the place when his assignment (on many plays) was a short zone in the middle of the field.

[falconfansince81]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

is it just me or does the game speed still look too fast? intros were done very good as well. i guess i am just not a gus johnson fan...hes a good commentator and all for something like NBA jam, but for me his voice doesn't say gridiron. like others pointed out the guy usering the LB seemed to recover pretty quickly from those erratic moves in the backfield...maybe its just the game speed but i wouldn't think one should be able to shift directions side to side so quickly...was hoping this got toned down a bit from m11.

[JayD]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

After watching the video again I did notice that the lighting was way to dark, a small aspect to a great looking game but something that caught my eye.

[blklightning]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

i used to hate seeing ea sports plastered on the presentation. but this new look is pretty awesome. looks good enough to think that ea sports have their own sports channel. when they said tv style presentation, they weren't lying. i love it all.

and for all you hand towel nerds, they have letters and stuff on them now. how cool is that?

just to add -- i think it's funny that ea showcased a user that tries to rocket catch and use overall cheese yet still went three and out. maybe they were trying to make a point?

[jpdavis82]

Re: Eagles vs. ATL

is it just me or does the game speed still look too fast? intros were done very good as well. i guess i am just not a gus johnson fan...hes a good commentator and all for something like NBA jam, but for me his voice doesn't say gridiron. like others pointed out the guy usering the LB seemed to recover pretty quickly from those erratic moves in the backfield...maybe its just the game speed but i wouldn't think one should be able to shift directions side to side so quickly...was hoping this got toned down a bit from m11.

Gus isn't the problem, it's the engine itself. Hopefully with the new commentary engine next year they get it right. Here's how Gus really sounds in real life.

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[Falcons11497]

I see they still have the GA Dome exterior colors wrong

[jbd345]

Re: Madden NFL 12 Video - Eagles vs. Falcons 1st Quarter

Commentary sounds MUCH better than the E3 builds we've seen and Madden 11. Chris and Gus sound more natural. I think this is the first unedited user vs CPU video we've seen.