In this situation, crowds will be very loud if a defense stop is needed, but can be very quiet if the home town QB is trying to call off audible plays on the goal line. The crowd and atmosphere has really been enhanced with reactive crowd cheering and jeering, stadium reflective chants and noises for first downs and big plays, and finally a real emphasis on critical plays especially in the red zone. At least the team keeps it entertaining throughout each game and is about 95 percent accurate on calls, with only a few hiccups here and there on yards and situational calls. It’s true that you will hear a lot of the same scenario one liners time and time again, but that’s generally par for the course when you are dealing with sports games. While still not to the caliber of NBA 2K’s nonstop chatter commentary, the dynamic duo does a great job of not allowing a lot of dead air between plays.

Featuring hosts Phil Sims and Jim Nantz, they do a great job of not only setting up each day’s match up, but calling the game as well. The visual and presentation side of the coin you are welcomed to a new play by play team, not only in audio form, but in a new virtual booth that closely resembles an actual CBS broadcast.

From the game’s look, to the physics, to the pacing and flow of the game, the methodical game of football has seen its most accurate representation the sport has ever seen and is coming closer to blurring the lines between reality and video game. I can truly say with great confidence that Madden NFL 13 not only brings a football experience to those holding out for a reincarnation of the 2K franchise, but may be, arguably, the best the series has ever seen if for one reason and one reason only – realism. Last year the franchise made great strides in where the company wanted to take this series and attempted to finally get past the comparison to NFL 2K5, for good. It’s no secret that the Madden Franchise stumbled out of blocks upon its next generation arrival on the 360 and PS3 in fact many will say it took a good 4 incarnations in order to find themselves as a franchise again.

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