NBA Live 10: Changing the Game (Gamespot)

[HoosierDaddy]

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It does look like Hedo. Believe it is Ryan Anderson though.

[Stumbleweed]

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That Dwight backing down shot looks SO nice... his face looks exact from that angle. I love the TP/Yi shot as well, both guys look great and I love the facial expressions and the depth of field showing the bigs trotting up the court in the background.

[wbranson1]

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This is a good preview that details alot about the game! I still want to hear about franchise mode and online! But all the info so far has been really good!

[Beluba]

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Did you guys keep the "hold icon button and make multiple quick passes" component from Live 09? That really helped ball movement and is a good fall-back for people who don't like or aren't used to the new direct passing.

Yes. that functionality still exists.

[blingballa333]

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It does look like Hedo. Believe it is Ryan Anderson though.

That's Hedo Turkoglu, the screenshot may have been taken from a Rewind game in the playoffs last year.

[pbz06]

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dang, the players look spot on

Odom, Bynum, Dwight....omg

[ai2k2]

I loved how he ended the article. First time in years no clear cut winner yet, in terms of best bball game on the market. Shows the work the Live team put in to catch up.

[Bornindamecca]

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Odom and Bynum's faces are amazing in that photo.

[Kully]

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Gotta eat my words from before. Those are some good faces there.

[marcoyk]

That ratings talk has got me hyped. Looking forward to the game.

[blues rocker]

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Hey Beluba...The new "direct pass receiver control" sounds like Live's version of 2k's "icon lead passing"....is this correct? I asked you if Live would incorporate something like icon lead passing..you told me that you might - is this "receiver control" what you were referring to. It seems quite similar in its function.

I have some concerns about this receiver control however. When you hold down the left trigger and then hold down the receiver's icon button, is there a delay before you actually have control of the receiver, or does the receiver control kick in instantly?


I'm also not clear on how freestyle passing works. do you actually click down and hold on the left stick to activate it, then you use the right stick to pass? is this correct?

If you use the right stick to pass, how exactly does it work? Like if you have a teammate on your right that you want to pass to, you flick the right stick to the right and it will pass to him? i can see this being problematic if multiple teammates are bunched together and you want to pass to one of them - the game might not recognize which teammate you want to pass to and it may result in the pass going to the wrong player.

[Beluba]

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Hey Beluba...The new "direct pass receiver control" sounds like Live's version of 2k's "icon lead passing"....is this correct? I asked you if Live would incorporate something like icon lead passing..you told me that you might - is this "receiver control" what you were referring to. It seems quite similar in its function.

I have some concerns about this receiver control however. When you hold down the left trigger and then hold down the receiver's icon button, is there a delay before you actually have control of the receiver, or does the receiver control kick in instantly?


I'm also not clear on how freestyle passing works. do you actually click down and hold on the left stick to activate it, then you use the right stick to pass? is this correct?

If you use the right stick to pass, how exactly does it work? Like if you have a teammate on your right that you want to pass to, you flick the right stick to the right and it will pass to him? i can see this being problematic if multiple teammates are bunched together and you want to pass to one of them - the game might not recognize which teammate you want to pass to and it may result in the pass going to the wrong player.

It's similar to icon lead passing in 2k but 100 times better. It's one of my favorite new mechanics in Live as it gives you complete control over your receivers and is incredibly easy to do. and no, you have control right away. There's no delay.

Regarding freestyle passing, there was a typo in the gamespot preview, it works by holding the icon pass button (LT or L2 ps3) not left stick. So basically when you're holding down direct pass, you're in passing mode and your right stick becomes a pass stick. It's like robotron, the direction you move your right stick is the direction of the pass.

[RayAllen20]

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Man NBA videogames are just awesome. Competition you can tell if forcing the Live and 2k devs to put so much effort into their games. Hopefully Madden and the Baseball games can take some notes.

Anyways, Beluba if Im playing a game will I be able to have great passes? Not one video game has ever had good passes in a game. I feel like this could be the first. For example will I be able to throw a bullet between two defenders to find one of my teammates going backdoor for a dunk? Would make me send my money too you right now. Also any flashy passes like behind the back or no-looks? Not too big of a deal but would be sweet.

[ronimous]

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It's similar to icon lead passing in 2k but 100 times better. It's one of my favorite new mechanics in Live as it gives you complete control over your receivers and is incredibly easy to do. and no, you have control right away. There's no delay.

Regarding freestyle passing, there was a typo in the gamespot preview, it works by holding the icon pass button (LT or L2 ps3) not left stick. So basically when you're holding down direct pass, you're in passing mode and your right stick becomes a pass stick. It's like robotron, the direction you move your right stick is the direction of the pass.

W.O.W sounds goOd to me...

[Beluba]

Re: NBA Live 10: Changing the Game (Gamespot)

Man NBA videogames are just awesome. Competition you can tell if forcing the Live and 2k devs to put so much effort into their games. Hopefully Madden and the Baseball games can take some notes.

Anyways, Beluba if Im playing a game will I be able to have great passes? Not one video game has ever had good passes in a game. I feel like this could be the first. For example will I be able to throw a bullet between two defenders to find one of my teammates going backdoor for a dunk? Would make me send my money too you right now. Also any flashy passes like behind the back or no-looks? Not too big of a deal but would be sweet.

there's no shortage of highlight passes in this year's game. That was actually the original intention of the freestyle pass feature. At one point every pass was a behind the back or no look. The actual mechanic just felt so good that we opted to turn it into an all encompassing passing stick. But regardless, freestyle passing is still the best way to get a flashy assist.

Maybe the biggest improvement to the passing game though is the offball movement of your teammates. They move with a much greater sense of purpose and do a better job at capitalizing on cutting to open spots. It really opens up the floor and makes for much more interesting basketball.