[Big FN Deal]

Quote: Originally Posted by jpdavis82

Football is by far the hardest to duplicate IMO, it has so many highs and lows and stops and starts. I'd give this commentary a solid C+ to B-, last year was probably a D-, so yeah I'm happy. Realistic expectations for a one year improvement and starting from scratch from what we had last year would be in the C range, anything better than that is a testament to just how much effort this team has put in. It seems to me people are expecting Madden 13 to be an A or even A+ in every category, just not realistic. Heck NBA2k has been out a very long time and 2k12 was very mediocre in gameplay and online gaming. There isn't and never will be a perfect sports game, the sooner you realize that the more you will enjoy these games. Madden 13 should be a very solid sports game, hopefully Madden 14 will take the next step and become an elite sports game. Then maybe Madden 15 goes one step further and becomes THE sports game and a legit GOTY contender. That is the kind of improvement we are after.

I agree about not expecting M13 commentary to be comparable to that of NBA2k but I disagree about football commentary being more difficult. IMO, basketball would be more difficult due to the fast pace of the action, where football has many natural pauses in the actions.

The only time I think football commentary's pace is comparable to that of basketball is during a hurry up/2 minute style offense.