NBA Live 10 Blog: Shooting the Rock

[Manbearpig]

how can you honestly say that that vid was not impressive. We have never had a true sim NBA game, though 2k7 was close, and that is the closest to pure sim. Were there problems? YES. But they are small problems that we have been facing for years. For example

Minor Sliding, especially when evading a pick- This was the least amount of sliding that I have seen, and it happened very rarely

Overactive Bench- This is another small detail that doesn't effect my experience very much

Stiff/Awkward Player Movement- Could have been the quality of the capture, it could just be one of Live 10's problems, but honestly that gameplay/control is so tight that it doesn't even matter much to be.

Awkward Animation transitions- This is very evident in the transition from showing injury to nromal as well as in the post play camera cuts after a made basket, is it annoying yes, but once again it is is small to me since the tendencies look great.

The fact is compared to last year's two basketball games, which were horrible in my mind gameplay wise (yes even 2K9, which was terrible gameplay wise), this is such a step up. THATS why everyone is so impressed.

[bigeastbumrush]

Damn...some of y'all so damn negative.

That clip was the best videogame representation of an NBA game that I have EVER seen.

And I appreciate Mike taking his time out to do that...cuz you know he had OS in mind. Shoot...it's the damn teams we requested.

That being said...y'all killing this thread with that nonsense. Sometimes you just gotta say your peace and KIM. Not get with that back and forth nonsense.

[Manbearpig]

Quote: Originally Posted by aholbert32

and thats fine. But there is nothing wrong with observing and seeing some negatives in a good video.

did I ever say that there was? No

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stumbleweed

I didn't really see anything glaring at all. I'll watch it again at home in full screen, but it was pretty damn nice to me. If those things you mentioned were about the extent of your complaints, then I don't know what to say. Elaborate if you want to, I think we're all adults here and can deal with some Live criticism ha... genuinely interested to see what you didn't like so I can go see if I see the same issues. .

Actually you should be happy those were the extent of my complaints. That means it was a good video. See I'm not buying this game for one week or one month and then get bored and play something new. I'm buying it so I can play it all season. So in February, Amare gets traded to a team and I have to play all season with two players with the number 1 on the same team I will be irritated. In January, if people are consistently being able to throw mid and 3/4 passes w/ no problems...I'll be upset. So its better for me to bring it up now so that Marcus or Mike can pick it up before release or in the 1st patch.

That serves this game better than yelling "Live is Back!" or calling people morons if they see anything wrong with the game. That sort of reaction doesnt improve the game at all.

[Pared]

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

It evident everywhere man. now you just posted earlier "put these games under an equal microscope tat way and you'll either go crazy or end up looking that way. these developers do the best they can and overall they do a great job of masking things the tech just can't handle. when you have as many animations as these games do you're going to see problems. they've done a great job for the most part. but you can always get better. Always. " i though that was a hell of a critique. It just doesn't always apply to your opinions on live. Now when stumble is in the 2k forum giving his honest critique guys have a serious problem with that and its okay to start the whole "live" guys routine. That's not right. @ aholbert Considering what pared said above and knowing no game is perfect should that really be our goal. To watch something Just to see what is wrong with it ? is it not okay for guys to acknowlege the improvements they feel live has made and be able to get excited about that ? I would love to hear you and P's honest critique of the 2k combine and see if your as even handed.

You can check the 2k forum for the combine, as I've posted my issues with it in THAT forum, not here. This is concept that we've been trying to hammer home.

I like the video, yet I've posted about animation transitions that are spotty (that weren't as noticeable last year). Also mentioned I couldn't hear the MSG organ.

Where is the discussion on the comments posted, as opposed to who made the comments?

This whole "us against them" thing is getting ridiculous. I know guys discuss more than these games via IM and the phone, but honestly, for the sake of the thread, discussing the video, I've yet to see anyone discuss the points I raised and would rather talk about some garbage forum politics as they see fit.

Again, would like to keep the focus on the video. Unless I'm gushing over everything, that seems to be difficult to do here.

[aholbert32]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nephilim

Yes it does. Live gets you money you just like 2k better. And once again so what.... But you do.

I like Money better than 2k though.

[Manbearpig]

But Live is back in many people's eyes, including mine

[Stumbleweed]

Again man, Marcus has said a million times that DNA updates fix the numbers daily, but that they can't run it until the season starts. That is a complete non-issue unless you don't have an internet connection and can't get DNA updates.