Official NBA Live 10 Impressions Thread

**ehh** · 10-09-2009, 10:22 AM

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Originally posted by ataman5

Hello my friend, i'm sure you have played lots of games, but in terms of teammates reacting, i have seen my Celtics teammates doing a very good job of stealing equal ball, and also i've seen Cavs doing the same. Your teammates reacting and stealing the balls maybe according to your team; as Knicks is not much a defensive team, this could be the reason, have you ever tried teams like Celtics? Maybe this could be helpful for you.

Yeah it's not just the Knicks, at least for me. I've used the Celtics (gave up 63 first half pts to the Cavs at home), Cavs and even Team USA and still saw it.

**Football4Natic** · 10-09-2009, 10:29 AM

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Man after a week with the game I just can't stomach the horrible animations in the paint and the constent ugly looking lay ups and rebounds. All the CPU does is slash and draw contact and put up floaters I don't know how boozer drives for a layup and the ball and hand go through the backboard

as much as I love play styles. It is pointless with terrible animations. Why do big man grab boards and go up for a layup all ugly looking without looking at the rim. Next year the ea guys need to work on animations and rebounding. Is terribe

**ronnieb** · 10-09-2009, 10:43 AM

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so here's my online impressions

i play for the last five years 2k basketball so my experience of online basketball gaming has always been very frustrating, i m from europe ( Paris, france) and with the jetlag it was very hard to hook up with some os sim guy to play some 2k sim games, so playing online was horrible for me wich makes me a 95 % offline player during those past years.
i played live exclusively offline the first two days after buying it and have a blast with it , then yesterday due to all the good impressions on this tread i just decide to try online and ...WOW just WOW !!

i played 6 hours straight.

The more sim you play the more chance you have to win, i played a cheeser goin to the rim everytime for my first game, i was the sixers he was the celtics i won by 13 in a 5 minutes /quater game, i shot 51.5% and he shots 38 % with the c s and even if he outrebonds me i won the game easily because of my shot selection .
basically i run play 90 % of the time let him does his stupid stuff on offense.
What really impressed me is that the next game, my opponenent was hard sim and it was so much harder and startegic (lost by 1spurs at rockets).
At he end of the day i m10-2 on ranked online games and for the first time for a balll game online the key to victory are your skills and basketball IQ, what a change !

some quick tips :
against chesser : defense is easy, basically you go off ball with a big man boxing out and try getting rebound, the perimeter defense game is made for the chesser to loose the ball and il love it.
as a side note please devs do not patch turnovers the numbers are on par with the nba+it makes the game chesserproof .

Against sim player : this is where this games shines on D.
Basically i play off ball and on ball D, you have to be very carefull of the motion and the playsets your opponent choose, so let s say the lakers are running an off ball screen for kobe, what i do is follow kobe to his spot very closely then i change the player as soon a s he gets the ball, then i have to choose if i double him if i think he will attack the basket, or if he wants to pass the ball in this case im very carefull with the other off ball movement and adjust ( defend the pg or sf on the perimiter for a shot vs go down with the big for boxing out ) and then of course i ll exploit my matchups also on D, i play on ball D if artest is facing let's say thaddeus young.

Last thing when you're playing a good sim player you have to adjust to all the pick n roll/fade he will try, just another great aspect of D on this game, trully life like.

On offense it's even better i m use to play with very slow paced team (boston, SA,orlando ...) on almost every play i call a system and the game rewards you for do so.
Against chesser when they realised that , they immediately double the pg and then all the court is opening up and it s killing time.
Against sim player it s a lot more strategic you have to use a lot more different system a lot of pick and roll and pick and fade mix up your play, play the post the perimiter the p n r etc...
this game its just like the real thing it s amazing.
in few words it s easy to beat cheeser and its an hard, strategic and fun game between sim player Like mike wang stated "chessers are goin down this year"

Another thing that i notice is that the transition game is great also and the team styles so well done .
Let me explain : when i played with the nuggets my transition game was great i score a lot more fast break point and more points in general that when i play with the c s or magics, the best thing was that i was not forcing anything all comes naturally, this game make you play sim and like the way teams play in real life period.
This game makes wonder for me offline it s like it has been taylored made for me ( tired of franchise mode and very hyped about dynamic season) and online live 10 just made me discover the joy of online basketball gaming . HUGE GAME HERE !

hands down for beluba and the live dev team , i also want to thanks the os community, da cazr in particullar because after i read those impressions back from canada i know that game was my 2010 basketball gaming choice, and the other oser s that convice me that this game was the truth.

I really like to play some Osers but take in consideration that i m in europe so with the jet lag i can only play on friday and saturday night to match with your time table, until 5 am on fridays it s ok as i watch espn basket live which is something like 10/11 pm for you.
PM me i will be glad to test my skills against the great sim players that OP seems full off

sorry for my poor english ...

**Jano** · 10-09-2009, 10:52 AM

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Originally posted by ehh

Yeah it's not just the Knicks, at least for me. I've used the Celtics (gave up 63 first half pts to the Cavs at home), Cavs and even Team USA and still saw it.

So true Ehh the users teammates are still pretty stupid I have seen more steals and blocks from them then in the demo though. But there reactions to everything is still not where it should be this is something I hope to see fixed in the patch.

