Sean O'Brien Issues Apology for NBA Live's Quality, Promises Improvements

[RandyBass]

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No letting EA skate here...

EA Skate...

Whatever happened to that series?

[shutdown10]

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Sean O' Brien does not not realize that this might do more harm then good. He basically admitted that this game was sub-par all along. People that bought the game are going to feel like lab rats that were tested on. How do they recover from this? Will they ever be able to gain trust?

[Klayups]

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This is the Hail Mary of all Hail Mary's but i would LOVE to work on the NBA Live team. *Prays to the Doug Flutie Gods*

[shutdown10]

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Sad.. Sean O'Brien is the new David Littman. He lied to all of us about gameplay before summer, and now they come out like its groundhog day, and guys.. excuse me "Struggle Live Apologists" are praising this..

You guys are the reason Live is in this state.. you settle and buy mediocrity, and now you are struggling to find aspects of the game to like to disguise the disbelief of the shattered pride you have. Some of you were lungs full of air, chest pumped out, holding the Live 14 flag baton, saying the other game is stale, yady yada and still are in denial seeing how bad this game is... UNBELIEVABLE..

On top of that you have Scott OG saying that he doesnt care about the low reviews from IGN initally, but then calls those guys "nerfhoops". I wonder what he thinks of Sean, being that hes apologizing for this game he oversaw? No offense to Sean O'Brien either about saying sorry, but this is just sad. now Andrew Wilson is apologizing too..

Their saying that player feedback is showing the game is hard to learn, but they have simplified controls.. so what the heck does that mean. especially for the Struggle Live Apologists screaming that Live has better control then the other game, etc..

Anyone seen Dounte on the EA forums.. pray for that guy... & Sirs, Ced and a few others...

You ethered Dounte! I've been wondering what happen to him on the EA forum since Live 14 was released. He is probably in a wreck because the game let him down and he does not want to show weakness.

[swac07]

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[JBulls]

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"We felt authentic gameplay, control and the connected experience would provide the best foundation for the future. As a result, game visuals and animation polish suffered." Is animation (polish) not a part of gameplay...?

[Iyess]

hold on ? they can improve the graphics after they have already the game ? lol and lmaoo whoever said they should refund 60$ to the "beta testers" hahaha

[scottyp180]

here we go again. actually he didnt lie about gameplay at all. now what is a slight lie is them showing those close ups of irving that look spot on. then you see the game in motion 5 vs 5 and its zoomed out like 10 levels away. so they look bad. and there's no options to choose from to change this.

that other thing someone posted and i posted to the EA site myself. where that guy is in dynasty mode and some how deandre jordan starts running point.

I'm not sure if it was sean obrien but someone at EA flat out lied. We were first told that info and videos of the game were coming sometime in august..never happened. Then we were promised gameplay videos before release..didn't happen..atleast not official videos from EA. Not to mention when they promised videos on specified dates and then that didn't end up happening.

The close up excuse is a little weak because all of 2ks trailers were close ups as well. Sure zoomed out 2k doesnt look as good as it does zoomed in but it still looks pretty damned good and definitely is an improvement over current gen (or is it last gen now?) Imo the moment EA messed up with Live was the prerendered video they showed at E3. That video gave the game a false visual identity that it could never live up to and it didn't even look much better than what 2k showed at E3, which we all know was actual gameplay. From there on out all we received from EA was false hope for a game that wasn't even able to meet low expectations.

[canucksss]

To be honest...didnt try the demo of this game. But for me to believe in EA....offer those who bought this game a refund or 50% refund...that I know that they are really serious about their promises.

[LingeringRegime]

Wow just wow. Put all your money in FIFA and MMA please EA. Refunds are the only thing that can begin to restore the image of ea basketball.

They don't deserve any praise for bamboozling the sports gaming masses yet again.

[DIESEL]

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A public apology and promises of improvements.

Problem is most people that have to make public apologies aren't around long enough to try and fulfill their promises.

[o Elevate o]

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EA Skate...

Whatever happened to that series?

Honestly, I'd hope for a more simulation Skate 4. I loved Skate 2 (never played skate.) and I think they did basically eliminate the Tony Hawk series.

What I don't get is, how can different studios (or whatever, not too familiar with the inner workings inside of EA) can produce simulation experiences within games, and do them WELL, and yet they can't produce the same experiences with, say, Live or Madden or what have you.

It just blows my mind that Live 14, Madden 25, and Battlefield 4 are under the same "brand" so-to-speak.

[RangersCruz]

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How much are the ps2 graphics going to be fixed?

[Jakeness23]

I really hope Live does well because it's the only sports game I play that has a direct competitor, and honestly the only other sport I can think of that does is soccer. I'm glad to hear that they are set on improving graphics and animations, not just next year, but in this years game, which is refreshing. I like that they can hear and learn from their mistakes and then be willing to adapt, you don't see that a whole lot nowadays. Kudos to you, EA. I'll probably be getting this next month some time.

[jmood88]

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Again and again. Unless someone tells them that it doesn't look good, they don't know it. Basically, they had to have people seeing gameplay videos/playing the game to tell them that it's not good. Same thing with Elite, same thing with 13.

They just don't get it. I hope they will this time.

I've said it before - when you don't know what the problem is, you can't fix it.

Yup. I still remember that guy who worked on Elite coming on here everyday telling people that they just need to play it and that the game was great but just took some getting used to. They've been saying the same bull**** for the past three years.