NBA Live 18 - Demo Impressions

[kwas676]

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[QUOTE=idigfoo9;2048938882]How are the crowds/atmosphere

Crowd & atmosphere still top notch from my experience with the demo, Live has always been great in that area.

Really liking the demo, mainly the play now with Cavs & Warriors. Never had so much fun playing with Kyrie you can pull some crazy moves Seth as well. Haven't played the other game yet, but so far hands down the best on ball Defense I've seen in a video game. Negative's locomotion can use some work.

[oneHova]

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Can anyone confirm that there is a true TV broadcast angle like in the previous games? I hate the behind the view madden look?


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Yes, there is indeed a true TV broadcast camera angle called "ESPN". Which provides real arena ESPN broadcast court angles.

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[DatGuy12x2]

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Not a huge fans of 50 50 balls, would love to see body's bumping and guys hitting the ground if need be. Maybe I'm nitpicking. It could be because I'm using the baseline high camera, so I may not be getting the full scope of these scenarios.


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[ph33]

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I haven't found a single camera I like when you're controlling just one guy. You either can't see people or it's way too far from you.

[videobastard]

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Can anyone confirm that there is a true TV broadcast angle like in the previous games? I hate the behind the view madden look?


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There is a espn camera side to side and ea broadcast style camera options. I prefer the espn camera out of the camera option angles that go side to side,

[cam21224]

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Only played two games so far but Playing defense is fun and transition defense is good. My A.I teammates matchup well in transition and pick my man up if he has the ball an I'm late to get back.

Dribbling is clunky maybe it's because I have to get used to the controls but it doesn't feel right.

[ForeverVersatile]

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I played for a couple hours this morning a PS4 Pro so here's what I think.

Graphics - The graphics are pretty similar to the previous 2 games, but there are some improvements to the body types.

Face scans seem to be a hit-or-miss imo. I think LeBron is the best one I've seen

The NBA and street gear look much better compared to last year. The clothes don't look super baggy.

I really like the customization options for your player. There's a bunch of different haircuts and beard styles to choose from.

Gameplay - The game play seems improved with the game showing off better animations.

Dunks and layups aren't floaty, slow or too fast. They play out at the appropriate speed and are powerful.

Dribbling is pretty good and it takes some sticks skill to pull off combinations. Stick wiggling won't do you any good.

I really like some of the shot mechanics.Things such as step backs and other shot types are easy to pull off and look good.

Defense needs to be improved in my opinion. It seems like the AI can't get past you whenever It wants to and the paint seems like an automatic basket.

Sound - The music and crowd sound pretty good. I didn't play an NBA game to listen to the commentary so I can't speak on it.

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[ultralow36]

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ps4 pro
The streets
Game has some good spots and some ruff spots looks pretty good ....very basic almost 2016 version with twicks

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[CyberOps]

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My Impression of this demo played on PS4 Pro on 4K TV:

Graphicly it looks alright not bad but compared to screens and trailer from NBA 2K18 i think it is definitly behind them and could be improved.

The One: I Like the story part of it getting to prove yourself on real life street courts, definitely a nice thing to have, already finished that part in the demo.

Downside of it i think is you cant adjust skin color so your facescan can come out looking like you have 2 different skin colors. Also there is no way to adjust eye color or change your eye brows you get what they think goes with your facescan. I decided to just go for a created face it looked better then the facescan since as I said you cant adjust skin color.

Gameplay feels pretty good, much better then NBA Live 16 so that is a huge improvement.

What I really love in this game is the presentation, after having played NBA 2K17 all year this presentation in this game is definitely a huge difference if you ask me. Presentation just feels more natural as if your watching a real ESPN presentation. With NBA 2K17 it started to feel so I dont know how to say it but it feels like they are not watching what happens and some comments make a lot of times no sense but in this game I definitely had the feeling as if it was a real presentation so thats a huge plus on that point.

Now I'm not sure if I will get this game yet I need some more time with it for sure to make up my mind, also getting NBA 2K18 so I'm not over yet to get a 2nd game. But we will see, Loving the demo so far though with some minor things that i dont like as said.

Enjoy the demo all.

[Nemesis Enforcer]

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Quick impression is that overall movement is just so much better than 16.
Dribbling seems limited but I'm a fat center. Can only move right stick left or right? Up and down shoot which I'm not a fan of right stick shooting. How do you spin?
Shooting meter/animation is 2k like in that it takes longer. Not as quick as 16.
Pancaked a guy with my screen
Win by 2 is in pro am
Way more backboard animations!
Physics don't seem as good as 16
Lol my guy is so bad at dribbling. Did a crossover. Bounced off my foot and lost the ball! This will stop a lot of bigs bringing ball up the court.
Stats at the end of proam are a nice touch.
Just need to re learn live.

[Daddy123]

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Game is playable in a long time and fun. Would like more dribbling options and shooting a little quicker

[swac07]

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As far as a arcade/street mode bball game I might have found my fix with Live 18..it's fun...hairstyles are A.1...

It plays better than 16...controls feel good at times ,but floaty sometimes(feels like I'm not controlling my player during certain animations)

Overall it's cool..I'll get my sim fix with the other game and my pick up and play with this one...while some funky "stuff" still happens I can say "so far" it hasn't kept me from putting the controller down....not bad Live team/Ea

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[Mweemwee]

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I love the idea of earning upgrades to improve your player with skill actions rather than 2ks model of "he who pays wins". excited to give this a go tomorrow

[trekfan]

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Xbox 1
The Streets/The One

Early Impressions:

Just completed Ch. 1, at Rucker Park. Choose to be a playmaker (I like setting up guys and I wanted to test the competency of the AI teammates), 6'3", about 175. 86 Speed.

Game wasn't close at all -- I, as the point guard, controlled the flow of the game and ran the offense pretty well. I whipped the ball around and my teammates, for the most part, played smart. Defense was solid -- I managed to shutdown my matchup twice (+4 to my score). I scored 10 points, a few on fast-break layups, a few on post shots (took my matchup into the post and scored over him.

Got rejected at the rim twice (wish I dunk package), but managed to find open teammates for triples (Vince Carter, yo). Won the game thanks to a missed from Nick Howard, but a devastating putback from Joakim Noah.

Really liked the gameplay and the dribble responsiveness -- reminds me a bit of NBA Street, which I loved as a kid. The customization I really, really like -- earning XP and skill based on what I do is absolutely the way I prefer to roleplay an NBA player. I really like the bonus' they give you as you get further in the unlock tree -- the max dribble skill is a 93 with a dribble package from Allen Iverson (AI!), which I'm eager to see.

I think Live has nailed the Street feel, haven't got to the pro game yet. Continuing to play.

[Schwall]

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Quick impression is that overall movement is just so much better than 16.
Dribbling seems limited but I'm a fat center. Can only move right stick left or right? Up and down shoot which I'm not a fan of right stick shooting. How do you spin?
Shooting meter/animation is 2k like in that it takes longer. Not as quick as 16.
Pancaked a guy with my screen
Way more backboard animations!
Physics don't seem as good as 16
Lol my guy is so bad at dribbling. Did a crossover. Bounced off my foot and lost the ball! This will stop a lot of bigs bringing ball up the court.
Stats at the end of proam are a nice touch.
Just need to re learn live.

Spin moves are pulled off by sweeping the stick and holding RT. Just like Behind the Back (which is without RT). You can do pull backs by flicking down on right stick. Holding does step backs and spin backs (RT for step back, no RT for spin back).