NBA Live 14 Signature Styles, Controls, Coaching Strategies, Adjustments & More

[Gosens6]

Re: NBA Live 14 Signature Styles, Controls, Coaching Strategies, Adjustments & More

I hate to keep bringing up 2k in here but they had some things to say about defense as well. People just didn't go ape over it and start claiming it to be bar raiser, and quite honestly there are things here and there in that game that we haven't had a chance to experience either, but then its all words.

There was a blog that said the exact opposite of everything we've seen so far, like Mr Irving driving to the hole and Amare bending down like he was about to take a dump, not jumping, then disappearing on the continuation video as Kyrie miraculously ends up doing a reverse on what appears to be a different angle.

Then we see Nash drive to the hole from a pick only to have Lopez stand there and not even move right in front of him..... I guess those settings and code was turned off because from what i've seen im hard pressed to think all of a sudden Inside Drive is all of a sudden resurrected.

Im not downing optimism, but I am raising an eyebrow at some of the over the top comments.

Lastly, I honestly don't care what EA says anymore, they've burned those bridges long ago. At this point 2 weeks from release we should be seeing this stuff and we still haven't, we're still looking at guards dribble in place in practice mode which is something I can already do on a current gen game over and again so its really a snorefest at this point.

LOL damn man, this is why I value your opinion. Everything you're saying is spot on.

I'll be the first to admit that I genuinely got excited when I saw these defensive options and features, don't wanna go into detail about 2K again so i'll have to research what they said when it comes to the same offerings.

But I whole heartedly agree with everything else you said, which is why I can't justify buying this game without seeing how it plays first. It's just the prospect of said options being available, and actually working is salivating to a basketball fan.

[jeremym480]

Re: NBA Live 14 Signature Styles, Controls, Coaching Strategies, Adjustments & More

Personally, I've never been a fan of complicated control schemes and these dribble moves look good and seem simple enough. I'd love to see Defense and/or Post Moves next.

[GudStuffzz]

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Not bad. If the finished game ends up playing like live 10.5 or something I'd say they're on the right track to recovery. Nba Live 10 was a pretty solid game

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As a basketball fan its exciting to have more options don't get me wrong.

My feelings aren't coming from the fact that there is more...both of these games had something the other didn't have, and that's one reason I could play Live in the past, well the ones I could stomach enough anyway.

Its some complex stuff when you think about it to be able to do any of this so its pretty incredible if it does, and that made ID special because they had some stuff working in sync back in the early 2000s, and one reason why you see it referenced so much.

Here and now, put up or shut up. Don't tell me you've got shading to one side of the floor but only show me D Wade doing the AO and the Steve Francis. Its head scratching even if you want to take skepticism or of the equation.

[DirtyJerz32]

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HAHA oh ok gotcha.... Aaron did the write up, sorry. Not even sure how much he gave considering he was so bummed about no 30 team franchise (Ive seen him skip NBA Live for the same reason only). That said he did a write up for OS and a bunch of others like IGN, Gamespot, Franchise.play(bleacherreport),slam magazine, etc....

Ok thanks man. Love the info knowledge as always from you and some others on he board. I really think Live needs to come strong with thise years game. That 3 year **** ain't gonna cut it this time around. Only going next gen and saying they've built it from the ground up may come back to kick them in the butt if this flops.

For our (consumers) sake, I hope they do well.

[Supersonic_BR]

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This game really feels like it is in the right path.

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Ok thanks man. Love the info knowledge as always from you and some others on he board. I really think Live needs to come strong with thise years game. That 3 year **** ain't gonna cut it this time around. Only going next gen and saying they've built it from the ground up may come back to kick them in the butt if this flops.

For our (consumers) sake, I hope they do well.

Honestly man in not expecting the world from tyese games first year. Some of these companies got buggy dev kits late last year when people think they had 2 years.

I don't however like the marketing teams blowing smoke and being deceptive. Ive seen the live team be completely open back during live 10s pre release because they wanted to gain trust back. Don't believe me check some of the old threads.

I promise they're great reads and you'll understand more about why you see responses you see in the forums today. I bumped that wtf 3 year plan thread because it was one of them and amazingly relevant til this day.

Galaxy Note 2

[DirtyJerz32]

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Yeah the3 year plan is pretty much a get out of jail free card for them. Atleast that's what they're saying and hoping for. But for a team that hasn't put out a game the past 3 years, IMO they don't have 3 years to build a quality product.

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Yeah the3 year plan is pretty much a get out of jail free card for them. Atleast that's what they're saying and hoping for. But for a team that hasn't put out a game the past 3 years, IMO they don't have 3 years to build a quality product.

Well I'm not sure sakes projections are that high anyway seeing as everyone wont be moving to nex Gen right away but I agree with you.

Ill talk with my money too thia gen across all games.

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[Gosens6]

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Yeah the3 year plan is pretty much a get out of jail free card for them. Atleast that's what they're saying and hoping for. But for a team that hasn't put out a game the past 3 years, IMO they don't have 3 years to build a quality product.

They don't even have 2 years. With all the time they've had off, they should have brought it this year, and brought it hard. If 2K gets out to a major jump on this gen, which I suspect they will, we could see another cancelled 3 year plan.

Rinse, wash, repeat. They're not going to beat 2K in sales anymore, hell, 2K is almost on par with Madden when it comes to sales. EA should have done something revolutionary with 14. Graphics, movement, features, they should have went all out. That's the only way I could realistically see them getting back in this race.

It looks like it might be over before it even begins.

[DirtyJerz32]

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Well what's also going to hurt Live is the other game is a PS4 launch day game and Live doesn't come out until the 19th. This is to bother me, but some will only buy one bball game and the other game has been a solid product for a while

[Gosens6]

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Well what's also going to hurt Live is the other game is a PS4 launch day game and Live doesn't come out until the 19th. This is to bother me, but some will only buy one bball game and the other game has been a solid product for a while

Exactly. Why EA didn't bundle this game with the PS4 like they did with FIFA and Madden is beyond me. I got the Madden bundle and now I don't even want the game, but guess what, they made a sale from me.

Peoples sheer curiosity, and others excitement of Live just being back would have sold that particular bundle no doubt.

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Exactly. Why EA didn't bundle this game with the PS4 like they did with FIFA and Madden is beyond me. I got the Madden bundle and now I don't even want the game, but guess what, they made a sale from me.

Peoples sheer curiosity, and others excitement of Live just being back would have sold that particular bundle no doubt.

Don't matter bro. .... they got that defense tho

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[Boilerbuzz]

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Love the responsiveness in control in EA hoops, very important to me.

Oooh... You're going to be piiiiiiissssseed!

[Gosens6]

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Don't matter bro. .... they got that defense tho

Galaxy Note 2

That defense (if it works properly) might excite a gamer like you and me, but to the typical Live fans, they won't even use those settings or even know how to.

Honestly, i'm not even sure how they're selling and marketing this game to anyone right now. I'm failing to see their plan with this.