NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[bateman11]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

I actually think this game is somewhat fun and has some potential. Right now a lot of weird things are going on but i like the feel of the game.

[RSpence]

NBA 2K; played the demo for 30 minutes and hated it. I will not be buying this game.

NBA Elite; played the demo for 20 minutes and thought the controls were better, but the presentation was not. Stick control isn't as complicated as the trigger dribbling for 2K. I may buy this game.. but I doubt it.

NHL 09-11 are way better than any of this crap.

[MLB01]

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NBA 2K; played the demo for 30 minutes and hated it. I will not be buying this game.

NBA Elite; played the demo for 20 minutes and thought the controls were better, but the presentation was not. Stick control isn't as complicated as the trigger dribbling for 2K. I may buy this game.. but I doubt it.

NHL 09-11 are way better than any of this crap.

I get the impression you're not a basketball fan.. ?

[and1product]

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I just cannot fathom how anyone can say this game is fun or somewhat playable. I guess just because the controls is all that matter. What I do not understand is WHAT in the controls makes this game so much fun to be able to withstand the horrible A.I.?

I feel like the controls (default) on this game is catered towards NHL controls. These are not basketball playing controls. The game has no life, it feels like I am playing a NBA version of NCAA basketball. All the player models feel card boardish (if that's a word) and has no weigh to them. When you jump it feels floaty. I may be blind but I do not see any differences in anyones shot.

Jermaine oneal shoots just like ron artest. They all dribble the same. No signature dribbles. Wait I take it back ; Kobe , ray allen and Pierce have their shots. I played the heck out of the demo and I just don't feel like hooping or watching an NBA game after playing NBA Elite 11. No excitement.

But to each his own. I mean some people think whoopi goldberg is way hotter than gabriel union but who are we to tell them no?

[and1product]

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NBA 2K; played the demo for 30 minutes and hated it. I will not be buying this game.

NBA Elite; played the demo for 20 minutes and thought the controls were better, but the presentation was not. Stick control isn't as complicated as the trigger dribbling for 2K. I may buy this game.. but I doubt it.

NHL 09-11 are way better than any of this crap.

I have a feeling you tried this out because you heard Littman was on this since you seem like a Hockey fan. IMO I don't think basketball is your genre of sports.

[inkcil]

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I'm on a fast break with Ray Allen, no one in front of me and Kobe trailing me by 5-8 feet.

Easy dunk (or layup) right?

Wrong.

At the top of the key, with no one in front of him, and Kobe closing in, Allen suddenly goes into the "I'm backing you down in the post animation."

Of course, Kobe catches up to him and gets in between him and the basket.

Along with the rest of the Lakers.

Terrible.

[HoosierDaddy]

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Trust me they don't listen...

I edit too Play actually influenced ol' Tomba(always give em credit for that)but the game doesn't feel like it can be edited this year which is one reason why i like even playing sports game unless they're soccer ones.

But the impression left on me from this demo is that the developers were GUIDED too strongly by the main guy producing the game and that's Litman(he knows his hockey) but the flow of the game just does not look right. meaning why can't someone just look at the game and say "that doesn't move like NBA ball at all" and then tell them what to fix?

Instead it's "the controls aren't right" "change the controls"? We've been changing controls for ages lets changes the animations the way things look after a player bumps into something etc...lets add depth of vision NOT control

ahem, that would be me. Had numerous conversations with multiple developers about game speed.

[poseidon44]

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I actually think this game is somewhat fun and has some potential. Right now a lot of weird things are going on but i like the feel of the game.

Same here. The more I play the demo and learn the new control layout, the more I like this game. Also as Playmakers pointed out, "Superstar" difficulty setting is definitely the way to go.

Also in the retail/final version....this game will be a 'tweakers' dream. Just imagine what can be done with global/user/cpu slider edits. Playmakers, Tomba....do you hear me?!?!

While this game is far from perfect but I love the direction that EA has taken with this game. It feels fresh and new (something that hasn't been said about an NBA video game in a few years now).

I had planned on purchasing both NBA games this year but for the moment I think I'm just going to go with Elite because the new control mechanism will keep my interest far longer than the typical button-style controls.

Throw in NBA JAM and it's a wrap.

