The obligatory "Little things" thread...

[HMcCoy]

OK, there are enough subtle animations in this game for a little things thread...

So far my favorite little things are:

1. The PG looks into the coach while he brings the ball up.

2. The "bring it on" and "pump up the crowd" animation out of the d-crouch. This is extra slick against a human player.

3.The step-back move. No...not a dribble back, but the HOP back. Doing this with KG results in a near-automatic 15-footer.

4.When a head-faked defender gets in the air, you can jump into him ala Reggie Miller.

5. Over the back, "Tayshaun Prince-esque" blocked shots

6. LeBron shoots his jumper with his feet together.

7. MJ's patented spin-fake-into-fadeway sequence that Kobe tortures all Laker opponents with.

8. The kicks all look good. Really good.

9. If you pick up your dribble, your defender will smother you. Beautiful.

10. The double-team animation only happens 1-2 times a game, and almost always ends up a TO...Like it should.

[Miles_Yuhas]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

I never noticed the point guard looks at the coach when he brings it up. I'll have to look for it. It would be sweet if when you selected a quick play that the coach would appear to yell something. The CPU kills me in the post with the "Jump into your man move", they never call the foul, but from 5 feet the guys nail it every time.

[Miles_Yuhas]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

I never noticed the point guard looks at the coach when he brings it up. I'll have to look for it. It would be sweet if when you selected a quick play that the coach would appear to yell something. The CPU kills me in the post with the "Jump into your man move", they never call the foul, but from 5 feet the guys nail it every time.

[JohnnyWoodcock]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

2. The "bring it on" and "pump up the crowd" animation out of the d-crouch. This is extra slick against a human player.

how do you do this?

[JohnnyWoodcock]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

2. The "bring it on" and "pump up the crowd" animation out of the d-crouch. This is extra slick against a human player.

how do you do this?

[tonkatsu]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

how do you do this?

tap "up" on the right analog stick about two or three times for the hands raise. tap "down" for the "c'mon" taunt. EA was really just playing around with this. hehe. it was in live 04 also.

anyway, getting back to the thread topic...

1. stripping the ball on your way up for a shot. NICE! i've seen three different animations for this. i love that they put this in the game. by the way, that faking a jump shot then drawing contact in the air ala reggie, i've also seen abuot 2-3 animations for this (kinda different in the low post)

2. faking a jump shot, then blowing past the defender (where the defender gets into this animation, looking back at you while he's in the air then sorta slips on the ground) to do this, do a fake, then just run towards the direction of your defender. then the animation will kick in

3. of course the sweet passes out of the pro-hop.

4. the new spin move. well, there are actually two different spin moves in live, the ones in last years version also. however, there's a new spin move in 05. what you do is run (with turbo, i think. havn't tried it without)towards your defender, then just as you're about to bump him (where your really near each other) tap "up" on the right analog stick. You will get this animation where your player spins and leaves the defender flat-footed. very cool. if you downloaded the "block shots" video that came out before the release of the game, it's the spin move that kobe did on rip at the beginning of the clip

well that's all i can think of for now... love this game.

[tonkatsu]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

how do you do this?

tap "up" on the right analog stick about two or three times for the hands raise. tap "down" for the "c'mon" taunt. EA was really just playing around with this. hehe. it was in live 04 also.

anyway, getting back to the thread topic...

1. stripping the ball on your way up for a shot. NICE! i've seen three different animations for this. i love that they put this in the game. by the way, that faking a jump shot then drawing contact in the air ala reggie, i've also seen abuot 2-3 animations for this (kinda different in the low post)

2. faking a jump shot, then blowing past the defender (where the defender gets into this animation, looking back at you while he's in the air then sorta slips on the ground) to do this, do a fake, then just run towards the direction of your defender. then the animation will kick in

3. of course the sweet passes out of the pro-hop.

4. the new spin move. well, there are actually two different spin moves in live, the ones in last years version also. however, there's a new spin move in 05. what you do is run (with turbo, i think. havn't tried it without)towards your defender, then just as you're about to bump him (where your really near each other) tap "up" on the right analog stick. You will get this animation where your player spins and leaves the defender flat-footed. very cool. if you downloaded the "block shots" video that came out before the release of the game, it's the spin move that kobe did on rip at the beginning of the clip

well that's all i can think of for now... love this game.

[bats26]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

tap "up" on the right analog stick about two or three times for the hands raise. tap "down" for the "c'mon" taunt. EA was really just playing around with this. hehe. it was in live 04 also.

anyway, getting back to the thread topic...

1. stripping the ball on your way up for a shot. NICE! i've seen three different animations for this. i love that they put this in the game. by the way, that faking a jump shot then drawing contact in the air ala reggie, i've also seen abuot 2-3 animations for this (kinda different in the low post)

2. faking a jump shot, then blowing past the defender (where the defender gets into this animation, looking back at you while he's in the air then sorta slips on the ground) to do this, do a fake, then just run towards the direction of your defender. then the animation will kick in

3. of course the sweet passes out of the pro-hop.

4. the new spin move. well, there are actually two different spin moves in live, the ones in last years version also. however, there's a new spin move in 05. what you do is run (with turbo, i think. havn't tried it without)towards your defender, then just as you're about to bump him (where your really near each other) tap "up" on the right analog stick. You will get this animation where your player spins and leaves the defender flat-footed. very cool. if you downloaded the "block shots" video that came out before the release of the game, it's the spin move that kobe did on rip at the beginning of the clip

well that's all i can think of for now... love this game.

