NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[ryan36]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

Man - this is the most I've ever posted in such a short time. Hope this is not what they call trolling around here .. I was really hoping .. and this is coming from a 2k players .. that live had been showing some bs screens and game vids ... and that the demo was just going to be on some completely NEXT **** .. that type marketing move would've mess around had y'all on CNN tomorrow .. I'm hurtin for these cats right now man.

Must be hard as hellll to make these games tho man .. cause I know someone at EA .. at some point had to say ..eff 2k, eff the cost .. let's put those youngsters in their place. That's probably not going to happen from the consistnecies we've seen in the last few years .. damn. damn. damn.

When I saw ESPN .. ESPN !! .. bigging up 2K .. and the fact that the Czar is listed as the owner of this forum (correct me if I'm wrong) .. doing 2k vids ... it started looking pretty bad.

Man - I say, take a year off .. dump some resources in other games .. come back and give us all something to argue about ... Wooow Corporate America ...Woow. I'll be be getting Fifa 11 though ...so y'all still got me .. I'll just be with the other chic

Czar is NOT the owner of this forum. That's Steve_OS. And don't compare other games in the Elite thread, it starts game wars

[Dantecamp21]

Yeah. I know I will buy this, but I just see myself playing Jam and 2K this year.

My savings are geared (heavily I should add) towards my gaming needs, so it's not a matter of spending an extra 60 Bucks for this game. I know I'm an idiot and I'll end up buying it.

It's just sad that I'll do it for the wrong reasons.

[rEAnimator]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

rEAnimator

i have a question. The decision behind the direction of ELITE, did you really have a choice? i mean was it hard to give up on how much progress you guys made with live 10?

I personally had a choice. I was told the plan for NBA and was given the choice to join the team and sign up for it.

I chose to join, and I'm very happy with that decision.

[RubenDouglas]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

Am I doing something wrong. Where is the icon passing. I need to catch Kobe on the break and the middle man is either Gasol or Bynum slowing things down.

On a controls front, Is there a camera relative/basket relative option? Going left to right when my guy should, in control theory, go up to down, is throwing me off. I'm giving this game a fair shot

[Dachozen1]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

I liked the presentation and the beginning of the demo. the tutorials were good, and I liked the control scheme it presented..not a big learning curve like 2k11 and good ideas as far as the controls, it showed promise in practice mode. Got to the game, liked the crowd and the noise, not bad commentary...and Tip Off time... after the 1st minute, I was ready to turn the game off, I had to push myself to finish out this quarter of bad basketball could not believe how terrible the game looked and how the AI played. Don't know the direction they wanted to go with this one, (Sim or Arcade) but they definitely went BACKWARDS. I enjoyed playing NBA 09 more than this, definitely not a game I can see myself playing for a year's time... If anything...EA should bring back NBA Street like it was for the PS2, this game is disgusting, NBA Live 10 was 10 times better than this and 10 times more fluid.

[rEAnimator]

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Damn .. I don't like when companies do this man .. now that reAnimator guy has to sit on the battle front and fight all these troops ... I feel your pain man. I know you wont admit it .. but damn. For a second.. I was like .. relatively speaking .. EA will get their money .. but a lot of Live's fans will be dissappointed. Man, this will probably feel like a 12 year old getting clothes for Christmas when his best friend got Sega Genesis ...
Wooow. Hang in there tho man - I hope you're on clock for these posts.

Nope, this is being done on my own time here.

I'm as much of a video game geek as everyone else here, so it's something I enjoy.

I was hoping to play Red Dead for the first time tonight (Elite took me out of the video game world for too long) but responding here was just too tempting.

Maybe tomorrow...

[junot18]

I think the big lesson here is if you want to make an arcade game, make NBA Jam. You can't straddle the fence with some type of sim/arcade hybrid. You guys were on to something with Live 10. Change the name back and build on it instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. Just throw rims on it!

Seriously though, if you want to get your arcade basketball development jones off, you should just focus on Jam. You don't see the Madden devs making some weird Madden/Blitz hybrid. Pick a side man....

[ryan36]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

Let's keep things respectful and constructive here guys... I don't know how else to say it. No 2k comparisons, impressions only...people will be looking for impressions on the demo , not on 2k's demo, not on EA's corporate strategy. Your posts should basically follow the format of pro-con. Again, be constructive.

[bigball12]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

My savings are geared (heavily I should add) towards my gaming needs, so it's not a matter of spending an extra 60 Bucks for this game. I know I'm an idiot and I'll end up buying it.

It's just sad that I'll do it for the wrong reasons.

