My 2 hours with Live 16

[Boilerbuzz]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Or it could be, that they've been working really hard and are that far ahead of schedule...

Sure. Working hard I believe. Ahead of schedule? In your dreams. If so, then that schedule is laughably conservative.

[Live2K]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Lol the old I'm taking my ball and going home. Thx buzz.

[PVarck31]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Back on topic. Only warning.

[seanhazz1]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Sure. Working hard I believe. Ahead of schedule? In your dreams. If so, then that schedule is laughably conservative.

I would have to agree. Between production builds, developmental builds, and daily builds (internal patch/fix testing), it would be impossible to speculate what build version they presented at E3, but it did look good. In year 3 they have to come hard at NBA2k and I hope they do succeed in presenting a formidable contender to the video game hoops crown.

[chisportsfan23]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Truthfully, and I'm looking at this without any bias, Live is in some ways better than 2k.

Let's break it down

Facial Scans/ Overall accuracy of player appearance

Live 15: It seems to me that live has more accurate facial scans than 2k. Yes some obvious ones aren't present or look off. But imo, just playing games back to back i feel 2k focuses on big name players more and Live covers a wider range of players. Player's that come to mind here are Deandre Jordan, Jamal Crawford, Jared Dudley, Nerlens Noel to name a few that Live has done better than 2k. Skin tones here are another advantage in Live than 2k. Best example here is Lebron James. James in a lot of ways looks better in Live 15 than 2k15. James is far too light in 2k15 and they widened his jaw a bit too much in 15, i felt James looked far better in 2k14 than 15.

2k15: 2k struggles in this category for one simple reason, they tend to over do it in the detail. Players that come to mind are Kemba Walker, Embiid, they have this weird discoloration in their face as a way to look detailed and accurate, but imo it just looks off. Also, 2k doesn't face scan everyone. And when they don't it's obvious. Players that don't get faced scanned tend to look flat faced. Good example here is Deron Williams, Crawford, and Dudley.

In this category it's closer than people act like it is.

Overall Jersey color and accuracy

Live 15: This area is a strength of Live and more so in Live 16. Yes, the jerseys are loose in 15. But let's talk about two things here. Fluidity with player movement and colors. Let's look a few examples here, Cavs alternate blue AND yellow. Bucks, alternate red. Come to mind, that actually look more accurate on Live 15 than 2k15. If you look particularly at the Cavs blue alts. on both games. While yes, 2k is much more vivid, it's not particularly accurate. Live 15 presents a darker deep blue that's more real life than 2k.

2k15: As i mentioned, 2k presents more vivid colors. But not always entirely accurate. Sometimes colors need to be darker, and 2k's lighting doesn't allow for a realistic representation of some jerseys. A clear advantage in both 2015 games is the jersey fit in 2k, but that appears to be disappearing as it looks like Live 16 fixes this.

Obviously as it stands 2k is still superior than Live, but the advantages are dwindling down at a terrific pace. As far as gameplay is concerned 2k wins. Animations, 2k wins. But imo 2k can easily suffer from TOO MANY animations. What's interesting here is that 2k appears to be taking it easy on internal things with every new release, focusing more on getting MJ on a cover, or getting a big name to help widen their reach with publicity. While Live and the team behind it comes across as a team with a chip on their shoulder after so many awful basketball games. It's a great time to be a nba video game fan that's for sure.

[Tonyattia]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Lives jerseys are definitely not better than 2k's to me. At least not last year. We'll see this year tho


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[Samm27]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

I think Live 15 jerseys are a slight step behind 2k jerseys but do think Live 16 Jerseys are going to surpass 2k from what we have been shown so far. As for a previous comment on LeBron looking better in 2k14, I couldn't agree more. The overall lighting was much, much better that 2k15 and sadly I think it is progressively going to get worse. For example 2k11 was beautiful lighting wise and was never seen again last gen.

[23]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Can we agree on this. ..let's stop interrupting threads with comparisons because this is the nba live forum

You guys do this every year can't stay on topic and i have no idea why

[Poke]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

It's only natural to compare to competition with any type of product.

[23]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Then go to the other basketball games forums to do that. Again we do this every year

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...ketball-games/

[ThaLiveKing]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

no post play introduced in this build. ryan santos told me. take it for what it is. build is 2 months old.

Doesn't mean much IMO

[RoyalBoyle78]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

Awesome read man, cause I still love love 15. Just feels new and I love the courts and graphics. Can't wait for 16

[BiggD]

Re: My 2 hours with Live 16

I hope post moves/counter moves have been improved...although ain't too many players that know how to play the post these days