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

[scottyp180]

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BUt thats the thing EA should've never changed the controls to begin with why changed somethings that theres nothing wrong with. If it ain't broke don't fix it but you can always refine it make it better but do scrap it and thats where they messed up.

you do realize that you can change the controls to normal Live controls right? Plus you can't really fault a game because your not use to the controls yet. I don't know why people are having trouble with the controls, they seem pretty easy to me, it just takes a couple games to get use to.

With that said I'm just not feeling this game/demo. There are definitely positives about it but when I'm playing it I feel like I'm playing a game that should have come out like 3 years ago. It just seems behind in certain areas. It really does puzzle why EA has been having so much trouble with basketball games this generation while it has been improving every other entry in their sports catalog. I feel like this whole generation has been a rebuilding process for EA bastketball. NBA Live 10 was the best entry this generation and I wonder what could have been if they just stuck with that formula. I can see how Elite could be something great in the coming years but I don't know if fans can be any more patient with EA.

[Rocboyz101]

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Just wondering who thought it'd be a good idea to be able to euro step from the 3pt line..

[gbx34]

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The controls are sluggish and not responsive.
there no defense of stance button?

[Playmakers]

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Apparently Andrew Bynum can dribble up the court with it would appear the same agility as Derek Fisher? I thought that was interesting. Also had a cute little animation where Jermaine O'neal took an awkward little post shot with his back completely turned to the basket looking directly at the opposite basket. That was cool too.

Sigh.

that's what i don't understand...i posted this about 2 pages back

i don't like the bynum situation but it doesn't surprise me that all players can dribble a like....i can live with that to a certain extent

but that shot by JO is the goofy %$#@ that we've seen for 5 years now...it's the type of thing that makes you scratch your head and ask how the heck does a developer not see this as a problem or better yet how do they keep accepting this tight of stuff in the game.

[convince]

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I think fun, like graphics, is in the eye of the beholder. Being able to have total control over my player is refreshing, but the lack of realistic AI is not fun to me(I mention did in my previous post so i wont mention here). The pacing in the game is erractic. One minute i'm dribbling normal and when i pass the ball the the guy catching all of sudden speeds up. And these are stand still passes not lead passes. REanimater mentioned that the rocket dunks are fixed/will be in the retail version, so i will not hound on those but from what i heard last the veritcal will remain the same. And this leads to another area of problems for me, rebounding/blocking. As i mention before some of the animations are just out of place when it comes to rebounding, its almost like the wrong animation was selected to "play out". Blocking is way too frequent both user and AI, 8 blocks in 5 mins by one team(i didn't even want to see the CPU numbers) is way too much. Its almost like its either a block or a clean shot attempt and nothing in between. I have yet to see an air ball from a contested shot. I hope the game itself improves but if the demo reflects the final retail version. It is a ways off from being an authentic NBA experience. I'm a little bias in my opinion because i play heavy offline user vs CPU.

[hollywood82]

While it wasn't as bad as expected, it still falls far short of the 2k11 demo despite having more meat to it. I was happy with the control scheme though it took some getting used to. The videos make Elites graphics look worse than they actually are but they are still far behind the times and look very outdated. The animations looked and felt awkward at times. The AI made too many head scratching plays (bad passes, bunched up defense). I like the fact that EA put out a demo with more than one game mode which will help them with some diehard EA fans. In the long run I don't see Elite even competing with 2k11.

[ryan36]

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While it wasn't as bad as expected, it still falls far short of the 2k11 demo despite having more meat to it. I was happy with the control scheme though it took some getting used to. The videos make Elites graphics look worse than they actually are but they are still far behind the times and look very outdated. The animations looked and felt awkward at times. The AI made too many head scratching plays (bad passes, bunched up defense). I like the fact that EA put out a demo with more than one game mode which will help them with some diehard EA fans. In the long run I don't see Elite even competing with 2k11.

