NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[ProfessaPackMan]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

LOVE the presentation and absolutely LOVE the atmosphere as well. Really felt like I was watching an actual game lol. One negative that I did notice(I dont go searching for the teeny, tiny negatives like some on here do lol)is I see they have that long animation whenever you go for a layup. Definitely wasn't a fan of that in 2K and hope that's not an issue in Live. But so far im definitely impressed with it this year. Gonna have a hard time trying to fit in all these games this fall with this, 2K10, Madden, AC2, MW2, and Halo: ODST and also FIFA 10 coming out lol.

[gbx34]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

The more i play the more i feel like it is just too slugish.

[videobastard]

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I wish this game had a defense stance button. I like to play on ball defense when im playing. I do not believe the defensive assistant button will be effective enough especially in human vs human games.

Sometimes when its a SG, or SF guarding a PG and you push defensive assist button your player runs away from the PG player your guarding to get back to SG vs SG or SF vs SF. I would like to play closer defense as well but its like a barrier is between you and the person your guarding when using the defensive assistant button.

Its like stealing and interceptions were jacked up as a artificial defense instead of having a balance and being able to play on ball defense effectively.

[NINJAK2]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

They do have some suction/canamation going on. A few times I was in the paint and trying to get out, and they kept me stuck in an animation wherein my guy was trying to lean on someone in the paint instead of breaking out of it like I wanted him to and pass it away or come out of the paint.

I hope they fix that because it happens in a few other areas where I'm trying to make my player do one thing and he is stuck in an animation.

Now, another thing I like is that it does feel as if you have to pay attention and play basketball to do well.

Certainly my biggest gripe with the demo. It also felt like on defense there would be times where my guy would get pushed away from his assignment almost like I'm fighting with the cpu for control. It felt like a force field was around my guy at times. There also seemed to be alot of AUTOmations especially during transition d. For example there were many times where I would try to get back on d after a turnover and as I was pushing towards the opponents goal to defend it (with a head start ahead of the offense) my guy would automatically turn around to face them allowing my guy to slow down and give up the easy two. Defense felt like an afterthought.

Passing is ok for the most part, but the ball doesn't always go to who you want unless you icon pass all the time.

Dribbling on the other hand is stellar. Da Czar was right that using varied pressures on the stick makes it much easier to get by your man. I was absolutely killing the cpu with Kobe,Jameer, and VC (all-star level)with simple crosses. He was also right that this game has positives and negatives. Overall, I enjoyed my time with it

[Pared]

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What's the difference that you have noticed I haven't touched it yet ?

It's very very very difficult to drive the lane or over-dribble.

Some may think it's unfair... but I love the challenge. It really makes Live mid-range game and basic basketball skill-sets shine.

[iAmYungB]

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did i just make kobe fall with vince carter then shoot the J ??

yes i did

lol

still dont know if im completely sold on buying this

after playing for bout 2 hours... it still feels arcadeish...

gotta wait for the 2k demo

but the game is great ... i still like the gameplay... just not as tight as 2k

[Pared]

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I really just don't like the decision to make your guy not pass the ball until the button is released when using icon passing.

I understand it opens up the whole player lock mechanic... but icon passing, to me, is essential to moving the ball around.

I've tried using the freestyle passing mechanic and it just won't pass to the guy I want to sometimes. Often enough to bother me. It's amazing when it works though.

If I could have last year's icon passing back... it would increase my enjoyment of the demo even more.

[biglami]

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I wish this game had a defense stance button. I like to play on ball defense when im playing. I do not believe the defensive assistant button will be effective enough especially in human vs human games.

Sometimes when its a SG, or SF guarding a PG and you push defensive assist button your player runs away from the PG player your guarding to get back to SG vs SG or SF vs SF. I would like to play closer defense as well but its like a barrier is between you and the person your guarding when using the defensive assistant button.

Its like stealing and interceptions were jacked up as a artificial defense instead of having a balance and being able to play on ball defense effectively.

What is the defensive assist button?

[RICH72601]

Re: NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

Overall I think the demo is good. It's definitely a huge step up from NBA Live 09. The game is very smooth, compared to most of the Live titles. The things that I didn't like as much was boxing out wasn't that good at all. I felt helpless most times keeping big men off of the glass even if I had good position. Is there a button for box out or is it done automatically? I tried using the defensive assist, but still had trouble. Another thing that bothered me was the lack in playing the passing lanes. I couldn't penalize the CPU for making a dumb pass, which was another thing I felt I had not much control of. I'm really looking forward to this game though and this year more than ever, Live seems to be giving me a nice representation of NBA basketball.

[biglami]

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I really just don't like the decision to make your guy not pass the ball until the button is released when using icon passing.

I understand it opens up the whole player lock mechanic... but icon passing, to me, is essential to moving the ball around.

I've tried using the freestyle passing mechanic and it just won't pass to the guy I want to sometimes. Often enough to bother me. It's amazing when it works though.

If I could have last year's icon passing back... it would increase my enjoyment of the demo even more.

I noticed that too. I dont know what Live 09's passing system was like (I played it just dont recall), but I have enjoyed the system that 2K has employed over the past couple of years, where if you icon pass, you lead the guy in the direction you are holding your left stick. Makes it so smooth when you curl guys off screens for open Js.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I sgree with that Pared.

[jmood88]

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Oh and that auto-tuned remix of Hip Hop is a disgrace.

[syncinatti]

Wow, I think some of you are praising it a bit too much. By reading the comments you would think its the best bball game ever.

I downloaded it and played three games and also spent some time in the hangar. Overall EA really improved and finally delivered a playable bball game. The Crow Atmosphere is definitely one of the best i've seen. The graphics are pretty good but visuals has never really been a problem. I think the graphics are much improved. One thing that still annoys me is that the player movement still looks a bit robotic. I still get that cartoonish feel from the game, it doesn't seem fluid to me. I owned both live and 2k last year and leaned towards 2k. I think most live fans will be satisfied this year and wont revert to buying 2k on top of live but i also dont think live is good enough to make a 2k player switch over to live. Some of you are comparing the live demo to the combine and thats pretty much unfair since the combine isn't exactly a demo of the final product or in game action. Overall i would predict that instead of getting 6 out of 10 or 6.5 out of 10 in reviews this year, i would assume live will get 7.5 - 8.0 out of 10 ratings but i think next year, live really needs to develop new player models.

I agree 100%. maybe its bcuz ii dont play live and im so used to 2k. but my first impressions are exactly the same as Abnormal101's. its not enough for me to switch. i might rent it though

[iAmYungB]

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ok take back everything i said about this demo

there is no way i should have scored 32 points with kobe in a DEMO!

a two ... 4 min quarter DEMO!

this is insane.. i can tell this is going to be a cheesers game

its extremely easy to cheese

i just scored 24 with dwight howard the game before

its to easy to do what you want with the ball...

i tried to play sim ball my first couple of games but now i see... this is NOT a sim game

[stephensonmc]

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ok take back everything i said about this demo

there is no way i should have scored 32 points with kobe in a DEMO!

a two ... 4 min quarter DEMO!

this is insane.. i can tell this is going to be a cheesers game

its extremely easy to cheese

i just scored 24 with dwight howard the game before

its to easy to do what you want with the ball...

i tried to play sim ball my first couple of games but now i see... this is NOT a sim game

LOL -- you guys are absolutely hilarious. What level did you play on? Who touched the ball the whole game?