Oh ****./ havent seen a lot of these animations yet!
gotta try them.

The only thing missing in Live's animations is the ability to pass out of a layup or dunk

[bats26]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

tap "up" on the right analog stick about two or three times for the hands raise. tap "down" for the "c'mon" taunt. EA was really just playing around with this. hehe. it was in live 04 also.

anyway, getting back to the thread topic...

1. stripping the ball on your way up for a shot. NICE! i've seen three different animations for this. i love that they put this in the game. by the way, that faking a jump shot then drawing contact in the air ala reggie, i've also seen abuot 2-3 animations for this (kinda different in the low post)

2. faking a jump shot, then blowing past the defender (where the defender gets into this animation, looking back at you while he's in the air then sorta slips on the ground) to do this, do a fake, then just run towards the direction of your defender. then the animation will kick in

3. of course the sweet passes out of the pro-hop.

4. the new spin move. well, there are actually two different spin moves in live, the ones in last years version also. however, there's a new spin move in 05. what you do is run (with turbo, i think. havn't tried it without)towards your defender, then just as you're about to bump him (where your really near each other) tap "up" on the right analog stick. You will get this animation where your player spins and leaves the defender flat-footed. very cool. if you downloaded the "block shots" video that came out before the release of the game, it's the spin move that kobe did on rip at the beginning of the clip

well that's all i can think of for now... love this game.

Oh ****./ havent seen a lot of these animations yet!
gotta try them.

The only thing missing in Live's animations is the ability to pass out of a layup or dunk

[HMcCoy]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

2. faking a jump shot, then blowing past the defender (where the defender gets into this animation, looking back at you while he's in the air then sorta slips on the ground) to do this, do a fake, then just run towards the direction of your defender. then the animation will kick in

Yeah..I just saw that one today. I was on the ***-end of it though. Carmelo hit LeBron (me) with it in a 1-on-1 game. I was like WTF just happened? Bron tried to grab Melo while he was in mid-air off a headfake and landed awkwardly...Looked like NFL2K5 when you juke the crap outta somebody. Very cool.

[HMcCoy]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

2. faking a jump shot, then blowing past the defender (where the defender gets into this animation, looking back at you while he's in the air then sorta slips on the ground) to do this, do a fake, then just run towards the direction of your defender. then the animation will kick in

Yeah..I just saw that one today. I was on the ***-end of it though. Carmelo hit LeBron (me) with it in a 1-on-1 game. I was like WTF just happened? Bron tried to grab Melo while he was in mid-air off a headfake and landed awkwardly...Looked like NFL2K5 when you juke the crap outta somebody. Very cool.

[Court_vision]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

OK, there are enough subtle animations in this game for a little things thread...

So far my favorite little things are:

1. The PG looks into the coach while he brings the ball up.

2. The "bring it on" and "pump up the crowd" animation out of the d-crouch. This is extra slick against a human player.

3.The step-back move. No...not a dribble back, but the HOP back. Doing this with KG results in a near-automatic 15-footer.

4.When a head-faked defender gets in the air, you can jump into him ala Reggie Miller.

5. Over the back, "Tayshaun Prince-esque" blocked shots

6. LeBron shoots his jumper with his feet together.

7. MJ's patented spin-fake-into-fadeway sequence that Kobe tortures all Laker opponents with.

8. The kicks all look good. Really good.

9. If you pick up your dribble, your defender will smother you. Beautiful.

10. The double-team animation only happens 1-2 times a game, and almost always ends up a TO...Like it should.

Nice thread McCoy...I was hoping you'd do one of these again

[Court_vision]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

OK, there are enough subtle animations in this game for a little things thread...

So far my favorite little things are:

1. The PG looks into the coach while he brings the ball up.

2. The "bring it on" and "pump up the crowd" animation out of the d-crouch. This is extra slick against a human player.

3.The step-back move. No...not a dribble back, but the HOP back. Doing this with KG results in a near-automatic 15-footer.

4.When a head-faked defender gets in the air, you can jump into him ala Reggie Miller.

5. Over the back, "Tayshaun Prince-esque" blocked shots

6. LeBron shoots his jumper with his feet together.

7. MJ's patented spin-fake-into-fadeway sequence that Kobe tortures all Laker opponents with.

8. The kicks all look good. Really good.

9. If you pick up your dribble, your defender will smother you. Beautiful.

10. The double-team animation only happens 1-2 times a game, and almost always ends up a TO...Like it should.

Nice thread McCoy...I was hoping you'd do one of these again

[donkey33]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

it's the spin move that kobe did on rip at the beginning of the clip

Yeah, I love that move in the movie. So it can be done in the game then?

The only thing missing in Live's animations is the ability to pass out of a layup or dunk

This was in 04 wasn't it? Has it been taken out?

[donkey33]

Re: The obligatory "Little things" thread...

it's the spin move that kobe did on rip at the beginning of the clip

Yeah, I love that move in the movie. So it can be done in the game then?

The only thing missing in Live's animations is the ability to pass out of a layup or dunk

This was in 04 wasn't it? Has it been taken out?