joejccva71 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I understand that there is commentary during the match at the bottom of the screen, but why isn't there any audio commentary? I've always wondered that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManUTactician247 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I think they may have tested this, but several computers exploded in the process Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo7 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Unnecessary and would probably slow the match speed down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted November 29, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 29, 2010 I doubt it wouldn't really work for a number of reasons - Would only be able to be used when watching the match at a slower than normal speed - A lot of commentary lines would have to be recorded in multiple different languages - What about team names? - What about player names? - We had it in CM2 and it was rubbish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bicycle Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Because you'd turn it off after two games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejccva71 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 I doubt it wouldn't really work for a number of reasons- Would only be able to be used when watching the match at a slower than normal speed - A lot of commentary lines would have to be recorded in multiple different languages - What about team names? - What about player names? - We had it in CM2 and it was rubbish Everything you stated is used in the FIFA games and it works out brilliantly. I don't see the problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejccva71 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Because you'd turn it off after two games Sorry but I enjoy Martin Tyler and Andy Gray and never turn them off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cplpeters1900 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Because FIFA doesnt develop new players and has a tiny database compared to FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SI Staff Ter Posted November 29, 2010 SI Staff Share Posted November 29, 2010 Everything you stated is used in the FIFA games and it works out brilliantly.I don't see the problem. - In FIFA you can't speed up the game as much as FM so the commentary is always on unless you turn it off - There are more active teams in FM than there are in FIFA - There are more players in FM than there are in FIFA Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubey84 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 - In FIFA you can't speed up the game as much as FM so the commentary is always on unless you turn it off- There are more active teams in FM than there are in FIFA - There are more players in FM than there are in FIFA You forgot about regens as well Would love to see the system that incorporates that! It's been tried in a very early FM and was dreadful, and would be just as dreadful now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejccva71 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 Ok thank you for your answers. Makes sense, I forgot about the database size and amount of players/teams, etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan99 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Sorry but I enjoy Martin Tyler and Andy Gray and never turn them off. Since you've said that, anything you now say is wrong and invalid. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 - We had it in CM2 and it was rubbish Exactly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Since you've said that, anything you now say is wrong and invalid. Sorry. Haha! Harsh but true! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhughthom Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Isn't the commentary used in FIFA Manager just the commentary from FIFA 10/11 whatever? It's not like SI have another game with a commentary track ready made that they can use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevelle2146 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 When I started FM in 2009 I wondered the same thing myself, but I've come to the realization that it wouldn't really be necessary. FM has trained me to want progression to be lightning fast. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hershie Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Since you've said that, anything you now say is wrong and invalid. Sorry. Tikaboo son. It really was crap in CM2 - can't see it working (or being welcomed even if it did). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyfc Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Would prefer better match sounds and atmosphere tbh. Sounds dead most of the time, then again maybe that's representative of modern football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo7 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I just like playing without sound at all. Allows me to be 'sucked' in to the world of FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
phnompenhandy Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Personally I'd love it and would have it on all the time. Technology has moved on in quantum leaps since CM2, and anyway in those days I played SWOS and it had wonderful commentary. Was it Jonathon Pearce? I'll never forget the "He-hey, the Iceman cometh" when the penalty taker stepped up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leumd Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 But don't forget, in SWOS you only ever got one comment on 'Oh thats a good pass" for the whole of the game =) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibserpool Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I prefer commentating on the game myself. That way i can build up my players the way Sky do with Rooney, Bale, Terry etc ;-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage- Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 It would be pointless. Time would be best spent improving current in game features and introducing new ones that actually improve game play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCIAG Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 You forgot about regens as well Would love to see the system that incorporates that! FIFA doesn't have FREDs, only regens, so the players are simply given their "old" name Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deloma Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Actually making it work for Regens is not that difficult. Think about it.. Every regen in the game carries random first and last name based on the nationaility. All names are programmed in the database so regens are only reusing current names in random fashion. In order to have this work for commentary one would need to separate first and last name and record them separately. Now when commentator is talking he would just bring up the recorded file for first name and then last name thereby combining it to full regen name. Recording all these names is however a big task but not impossible, it would just consume a lot of data. Personally I wouldn't mind commentators along with key highlights but it would have to work for little bit more than normal speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I doubt it wouldn't really work for a number of reasons- Would only be able to be used when watching the match at a slower than normal speed - A lot of commentary lines would have to be recorded in multiple different languages - What about team names? - What about player names? - We had it in CM2 and it was rubbish - If you have commentary - force the speed of the highlight to normal if the commentary is on - Would probably take less time and be more welcome than several different translations of the press conference questions - Individual club badges and kits have been created, surely a one worded soundbite of each team name isn't a massive overhead in comparison - Again it's just saying one word if you're picking surnames, recording them wouldn't take as long as chopping up the sound file, but maybe just pick the most popular ones and leave the community to fill in the blanks. Either that or just don't include player names and make the commentary revolve around "he" and "they" and generic other comments - Do it better then I think it's a great suggestion that should probably be re-visited by the powers that be, with the