NBA Live 16 Demo Available For Xbox One and PS4, Post Your Impressions

[bo.jangles344]

Search live 16, select it, under purchase it'll have the dl link.

I'm sitting here watching it tho and it seems everyone and their dog is dling right now because it's going soooooo sllloooooowwwwww.

I'm getting 0.1mb per sec. That's 10x slower than normal!

Hate this crap!

[bo.jangles344]

Less than 200mb in ten minutes?! THIS AIN'T 1997!

[Bexthelegend]

Quote: Originally Posted by DonWuan

Post game is a eye sore. I keep seeing players able to make double jumps while hop stepping around the rim. Why are the controls so laggy with offline. While I was icon+button john wall was able to take 4 steps before the pass was initiated. Have wide open players and defense is able to recover before my player decides to pass the ball. Why are Slow, non athletic Centers doing euro step moves(with consistency). Has anyone seen a fastbreak thats not from a steal? Also graphics are great up close. But why are the so low quality from normal paly

I like a lot of the up and unders and drop steps I've seen


I was about to say fast breaks are a bit to powerful. I've rarely seen them end in steals. Are you sure you guys aren't spancing the floor incorrectly?

[NinerGang]

Just played roughly 10 games, and was really impressed with the improvements made.

My problem with the game was the cheese i was already seeing from other players (side to side stuff mostly), and not being able to get in front of the ball handler when you're on D. Controls also seem to be a bit delayed for me.

overall the game is super fun when playing with friends and is definitely worth a download.

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by BQ32

However paint scoring though drastically improved is still just to overpowered. Some of the physicality is absolutely fantastic but then at times it just goes away and players glide right to the rim. Also a lot of weird contact off balance shots near the hoop go in. Should either have them miss much much more frequently or have some of them called fouls. Hope they can just adjust the paint play and this game can be a real winner.

Takes 5 minutes to crank up the sliders that effect the game play you just mentioned

[worstsportsgamer1977]

I played the game all morning and have been very impressed with the improvements made to this game. Last years game was not playable. at least for not very long. the controls were just not tight enough. this year they fixed that. the shooting is much better then last year. it has feel to it again. i played the pro am all morning and that mode was alot of fun. I made a passing pg and it was not easy to score. I later switched to slasher pg and have a easier time getting to the hoop. I like the big man dominance of the game. If they are around the hoop you better double team them or your getting banged on.

i messed around with one quarter of the real nba and that too has been tightend up. playcalling was simple, pick and rolls are easy to do. My only gripe is the cameras. still not close enough for my liking but baseline high is good enough. great entry to the live series. my favorite so far.

[CookNBA03]

How many teams do we have in the demo?

[JKSportsGamer1984]

I'm just gonna make it short & sweet. The game can be fun if you don't take it too serious.

Live just has more of an arcade feel to it with some simulation elements sprinkled in. Others have pretty much already stated how I feel. NBA Live always feels like a work in progress. I can't help but feel like this is the game we should've got for Live 14. Is the game improved? Of course, but that's a given being how low the bar was set for them. I know the devs are trying to get it there but I just don't know what they're aiming for at this point. I'm still seeing some of the same legacy issues (wonky animations, wonky dribbling, warping animations, a lack of transitional animations, not enough of a variety of animations especially under the basket, etc..) Don't get me wrong, Live does have some things going for it (arena atmosphere, lighting, ESPN presentation, good foot planting, etc..) With that said I just can't justify spending $65 on this game especially when the competition is so superior in almost every way (even with it's flaws).

At the end of the day it comes down to preference. Like I said if you prefer more of an arcade style game then Live is for you. It just doesn't cut it for me. I appreciate the effort EA but like someone else suggested, maybe you guys should reconsider bringing NBA Street back. It would be a nice alternative & I would be all over that game!