[poseidon44]

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Does anyone else think that Free Throw shooting has taken like 5 steps back outside of me, with its Elite shooting?

Actually I love the new FT shooting system. On 'Superstar' difficulty, it's much more challenging.

[poseidon44]

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I'm on a fast break with Ray Allen, no one in front of me and Kobe trailing me by 5-8 feet.

Easy dunk (or layup) right?

Wrong.

At the top of the key, with no one in front of him, and Kobe closing in, Allen suddenly goes into the "I'm backing you down in the post animation."

Of course, Kobe catches up to him and gets in between him and the basket.

Along with the rest of the Lakers.

Terrible.

I made mention of this a few pages back as well. Glad that I'm not the only one experiencing this because I was beginning to think that it was just me messing up the controls somehow.

This is my main issue with the Elite 11 demo thus far.

rEAnimator......PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE tell me that this has either been corrected in the final version or something that you guys are planning on patching?

[Playmakers]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

I'm on a fast break with Ray Allen, no one in front of me and Kobe trailing me by 5-8 feet.

Easy dunk (or layup) right?

Wrong.

At the top of the key, with no one in front of him, and Kobe closing in, Allen suddenly goes into the "I'm backing you down in the post animation."

Of course, Kobe catches up to him and gets in between him and the basket.

Along with the rest of the Lakers.

Terrible.

You know at one time Live used to have the best fast break AI in the business hands down.

These last 2-3 years something has really gone wrong with the way AI handles fast breaks...

Every since they installed DNA the fastbreaks have been the biggest down fall of the new addition......everyone seems programmed to revert to DNA tendencies and not run the break properly at all. It also doesn't help that EA seems to code this game to deliberately not allow fast breaks

Last Year they had every single player in the game rated 0 for fast break anticipation...i still believe that code was used to allow the DNA to have precedence over the fast break logic of the players in order to keep it from becoming a unrealistic dunk fest on the break.

Sounds like a good idea but it destroyed the way players behaved on the break

[parkinson]

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Same here. The more I play the demo and learn the new control layout, the more I like this game. Also as Playmakers pointed out, "Superstar" difficulty setting is definitely the way to go.

Also in the retail/final version....this game will be a 'tweakers' dream. Just imagine what can be done with global/user/cpu slider edits. Playmakers, Tomba....do you hear me?!?!

While this game is far from perfect but I love the direction that EA has taken with this game. It feels fresh and new (something that hasn't been said about an NBA video game in a few years now).

I had planned on purchasing both NBA games this year but for the moment I think I'm just going to go with Elite because the new control mechanism will keep my interest far longer than the typical button-style controls.

Throw in NBA JAM and it's a wrap.

Yes, I agree with you. It needs time to find good things in Elite cause it's a totally NEW game due to the control scheme. I think this game's not that bad except low quality motions. I found even some amusable Live 10-ish things in Elite. One of those is Off-ball con. Icon pass is delayed so i can not use Off-ball well like I did with Live 10. But sometimes I succeed in powerful dunks or wide open jumpers with it. Very fun. It's a very challenging game so the feeling of reward comes big.

[BobbyColtrane]

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i have enjoyed some NBA Live games in the past (especially back in the day) but this game really just makes me feel bad for the guys that worked on the game. it's terrible. the control scheme is innovative but that's the only positive. The player models are really bad and it seems like they start moving before they dribble the ball sometimes, which would be a traveling call in the NBA.

the graphics/movement/AI all need MAJOR overhauls. I agree that this is like playing a PS2 game.

[poseidon44]

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JESUS. sorry if been posted before skip to 3:00 totally HILARIOUS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLPGD...eature=popular

Man this video cracks me up EVERYTIME I see it, and I've seen it about 15 times now. It's not the actual video of the gameplay but rather the guy himself.

A big "WTF" to him for bringing the ball up the court with Bynum.

[NBAttacKeR]

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Man this video cracks me up EVERYTIME I see it, and I've seen it about 15 times now. It's not the actual video of the gameplay but rather the guy himself.

A big "WTF" to him for bringing the ball up the court with Bynum.

yeah the guy is what cracks me up too, his reaction is the BEST LMFAO