After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

[ammar_munes]

after playing Nba live 18 demo and 2k prelude what are your thoughts , I went on both threads for 2k and for live I see a lot of mixed feelings , however noticed a lot of frustration from 2k side ...




I pre ordered both games but haven't played the prelude yet and honestly after reading the posts on 2k I'm not encouraged ..


any advice?

[Earl1963]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

2k18 looks like someone poured a gallon of bleach on the graphics. Really washed out. I have to play 2K more though, but so far it's Live all the way.


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[Earl1963]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

Then again, the 2k demo wasnt enough for me to make a good judgment. Is there a way to play with actual teams in real arena's?


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[ammar_munes]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

Then again, the 2k demo wasnt enough for me to make a good judgment. Is there a way to play with actual teams in real arena's?


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No that I know of , only 2ku

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[Earl1963]

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No that I know of , only 2ku

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I really need to hear the crowd, improved?


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[ammar_munes]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

I really need to hear the crowd, improved?


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I agree I hope the full game will be a lot better than this , even my player creation is more limited than. 17 smh

Live 18 the one so far it's more fun to me

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[PopcornJones77]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

Both demos were really good, though for different reasons. On balance, NBA Live 18 has the better demo than NBA 2K18. That said, I expect NBA 2K once again to do much better than NBA Live in sales. My modest hope is that NBA Live 18 does much more decently in sales compared to NBA Live 16.

(1) NBA LIVE 18 DEMO

NBA Live 18's demo demonstrated that EA Sports used its 2017 hiatus well and is starting to put Live back on track, though they still have work to do.

On the plus side, the NBA Live 18 demo is really fun, easy to play, and replayable. The demo shows clear improvements, especially in gameplay, over NBA Live 16. I can't wait to try the full game.

In offline NBA games, I enjoyed playing with the Warriors and the Rockets especially. EA captured certain players really well, including Steph Curry's and Klay Thompson's crazy range and cover athlete James Harden's range of play.

THE ONE continues NBA Live's take on a MyPlayer mode. Live 16 was already ahead of NBA 2K16 and 2K17 in letting gamers build up their character's skills in streetball pickup as well as in NBA games.

My biggest gripes are (1) less-than-stellar offball movement in offline games and CPU controlled players in online games , (2) inability to set solid offball picks, (3) the lack of fouls in streetball, (4) the lack of three-second calls on defense in streetball, and (5) how we cannot call time outs during play stoppage when we don't have the ball in offline NBA games. I also hear the full game doesn't currently have roster editing. I hope the full release and subsequent patches fix all of these issues.

Bottom line is that the NBA Live 18 demo assures gamers that the Live franchise actually is well on the road to recovery. EA Sports is starting live up again to the Live franchise's hallowed legacy.

(2) NBA 2K18: THE PRELUDE

The gameplay in The Prelude is smooth. When you play the "2KU" tutorial that uses a scrimmage between the Warriors and Cavs, you immediately feel more control -- and so much less resistance and lag in player movements and shots -- compared to NBA 2K17. I was sold on NBA 2K18 on that alone.

My biggest gripe with The Prelude is that it isn't replayable.

Once you play through the very fun MyPlayer preview -- creating and building up your character by choosing his position and primary and secondary skill sets, and then playing in various games at the Proving Ground's streetball courts and at an NBA tryout -- you're done, son.

Which is sort of a shame because the MyPlayer preview was so fun and so damn immersive that, like a good demo, it teases and leaves you wanting more. I guess the only way to play again is to use a different PSN username.

I also loved how the MyPlayer preview lets your character try out different jumpshot releases with a basketball shooting machine. Tbh, I could spend days trying out all of the available jumpshot.

While I normally turn off the jumpshot meter, I like 2K18's take on the meter. This year's meter is much more organic and intuitive to the jumpshot motion. It kind of reminds me of the shooting meter in Sony's NBA 07 on the PS3/XBox 360. While I think it's generally better to turn off the shot meter and visually learn the shooting forms, the 2K18 meter is a big step forward.

(3) Conclusion

If the NBA Live 18 demo shows you a lot in order to persuade you to buy the game, NBA 2K18: The Prelude shows you just enough leg to make you want more.

The differing approach for demos makes sense when you look at where the two companies are. NBA Live 18 wants to get back in the game (so to speak) and start competing again, so its demo goes big to show off why its 2017 hiatus wasn't wasted. In contrast, NBA 2K is already in a commanding position, with numerous successful and profitable games under its belt, so The Prelude, while tantalizing, ends up being a fairly minimalistic demo.

I believe NBA Live 18's demo was on balance better than NBA 2K18: The Prelude. That said, I think the full game for NBA 2K18 will end up being far better -- and better selling -- game than the full Live game. But the good news for consumers is that because EA Sports is ** starting ** to compete with NBA 2K again, we should keep expecting competiton to yield clear improvements not only to the 2018 editions of the games, but also to 2019 games and other future interactions.

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[ammar_munes]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

Both demos were really good, though for different reasons. On balance, NBA Live 18 has the better demo than NBA 2K18. That said, I expect NBA 2K once again to do much better than NBA Live in sales. My modest hope is that NBA Live 18 does much more decently in sales compared to NBA Live 16.

