Fear the ‘Fro Fridays - 09/10

[Admiral50]

Quote: Originally Posted by WallyHoppIII

Im guessing it may be a "emotion" indicator during a game. Or maybe just a new way of showing the faces of the players. A waste of "memory" IMO

I like it the 3d faces, something different, rather then showing the real life photo which makes the on court graphics look like a game.
NBA Live has used this method before too

[nkhera1]

Quote: Originally Posted by asianflow

As a NBA Live gamer I'm not impressed with ESPN NBA 2k5. Everything I saw in those vids was already in NBA Live LAST YEAR ... pro hop, chaning shots in mid-air, freestyle, etc.... And considering it's the first year putting in pro hop, etc... there's a good chance there will be problems like Live had last year with Pro Hop being effective. I like the graphics but the factsheet so far is weak. All that Iso-Motion stuff is just a different name for Live Freestyle. The next movement and reactive court sense are fancy words for better AI. I'm not so sure I'm going to plunk down the $30 to get it at this moment.

that right there pretty much sums it up, btw espn may not mess up the pro hop. I don't know where i heard it, but ea messed up the pro hop on purpose for some odd reason. fact sheet seems ok to me, nba lives isn't any better. yeah iso-motion is practically the same thing as live, and the next movement and reactive courst sense mean better, AI but that is good. I don't see how anyone can complain about yhay. Its also 20 bucks btw.

[nkhera1]

yeah it would be cool if they could get techinacals, look ok. Iso-motion air looks really funky, and i think vc added it in last minute after live announced freestyle air

[jordan0386]

it was there the past two years, it just didnt have a name


and 2k4 has a pro hop as well, and it was much better than live 2004's pro hop


screenshot, is a beta thingy to capture screenshots, for marketing...its not a feature

[RubenDouglas]

Quote: Originally Posted by jordan0386

screenshot, is a beta thingy to capture screenshots, for marketing...its not a feature

thanks. thats suck that they dont use this feature at its full potential. They might as well show off their great graphics. Instead they barely have any pictures on their website.

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For one, amny things that Live had that asianflow says VC stole, Live actually too from CBB2k3 abd NBA 2k3. They had the hop step and change shot in the air animation first.

Also Wally, those same pics with the guys chewing gum was also in the freethrow tutorial, so no they arent angry about the charge call.

It's amazing how one game can have something and some people say, blah, but the other game gets it and it's not alla dat because they copied. Actually, I think it's a part of basketball, not invented by a game developer.
LOL

ESPN looks to be great with a toned down hop step where the man doesnt jump five feet forward, and if they really stepped up the D it wont be nearly as easy to abuse either. Good job by VC with greater graphics, and a better dribbling system (thank God) we should celebrate having two great games this year instead of none.

[cdubdiggity]

Notice on some vids the mouths dont move like on cassels face in the one vid. Maybe its an emotion factor where if a player is angry and argues alot he gets a T

[notydredz]

Everything looks good but those rotating heads, they just look freaky.