NBA Live 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

[francium34]

Seems EA had no idea 2K had the best looking next gen game up their sleeve--making Live look soooo unappealing in comparison.

Had this been released for 360/ps3, people wouldn't have had such negative reactions.

If they had it for PC, I would be playing right now!! 2K optimization for PC is always wonky, while FIFA14 runs on medium on my laptop perfectly.

[yungflo]

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I agree with this one 100%. Not horrible but not great. Somewhere in the middle. Ill wait for confirmation when synergy updates come into play. Ill wait till I can get it for maybe 30ish. I can see potential. EA has no excuses come Live 15.

Like someone said, Devs better be working hard on getting Live 15 updated soon.

All in all not bad if 1 dev cycle statement is true. Ill give it a 7/10 overall.

I applaud the devs for what they did in a cycle, but they can't just get credit for showing up. It seems like to me, they made the most of it, but if the EA suits are restricting them, then what can you do? you can't keep rewarding bad behavior. I don't agree with the 4.3 score, but I understand it. Maybe the bad reviews, will help them find what they need to work on. I'm not very optimistic, but here's hoping.

[ScoobySnax]

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I think they nailed the play-calling, presentation and atmosphere. I thought they did a good job capturing those "dead" moments throughout the game (i.e start of 3rd quarter) as well as the intense moments. Presentation was great as well. Jalen sounded good and didn't seem out of place.

With that said, the gameplay is horrendous! Shooting motions are not fluid at all. Herky jerky movement all over the place. Rebounding seems predetermined again (one of my gripes from Live 10). The controls weren't as flux as I expected (seemed a bit clunky)

I'm not surprised it got the review/ratings that it did. LOTS of work need to be done. I am happy to see the game in stores though.

[coolcras7]

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Played a half and gave up, the game is just bad, player movement, shooting, rebounding , graphics all bad, I don't know what else to say, but I feel sorry for anyone willing to spend 60 dollars on this.

[apollon42]

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Everyone plays the same there isn't even signature animations. Animations look jerky and unrealistic. Graphics look like PS3. An early PS3 game at that.

[poloelite]

I applaud the devs for what they did in a cycle, but they can't just get credit for showing up. It seems like to me, they made the most of it, but if the EA suits are restricting them, then what can you do? you can't keep rewarding bad behavior. I don't agree with the 4.3 score, but I understand it. Maybe the bad reviews, will help them find what they need to work on. I'm not very optimistic, but here's hoping.

I think the interview of why Mike Wang left EA is ringing more true right now. He basically said making a sim game isn't EA's focus and it's terribly hard to get anything done over there.

[DonWuan]

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I think the interview of why Mike Wang left EA is ringing more true right now. He basically said making a sim game isn't EA's focus and it's terribly hard to get anything done over there.

Good majority of us work/run businesses that provide services/goods to people. Corp folks are the worse.

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[CavsFanSteve]

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Honestly......It's not really that bad. Granted I'd never pay full price but it's still a decent game. I truly think they have something to build on. Commentary needs a ton of work. No excitement from them at all. You can easily tell they were in a studio reading a script. Controls are great in my opinion. Yes they advertised it like crazy, but there's something really nice there. The graphics need a lot of work and it looks bad close up. For a ps4 game, it sure doesn't look like one

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[Tyrant8RDFL]

HOLD UP!!!!!

Implement these settings and man its like a whole new game. I love it. This will blow you away! Better flow better animations more physics.

Here are the steps.

1st change lol na just messing with yall. Got cha!!!!

The game is what it is a blah effort.

[phenom2311]

Again, you do realize that when you buy this game, you will be getting constant updates for the ENTIRE NBA SEASON? And that's not worth $60 to you?

HECK NO that's not worth 60 bucks. Are you mad???

[DonWuan]

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My last reply is no excuse. I do ultimately believe if EA wanted to put major resources into there NBA live franchise it would have shown in this release. I don't blame the Dev at all because it out was of his hands.

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[Gosens6]

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The game is just bad. I could say what's wrong with it, but it's been said to death in this thread. I honestly can't name one positive in this game, not one. Maybe some of the presentation elements.

The two biggest features they touted, dribbling and syngery are absolute flops in my opinion; And I state that again, my opinion.

The dribbling and overall player movement is just sluggish and unresponsive. I've seen better player movement from 12 year olds playing a pickup game at the park.

Now, this synergy data was supposed to make the gameplay realistic? I've seen nothing but the CPU AI standing around while one of them just ISOs the entire time. One game against the Knicks, Carmelo really received the ball with his back to the basket, didn't make one move, dribble, anything. He just did a quick turn around jumper. He did this 5 possessions in a row. All from the same spot, all at the same time in the shot clock, that's pathetic.

That hop step, clip through your defender with no consequence to get a free drive to the hoop, I won't even comment on that..

There is no contact in the paint, none. If a guy puts a shot up in the paint it's going in, one way or another. Usually by some nonsense dunk through a defender standing his ground.

Jumpshooting, it's all over the place. I honestly feel like too many jumpshots are being missed, from all star shooters with wide open shots. This is only a problem from mid range and 3, because as I've said, mostly everything in the paint is automatic. Maybe I need some more time with the game to get jump shooting down, but it was a problem for the CPU too.

The game moves and operates entirely too slow, it's like they're moving in molasses. The graphics, I won't even comment on this, and it's supposed to be a next gen game..

I'm not trolling, but I wouldn't even pay twenty dollars for this game. It's a horrible and embarrassing representation of the sport I love.

I would honestly agree with IGNs review. Whether or not it was written in a professional matter is not my point, but in my opinion the game deserves a score of 4/10 , and I'm being generous with that.


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[jeremym480]

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After I finished playing my nightly game of the "other" basketball game I decided to see what Live was all about. The Presentation at the beginning of the game seemed decent enough, but once the game started I couldn't even get through the first quarter. Maybe it's one of those games you have to grow to love or something, but I just don't see it.

[magicman32]

NBA Live 14 Demo Available Now, Post Your Impressions Here

Just finished playing a game. Thunder(me) vs cavs(CPU). Game plays just as sorry as it looks on streams and YouTube. Graphically I was expecting it to look better on a 1080p tv. But I was wrong. There's nothing good about this game except for the Christmas jerseys and the sound track is decent.

What a joke. There's nothing about this game that screams next gen. Nothing!!! The game plays sluggish and the animations are from ps2. Played one game and won't be playing another


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[CaliDude916]

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Call me crazy, but I'm getting it. It's not as bad as these reviews make it out to be. It's actually pretty damn fun.

Obviously, it's not as good looking graphically, but I like the gameplay better than 2K, always have. It's a little rough as far as animations go. While it does some things bad, it does great things too. Dribbling, floor spacing, A.I. intelligence are all great.

If they build off this, this series will be revived.