NBA Live 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here 360 & PS3

[Pared]

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I would call them weird more than hard. The issue for me with the QSA is that they don't seem to really change direction. When I go to do the cross over he just starts animating. The triple threat is handled very effectively, and it's a good way to start. Right now I can do the in&out(not effective yet), the step back/behind the back pause dribble(effective) and the hesitation/cross option(weird). Aside from the triple threat, none of the dribble moves seem as effective as just running past your man when he's out of position.

I'm guessing this wasn't changed.

It's more of a timing thing... you know how in 2k, you have to chain your moves with the proper timing? Same thing here.

The system isn't queued and it's not 100% responsive. But if you get the timing down, you can really get some sick moves out. One guy pretty much had the timing down in the Community Day, I on the other hand, was horribly off.

[Gmoney2002]

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I would call them weird more than hard. The issue for me with the QSA is that they don't seem to really change direction. When I go to do the cross over he just starts animating. The triple threat is handled very effectively, and it's a good way to start. Right now I can do the in&out(not effective yet), the step back/behind the back pause dribble(effective) and the hesitation/cross option(weird). Aside from the triple threat, none of the dribble moves seem as effective as just running past your man when he's out of position.

Yea I guess i'll stick with the Triple threat moves as well and hope that I can get a handle on the QSA's. I haven't been able to pull of the behind the back pause dribble though...

[clivo1050]

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I'm a diehard nba2k fan, but live is looking great this year. Last year's game I thought was actually pretty decent but couldn't play it more than once at a time. This year it plays MUCH tighter and with some really great animations mixed in with some of the old jerkiness, but players animate very well overall. They added many small breakout animations which help the flow tremendously.

I made an amazing one handed hanging scoop shot with kobe as the buzzer sounded, sickest move i've seen in a bball game.

I've always liked the dribbling with the right stick and you can actually get separation from defender unlike in 2k. Post game is top notch and I thought 2k8 had a solid post game.

The pick and roll mechanic is pretty sweet and such an integral part of real life basketball, i hope 2k can fix this from last yr's game.

[nickckkw]

So... about that post by Beluba....

http://www.operationsports.com/forum...post2038671410


Hmm..

When will the demo be out for ps3?

[PuntNL]

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No demo on PSN this week... We have to wait for at least one more week.. that s*cks..

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/09/04/playstation-store-update-50/

[JRdaTruth]

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dang sony!

[bateman11]

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No demo on PSN this week... We have to wait for at least one more week.. that s*cks..

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/...ore-update-50/

gosh damnit. IM PISSED.

[PuntNL]

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Unbelievable, is it so hard to just screen a demo and get it up ASAP....

[DakkoN]

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When will the demo be out for ps3?

Let me look into my crystal ball.

It says "Read through this thread because that question has been asked about 15 times already."

It's really getting irritating. We don't know when the demo is coming out for PS3. Stop asking.

[tommyfusco]

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It's not Sony. Microsoft made a boo-boo in putting it up early.

[bateman11]

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Let me look into my crystal ball.

It says "Read through this thread because that question has been asked about 15 times already."

It's really getting irritating. We don't know when the demo is coming out for PS3. Stop asking.

Calm down homie. I mean, you actually get to play it. Some of us can't.

[PuntNL]

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It's not Sony. Microsoft made a boo-boo in putting it up early.

Yeah you sure about that?? They ignored the embargo or something? If so, why can't sony for these kind of situations just put up the demo in between the weekly updates...

[DakkoN]

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Calm down homie. I mean, you actually get to play it. Some of us can't.

Just because I can play it doesn't mean that the entire world should magically lose their ability to read and not see that the EXACT same question has been asked no less than 8 times in this thread.

[Cr0ss0ver]

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This demo is way better than Live 08. I like the gameplay for the most part, except for the sluggish moves. If the movement was smoother I could see myself playing this a lot. I like how in practice you can change the courts and practice with all of your teammates, just wish i could change players. I hope you can practice like that while in a season. I actually like practicing more than playing a real game right now, maybe when i can play a full game i can get a better feel for it.

[marquiece]

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This demo is way better than Live 08. I like the gameplay for the most part, except for the sluggish moves. If the movement was smoother I could see myself playing this a lot. I like how in practice you can change the courts and practice with all of your teammates, just wish i could change players. I hope you can practice like that while in a season. I actually like practicing more than playing a real game right now, maybe when i can play a full game i can get a better feel for it.

after spending some time with it I think Im gonna go ahead and pick this title up. i like it for the most part while it isnt perfect its not terrible like some people are saying. i think that the atmosphere in the game is damn near perfect! I also like the free throw system better as well. Im going to have two basketball games for sure this year.