With the 2 of us though, is it really for the Wrong reason? We are clearly attached to this series because of memories, and the association with these games can bring us back in time as well. Throw in NBA Jam, and that is money well spent to me. I wish that this was marketed as NBA Jam w/ NBA Elite 11.

[KeepItReal420]

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I wonder if Mike Wang is allowed to comment in this topic? I wonder what turned him off from NBA Elite, if not everything. I was really liking what he did for the past few seasons of NBA Live, but 2K had too much earlier success and it basically left Live playing catch up.

Now Elite gives us a completely new product, I don't know if hardcore basketball games who love Live/2k have the patience to test out this game. Anyways, I'm getting used to the passing and I'm enjoying getting the ball into the paint to Gasol and scoring with him.

Anyways I just read the mod's comment, I'll stop mentioning 2k.

[thcchoi]

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Trying to keep it short and sweet.

With the very solid review from last season, and Live 10 being the strongest Live to date, why was there a need to make this extreme 360, and completely change the series? With the Demo impressions extremely negative at this point, and stating that the demo is nearly the final product, it will not look like a strong year for the EA team, and I am really curious as to why the series changed? If you stayed on track from last year, made the graphics even better than they already were, fix glitches, add features and even more authenticity, you are on for a solid year. This years graphics have gone back to a much lower quality, the gameplay is jerky, and it is not an AUTHENTIC NBA experience. Gamers, and people in general like comfortability. This may mean that they need to get warmed up to the new game, however it is a big risk to take. 2K has maintained it success by offering virtually the same product year in and year out, but by enhancing their product each year, the series manages to dominate. I know that I am not alone on this, and I am sure that many more of us would have preferred a smoother, more authentic version of Live 10, than this extreme version of a video game, that lacks authenticity.
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Agreed 100%

Hey EA, keep Live 10 online alive until whenever the next Live series will be back.

[rEAnimator]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

I played the demo a lot tonight.

1. The freedom of movement(even if a little slide here and there) is nice.

2.For the first time, I'm conditioning a part of my brain I never have before when playing NBA games. I feel like I'm actually translating my real life control of the ball into the game, which is weird and which is why I haven't won a game yet, this will take lots of discipline to grasp.

3. I performed a few moves I've never done in a basketball game. KG was in the post, he turned, threw the ball off the backboard then dunked it over bynum, in a realistic, contact everywhere, bodies flying, sort of EMPHATIC WAY.

4. Shooting with Ray Allen finally feels great. In the past I would release perfectly and he would miss or make 50/50, now I know when I'm off on the timing and angle and I know when I'm on. It feels VERY REWARDING. Again, feelings I've never had before in an NBA game.


I'm not judging the aspects which were not focused on by the development team, as there is no point, everyone knows it needs attention and it will get it obviously.

Overall, the demo succeeded in providing a refreshing game play experience and if I'm only judging it on the controls, I give it a 9/10.

And the announcers are AMAZING. I actually felt like I was listening to the real telecast, they make the immersion factor of the game that more palpable.

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed it.

Thank you for sharing.

[bigball12]

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Agreed 100%

Hey EA, keep Live 10 online alive until whenever the next Live series will be back.

Cheers! It will be online for at least 2 more years. Live 08 is still online.

[jr2424]

Played a become legendary mode and the AI was awful. No ball movement. Basically the point guard just dribbled until the shot clock was almost out then shot it. The animations are the poorest in any sports title this year. The jumping is herky jerky. The Sig shots are not nearly close enough to be considered authentic. Ray Allen doesn't have his quick release. For those saying it looks like NBA 09 the life, I think that is a fair comparison visually.

Controls are responsive but analog control should only go so far. Jumping using the analog stick and playing defense strictly using the stick is not satisfying at all. I just can't see spending $60 on this.

I downloaded the live 10 demo just to compare. It really is touch to look at this when you see what was there last year.

[bigball12]

Re: NBA Elite 11 Demo Available For PS3, Later Today For 360, Post Impressions Here

Played a become legendary mode and the AI was awful. No ball movement. Basically the point guard just dribbled until the shot clock was almost out then shot it. The animations are the poorest in any sports title this year. The jumping is herky jerky. The Sig shots are not nearly close enough to be considered authentic. Ray Allen doesn't have his quick release. For those saying it looks like NBA 09 the life, I think that is a fair comparison visually.

Controls are responsive but analog control should only go so far. Jumping using the analog stick and playing defense strictly using the stick is not satisfying at all. I just can't see spending $60 on this.

I downloaded the live 10 demo just to compare. It really is touch to look at this when you see what was there last year.

The lack of A.I. intelligence has been beaten to death, as well as the lack of authenticity. Thank you for pointing them out.