(1) NBA LIVE 18 DEMO

NBA Live 18's demo demonstrated that EA Sports used its 2017 hiatus well and is starting to put Live back on track, though they still have work to do.

On the plus side, the NBA Live 18 demo is really fun, easy to play, and replayable. The demo shows clear improvements, especially in gameplay, over NBA Live 16. I can't wait to try the full game.

In offline NBA games, I enjoyed playing with the Warriors and the Rockets especially. EA captured certain players really well, including Steph Curry's and Klay Thompson's crazy range and cover athlete James Harden's range of play.

THE ONE continues NBA Live's take on a MyPlayer mode. Live 16 was already ahead of NBA 2K16 and 2K17 in letting gamers build up their character's skills in streetball pickup as well as in NBA games.

My biggest gripes are (1) less-than-stellar offball movement in offline games and CPU controlled players in online games , (2) inability to set solid offball picks, (3) the lack of fouls in streetball, (4) the lack of three-second calls on defense in streetball, and (5) how we cannot call time outs during play stoppage when we don't have the ball in offline NBA games. I also hear the full game doesn't currently have roster editing. I hope the full release and subsequent patches fix all of these issues.

Bottom line is that the NBA Live 18 demo assures gamers that the Live franchise actually is well on the road to recovery. EA Sports is starting live up again to the Live franchise's hallowed legacy.

(2) NBA 2K18: THE PRELUDE

The gameplay in The Prelude is smooth. When you play the "2KU" tutorial that uses a scrimmage between the Warriors and Cavs, you immediately feel more control -- and so much less resistance and lag in player movements and shots -- compared to NBA 2K17. I was sold on NBA 2K18 on that alone.

My biggest gripe with The Prelude is that it isn't replayable.

Once you play through the very fun MyPlayer preview -- creating and building up your character by choosing his position and primary and secondary skill sets, and then playing in various games at the Proving Ground's streetball courts and at an NBA tryout -- you're done, son.

Which is sort of a shame because the MyPlayer preview was so fun and so damn immersive that, like a good demo, it teases and leaves you wanting more. I guess the only way to play again is to use a different PSN username.

I also loved how the MyPlayer preview lets your character try out different jumpshot releases with a basketball shooting machine. Tbh, I could spend days trying out all of the available jumpshot.

While I normally turn off the jumpshot meter, I like 2K18's take on the meter. This year's meter is much more organic and intuitive to the jumpshot motion. It kind of reminds me of the shooting meter in Sony's NBA 07 on the PS3/XBox 360. While I think it's generally better to turn off the shot meter and visually learn the shooting forms, the 2K18 meter is a big step forward.

(3) Conclusion

If the NBA Live 18 demo shows you a lot in order to persuade you to buy the game, NBA 2K18: The Prelude shows you just enough leg to make you want more.

The differing approach for demos makes sense when you look at where the two companies are. NBA Live 18 wants to get back in the game (so to speak) and start competing again, so its demo goes big to show off why its 2017 hiatus wasn't wasted. In contrast, NBA 2K is already in a commanding position, with numerous successful and profitable games under its belt, so The Prelude, while tantalizing, ends up being a fairly minimalistic demo.

I believe NBA Live 18's demo was on balance better than NBA 2K18: The Prelude. That said, I think the full game for NBA 2K18 will end up being far better -- and better selling -- game than the full Live game. But the good news for consumers is that because EA Sports is ** starting ** to compete with NBA 2K again, we should keep expecting competiton to yield clear improvements not only to the 2018 editions of the games, but also to 2019 games and other future interactions.

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I enjoyed reading your feedback and I could not agree more .


the only thing I'm noticing with live is they do care about offline modes ( the actual game ) not just online , I'm sure 2k will be stronger but I also think live will be a good alternative when 2k starts the big patch drops only focuses on online modes and feedback from youtubers and twitter community , no love for offline .. the mode that I play year after year is Mycareer ... no love for that mode what so ever .








I think nba live the one is going to be fun to play will see this Friday

[Celtics4Life]

Re: After playing Both Demos what are your thoughts

I enjoyed reading your feedback and I could not agree more .


the only thing I'm noticing with live is they do care about offline modes ( the actual game ) not just online , I'm sure 2k will be stronger but I also think live will be a good alternative when 2k starts the big patch drops only focuses on online modes and feedback from youtubers and twitter community , no love for offline .. the mode that I play year after year is Mycareer ... no love for that mode what so ever .

I think nba live the one is going to be fun to play will see this Friday

I'm also a huge My Career/My Player user here. I started with 2k back in 2k10 and have pre-ordered every year on the dot and even went on as far as taking day off work to play it on release day lol But, man last year 2k17 killed it for me. The limited arch types, the patch, after patch, after patch, after patch, after patch was just to much. They would fix one thing and break another. Refix it again and break it again. It was this constant awful full of bug disaster and that was pretty much the icing on the cake. I usually play the game easy 6+ months non stop. Last year I played maybe 2 or 3 if that and tossed it in my shoe box and put it in the closet.

I been been patient this year and going around asking, reading, and watching to compare the two. I think this year I'm going to go with Live. It's time 2k smartens up and starts listening to what people want. Plus can someone say server issue?

So my final verdict so far is 95% Live. Unless I read something really bad about Live looks like this is the winner and will be picking it up this weekend.