NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Brien

[Steve_OS]

NBA Live 15 is set to release on October 7th for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Sean O’Brien, the Executive Producer of the game has posted an open letter on some details that are coming around the corner.

Below are some of the quotes, but you can read the entire article here.

5-on-5 gameplay didn’t have the depth and polish of an EA SPORTS game and our visuals just weren’t up to expectations for a next-gen title.

We’ve scanned a majority of the league, and the new player heads, combined with refined player models and new lighting, makes our characters look really amazing.

We want teams to play just like their real-world counterparts, and to that end we’ve spent a lot of time this season talking with NBA coaches to better understand their schemes and philosophies, which we can then implement in-game.

Another equally important area of focus is improving flow and responsiveness in every area where you touch the ball, and we feel that shooting, passing and dribbling all feel much better this year.

We’ll start sharing gameplay details in July, and will continue to provide in-depth insight through August and September.

We know we’ve got a lot to prove this year, and we’ve got a solid plan in place to provide you with all the details and take the first steps to making NBA LIVE 15 a game you’re excited to play.

[JODYE]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

Another open letter? Guy might as well start a damn diary lol

It all sounds good, but lets see the results.

[WTF]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

I'm definitely looking forward to seeing this in action. Seeing the jump in Madden, Fifa, and NFL visuals, and the leaked head scans... excited.

[RateSports]

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http://www.easports.com/nba-live/new...e3-open-letter

Sean O’Brien is the Executive Producer for NBA LIVE 15, available October 7 for Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Sean has spent more than a decade working on basketball titles at EA SPORTS.

Hey NBA LIVE fans…it’s been a while since you heard from us, so I felt it was time to give you a little insight into what our team’s been working on over the last few months. First and foremost, I’m proud to announce that NBA LIVE 15 will be available for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on October 7. We’re looking forward to delivering a great game that we think you’ll really enjoy, all in time for the start of the next NBA season.

As I’ve said previously, we know we fell short in two major areas with NBA LIVE 14. 5-on-5 gameplay didn’t have the depth and polish of an EA SPORTS game and our visuals just weren’t up to expectations for a next-gen title. We’ve been laser-focused on making sure that this isn’t the case with NBA LIVE 15 and I’m really excited with our progress in those two areas.

If you’ve been following our website and social channels over the last several months, you’ve likely seen the behind-the-scenes photos of our head scans with several NBA players. We’ve scanned a majority of the league, and the new player heads, combined with refined player models and new lighting, makes our characters look really amazing. I’m looking forward to sharing more details in the next few weeks, I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised with everything we’ve done with our visuals this cycle.

We’ve also seen some great progress with gameplay that makes the experience more realistic and, most importantly, more fun with a much better overall flow. We want teams to play just like their real-world counterparts, and to that end we’ve spent a lot of time this season talking with NBA coaches to better understand their schemes and philosophies, which we can then implement in-game. Another equally important area of focus is improving flow and responsiveness in every area where you touch the ball, and we feel that shooting, passing and dribbling all feel much better this year.

We have very lofty goals for NBA LIVE 15, and we knew that the most important thing we could do to improve our chances for achieving these goals was to put our heads down and work as hard as possible with minimal distractions. With that in mind, let me give you some insight into our plans to release assets for the game.

We’ll start sharing gameplay details in July, and will continue to provide in-depth insight through August and September. During this time there will be plenty of content popping up here on the NBA LIVE website, as well as hands-on previews from your favorite sports and gaming outlets. We know we’ve got a lot to prove this year, and we’ve got a solid plan in place to provide you with all the details and take the first steps to making NBA LIVE 15 a game you’re excited to play.

Last but not least, I want to take a moment to thank all of our loyal fans who continue to believe in us. Your feedback, encouragement and positivity is genuinely appreciated and has helped further motivate our team to make really big strides this year. You all are the heartbeat of this franchise, and I can’t wait to share with you how far we’ve come. It’s going to be a great year, and we can’t wait to get back out on the floor.

I am sorry but this made me laugh hysterically.

[JODYE]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

Not directly related to Live in this sense (although it can be argued that Live used the 13 engine), but I wonder if EA (and other developers who had launch titles on both old and new consoles) was doing double duty. As we move forward, it seems like the launch titles were just a polished port while (first title we've seen) Madden appears to be a totally new graphics engine.

I'm definitely intrigued what the new player models/graphics are going to look like.

[ERA]

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I have confidence in EA. I was an avid Live player up until it was cancelled. I'll be buying it this year, for sure.

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[buddaking]

So ea sports are releasing nba live 15 on the same day as nba 2k15.

This is very interesting.

im going to have to start my pre-order for both games early this year.

[Dazraz]

Every year we get told how great the next game is going to be. Then, after it's released the people who talk others into buying the game basically put their hands up & confess to it being pretty rubbish.
Seriously EA stop releasing half finished games. I don't expect your Basketball game to be as good as 2K's, I just expect it to be worth the price on the ticket.

[Mike Lowery]

It's the way the players moved that bothered me the most. Will they have smooth looking, realistic player movement, not this robotic crap.

[Ermolli]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

We’ll start sharing gameplay details in July, and will continue to provide in-depth insight through August and September.

I guess no showing at E3? If so that's disappointing, was looking forward to see something from them there. Plus, no gameplay screenshot? It's the only EA game from this season that hasn't shown an image from their game.

[MAGboyswifT27]

I can't hate on this open letter for it's honesty and because before 2K, most of us was ON THE LIVE WAGON, real talk! But EA has a very steep hill to climb to get back to where it was in the past because if it's anything like or close to last year's title, it'll end up with the same results of no one buying the game and talking bad about it. It's good to have competition between companies for sports games because I feel it brings out the best of both worlds.. We haven't had that in a long time for sport games..

[lakers24]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

I have a feeling the game will look similar to this if the other EA games are to be believed:

http://youtu.be/upXXhDQ76bk

That part where he was dribbling with the stats is what I THOUGHT Live 14 would look like. Just like Madden pulled the okey doke and now M15 looks closer to that CGI RG3 than M25 does, I think Live did the same, or at least I hope. I'd hope the movements in all their games got the same treatment because the RG3 vid showed some awesome fluidity, but the gameplay was a whole other story. NBA Live's dribbling looks amazing in the Kyrie thing, but it didn't work that way in the actual game.

[biffsmack]

It's only June and we're already getting open letters. This does not smell good.

[Mintsa]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

Didn't this happen last year as well ?

Either way.

In terms of graphics (I wont speak on gameplay because I never did buy the game....only played the demo) I want NBA 2k14/new madden Kaepernick pic type of graphics.....plain and simple. If I see screens like that, they'll catch my attention. If I see that cartoony PS2 like style again. I'll pass (like I did this year). I'm not blindly buying this game anymore. I have since the sega genesis, but will no longer do that.

[nick_sr]

Re: NBA Live 15 Ships on October 7th For Xbox One & PS4 - Open Letter from Sean O’Bri

Enjoy this beautiful weather but October needs to come asap!

#WeAreLive #NothingButNext #WeWantItMoreThanYouDo