Madden NFL 12 - Baltimore Ravens vs. Pittsburgh Steelers (First Half)

[jpdavis82]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

The game looks really good. Sad to see the Steelers pass D get roughed up like that though, haha. The presentation is really good, and the gameplay for the most part was solid. I did see the RB fall a few yards which was disappointing. Also, the announcing is better than last year but their is still a few things that are poorly done. For one, listen to Chris and Gus at 8:44 of the 2nd quarter. What they are announcing is WAY different than what's actually going on, it's almost laughable. Also, Gus announcing the score at halftime with all the pausing was disappointing. Overall though, looks much improved over last year!!

I already tweeted Dewiel about this, he said the video isn't the final build so hopefully they get this kind of thing fixed before release. This bad of out of place commentary is unacceptable. I mean talking about a big pass play on a kick return?

[JayD]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

there are way to many empty seats. I do know there would be a few empty seats in inclement weather but half the stadium shouldn't be empty.

[jpdavis82]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

I went to a Steelers game couple years ago that had heavy rain and by the start of the 2nd quarter there were A LOT of empty seats.

This many like we see in the video though?

[Mtneer08]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

This many like we see in the video though?

Just about

[mva5580]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

Looks good, beyond the massive amount of empty seats. Like that would ever happen for Pittsburgh vs. Baltimore, regardless of weather.

[brettmickey]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

Yeah just because games sell out doesn't mean everyone still shows up, especially with weather like heavy rain.

[vstro]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

I don't have a problem with the empty seats if it's a regular season game, but if it's a playoff game then there's no way those seats are empty. I'm hoping playoff games aren't like this, but I'm thinking they will be.

[Johns Jets]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

I'd be interested to know what the difficulty was set to. There was way too much offense for my liking, especially in a Pit/Balt game but that might just be me. Hopefully it won't be another year of 42-38 scorelines if you play with longer quarters.

[jpdavis82]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

This wasn't against the Ravens, but I'm surprised by this

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This looks just like that Madden video lol

[belucheez]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

Thanks for posting them here. One thing that stood out was the Mendenhall TD run. The run downfield, the crowd noise ramping up, and the commentary being on point all made for a really great moment.

Yeah. The stadium atmosphere is awesome. The commentary actually sounds better then ever imo.

edit: Just saw the rest of the video(s.) Nevermind the commentary gets kind of weird later on but for that Mendenhall run it was cool.

[Giants4Natic]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

I am sure that this is a play now game which equals to an exhibition game.

No exhibition game has sell outs and I am sure the formula EA uses with bad weather and the fact that it is exhibition puts empty seats

I would be upset if it is a playoff game or regular season game and it was that empty

[Bootzilla]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

What difficulty level were they playing on?

Passing in the middle of the field looked too easy.

Is the Ravens' O-Line that good? Not much pressure from Pittsburgh.

Would've liked to have seen better defense from both sides.

None of the issues are major and appear to be easy slider tweaks to tighten up the defenses.

[jpdavis82]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

I am sure that this is a play now game which equals to an exhibition game.

No exhibition game has sell outs and I am sure the formula EA uses with bad weather and the fact that it is exhibition puts empty seats

I would be upset if it is a playoff game or regular season game and it was that empty

Look at the video I just posted of CIN/PIT, looks like that game to me.

[belucheez]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

What difficulty level were they playing on?

Passing in the middle of the field looked too easy.

Is the Ravens' O-Line that good? Not much pressure from Pittsburgh.

Would've liked to have seen better defense from both sides.

None of the issues are major and appear to be easy slider tweaks to tighten up the defenses.

I think it was just pro or rookie to show the game off.

[K_GUN]

Re: From EA,new video Ravens@ Steelers (rain) First Half

The game was set to heavy rain which tends the impact the overall stadium attendance. That's why the crowd isn't a sellout. Now I'm not saying fans wouldn't still show up for an AFC North showdown, but I wanted you to know the logic.

perhaps the *logic* needs some tweaking.....not sure of any franchise where fans wouldn;t show up.......maybe on non divisional game around week 16/17 where the home team has a record of 2-13 or 1-11 type thing.