About 2 pages back I posted a warning about the 2k comparisons. I hope everyone understands we're serious

[LiLjaco1]

I WAS AT LEAST EXPECTING LAST YEARS GAME!! OMG THIS IS AWFUL, i deleted the demo RIGHT AFTER I played it, Sorry EA

[MrBallaBoy21]

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Not liking the defense in this game. Evan Turner shot in my face and dunked through me and my teammates in the Jordan game.

[ryan36]

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Keep criticism constructive.

Leave 2k out of this.

Post only impressions.

FAILURE TO DO SO WILL RESULT IN A BAN. LAST WARNING

This is still in effect.

[Super Glock]

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I realize I am in the minority on this forum but oh well. I really like this game and am totally behind what he EA dev team is trying to accomplish. I love the player control and the controls themselves are awesome IMO. Now I have been playing NHL 11 the last several weeks so the controls now feel very natural to me so it really wasn't that much of a learning curve which I think helped me like this game unlike others.

EA now has the basic controls down and RTP which is the most important aspect to me. Now the rest will follow and get more refined in the following years and I am fine with that. I can't wait for the retail version.

[noshun]

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Looking at player models, I dont get why some players look so much better than compared with Live 10. Brandon Jennings is such a big improvement compared to last years game. Same with KD. Trying to get a hang of these controls, but so far, I'm not liking them all too much along with the graphics. Love the atmosphere of the arena.

KG on the other hand, is so freaking ghoulish looking in this game especially at the freethrow line. I couldnt put my finger on why KG looks so dang scary in this demo, but I realized what and why it reminded me of this:

You can literally replace MJ with Garnett in Thriller. Its not even funny.

[ataman5]

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Lol I'm in the minority still but I actually like playing this game. Its pretty fun especially on defense where I've got some cool user controlled blocks. They didn't look great but just for the fact that it was all under my control and I timed the whole thing was great.

I'm also loving that we can choose either hand we want to steal with. Its a cool feeling when you can guess how a player is going to move and strip him, then go to the other for a slam.

On offense I'm still trying to figure out the dribble system when tryin to beat my man. The times I've been able to get past my man are when I had separation and tried to use his momentum against him.

I gotta keep workin on it but I think I'll figure it out eventually. The post game is pretty fun to use if you take the time to learn some of the moves. Overall the shooting is working me I'm loving shots close to the basket like layups, but jumpers are killing me I'm missin everything still lol!

I can't seem to knock down a lot of shots. I'm missing all kinds of way airballed a few shots and bricked many. The hard thing about it is in game shots are a lot harder without the shot indicator. Even though I can see how I missed it I'm still not sure if I'm putting enough power on the shot or not.

I'm going to keep playing around with it b/c I think I'll figure it out. Overall my best bets right now is to play lock down D and post up on the other end with Pau.

Now for the negatives for all the nice things I'm feeling with the controls they are looking terrible on screen LOL! The blocked shots look funky as hell and some of my steals have been a lil WTF!! sometimes.

I'm looking past a lot of it because the control is a lot of fun to use, but I can see how this is going to turn off a lot of guys. Overall the game has been a lot of fun to play but it looks downright ugly a lot of times. Contextual animations are going to need a lot of work next year for sure.

So basically I would say the game is a lot of fun for me to play but it loses a lot of points due to animations. Right now I'm going to give the game 7.0 because it is fun for me to play but the genericness of it isn't good at all.

Back to playing the game for me....

Very good post, that's the exact feelings i have about the game.

I don't know have you answered or not, how can you make some post moves done, i just can't get it yet, thx.

[rm217]

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yall need to watch this describes everything that's wrong with this game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLPGDyE5pEE&feature=player_embedded

And live 10 was decent if they would improve from what they had their this could been a great game

EA's new slogan- We have Jesus, EA Sports if it's in the game it's in the game and if it's not we'll put it there! WTF, WTF, WTF, lol!!!

[nickdp23]

fun game but post shots are too repetitive and i am not liking the graphics