And one of the biggest areas they fail in is loose ball awareness. Any time the ball is loose unless I can get to it myself, I know for sure its going back to the CPU.

All my teammates do is stand around and watch it and this goes for both off/def. Its really frustrating sometimes to see all the help CPU teammates give to each other and none of that being replicated on my end.

It almost makes having good defensive teams useless unless you are defending everything yourself. I should be able to rely on my teammates to help me out from time to time.

**RoyalBoyle78** · 10-09-2009, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by Football4Natic

Man after a week with the game I just can't stomach the horrible animations in the paint and the constent ugly looking lay ups and rebounds. All the CPU does is slash and draw contact and put up floaters I don't know how boozer drives for a layup and the ball and hand go through the backboard

as much as I love play styles. It is pointless with terrible animations. Why do big man grab boards and go up for a layup all ugly looking without looking at the rim. Next year the ea guys need to work on animations and rebounding. Is terribe

I'm sorry, to each his own, I see some funny things here and there, but don't take offense to this, to me your a over-Exaggerating, I dig the rebounding animations, and the dribble animation are tops, and the sig shots are really the best I have ever saw to date.

**sportyguyfl31** · 10-09-2009, 11:04 AM

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Is it possible to manually box out when rebounding?

**Pared** · 10-09-2009, 11:05 AM

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It was supposed to be hold Y, release for the board.

That has never worked for me.

**Jano** · 10-09-2009, 11:12 AM

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Originally posted by sportyguyfl31

Is it possible to manually box out when rebounding?

To box out you want to find a body and then try and stand in front of him. If you did get completely in front then the full box out anim will start.

If you only got in front half way you'll still get the anim but both players will be fighting for position.

Once the box out has happened the you just want to hold Y and then you player will jump accordingly. Don't release early just let the game grab the rebound and then release.

It sounds difficult but once you start to rebounding this way its easy to pick up.

23 · 10-09-2009, 11:59 AM

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Pretty much get in front of the guy then hold down Y.

When you're ready to jump, just let Y go...

**Football4Natic** · 10-09-2009, 12:15 PM

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Originally posted by FootballForever

I'm sorry, to each his own, I see some funny things here and there, but don't take offense to this, to me your a over-Exaggerating, I dig the rebounding animations, and the dribble animation are tops, and the sig shots are really the best I have ever saw to date.

Why is it that you always have an issue with somebody not liking what you like. If you love it then good for you. I think it needs lots of improvements to key areas. You the same dude who bashed NCAA before release and then had a jones for the game. You change opinions on games all the time so spare me the comments

**Thadeus** · 10-09-2009, 12:34 PM

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Live is turning into one of the most unrealistic sports games I have ever played. I was using the Spurs playing against the Kings. The game was tied at 86. The Kings proceeded to grab the next 10 rebounds and hit virtually every shot for the rest of the game. I missed 5 straight 3 pointers with Ginobili and Finley. Yeah right. I honestly don't think the sliders work in this game. Also, the cpu goes to the line at least twice as much as me. To think some people are calling this a sim.

**econoodle** · 10-09-2009, 12:40 PM

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Originally posted by Thadeus

Live is turning into one of the most unrealistic sports games I have ever played. I was using the Spurs playing against the Kings. The game was tied at 86. The Kings proceeded to grab the next 10 rebounds and hit virtually every shot for the rest of the game. I missed 5 straight 3 pointers with Ginobili and Finley. Yeah right. I honestly don't think the sliders work in this game. Also, the cpu goes to the line at least twice as much as me. To think some people are calling this a sim.

the FT attempts will be fixed in a patch.

I THANKFULLY hAven't seen the invincible late game AI.

But has it happened often?

**DirtyJerz32** · 10-09-2009, 12:56 PM

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Authentic Presentation

From hearing the crowd in Toronto boo Vince Carter when he touches the ball, to seeing LeBron do his trademark chalk toss, NBA LIVE 10 captures all the excitement and passion of an NBA game. A player underperforming? Powered by Dynamic DNA, evolving storylines throughout the season keep the commentary fresh so that when you hit the final games of the regular season you’re still hearing something new.

I have a question about the storyline feature for commentary. Does this only occur when you are playing with Dynamic Season? Or does it happen whenever you start a dynasty? I started a new dynasty last night just to hear the different commentary for storylines and I didn't hear anything new. Just wanted to know if any of you guys are hearing different commentary and I'm missing something. Or do I have to wait for the real season to start and us the Dynamic Season? Thanks for the help guys.

**Pared** · 10-09-2009, 01:01 PM

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I only see the storylines when you start a game.

We may have to wait until Dynamic Season starts. Either way, I don't see (hear?) the "fresh" commentary right now.

**dopeboy206** · 10-09-2009, 01:09 PM

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Originally posted by Football4Natic

Why is it that you always have an issue with somebody not liking what you like. If you love it then good for you. I think it needs lots of improvements to key areas. You the same dude who bashed NCAA before release and then had a jones for the game. You change opinions on games all the time so spare me the comments

Wow epic battle of the footballer. LOL

Football4Natic vs. Football4Ever.

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