NBA Live '13 Wishlist

[bigeastbumrush]

Quote: Originally Posted by econoodle

6] All New Mini Games. Including Get Eddy Curry Through Training Camp Heck it wont be easy getting him TO training camp. On the way there he drives by 2 Taco Bell's and a Carl's Jr. Things like showing up for practice without your sneakers or actually lacing them up for an actual full practice session, will fluctuate an all new 'Patience Meter' which will gauge how tolerant Mike D'Antoni is of your antics. Send the meter plunging and a pop-up showing Donnie Walsh will appear, stating that he wishes he'd stayed in Indiana. Coach D has recorded authentic Italian expletives exclusively for this mode. Sponsorship provided by Bobs Big Boy.

[dat swag]

1. Procedural Awareness - We've seen and heard what EA sais procedural awareness should look and feel like but the implementation of it in its games has not been good enough...Lets really see it next year...No more no look steals of passes.

2. Defense - Ok the offense has almost every weapon imaginable from the perimeter...Lets have some defensive adjustments that make the game a bit more of a chess match...In general I want to be able to determine if my players "deny the post or other passes" or over play certain things.

Also an overhaul on HUSTLE PLAY animations. they seem half done this year...Sometimes they hustle and sometimes they stand there and do nothing. There should be more loose ball animations and hustle play animations that happen on a consistent basis

3. Offense - More Post moves and most importantly every player in the game should not be able to perform the same post animations. I want there to be a clear and distinct difference from the top Post Player in the game to the less skilled post player.

Ball Rim Interaction - While pretty darn good this year I'd like to see more variety as opposed to the excessive SWISHES

As you can see my areas of focus are GAME PLAY related...lets address game play 1st please

Finally...we need a comprehensive LEAGUE feature that allows LIVE fans to start leagues that have web support and allow us to run a season with authentic real conferences, trades etc. Also the league should allow for a FLEXIBLE Schedule allowing the League administrator to allow games to be played in any order at anytime. FLEXIBLE Scheduling is the key to all league features

[Eton Rifles]

I would to see a season mode. I'm am not a dynasty/gm type of guy. just want to play the games.

[sportzbro]

NBA LIVE 11 Wishlist


1. Improved Dynasty - biggest weakness of the game

• No more of the goofy looking pre-made rookies
• Simulation Stats need to be fixed (too many games in the 40's & 50's, no players above 26ppg ever, too many 8 & 7 Seeds winning in the playoffs)
• Highlight Show/Sports Center/Playoff Preview
• More contract options
• Progression needs work - too many of the young guys in the league only increasing a point or 2 over a 4 or 5 season spand
• 3 Team Trades!!
• Better Championship Celebration
• CPU Trade logic needs serious work (Jermaine O'Neal for Kobe in the first year of dynasty...WTF)
• Draft Coverage/Presentation
• Hire/Fire Staff
• Import Draft Classes
• Shoe colors change when players switch teams
• Simplify Menus

2. ESPN/TNT Broadcast Integration

• Get rid of Steve Kerr

3. Option to turn off "The Hangar"

[Earl1963]

I like Steve Kerr, keep him he sound a lot more natural than Marv. Need more animations!

[Tha_Kid]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tha_Kid

Get a new color commentator.

^^^^^^

[KChow21]

Better Player Likeness, there are a lot that are spot on... but some have their skin tone wrong and some of the bench players are WAYYY off

[UK_Bullsfan]

This the first Live game I've bought since the PS1 days and overall I think its really really good. The gameplay is realistic and there is a lot to build on here over future releases.

For Live 11 these are the main things I want to see..

Gameplay:

Live 10 is a phenomenal improvement over Live 09 in terms of gameplay. I don't think a great deal should be changed.. the game is realistic but also is a lot of fun. I wouldn't expect any massive step forwards in gameplay next year because there really doesn't need to be this time.

That said, there are a few things that I'd like to see addressed:

• Rebounding, improve the accuracy and responsiveness.. get rid of the glitches which can be annoying. Improve the animations and feel, some attention should be given to boxing out and the feeling of weight. More detailed interaction between players battling for position in the post to determine who's got position for the board. Better AI is needed in this area.

• Improve the post game. It is quite easy to use as it currently stands which is a good thing, but like rebounding there needs to be a bit more of a feeling of weight and interaction between your man and opposing players. Some signature post up shots would be nice.

• Improve the blocks, this may just come down to better animations but it could be more responsive. The collision detection needs to be improved a bit as sometimes I'll see someones shot get blocked and the blocker not really getting near the ball and just going into the rigid block animation.

• Have a bigger differentiation in speed between players. This isn't that much of a problem currently but I'd prefer Derrick Rose to be just outrageously quick with the ball rather than pretty quick compared to most others. The top ball handing guards should have their response to the right stick sped up a bit so they can pull off the insanely quick cross overs and dribble moves.

• A realistic rotation system based on real stats from the NBA. Player fatigue and minutes should be scaled to the number of minutes the user sets for their game unless they choose to turn this off. The CPU should make substitutions based on the real teams rotation.

Graphics and Presentation:

While good the graphics are one of the main areas I'd like to see improved in Live 11.

• Animations, update and get rid of all the elastic, rubber man stuff. Continue to make the animations more life like and get rid of the ones that are old and unrealistic.

• Improve the detail of the game from far out. When the camera zooms in after a foul the lower res. character models can look quite bad. Push the PS3 and 360 and get make another step forward.

• Player likenesses are good in Live 10 for the most part. Some of the lesser known players though are not very good.. the stars look great now but that attention to detail needs to be applied to every player on every team.

• Make a lot more use of the ESPN licence in the actual game. More authentic look for pre, during and post game overlays and some more "bells and whistles".

Modes:

Now that the gameplay is good, the features of the game should be brought up to standard. The Dynasty mode should be No1 priority and so this list is going to be devoted mostly to this.

**** Dynasty Mode ****

• The mode needs an overhaul and the basics need to be put in place so it can be developed over the next however many installments.

• Realistic sim of the NBA season.
• Get the non human teams games to sim realistically with star players getting the correct minutes and stats.
• Add a new rotation system so you can set minutes and roles for all your players. The CPU coach should then manage the in game substitutions according to this.
• After a trade, injury, return from injury.. or anything else, the rotation should be updated realistically. The CPU teams should manage their rotations realistically too.
• Players should have a primary and secondary position so minutes can be spread intelligently.
• Implement realistic trade logic, no more Lebron getting bounced around the league in ridiculous CPU trades. CPU trades should always make sense in terms of talent and/or finances.. based on where that team currently stands.

If these basic parts of the Dynasty mode are nailed then its immediately very playable, the mode can then be developed and expanded from here.

• One more dynasty (or other mode) thing. How about at the end of the season, have some DLC with next years rookie class made available for download and use in Dynasty. It would be a nice addition to be able to do the actual 2010 NBA draft at the end of your first Dynasty season.

That is all..

..... for now.