NHL 2K10 Gameplay Videos (IGN)

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by JimmyDeicide

Thorne and clement pretty much nailed it first time i thought. If 2k5 was the first time that is.

It wasn't Clement's first time. He had done color for EA's game (98) before. I'm pretty sure thats the first time Thorne had done it though. Then again I don't know if that old ESPN Hockey Night game had them as commentators since I never played it.

[Scottdau]

Quote: Originally Posted by RealmK

It wasn't Clement's first time. He had done color for EA's game (98) before. I'm pretty sure thats the first time Thorne had done it though. Then again I don't know if that old ESPN Hockey Night game had them as commentators since I never played it.

How was he in 98? I love that guy when he did Hockey. He has the best voice. He does good in baseball too, but in Hockey he was the man in my opinion.

[davep]

Not bad....but it just seems too twitchy to me for some reason. And the announcing was a little underwhelming, I guess I was hoping for a bit more this year.

I don't have a dog in this fight, but EA is going to get my money this year and I have a feeling I'll be very happy with it.

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scottdau

How was he in 98? I love that guy when he did Hockey. He has the best voice. He does good in baseball too, but in Hockey he was the man in my opinion.

Bill Clement was the color comentator along side Jim Hughson doing the play by play. He only did it for one year. I thought it was NHL98, It may have been later 99 or 2000 not sure. Gary Thorne is the current play by play guy in EA and MLB2k. I agree though Thorne just has a voice for broadcasting. Hell I even like him better than Jack Edwards which says alot considering my Bruins homerism though I have to say that Edwardsisms Bingo drinking game is pure gold.

[Flyermania]

Quote: Originally Posted by Scottdau

It is not the fact that they have not done commentary in real games before.. It is the reading of lines that get you. When they do it for real they don't read a script, they Ad-Lib. So yes it does make a difference. Thorne and Clement have had a lot of experience in reading lines, so they are more comfortable doing it. Randy and Drew have done it twice now. I think they will be better this year, but I don't think it will be much better. Try acting. It is actually a lot harder than it looks. Reading lines and trying to make it looks like you aren't is not easy. And yes I was in big play productions as a kid and a teen in San Francisco. And it is not easy.

But they are reading lines about hockey...a sport that they watch and one that generates their income 82 times a year. I was in theatre through my first two years of college...it's really not that difficult of you have an ounce of talent.

[DaveDQ]

I'm not crazy about the puck physics, especially when the puck is on the stick. It looks too "stuck" to the stick, especially on breaks to the net. It looks like a cursor instead of a puck.

[BigH2k6]

Quote: Originally Posted by Flyermania

But they are reading lines about hockey...a sport that they watch and one that generates their income 82 times a year. I was in theatre through my first two years of college...it's really not that difficult of you have an ounce of talent.

Flyer, I think what the point Scott is trying to make is that these lines are imposed on them and not necessarily lines that they would say in their normal TV broadcasts.

Maybe it is because I don't understand how commentary is added to a videogame, but would it not give better results if the recordings were done with a demo of the game and the commentators describing what is happening in the actual game? I think that this would make the best commentary for the specific game. Maybe what they should do for 2k11 is to get them in early to ad-lib a 2k10 game and then have them come again later in development to record new things that the devs would have added. I think it would sound less canned that way.

And have both of them ad-lib a game together at the same time. I know for the time Bob Cole and Harry Neal did the commentary for 2k6, 7 and 8, they had them come to the studio seperately to record lines. That results in no chemistry between the 2 commentators

[RealmK]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigH2k6

Flyer, I think what the point Scott is trying to make is that these lines are imposed on them and not necessarily lines that they would say in their normal TV broadcasts. Maybe it is because I don't understand how commentary is added to a videogame, but would it not give better results if the recordings were done with a demo of the game and the commentators describing what is happening in the actual game? I think that this would make the best commentary for the specific game. Maybe what they should do for 2k11 is to get them in early to ad-lib a 2k10 game and then have them come again later in development to record new things that the devs would have added. I think it would sound less canned that way. And have both of them ad-lib a game together at the same time. I know for the time Bob Cole and Harry Neal did the commentary for 2k6, 7 and 8, they had them come to the studio seperately to record lines. That results in no chemistry between the 2 commentators

I think a huge difference is EA's script just sounds far more authentic to begin with while 2k's aside from pretty much being 5 years old to begin with has a ton of corny lines that you just wouldnt hear during a real NHL broadcast.