Full Game video(Rockets vs. Sonics)

[RICH72601]

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Still stiff as a board. I'll still purchase both game because that's just what I do so I can get a feel of both, but I swear NBA Live 06 didn't move nearly as bad as 07 & 08. Live 06 moved slow but I just figured it was a rush job, so I thought 07 would be great. I was wrong, as we all know, and Live 08 is looking better, but not by much. Were the real NBA players moving like that while in mo-cap? Live looks pretty, but in motion, I just get a mental piture of someone doing the robot dance, lol. I guess I'll see when I pick it up and have it in my hands.

[madjax]

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Players seem lost on the court. most of the time when they pass the ball to yao he is looking the other way he seems like he is not expecting the ball at all, then all of the sudden he goes into the catch animation. All the players rebound the same way (when they rebound) they seem to just stand there.

i was really hoping to buy live this year but that video really turned me off big time

[comegetbeat]

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LMAO wow the game "LOOKS" good but the gameplay is bad and those animations are terrible!! Seems like there is a bunch of generic players on the court. The skinny legs are bad, the dunk animations , and i thought they we getting rid of those ceiling passes into the low post, man . The audio is great though.

Oh yeah maybe its because its on default difficulty

[mvb34]

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Does anybody know what the meaning of the white circle under the teammate of the human control team? I've seen that with the 2K8 as well

[comegetbeat]

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Does anybody know what the meaning of the white circle under the teammate of the human control team? I've seen that with the 2K8 as well

indicates the player you will be passing to when not using the button icons for passing.

[RubenDouglas]

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CV is going to blow his top on that one because he's been complaining about this one for years.

its just weird because there are times where yao will JUMP when the shot has been attempted and anticipates the rebound to gets it on his way down. other times they wait for the rebound to land in their hands without jumping which leads to them totally missing a rebound and it falling to the ground..

the on the court cutscenes are nice, but just as with 2k games, they have guys in the scene who were in realtime, back on the other end of the court. but in the cutscene, they are right next to the player who the camera is focused on. i guess its just too difficult to have a realtime cutscene with whats actually in that part of the court.

non the less..

on the long wally three in the 4th, it looks like the crowd stands up and makes noise. and subsequently they seem to be louder the rest of that qrt to close out the game. I also noticed the crowd shout out THREE on occassion, ala nba 2k8, and i ever heard a lets go team chant, similiar to the 2k8 spurs chant but replaced with the sonics. in that regard the two games may be similiar. although this early on its too to call.

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

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I don't think live will be as good as it's projected out to be. So many people say they're already going to buy it, but I know 2k8 will be 10x better. That's for sure.

[23]

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Just tell me, is there anything in the game that stands out to you guys that happens or that the players do?

I know the game looks better visually than it looks on that site, but beyond that, those animations need to be worked on. Live used to be an animation king.

[NEW_ORLEANS]

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Blocked shots look stupid as hell. They remind me of watching women's volleyball.

[RubenDouglas]

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Just tell me, is there anything in the game that stands out to you guys that happens or that the players do?

I know the game looks better visually than it looks on that site, but beyond that, those animations need to be worked on. Live used to be an animation king.

I dont want to yet project 2k8 as a class A "vehicle" but thats sort of what im looking at here. Live 08 looks fine with if any bugs, but its just on a whole other scale, if anything a level B. they both play out the game of basketball just as two cars perform as a point A to point B stop and go vehicle, but the comparisons really stop there imo.

[joel0078]

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I can't argue with any of the stuff you guys are saying. You're all right. I'm just happy that Live 08 appears to be playing ten times better than Live 07 did. I'm not as concerned with animation issues, or the fact that Yao is looking the other way when a pass is headed his way. The animations seem up to par as far as I'm concerned. Yeah, they could be better, but its definately a step up from last years game. I'm just anticipating a fun game. I'll buy both as I usually do. Both games will have their issues.

[23]

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I'm not even comparing the two games. This game's animations seem off.

The dunks have never been so bad looking. The way they jettison passes and in the air is something that sticks out. That rebound and outlet pass was just something that spells caffiene, Live 03 like. Should've been fixed by now.

They dribble weird too. Some of the dribblea animations look fine, but being defended they're too fast like the ball is fighting gravity upside down.

[phant030]

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^^^^I would call it C. I enjoy the demo. But I think it is more because of nostalgia. Dre, animations used to be killer. They got the best mo-cap studio around....IDK

[ThreeKing]

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Hmm...I actually thought those videos look pretty good. Not enough for me to purchase, but a definite rental.

[23]

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^^^^I would call it C. I enjoy the demo. But I think it is more because of nostalgia. Dre, animations used to be killer. They got the best mo-cap studio around....IDK

Totally and that's my point, I know EA has the best mo cap equipment and some players to do it too.

It doesn't seem to be making much of a difference in many areas of the game.

Don't get me wrong though, Live does alot of things right, such as around the basket animations and such, but some of this stuff shouldnt be looking like last gen xbox stuff.... as someone mentioned that blocks look like they make a "nba in the zone" type slap noise. The physics seem weird.