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Old 02-24-2009, 07:03 PM   #1
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NBA Live 10 - New Team, New Direction (IGN)

The NBA Live 10 lead producer promises big changes are in store for the classic hoops franchise.

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"A large amount of the responsibility for rebuilding that foundation has fallen on new lead gameplay designer Mike Wang, who came over from 2K Sports after working on the NBA 2K franchise from 2005-2007. Wang is a devoted basketball enthusiast and he's excited to bring his years of expertise to the NBA Live team and take on the challenge of restoring the franchise to its former glory.

"I continually struggle with wanting to replicate a lot of the mechanics of 2K here, and what I've found out was that I made a lot of mistakes over at 2K and I'm glad that I made them there because it gave me a chance to see what was right and what was wrong and what resonated with fans and what didn't," Wang said. "It's not really copying 2K or that I want to copy that style of gameplay, but there are certain things that 2K does right from a basketball perspective that Live still struggles with. So, for me, it's a matter of looking at the NBA game and watching real live footage and playing our game to see what's missing and fix it. We're already well on our way and the game is playing very well, and it's going to be great by the time we're finished with it."

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Old 02-24-2009, 07:14 PM   #2
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Sounds promising. I'm really impressed with EA lately. They defeintely seem like they are on the right track with their sports titles.
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Old 02-24-2009, 07:49 PM   #3
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Good read. Im looking forward to live 10.
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Old 02-24-2009, 07:53 PM   #4
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Re: NBA Live 10 - New Team, New Direction (IGN)

What's great is that Sean and Mike are very tough on their product. In the past it seemed like so many developers were clueless or indifferent about the fundamental gameplay/A.I. flaws in their game.

These guys are probably more critical of their game then 99% of their customer base. A lot the OS peeps seem like casual gamers in comparison to these guys. I love that Sean calls Freestyle, "gimmicky"

I wonder if marketing has pictures of Sean and Mike up on the wall that they throw darts at.

Marketing guy: "What the name of this feature?"

Sean: "???,There's no name, its just realistic basketball, that all"

Marketing guy: "..."

In a few months I'd like to see them do what Ian and Donny are doing with Madden, throwing us some bones on the tech front, so that we can watch the product germinate.
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Sounds interesting lets see what the new team can do
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Old 02-24-2009, 10:13 PM   #6
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I like how he says he is watching live game footage to see what they are missing...I hope he realizes they have a lot of fixing to do! Ball physics, player animations, net physics...yada yada yada....
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Old 02-25-2009, 12:14 AM   #7
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I would hope they mock 2k9 in FT shooting...Once you get a taste its hard to go back to generic styles. Make the sig style sync up with the meter at the top...And give the ability to turn it off completely.
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Old 02-25-2009, 12:29 AM   #8
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I'm really impressed with EA lately.
Yea, they seem to be taking care of there games.
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