IGN's New Interview

[Parasight]

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/725/725510p1.html

New Screens + Movies (well techincally only the ESPN video is new).

[warnerwlf98]

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Again, the ESPN integration is iffy. According to EA, ESPN integration means making ESPN.com accessible from my console. Why would I want to navigate through ESPN.com using my console's interface, when I can get the same thing using a mouse and a web browser, which is easier for me to use?

We want ESPN as a part of the videogame so it seems like the virtual basketball world is real, not so we have a new method to look at ESPN.com. Maybe some day, they'll change their thinking . . . maybe.

[poster]

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Wow 73 individual player ratings. Sounds good, can't wait for hoops!

[RubenDouglas]

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player emotion in screenshots? = zero.

non the less, the feature base and new stuff alone throws out the lack of emotion and still makes me wanna try this out.

espn 20 minute updates? whos gonna use that? It updates and gives you the info WHEREVER you are in the game? If I cared about realworld crap i Would be watching and doing that. Im playing a video game here.

its definetly a flawed feature imo. it doe nothing for those without xbox live.. what about some real ingame intergration?

[Parasight]

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I must say the screens are not too impressive. I actually thought it was current gen in some of them. Nonetheless last year I swiftly turned from the Live series to 2K. But this year it seems Live is taking it seriously. But I won't buy into the hype, I want to see gameplay videos.

[WTF]

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I feel rather unimpressed by that group of screenshots. The player skintones are completely different from those prior pics. Look at VC for example... two totally different skintones. I'm not sure what to think right now.

[Mintsa]

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"By rewriting the entire AI for 07, we've laid down a brand new foundation designed to be the premier NBA simulation. This line of thinking extends to nearly every facet of the game,"

Maybe this is the problem.....they always "rewrite" the entire AI every season. They have to stop scrapping the game every year any starting from scratch and start building and adding to it every year instead.

[Parasight]

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Well supposedly according to other Hands-On reviews I've read today, it seems NBA Live has kept the same AI since 1994, and this is the first overhaul in that department.

[jmood88]

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"By rewriting the entire AI for 07, we've laid down a brand new foundation designed to be the premier NBA simulation. This line of thinking extends to nearly every facet of the game,"

Maybe this is the problem.....they always "rewrite" the entire AI every season. They have to stop scrapping the game every year any starting from scratch and start building and adding to it every year instead.

Don't believe that.

[Mintsa]

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Don't believe that.

All I know is what I read now, aint what i play come october. It happens every year.

[jmood88]

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All I know is what I read now, aint what i play come october. It happens every year.

I'm talking about the rewriting thing. They don't rewrite anything.

[rebe1]

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Really not feeling the player models. VC does not look like VC. Some player's leg proportions look out of whack. And like an earlier poster said, no emotion. Anyways, that's graphics, I hope the important part, the gameplay, will be good.

[23]

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Really not feeling the player models. VC does not look like VC. Some player's leg proportions look out of whack. And like an earlier poster said, no emotion. Anyways, that's graphics, I hope the important part, the gameplay, will be good.

This is the funny stuff I was talking about when noone even mentions 2K's players all looking like tanks and they get a pass. When Live's models are out of wack they get called for it.

I have issues with the player models bodies in Live and have for years, but its time to call it on both ends.


In this case in particular, Vince looks like someone else, and tony parkers tricep is flexed, which should only be that tense when the arm is extended, not bent. Thats when your biceps flex. What is EA thinking about.


As far as legs, at least they have a variety of shapes, but nevertheless, they are still off, and as far as 2k's legs, they all look fluffy,untoned, and everyone has the same type.

[RubenDouglas]

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is there technology for full body scans yet?

what about the machines they use to make figurines and dolls?

at my local gym, i can pick out the 8 nba player body types.. they dont have to be real players..

[Parasight]

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This is the funny stuff I was talking about when noone even mentions 2K's players all looking like tanks and they get a pass. When Live's models are out of wack they get called for it.

I have issues with the player models bodies in Live and have for years, but its time to call it on both ends.


In this case in particular, Vince looks like someone else, and tony parkers tricep is flexed, which should only be that tense when the arm is extended, not bent. Thats when your biceps flex. What is EA thinking about.


As far as legs, at least they have a variety of shapes, but nevertheless, they are still off, and as far as 2k's legs, they all look fluffy,untoned, and everyone has the same type.

I do recall the tank-like models in Live 06, Jimmy Jackson to name one that was blown way out of proportion. But I agree 2K doesn't get called on for their little flaws, personally I think 2K does a better job graphic wise though. That's just me.