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Originally Posted by ehh |
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I played about ten games, first five on All-Conference (All-Star in Live) and then five on Varsity (Pro). After the first five games I was ready to delete the demo, same issues post-patch from Live were already annoying me on AC.
CPU's defensive rotations are way too fast on All-Conference and they block way too many shots in the paint, plus it's a little too hard to get past your man with the dribble (not an issue in Live). Nothing criminal, but things look so much better on varsity. Varsity is easily the way to go in terms of realism and an even balance between you and the CPU.
On Varsity the drive and kick game, defensive rotations and in general the entire feel of the game is so much better than All-Conference IMO. On default you just make too many shots and it's a little too easy to get past your man with the dribble but that can be adjusted in the retail with sliders.
I also like the CPU's offense in this game more. As I expected, DNA seems to do more harm than good in Live. There's less wacky crap from the CPU in this game, though neither team pushed the ball all that much and both are supposed to be up tempo teams. That will probably be fixed via patch though. Again though, the only downside will probably be that teams don't go to their stars enough. Individualism is not going to be a bright spot of this game out of the box, we'll see what we can do with the roster editor. A big key will be is if we get the "shot likelihood" ratings that are in Live. If that is in this game then we should be okay, it'll just take a lot of work.
FT's are crazy as UNC, I think I made 1/20.
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Couldn't agree with you more. I tried playing a few games on Varsity like you said, and I found that it plays way more realistically than on All-Conference. I was able to get a few open shots and even had a couple of fast break dunks. Playing on Varsity with slider adjustments in favor of the CPU will be the way to go for me.
I actually just finished playing a game on All-Conference in which I was on fire with Duke...but I lost 23-19. I felt like I had no control on defense and was at UNC's mercy every time they had the ball. In every game on All-Conference, I feel like I have to play amazing just to keep up with the CPU.
I agree, free throws are an issue. Anyone know if free throw difficulty can be changed (like in NBA 2K10)?
Anyways, I'm actually kind of excited for this game but will probably wait for reviews before I drop the $60.