"It Was Just Going to be a Bad Game" - EA on Elite 11

[tomzenns]

I think EA makes good basketball games, now they just need to make a great one.
Their presentation is awesome. And the ESPN overlays are the bestest.
I even think the graphics look awesome.
Hopefully everything else in Elite 11 will be up to snuff.

[convince]

Re: "It was just going to be a bad game" - EA on Elite 11

I couldn't disagree more with the OP. While i do believe they can eventually recover, expecting them to do a complete 180 in a year is a little too optimistic. Tell me what change from when they finished developing the game to when the game went gold? Is everyone forgetting this game was pressed and in stores waiting for the release date. They had every intention of releasing the game as is. They didn't all of sudden grow a "Jimmy The Cricket". The pulling of the game was a direct result of media bashing and "Jesus" videos. They saw a decline in future profits that it, strictly business decision.

[DJ]

Re: "It was just going to be a bad game" - EA on Elite 11

I thought EA was headed in the right direction with both NBA Live 10 and NCAA Basketball 10. Live 10 was hurt by the initial update and then the first patch really messed things up. The second patch only helped things a little bit but ultimately, the game (to me) was best pre-patch/updates.

NCAA Basketball 10 featured some great things, most notably the dual presentation of ESPN and CBS. Gameplay was similar to Live but the addition of the motion offenses gave it more of a college feel. Unfortunately, the game didn't sell like hot cakes and EA quickly cut ties without even releasing a patch, which was needed for a variety of reasons, most notably the freezing issue. If EA had fixed that and also made some adjustments to the CPU post game and 3-pt. shooting, I would've been content.

I really don't know why they didn't just build on the base of Live 10; I felt Live 10 was pretty close to 2K10 in terms of quality.