Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

[luv_mist]

I thought this would have been up but nobody knew about it. Just a little something to keep ya'll occupied until the launch. Ironically, this part of the site looks....dead. In any case, I'm a optimistic when it comes to video games period. So just enjoy....

GAMESPOT A&A For NBA Live 2006

[bigeastbumrush]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

And finally, we have added a ton of animation into our crowd this year. Spectators stand and cheer or sit and boo, and they taunt visiting players when they are shooting free throws by waving their arms to distract them. They also stand and cheer for made three-point shots and rise to their feet in anticipation when a player is on a fast break.

IF (big IF) they get this right, that's an extremely nice touch.

Also, him touching on the rebounding was nice, but I haven't seen that from the videos. Rebounding looked the same to me.

[WTF]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

I was listening to the commentary, and when Kerr was talking, it wasn't half bad in the video of Lebron vs the Warriors. I'm anticipating this game now... looking good.

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

We literally wanted to build "humans who play NBA basketball" with all of the complexities of human appearance and behavior.

you missed #1... EMOTION.. there is none.. zilch..

To build all these realistic arenas we started by tossing out all the arenas from current gen. Even though they are all authentic, they simply didn't scale up anymore. We worked really close with the NBA to gather exhaustive reference shots from every arena. We literally spent months gathering tens of thousands of photographs of every inch of each arena

sadly you messed up on the world champion spurs... were they simply not on TV enough???? jezzz

The photographers we worked with shot the images to detailed technical specifications so that we could use a process called photogrammetry to build the geometry. In this process, the images are analyzed by computer software that re-creates the objects in the scene to the exact dimensions of their real-life counterparts. Other reference images are then used for the surface textures. On top of all that, a team of very talented artists then puts the final finishing touches to each arena with a lot of attention to detail.

were these artists on break with the sbc center?

We have added in some signature jump shots as well to further highlight our focus on reality. To name a few, we have Wade's, KG's, Tony Parker's, and Shawn Marion shots in there, and they all show off the different shooting styles that the different NBA players have. Related to this, we have more than 40 signature free-throw routines, from Rip over Shaq to Jermaine O'Neal.

a knotch above VC in this regard... good job there!

[aholbert32]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

We literally wanted to build "humans who play NBA basketball" with all of the complexities of human appearance and behavior.

you missed #1... EMOTION.. there is none.. zilch..

To build all these realistic arenas we started by tossing out all the arenas from current gen. Even though they are all authentic, they simply didn't scale up anymore. We worked really close with the NBA to gather exhaustive reference shots from every arena. We literally spent months gathering tens of thousands of photographs of every inch of each arena

sadly you messed up on the world champion spurs... were they simply not on TV enough???? jezzz

The photographers we worked with shot the images to detailed technical specifications so that we could use a process called photogrammetry to build the geometry. In this process, the images are analyzed by computer software that re-creates the objects in the scene to the exact dimensions of their real-life counterparts. Other reference images are then used for the surface textures. On top of all that, a team of very talented artists then puts the final finishing touches to each arena with a lot of attention to detail.

were these artists on break with the sbc center?

We have added in some signature jump shots as well to further highlight our focus on reality. To name a few, we have Wade's, KG's, Tony Parker's, and Shawn Marion shots in there, and they all show off the different shooting styles that the different NBA players have. Related to this, we have more than 40 signature free-throw routines, from Rip over Shaq to Jermaine O'Neal.

a knotch above VC in this regard... good job there!

LOL, Ruben calm down. Its just a tunnel. EA and 2k have both made mistakes in the past with their arenas. Its not like they have the Spurs in the Staples Center.

[Vince]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

I'm getting this game for sure. I can't wait either.

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

true, they have the jumbotron, the roof, and everything else right. they definetly deserve credit there.

lol. its all in good fun. they write about all this work theyve done with the NBA, the photographers and then the finishing designers..and then to see they mess up just alittle. i guess in a way its funny/frustrating.... not a huge deal. but since they made a huge deal, i thought i would

[rawdog805]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

We have added in some signature jump shots as well to further highlight our focus on reality. To name a few, we have Wade's, KG's, Tony Parker's, and Shawn Marion shots in there, and they all show off the different shooting styles that the different NBA players have. Related to this, we have more than 40 signature free-throw routines, from Rip over Shaq to Jermaine O'Neal.

This is what I like to hear....

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

This is what I like to hear....

all they need is juwan howards and shaqs ft (with new code written allowing for lane violations 80% of the time) and they've got thereselve one helluva game

[jfsolo]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

Its like I said in another post, the short development cycle meant that companies REALLY had to pick and choose what they would accentuate and what they would leave to next year. So once again we will probably have two good games, that if combined together would make an outstanding game.

EA's seems to really be improving the atmospheric elements of their games, now they just have to shore up the gameplay/A.I.

[rawdog805]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

all they need is juwan howards and shaqs ft (with new code written allowing for lane violations 80% of the time) and they've got thereselve one helluva game

not funny..

but hopefully it plays well and then all the other stuff will be gravy...

[RubenDouglas]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

have you honestly not seen juwan howards jumper before? seeing THAT in a videogame would be priceless.

[rawdog805]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

have you honestly not seen juwan howards jumper before? seeing THAT in a videogame would be priceless.

yeah he shoots like I do... Thats why I said Not funny..

[aholbert32]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

true, they have the jumbotron, the roof, and everything else right. they definetly deserve credit there.

lol. its all in good fun. they write about all this work theyve done with the NBA, the photographers and then the finishing designers..and then to see they mess up just alittle. i guess in a way its funny/frustrating.... not a huge deal. but since they made a huge deal, i thought i would

Yeah I see what you are saying...It just seems like they made a mistake on some of the tunnels...The tunnel at MSG is on the wrong side.

[rawdog805]

Re: Gamespot Q&A 11-15-05

Well, we definitely didn't want to take our new highly detailed authentic players and just give them helmets for hair!

Here is a shot at the 2ksports guys...