I played the long awaited demo - my thoughts:
The Good:- The demo itself is solid. Alot to do - alot to digest. kudos to EA for putting themselves outher like that.
- The presentation - top notch. That stuff matters to me.
- The audio - good stuff.
- The graphics - I actually like them. The detail could be much better - but I have always been partial to EA graphics.
- The Gamplay was solid - if not spectacular.
- Be a Legend mode - something i could definitely get into.
The not so good:- I thought the off the ball movement was much better last year. Players seemed a little to static for me.
- The CPU used the hop step at least 5 or 6 times each game I played(on AllStar). That seemed like an awful lot and kinda cheap.
- The speed of the game - way to fast(as previosuly said). i am hoepful aslider can address this.
- Something about rebounding didn't seem "right" - alittle scripted if you will.
- My defender seemed awfuly slow on defense. I feel with little to no momentum in this game I will be at the mercy of the cPU one on one. This was the one thing I HATED about NBA2K10 - it dissapoints me to see it here.
The just plain "I don't like it"- The controls don't feel natural or intuiative. I know - I know it will take practice..but I expected something more user friendly. It just seems like an odd strategy for a game that's already a few steps behind it's competitor to make controls with such a steep learning curve. It's a tough sell to have people make the switch.
- I played for an hour straight - I didn't see or notice any real physics at all. That was a big selling point for me and I din't feel or see any difference in how players react as opposed to past iterations of this same game. Again - I was just expecting "more."
That's all I got. I tried to be as constructive as I could. I wish you well Elite team - I will be definitely pulling for you.