The more I play Live....

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shot arches?

btw, you get used to the shooting somewhat when you learn the timing, which seems impossible but trust me its there.

you do have to deprogram 2k's set sig shots out of your system.. takes a few weeks to do honestly.

As far as different sig shots in Live 08 they were there yes

[23bluesman]

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I'm used to the jumpshots, it really doesn't bother me, and actually it only took me about a few games to get the handle of it (been a 2k player since 06).

As for the blocks, it's too much out of the box. Currently I am testing it out on all-star, with shot block sliders all the way down to zero. I'm liking the results so far.

I understand however that there are people who have never (and have no intentions of) using sliders. So their complaints are warranted, if simply judging the game out of the box.

[seanhazz1]

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The more I play it the more I notice those little things they added in the game. I have Ray Allen's and Kobe's shooting stroke down, but when I switch between the teams, I have to adjust again.

Realistically, when you practice, play and familiarize yourself with a team and its players, you get a great feel for their shooting strokes from different ranges...or the "flick" as someone said earlier.

I will be getting both games again this year.

[infamousD]

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Hey everybody this is my first time on here I found out bout this site a week ago and I'm liking it you get a lot of info here.

I woke up this morning and saw the 2k9 gameplay vids where up I was like about time, I also have been playing the live demo a lot and loving it so i wanted to see wht 2k9 had to offer. But wow the gap between both games is not as far as I tought it was gonna be, the play calling and pick and roll is just beautiful in live, I know 2k has them kinda bet in the animation department, but i dont know I gonna have to play the game to really judge. But to answer the question i'm actually liking the demo the more I play it doesnt feel arcade as past lives.

[Pared]

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yeah i not feeling the shooting myself.....it could be way smoother than it is.
OT question....did Live 08 have signature shot arches last year?

No. They don't have them this year, either.

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Re: The more I play Live....

Welcome to the site infamousD, you'll get plenty of info here at this site as it comes. The game developers interact with us here too so enjoy the forums.

Another thing of course is that your players jumpers is stronger when he's around his hotspot area, and it feels a little different say when PP is shooting from the left corner (which is Ray Allen's spot) to when Pierce is shooting from his hotspot mid right arc.

[Da_Czar]

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Hey everybody this is my first time on here I found out bout this site a week ago and I'm liking it you get a lot of info here.

I woke up this morning and saw the 2k9 gameplay vids where up I was like about time, I also have been playing the live demo a lot and loving it so i wanted to see wht 2k9 had to offer. But wow the gap between both games is not as far as I tought it was gonna be, the play calling and pick and roll is just beautiful in live, I know 2k has them kinda bet in the animation department, but i dont know I gonna have to play the game to really judge. But to answer the question i'm actually liking the demo the more I play it doesnt feel arcade as past lives.

Welcome to the OS infamousD...

[stead21]

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As my first post I want to discuss the LIVE09 demo and ask if anyone feels the same as I. The more I play the demo the more I dislike it. The quickstrike feature is slow and sluggish yet is always works. I can iso Pierce and he scores everytime! Blocking shots are atrocious! Players jump the wrong way and when you press the button its unresponsive. The players dont jump right away. I actually was a believer that Easports actually added rating in their game unlike *CAUGH Madden CAUGH* with DNA. Gasol has had at least 2blocks every games and he blocks Garnetts fadaways. There are entirely too many blocks in the game and hate the fact that the defensive just sometimes stands around when when I am driving or the other team is driving to the rack. Does anyone else dislike the game the more they play.

To be honest, the more I play it, the more I like and the more I turn the difficulty up. This is coming from a long time 2K player. But what people fail to realize NBA Live is the real O.G., but I haven't felt Live sine 05 and before 05, like 98-99. I'm really feeling this game, and I'm just curious how Lebron plays like and the other super star personalities. It looks like they finally got the animations together, but there are still some issues like when the player starts the dunk animation it doesn't look like there jumping towards to basket. But that 2K trailer I saw with the Lebron James animations look pretty slick. Right now, it's a toss up on which game I'm gonna purchase.

[PuntNL]

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I really don't know how i feel about this demo... The more I play, the more I enjoy and the more I am bothered by things... Things still don't feel very smooth animation wise, furthermore I am annoyed by the score ticker.. On the other hand I love the graphics, animations are better than previous lives... and you have to love the play calling and the pick n roll control... If we could only combine 2K and Live sometimes...

[driz14]

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The game has it's up and down's. If I had one big gripe about anything, I would have to say it is the score ticker. I would like to have been in the room when they were deciding where to place this thing. They could not have placed it in a worse spot on the screen. I miss half the rebounds because you can't judge where the heck the ball is going to hit off the rim. Move the ticker in a patch please

[seanbarkley]

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i'd like to say i had 2k8 last year and i swore not 2 buy it again! there was online 1 roster update 4 european people in the whole year, when you created a player u could only choose between charles barkleys or tayshaun princes (you all know what i'm talking about), i hated those NES generic shoes the 80% of the players wore.... Don't misunderstand me, i recognize that graphics and animations were great, but i didn't find the controls much intuitive, and moreover when you play +10 games it seem that you are playing always the same.And u know what?? all those things i told you 2k8 lacks, can be found in the demo of live09! until now each game i played was different from the other, i love the controls, the graphics are much better than last year... i'm gonna give it a chance for sure!