NBA Live 13 Preview

[kolanji]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

it really sounds like a valiant effort to bring nba live to fruition over there at ea sports.

its a really long climb up hill for EA when the competitor is really in a better place and state with their basketball IP......

all their efforts and hard work will be under a microscope of scrutiny to comparisons in a bias way due to the failings of nba elite 11 and the expectations of fans.

even more so with nba 2k12 leaving a bitter taste in many gamers mouth and fans really looking for an option to their basketball fix ...

if only EA can to deliver in some shape a game that can maybe just get their 2 feet back on the ground and gain stability to defend themselves and eventually start trowing back some punches at the competitor

my guess is as good as anybody's else's on what to expect but for now the benefit has been given to nba live dev team...not sure if it is because i want to see em do good or just based on the fact that its way too early to tell either way .......come what may i say

[VUUAASSHHH!]

Who's gonna be Jesus this year? I bet Garnett will.

lol

[Playmakers]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

So my question to you is, since NBA E-Lite didnt come out, they had time to work on this, from planning to code writing... how much of an unfinish build is it when they've had all this time?

yep....

this game should be complete and they should be working on bugs and gameplay right now.

How the heck do you skip a year and still not be finished with a product and we are in June?

I think it's all smoke and mirrors to be honest. They don't even show any gameplay videos so they must not be that confident about their product even after having a year off to fix things.

The sad part is i gurantee you EA will be talking about a patch for something within one month after release of this game.

Something their QA testers missed that they should be testing right now on a Final build not a product only 60% complete despite the year off.

[JerzeyReign]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

And to be fair and impartial, I'll give the Live team a pass too -- its early. The reason, which was posted somewhere on here, that the game is on its 'normal' dev cycle is because it took a year for them to assemble the right team. I consider that being completely indecisive and very discouraging.

Where are the Advisory Council members? What game did they see a month or two ago that had them feeling like the game was moving forward -- was it the same as the one Steve saw?

[noshun]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

yep....

this game should be complete and they should be working on bugs and gameplay right now.

How the heck do you skip a year and still not be finished with a product and we are in June?

I think it's all smoke and mirrors to be honest. They don't even show any gameplay videos so they must not be that confident about their product even after having a year off to fix things.

The sad part is i gurantee you EA will be talking about a patch for something within one month after release of this game.

Something their QA testers missed that they should be testing right now on a Final build not a product only 60% complete despite the year off.

What's even sadder when you think about it, why hire a new team to make a supposed "new vision" from the old parts that got that old team canned in the first place? Redundancy at its finest....

[truintellectplaya]

Nothing surprising here. For the people claiming they are pulling a Madden please explain to me what Madden is doing to get people hyped other than making promises as usual? The difference is you will get Madden and tout it as better than what it is because of the exclusive situation. On the other hand, Live has superior competition.

[Rob. D]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

And to be fair and impartial, I'll give the Live team a pass too -- its early. The reason, which was posted somewhere on here, that the game is on its 'normal' dev cycle is because it took a year for them to assemble the right team. I consider that being completely indecisive and very discouraging.

Where are the Advisory Council members? What game did they see a month or two ago that had them feeling like the game was moving forward -- was it the same as the one Steve saw?

Yea were are those council members

[Dazraz]

It's somewhat concerning that a game that's been in development for coming along for 2 years, still has these glaring weaknesses. Maybe EA are just hoping that by simply releasing an NBA game they can put a dent into 2K sales that are big enough to cause that company to fold.

[fearwhatnow]

I hope I'm wrong but I feel that the build Mr.Noah saw was even worse and simply he was shocked from what he saw.I fear that EA is heading towards another cancellation of their bball videogame..

[mlp111]

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im just surprised that no dev for the game has said or responded to anything here, the other basketball forum, their dev is responding,

[Da_Czar]

What's good family. We will be talking about this review on friday if you want to join in the conversation. I have not had hands on with this yet for the person who asked.

One thing to keep in mind is that with their ANT system they can make changes really fast. This early in a dev cycle they could have huge chunks of the game that just weren't ready to show. So that COULD combine to make things seem a lot worse than it is.

For certain they should be ahead of where they are. Meaning all pieces should be able to be inserted in the game for basic gameplay to look passable in June. However with the tech they are using and only being 60% they game could possible look much better than it does.

HOWEVER this is EA and there is no telling if they have the time to put in 40% if their changes. So I am in the wait and see camp.

Unfortunately for EA we have heard this all before even right up into the cancellation of their last game.

Only time will tell if they got caught showing too early or If in fact the writing is on the wall.

[Bulls321974]

This game will seal the ultimate end of the "NBA Live" series. I'm almost 100% sure about that...

[Quickhandz]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

IF IT PLAYS ATLEAST 40% BETTER THAN ELITE and looks 60% better than elite
1ST DAY PURCHASE FOR ME
I DON'T CARE WHAT OPERATION SPORTS PREVIEW SAYS
BEUTY LIES IN THE EYES OF THE HOLDER, AND FROM THE SCREENSHOTS OF LIVE13 THEY LOOK BEUTIFULL!!!!

[kwas676]

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IF IT PLAYS ATLEAST 40% BETTER THAN ELITE and looks 60% better than elite
1ST DAY PURCHASE FOR ME
I DON'T CARE WHAT OPERATION SPORTS PREVIEW SAYS
BEUTY LIES IN THE EYES OF THE HOLDER, AND FROM THE SCREENSHOTS OF LIVE13 THEY LOOK BEUTIFULL!!!!

Trust me I want this game to succed but come on every preview so far has said the gameplay looks terrible, the only thing good bout the screen shots where the faces. I hope they shock us in the coming months but I highly dout it.

[noshun]

Re: NBA Live 13 Preview

What's good family. We will be talking about this review on friday if you want to join in the conversation. I have not had hands on with this yet for the person who asked.

One thing to keep in mind is that with their ANT system they can make changes really fast. This early in a dev cycle they could have huge chunks of the game that just weren't ready to show. So that COULD combine to make things seem a lot worse than it is.

For certain they should be ahead of where they are. Meaning all pieces should be able to be inserted in the game for basic gameplay to look passable in June. However with the tech they are using and only being 60% they game could possible look much better than it does.

HOWEVER this is EA and there is no telling if they have the time to put in 40% if their changes. So I am in the wait and see camp.

Unfortunately for EA we have heard this all before even right up into the cancellation of their last game.

Only time will tell if they got caught showing too early or If in fact the writing is on the wall.

I think the writing is on the wall Czar. this whole process is the exact same thing we've gone through with Delete 13 to a tee. Devs showing what they wanna show... Talking about spending hundreds of hours of head modeling, someone they know playing NCAA ball etc. It wouldnt surprise me to see this game get canned for good, because theyve want to give us their vision and not what us gamers have been asking for..