My 2 hours with Live 16

[ForeverVersatile]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Some of the basic animations just look bad still.

[Walt Frazier]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

That Mozgov free throw pic is a thing of beauty! I just recreated it in NBA 2K15 and it's not even close. Live is on point with these arenas and lighting.

Arenas, courts and lighting have been better in Live for a while now...much better.

[Walt Frazier]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Some of the basic animations just look bad still.

Yeah, those leaked vids have tonnes of very ugly animations.

I don't understand how all the other EA Sports games can flow so well animation wise, yet Live has ugly stuff everywhere?

[ChaseB]

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Yeah, those leaked vids have tonnes of very ugly animations.

I don't understand how all the other EA Sports games can flow so well animation wise, yet Live has ugly stuff everywhere?

To be fair (I don't disagree with the point overall), Live is generally the furthest out from being released at this show when compared to the other EA Sports games -- like its release date is the furthest away. So it should look the most jacked. That being said, again I don't disagree with the overall point.

[magiclakers32]

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Yeah, those leaked vids have tonnes of very ugly animations.

I don't understand how all the other EA Sports games can flow so well animation wise, yet Live has ugly stuff everywhere?

this is interesting. I was playing madden 16 and was talking to the dev about how happy he is with the quality of the animations this year.

But i remember playing madden 25 and how much terrible clipping and warping and suction was happening. Then the move to 15 resulted in a much cleaner experience. Now on 16 it's really pretty clean. But it took 3 cycles.

It seems that often the expectation that should be delivered upon is not met with the execution desired.

My initial feelings when playing this game was an excitement for the execution of a vision. that some of the things they have been talking about and wanting to do is real. When i see the videos, I see exactly what I have said. The game looks instantly better. It moves better. But there are some really awkward animations and the floaty or zipped passes are ugly. lobs are god awful as well. As of now there is not an improved post game. I could go on with what I don't like.

However nothing I see in any video can show how I felt playing it. And how much fun we had. I remember doing some of those same ugly animations around the basket and gritting my teeth. sometimes while playing a dev who gritted his teeth at it too. But that actually excited me. Because HE SEES IT ALSO!!! And for me that gives me some hope that they are on pace to make at least a competitive product. And for a guy who struggled to make it through a game last year, im shocked at my enjoyment of the product this year. Im anxiously awaiting the game.

[23]

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Ideas are one thing... the execution ALWAYS seems messed up man.

Was today the last day or are there more?

[ChaseB]

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Ideas are one thing... the execution ALWAYS seems messed up man.

Was today the last day or are there more?

E3 goes through Thursday.

[Calvenn]

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this is interesting. I was playing madden 16 and was talking to the dev about how happy he is with the quality of the animations this year.

But i remember playing madden 25 and how much terrible clipping and warping and suction was happening. Then the move to 15 resulted in a much cleaner experience. Now on 16 it's really pretty clean. But it took 3 cycles.

It seems that often the expectation that should be delivered upon is not met with the execution desired.

My initial feelings when playing this game was an excitement for the execution of a vision. that some of the things they have been talking about and wanting to do is real. When i see the videos, I see exactly what I have said. The game looks instantly better. It moves better. But there are some really awkward animations and the floaty or zipped passes are ugly. lobs are god awful as well. As of now there is not an improved post game. I could go on with what I don't like.

However nothing I see in any video can show how I felt playing it. And how much fun we had. I remember doing some of those same ugly animations around the basket and gritting my teeth. sometimes while playing a dev who gritted his teeth at it too. But that actually excited me. Because HE SEES IT ALSO!!! And for me that gives me some hope that they are on pace to make at least a competitive product. And for a guy who struggled to make it through a game last year, im shocked at my enjoyment of the product this year. Im anxiously awaiting the game.

Your comments about the actual game feel gives me a lot of hope! It sounds like one of those games that must be experienced to fully appreciate and where photos or videos don't do the game any justice. That seems to be the theme from those who have in person experience with the game.

[El_Poopador]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

https://youtu.be/UVZkaQttQSU
Nba live 16 gameplay

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It's so hard to get a good feel for the game when the person playing doesn't try to play realistically at all lol. One thing I didn't like was when he reached and Kyrie got past him that he didn't attack; he just kinda stopped to run a set.

[mlp111]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

https://youtu.be/UVZkaQttQSU
Nba live 16 gameplay

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Kyrie walking the ball up court is a thing of beauty...... still some bad animations, but I somehow like what I see.. I can overlooks somethings as i do with the other title. There lighting and arenas are second to none.

[magiclakers32]

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Kyrie walking the ball up court is a thing of beauty...... still some bad animations, but I somehow like what I see.. I can overlooks somethings as i do with the other title. There lighting and arenas are second to none.

I agree....seeing at least 5-6 different ways of just bringing the ball up court was just beautiful for me too. I think if all they wanted to do was show great gameplay they could. you could play the game in a controlled manner in which only the best things would be obvious. I think this is one reason why they don't want people leaking footage. best thing for us is that there will be ea access for sure and a demo they believe.

last day. im going in on it again today. wish there were some more teams to use though.

[bran9413]

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I agree....seeing at least 5-6 different ways of just bringing the ball up court was just beautiful for me too. I think if all they wanted to do was show great gameplay they could. you could play the game in a controlled manner in which only the best things would be obvious. I think this is one reason why they don't want people leaking footage. best thing for us is that there will be ea access for sure and a demo they believe.

last day. im going in on it again today. wish there were some more teams to use though.

Can you ask them if there is actual player editing in the game this year as far as accessories and ratings

[23]

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Kyrie walking the ball up court is a thing of beauty...... still some bad animations, but I somehow like what I see.. I can overlooks somethings as i do with the other title. There lighting and arenas are second to none.

On the flip side when Harrison Barnes stole the ball that should've been an easy break, but he went up the court like an old man... SLOoooooow

[fatboirob]

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https://youtu.be/z1DW7CQCh9E

Another live 16 vid

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[El_Poopador]

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On the flip side when Harrison Barnes stole the ball that should've been an easy break, but he went up the court like an old man... SLOoooooow

Yea, I noticed that. That was something that irked me a little in Live 15, too. The half-court game is solid, minus the playbooks, but the fast breaks seem sluggish. Hopefully they can get the fast break game up to par before release.

I would love if they can also bring in some realism in terms of shots/dunks that are too far gone to play defense on. For example, if Lebron steals the ball and gets ahead of everyone, a lot of times the defense won't even try catching up. Or if there's a breakdown on defense and you pass the ball to a WIDE open shooter, they can have time to check their feet and line up the shot; the defense just gives them the look if they're that open. But in video games (not just Live, but all games), they chase you down or close out as quickly as possible no matter what. I'd like to see some more of that "human" effort added to the game.