NBA Live 18 Videos Released

[NELL86]

Please basketball Gods let this be good cause 2k has going drasticly down the last few years or I will just not have a hoop game this year

[TreJayMMA]

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It might not beat the competition but the question we should ask ourselves is it good enough I believe so.

Good enough isnt/shouldn't be acceptable.

Especially when they're charging the price of a more than 'Good enough' game should cost

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[roadman]

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Good enough isnt/shouldn't be acceptable.

Especially when they're charging the price of a more than 'Good enough' game should cost

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I don't have a horse in this race because I haven't played Live since the PC days, maybe 2007 at the latest.

Isn't the above subjective, though?

What's good enough for 60 bucks for one person isn't good enough for someone else?

It's all about game play for me and for someone else, animations or franchise mode is more important for them.

By the way it appears lately, the online esports crowd seems to growing by numbers and seems to get the lionshare of attention.

I'm in wait and see mode for Live, but understand the frustrations of the animations.

[Shadojoker]

Looks really good. So happy for EA Sports!

[Daddy123]

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This does not look good at all especially considering this is what they put out and not some random footage captured by not EA.

Is it an improvement from 16? Sure

but that is not good enough for me especially if you take years off..oh well. Will still wait for actual gameplay footage but first impressions are not good

[Black Bruce Wayne]

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Not to discredit their impressions but I can't trust everything that's said. When EA did a similar thing with Live 16 there was a lot of praise being thrown at the game and while the game wasn't bad, it wasn't great either. I don't really expect to hear accurate and honest opinions from people that were flown out to an event, received some free stuff, and got a early look at a game. I mean are these people really going to turn around and say bad things if they want to be invited to such events again?

All of the videos I attempted to watch have annoying Youtubers. I could do without all of them

[JCHISENH2016]

I just can't imagine being a company the size of EA Sports, knowing you have to compete with 2K Sports, and you fly Youtubers out to reveal this? It looks improved, but it still doesn't look good.

[scottyp180]

All of the videos I attempted to watch have annoying Youtubers. I could do without all of them

Yeah I had to turn the videos off after the gameplay was show. I prefer a good old written impression over YouTubers that are more interested in views and followers rather than giving an informed impression.

[TecmoZack]

NBA Live 18 Videos Released

So much traffic in the NBA Live forum this week. Love it. I don't think I have seen the Live forum this active since Live 15.

Excited for more reveals. Question to anyone that does not care for what they have seen. What NBA Live games did you enjoy??? Not trying to start a war or anything. Just curious.

I played a lot of the other game this year and yes....I still play Live 16 also. I just love basketball games. My point is that what I have seen so far reminds me of what I loved from 09/10 with improved visuals. From what I have seen/heard that is what most think of as the quintessential Live game(s). For me Live has always played a certain way going back to the SNES/Sega days(much like Madden). It just has a certain feel of freedom to me. I love the dribble control and such. For me it's preference and comfort. I guess I just am interested to hear a few more opinions. Some call it legacy issues and others just call it arcade.

Ps. Really pumped to play with the Mavs in 18.


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[xman2k]

I can't wait to see the post game interviews and classic teams, also the player celebrations when you hit that game winning three.

[Mintsa]

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I can't wait to see the post game interviews and classic teams, also the player celebrations when you hit that game winning three.

Classic teams ??

[Barbatrucco]

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This isn't about the "other" game. It seems like only NBA live fans bring up the "other" game when it comes to trying to defend some of Lives shortcomings.

This isn't about Live trying to be 2K. This is about Live delivering a solid basketball title to the masses. Forget 2K. Carve your own niche, be innovative, do something great.

Let's not use 2K as a scapegoat every time someone criticizes something in Live. Honestly, we are ALL NBA live fans, or we wouldn't be in this forum.

I remember first playing Live 95 on the NES and instantly falling in love with the franchise. It had many many many many solid years, with Live 10 being it's peak IMO. There are reasons they can't go back to the formula they used in Live 10, but you're not going to tell me the guys making this game are incapable of putting out another classic basketball title. (Maybe they're not, but I don't want to push that speculation)

Live 16 was a solid foundation, it just had way too many fundamental basketball issues for it to be a great game, sans the animation issues. I want Live to succeed, as does everyone in this thread. Let's not make it a 2K vs Live thing because that's the ultimate cop out.


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Totally disagree.
You entered in a market to sold copies and your rival is Nba2K, no other one. You have to take 2K like a point to overcome and you have to make better than 2K. If you'are not able to do this, you're out of the market.
It's not a question of fun or historical Nba Live fan. I was an Nba Live fan and now i'm a 2K fan. Nba Live have lost me. Why? Simple, 2K is better.
The only way i can return to be a Nba Live fan is only one: they have to do a better game than Nba2K.
So simple.
And i'ts clear EA is still not able to do this. Nba Live 18 it's better than Nba Live 16? Certainly. 16? Wake up, we are goin' in 2018! Nba Live 18 needs to be better than Nba 2K18, not than Nba Live 16!

[FerdBrown]

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Totally disagree.
You entered in a market to sold copies and your rival is Nba2K, no other one. You have to take 2K like a point to overcome and you have to make better than 2K. If you'are not able to do this, you're out of the market.
It's not a question of fun or historical Nba Live fan. I was an Nba Live fan and now i'm a 2K fan. Nba Live have lost me. Why? Simple, 2K is better.
The only way i can return to be a Nba Live fan is only one: they have to do a better game than Nba2K.
So simple.
And i'ts clear EA is still not able to do this. Nba Live 18 it's better than Nba Live 16? Certainly. 16? Wake up, we are goin' in 2018! Nba Live 18 needs to be better than Nba 2K18, not than Nba Live 16!

For me I'm a longtime NBA LIVE fan (dang! those NBA LIVE '98 in PS to NBA LIVE 2003).

Then 2K10 came in...

I'm a casual gamer so I might probably buy both 2K18 and LIVE18 and test drive. If I like it I keep it if not, there's always a market for "pre-loved" games at $10 less.

[xman2k]

Uh oh, here we go again with the weird robot looking animations. I'm beginning to wonder if this is ever going to get fixed, it's been a problem for years.

It's been an issue for them since the sega genesis days

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Live 16 had its flaws . Defense especially in the paint needed much improvement . Animations looked weird . I liked the graphics and they look even better here.

One thing for me that I've felt even in ,live 15 , was that player knowledge and stick skills matter more in live. That's my opinion though.