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  • shegotgame
    Pro
    • Sep 2004
    • 679

    #841
    Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

    ^ You are right. I played both demos and the Live demo is very slippery compared to 2K9. I could see playing Live against a friend on some run and gun straight fun factor stuff. But if I can only get one (and thats the case b/c I'm a broke medical student) it has got be NBA 2K9.
    The game is ours we'll never foul out. - Jay-Z

    Came to save the game like a memory card. - MF DOOM

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    • soxnut1018
      Puck Dynasty
      • Jan 2008
      • 626

      #842
      Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

      Can anyone explain how the pick control works. I know that you press B on the 360 to get a pick set. Is there a way to tell your player to roll or pop? Thanks
      "Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way when you criticize them, you are a mile away from them and you have their shoes."

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      • Nodima
        Pro
        • Oct 2007
        • 972

        #843
        Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

        Originally posted by soxnut1018
        Can anyone explain how the pick control works. I know that you press B on the 360 to get a pick set. Is there a way to tell your player to roll or pop? Thanks
        I'm pretty sure I flip these every time I explain it, but either way it's one or the other:


        tapping O (B 360) does a fake pick, where the PF/C quickly sets a pick and rolls out of it regardless of you taking it or not. Holding it sets a pick where the guy will pop afterward. Just pressing it in like normal brings an average Quick P&R.

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        • Ballatician
          Rookie
          • Sep 2008
          • 236

          #844
          Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

          Originally posted by marc68
          Real similar to 2k8, but is feels much more "tight" when played back to back with Live. Live is very "slippery".
          2k feels waaay more slippery to me but is the better game overrall.

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          • Goffs
            New Ork Giants
            • Feb 2003
            • 12279

            #845
            Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

            Originally posted by Ballatician
            2k feels waaay more slippery to me but is the better game overrall.
            cosign on that...i get stuck in drive animations when i just want to do a simple cross over...

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            • stuttabthyname
              Rookie
              • Oct 2008
              • 2

              #846
              Are the dribbling packages used the same way on the 360? with the left and right triggers or is it like College hoops with the B button?

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              • Moses Shuttlesworth
                AB>
                • Aug 2006
                • 9435

                #847
                Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                Originally posted by stuttabthyname
                Are the dribbling packages used the same way on the 360? with the left and right triggers or is it like College hoops with the B button?
                triggers

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                • fffffffff9
                  Rookie
                  • Dec 2007
                  • 122

                  #848
                  Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                  Man, I could shoot those leaners all day...

                  First game I played, I was taking ridiculous shots with Kobe, one of them didn't make contact with the rim, and the crowd started chanting "airbaaaall, airbaaaaall."

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                  • TMacFrog
                    Rookie
                    • Aug 2008
                    • 226

                    #849
                    Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                    Originally posted by mrnoobie
                    cosign on that...i get stuck in drive animations when i just want to do a simple cross over...
                    In Live, I would pull the right stick to the side and my guy would just keep running straight lol. It was more responsive in Live 08, but at least they got rid of the "I do a spin move, so your defender has to slip and fall" thing. that got annoying real quick.

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                    • HMcCoy
                      All Star
                      • Jan 2003
                      • 8212

                      #850
                      Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                      Thank you VC for not putting this crack on the table any earlier. If this had come out at the same time the Live demo dropped, I'd be a mess right now.

                      So much nuance. The game is bananas...
                      Hank's Custom Collectibles 3D printer/painter extraordinaire

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                      • Furq
                        MVP
                        • Oct 2003
                        • 1236

                        #851
                        Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                        One thing I've found that's odd is that ray allen for example has a custom PA announcer thing where he says "ray ray" after allen makes a shot

                        Garnett who is on the cover doesn't have the pa guy say "K-G" like he does in the real celtics games. Not a big deal to me but the more specific things the better and it's the guy on the cover of all people

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                        • i c u cant stop me
                          MVP
                          • Sep 2008
                          • 1358

                          #852
                          Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                          Originally posted by Furq
                          One thing I've found that's odd is that ray allen for example has a custom PA announcer thing where he says "ray ray" after allen makes a shot

                          Garnett who is on the cover doesn't have the pa guy say "K-G" like he does in the real celtics games. Not a big deal to me but the more specific things the better and it's the guy on the cover of all people
                          Maybe its in the full version??? This is a small demo size.

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                          • aigatdula
                            Rookie
                            • Sep 2006
                            • 33

                            #853
                            Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                            Originally posted by fffffffff9
                            Man, I could shoot those leaners all day...

                            First game I played, I was taking ridiculous shots with Kobe, one of them didn't make contact with the rim, and the crowd started chanting "airbaaaall, airbaaaaall."

                            bro, how do you execute a leaner?
                            can you help a brother out? thanks..

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                            • Furq
                              MVP
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 1236

                              #854
                              Re: NBA 2K9 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here

                              You need to be running to have some momentum and then use the shot stick and pull right or left

                              For me it's easiest if I start near the elbow and run baseline

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                              • bodex14
                                Banned
                                • Oct 2008
                                • 54

                                #855
                                ok so i went to ebgames to actually pay for the game already. i asked the employee if i could come in really early in the morning to pick up the game & he told me "no!" i said "ok" then he showed me the freaking game itself & he was teasing me. the game!!! it was in his hands!!! i said i'll give u $20 for that extra just give me the damn game!!! he said "tuesday baby!!!" lol

                                other than that ---the makers of NBA live would be playing NBA 2K9 all year...u got served!!! demo is sfantasticful!!!

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