inclusion of matchday style TV views, with nicely built up stadiums and ever improving levels of animation, adding matchday sounds is just as important to some, and commentary forms part of that. Would hope the idea isn't completely dismissed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 "There is no audio commentary in Football Manager because the creators worried lonely users would develop an emotional attachment to the voice." From http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Football_manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joejccva71 Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 I would rather have authentic voice commentary then text scrolling on the screen saying things like "Yeeeeeeeeeeeahhhhawwwwwww!" Besides the text-scrolling commentary goes by so fast you have to stare at it to get everything. Sorry but I hope one day they put real voice commentary in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelle Slaets Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I play Pro Evolution Soccer with a friend of mine. We play about 3 nights a week, for 2 hours a night. In these 6 hours, we play about 30 matches. After 2 weeks, I'm just tired of hearing the damn commentary saying the same things over and over and incorrectly and at the wrong pitch ... In FM, I play up to 60 games in an evening. Now that would be fun for like 1 hour. And yes, I could (and will) just shut it of, like I did with the 3d match engine. But still, I'd like to see effort, time and money spent on other things, like an AI for the opposition or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crouchaldinho Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 We're football managers though. Sitting/standing in the dugout/technical area. Why on earth would we have commentary? :confused: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainPlanet Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 We're football managers though. Sitting/standing in the dugout/technical area. Why on earth would we have commentary? :confused: For the same reason we already have visual commentary? Or can see a 2D overhead representation of the game, or pause the match at any time so we can look at pass percentage stats. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy 23 Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 I remember there was Peter Brackley on CM2 Italia, the first version of CM I had. Could hardly ever install it to work though. (Or the game for that matter, spent ages when I first got it reading the manual thinking "This game sounds amazing!" before I made the installation work.) I forgot about the database size and amount of players/teams, etc. Number. Sorry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorsmen Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 The thought of Andy 'i talk rubbish' Gray been in the game is cringe worthy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibifreak Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 hey sometimes, I heard the audio commentary in the first half injury time... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
x42bn6 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I wish for the day when we can get enthusiastic South American "Goalllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll..." commentaries during pre-season friendlies against amateur sides... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Waddle Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 There might already have been commentary in for all I know. The sounds has always been so poor in the past, that once the game is installed, I go to options and turn the sound off (amongst other changes). They say you learn something new every day, I just have. I didn't have a clue that it had been tried in CM2. I will have to see if I can find the disk and give it a whirl, to see how bad it was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
busngabb Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I do my own commentary and I know I can't be the only one. "And that's just ridiculous, I can't believe my eyes. Dirk Kuyt has just run 70 metres with the ball, beaten two players and scored, I'm going to jump off a bridge now as this cannot be happening in real life so I must be dreaming"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert the Spud Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I prefer commentating on the game myself. That way i can build up my players the way Sky do with Rooney, Bale, Terry etc ;-) This is exactly what i do too. I even affect a Scottish accent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert the Spud Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I play Pro Evolution Soccer with a friend of mine.We play about 3 nights a week, for 2 hours a night. In these 6 hours, we play about 30 matches. After 2 weeks, I'm just tired of hearing the damn commentary saying the same things over and over and incorrectly and at the wrong pitch ... In FM, I play up to 60 games in an evening. Now that would be fun for like 1 hour. And yes, I could (and will) just shut it of, like I did with the 3d match engine. But still, I'd like to see effort, time and money spent on other things, like an AI for the opposition or so. Wow......mind boggling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkTCfc Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I remember there was Peter Brackley on CM2 Italia, the first version of CM I had. Could hardly ever install it to work though. (Or the game for that matter, spent ages when I first got it reading the manual thinking "This game sounds amazing!" before I made the installation work.)Number. Sorry. What a sad guy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
master_wu Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We need voice commentary. SI, don't stress the difficulties, make it come ture Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robioto Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I wouldn't use it. FACT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aderow Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I wouldn't use it. FACT. lol doesn't mean that no one else would Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falahk Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 would only ever accept it or use it if they got Carlo Zampa to do the voice over Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
milnerpoint Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 first thing i do when i install FM is to turn off all the sounds so i would never find a use for this at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojojojo101 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Taking into account the amount of games i play in a day and the relasonably low amount of scripted commentary lines already I bet having voice commentarywould very quickly become very annoying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenco Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 first thing i do when i install FM is to turn off all the sounds so i would never find a use for this at all. Me too. Commentary would only work for those who watch highlights at normal speed, any quicker or slower and it wouldn't work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
master_wu Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 first thing i do when i install FM is to turn off all the sounds so i would never find a use for this at all. It proves how bad the FM's sound is. Will you turn off sounds when playing WE or FIFA? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Denis~ Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 I feel it's more realistic WITHOUT audio commentary. Do managers have headphones, listening to commentators during matches? Not really. It would be even more realistic if there was a Manager Camera View, along with the others, like Broadcast, or Sideline, etc. It would probably be a lot of work in terms of graphics, but it's worth trying. If it turns out to be a bad idea we can always use the other camera options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArranoBeltza Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Everything you stated is used in the FIFA games and it works out brilliantly.I don't see the problem. I agree: I started off in FIFA Manager and actually enjoyed the commentary, despite some flaws. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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