One of my biggest gripes, and I know many may disagree...but I can't stand that I can't hit guarded shots with a perfect release. I'm a huge Lakers fan, and I watch ALL of the lakers games, so I see Clarkson and KCP and others hit shots in players faces plenty, but you cannot do this in NBA Live. I get it, percentages should absolutely drop if guarded, and I don't expect to hit every guarded shot...nor do I want to. Sadly though, the way EA has this programed into the game, if a guy is within 5 ft of you...you're guarded, and unless you're playing with a team like Okc, Hou, Bos or any team with superstars, you can't make anything that is slightly covered.
This is terrible, because I can play a great game...and pretty solid defense, but my opponent can play weak defense...and my guys can't make shots. I don't feel like against a decent opponent that there is a chance of winning with a weak team like LA vs a great team, and that shouldn't be the case. I should have to work for it...yes...but it should be possible.
Let me hear thoughts on this...because I don't really see others complaining about this...maybe no one is playing head to head since EA didn't give the option to play people we know. (Maybe this is why there is no H2H invite option)
I want that feeling of hitting a perfect release even while being covered to knock down a tough shot. I feel like this is missing from Live. I play ball every week, and I have been in guys faces to the point where I don't know how they even got the shot off...and guess what...they can make them sometimes. I've made shots with defenders right in my face...why? why can't the NBA players in this game do it? It just doesn't make sense.
This is also something I think has changed since the initial demo, the demo had better shooting, you could make contested shots...and you should be able to, anyway...just my opinion/rant but it absolutely makes me put the game down in anger and frustration as the CPU and other teams knock down shot after shot and my guys throw up brick after brick with perfect releases all day. Just because they're rated low they don't get a green bar and you can't make the shots. Kuzma can barely hit an open shot in Live, Randle is so slow and weak in Live, it is not at all like him...Randle is a short but powerful PF who can also dribble, I've watched him go coast to coast and dunk on people...try that in Live...lol...better yet don't...you'll just be annoyed at how sad he looks attempting to move in this game.
I really like a lot about live...better than 2k...but certain things just make Live feel broken to me. If EA doesn't put in H2H, I'm done...I will not buy another game from them without H2H, luckily I'm on PS4 and can shareplay with my brother and we can still play h2h that way...but it's BS that it isn't in the game.
Sorry for the long winded post, but some things I felt I wasn't seeing anyone else really saying. As much as I want to give this game praise for the things it does right(offense/defense interaction, 1v1 attack/counter system is great) there are these lacking things that just can't go without saying which really bring Live down to a poor rating at best.
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