[Jimi XIII]

Quote: Originally Posted by Big FN Deal

Wait a minute now, I don't intend to offer any excuses for Madden not being better but we shouldn't compare slower paced baseball commentary to play by play in football, imo. I think the pace of baseball lends better to flowing commentary than more action filled sports like soccer, basketball, football, etc. That's like comparing the commentary in golf to football, when we know full well it's apples and oranges. That said, when just showcasing the stitch tech for M13, that commentary had a nice flow but it's how it sounded during the actual game play, that was lacking. I think we all need to see how effective this new tech is at E3 before we critique the inevitable flaws it will have.

Since when has it been unfair to compare two sports games commentary? It's not apples to oranges when it comes to putting in the work and putting out quality. But if that's the case with you than what about a faster pace game like basketball having better/much more detailed and smooth commentary?

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

It's definitely much better than last year, Phil Simms sounds great if you ask me, it's just that they need to add more names and stuff for Nantz. This team knows that they aren't there yet. I'm done trying to defend what this team is doing though, they've done more for Madden than has been done in the last 8 years and when Madden 13 comes out you guys will see it first hand. Everyone always has to find some reason to complain and now that we finally have a legit team that is going to make Madden an elite sports game for many years to come, people still complain. There's more to life than Madden guys. As long as we have a solid game this year with solid gameplay and is feature deep I really don't know what more you could ask for in year one of the new team's Madden. Let me just throw something else out there, what football game's commentary sounds better than what we have heard so far? As they mentioned in the podcast they didn't want to just throw names in there for the sake of having them there because it sounds choppy and lame. Just like 2k5, 2k8, and previous Madden games have. As long as we are hearing names or he and not number so and so, then I will be satisfied for a year one foundation. Anyway I've rambled on enough. I for one really appreciate all the effort and hard work this team is putting into Madden 13. This won't be the same old Madden guys, get that through your heads.

It's only better if you just didn't like the previous commentators so far (besides the pre-game as I mentioned is way better). But of course there's more to life than Madden, but we don't come to OS's Madden forums to talk about those things obviously lol. But commentary isn't most likely to be where it should be this year. I just get the feeling you've never really witnessed the things other games have done in this aspect of gaming to be so in awe.