Seems like ppl want impressions of the game AFTER the patch.
My impressions.
First off this is NO LONGER the game i played originally from the demo. This is NO LONGER the same game after playing it upon its first install on the PS4 with it's retail copy.
Steadily somehow they have been making adjustments to this game. At first There were problems where this game just looked weird and almost like an unsmooth version of nba jam. messing around with coaching options got it to play "just OK". The after repeated downloaded of refreshed roster via their synergy tech something happens every two days or so. The game got better paced and more grounded. Animations that would happen that seems out of place were gone and so on. So the game got progressively "playable" NOT better.
Now after installing the latest patch something new happened yet again. The game speed and the speed in which animations roll out. Dunks layups look more steady now and play out a bit smoother . No longer are the the rocket slides to the basket. Dribbling is more intuitive shooting "looks" better. release times of shots looks improved. Blocks where they were happening at rapid pacing have now been ONLY toned down BUT the difference in feeling that/seeing that HAS changed the way the game LOOKS.
The success that can be had with synergy is there. But what comes into question IS the ppl behind that tech "making sure" it looks right after its been "assigned".
The assigning of values are crucial and day to day insertion of those values that would equate in this case to animations being triggered and then the speed in which they get triggered(agility) is STILL in question. Its like this...
I entered in fgb's ratings into Madden which are admitedly almost AI driven. THAT real time data is great but it NOT great when entered in and expected to work RIGHT AWAY.
Right now the game feels as if they feel if the stats are right the game will play right and that will take TIME to real gather because animation triggering is tricky.
They have now patched a "system " INTO place that is supposes t handle these types of changes.
As it stands right now this game plays JUST LIKE the best edit NBALive 10 could have had.
Do i want sliders do we need sliders? Well yes. Player editing? Im not sure anymore. Im not WILLING to wait til 15 to find out either whether or not player editing is IN. but this attempt to make "the system" work better with it's in game animation triggering IS worrying for any play editing capabilities as i feel they are investing a TON of stock into it going forward
But
I WANT SLIDERS GOSH DARN IT!
I WANT player speed quickness agility and game speed sliders!
