NBA Live 09 Previews: IGN, GameSpot, 1UP

[Klocker]

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sweet

this game is looking good

[23]

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No

w you can hold down Right Trigger while doing Quickstrike moves and trigger Ankle Breaker moves. It basically triggers crossover moves with bigger hesitation poses at the end of them. It's your set-up move. Once you get in that pose your defender has to get ready to react because you can explode out of those moves with a first step. If the defender guesses the correct way he'll lock you up. If he guesses the wrong way you cross him up and leave him flat footed. Or, you can even pull-up for a quick jumper. So, essentially, it allows you to take players like Deron Williams, do some regular crossovers to get a rhythm going, quickly break out into an ankle breaker crossover, and try cross your man up and get to the bucket. What I like about this is that it gives our Quickstrike a purpose. There's an offensive and defensive side of it, and creates a "game within the game".

I hope this isnt like that trash in 2K5. It sounds just like it

[MakaveliLPC]

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i always disliked wang

but wang is growing on me

now i love wang!

[BiggD]

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Finally we have the early slip on the pick n roll !!! Amare Stoudamire will be a beast in this game now! i like the sound of the NBA Academy

[23]

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We pulled pro-hops this year because we have a new feature we call Signature Play Calling and we are using the Y button for this. I'm sure we'll be talking about this in more detail later, but I'll give you a quick summary of it now. We've re-vamped all of our plays and our play-calling system. Teams will run authentic sets and we'll have a bunch of different options in those sets that focus on your star players. You can run specific plays for Kobe, Pau or Odom, all out of the Triangle. We'll give you one option to choose from 8 plays by bringing up our Signature Play Calling menu via the Left Bumper. Or, you can just push the Y button and it will select the best play for you to run at that time based on who is on the court. It's almost like an "Ask Madden' type idea.

Do you guys like this idea?

[BiggD]

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i always disliked wang

but wang is growing on me

now i love wang!

um.....dude... don't say you like Wang! (jokes)

[23]

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taking it too far will get you an infraction



now, THIS IS BELUBA ALL THE WAY!

Yes, you will be able to assign a number of different animation styles to your created players. You can pick an overall package style if you'd like. For example, all of Chris Paul's animation styles for your created player. Or you can select individual animation styles for each type of animation for your created player. For example: Kobe Bryant's dunking style, Lebron James' go to move, Rip Hamilton's free throw shooting routine, Shawn Marion's jump shot style, etc.

[stizz]

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Outside of that, FIBA Mode returns with 24 separate teams that can be selected from around the world. These teams have their own courts and the AI abides by FIBA Rules, which can make it somewhat of a challenge for players accustomed to the NBA. In fact, players can take an NBA squad and pit them against a FIBA team to see which organization is better

Please let the Tall Blacks be in this year.

[Sigma4Life]

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Do you guys like this idea?

I like the idea but I don't see why they had to pull pro-hops to do it. Why couldn't they map it to a different button?

[jsg]

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sounds really interesting. i really want to see this game in motion though. cant wait for the demo to drop

[SeaNNyT]

Wow...can't wait for NBA 2K9

[Pared]

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No


I hope this isnt like that trash in 2K5. It sounds just like it

This is something I'm curious to try out for myself.

With the looseness of the game's controls, I doubt they will be similar. I could be wrong, however, to the detriment of gamers everywhere.

[Mintsa]

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I'm surprised no cover athlete has been announced yet. I wonder what the hold up is ??

[videobastard]

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At least there is now a controlled shot release by the user. How that was not in 08 is beyond me... It sounds like it will play similiar to last year but with playcalling, and new modes. I would of rather heard that the animations are much better then last year and players do not look robotic.

[23]

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This is something I'm curious to try out for myself.

With the looseness of the game's controls, I doubt they will be similar. I could be wrong, however, to the detriment of gamers everywhere.

Please find out. I hope to God that they didnt implement those canned animations and make you play "guess where"