Played two games, Spurs at Suns (me) and Heat (me) at Pistons. Games were in no way adjustable as far as sliders and such so both games were played on All-Pro and 5 minute quarters.
First thing I noticed was the terrible repetitive lines from Steve Kerr. Marv is really great in the booth, but Kerr needs more lines. PS2 version looked pretty bad as far as crowds, refs, coaches, etc, but the players looked decent enough. The thing that kinda caught me off gaurd was how much I enjoyed playing. In Live 2004 and Live 2005 I wasn't all that impressed and preferred the 2K series. I haven't played the 2K6 game, but so far I'm really liking Live06 and thinking of buying it. The game kinda had a smooth realistic flow. A little too many blocks and subsequent fast breaks for my taste, but this was default.
I was just really impressed with how much FUN the games were. I lost 60-48 to the Spurs and 63-33 to Detroit, but even when getting beat I had fun. I'm not used to the PS2 basketball controls (played on XBox last 3 years) so I kept hitting Square to shoot jumpers and that was the layup button. I really like the seperate buttons, and the level of control is impressive. The animations are truly top notch. I got plenty of fouls called on All-Pro default. Guys were hanging onto their shorts breathing heavy late in the game. CPU still doesn't sub much at all on default. Spurs and Pistons did play their trademark great defense and I was able to really run the floor with Phoenix (last year's rosters). Jump stop was toned down some more, if you go into a crowded lane with an average player you can count on getting stripped. Dwayne Wade, Amare, and Shaq had some filthy monster dunks that had me pretty impressed. I like the alley oop button, if you aren't in good timing, you will throw it out of bounds or get your guy all outta shape trying to catch it. The 3 on 1 fastbreaks were a thing of beauty for both teams.
Those are my random cobbled thoughts on the demo. I already want to go back tommorrow and play it more.
First thing I noticed was the terrible repetitive lines from Steve Kerr. Marv is really great in the booth, but Kerr needs more lines. PS2 version looked pretty bad as far as crowds, refs, coaches, etc, but the players looked decent enough. The thing that kinda caught me off gaurd was how much I enjoyed playing. In Live 2004 and Live 2005 I wasn't all that impressed and preferred the 2K series. I haven't played the 2K6 game, but so far I'm really liking Live06 and thinking of buying it. The game kinda had a smooth realistic flow. A little too many blocks and subsequent fast breaks for my taste, but this was default.
I was just really impressed with how much FUN the games were. I lost 60-48 to the Spurs and 63-33 to Detroit, but even when getting beat I had fun. I'm not used to the PS2 basketball controls (played on XBox last 3 years) so I kept hitting Square to shoot jumpers and that was the layup button. I really like the seperate buttons, and the level of control is impressive. The animations are truly top notch. I got plenty of fouls called on All-Pro default. Guys were hanging onto their shorts breathing heavy late in the game. CPU still doesn't sub much at all on default. Spurs and Pistons did play their trademark great defense and I was able to really run the floor with Phoenix (last year's rosters). Jump stop was toned down some more, if you go into a crowded lane with an average player you can count on getting stripped. Dwayne Wade, Amare, and Shaq had some filthy monster dunks that had me pretty impressed. I like the alley oop button, if you aren't in good timing, you will throw it out of bounds or get your guy all outta shape trying to catch it. The 3 on 1 fastbreaks were a thing of beauty for both teams.
Those are my random cobbled thoughts on the demo. I already want to go back tommorrow and play it more.
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