NBA Live 16: First Impressions Roundtable

[Playmakers]

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I found those bad moments to be far more frequent than every now and then. I badly want to like the game, but I don't think I've seen a single decent layup or post shot animation yet.

Layup animations improve when you increase the layup slider......

Some guys tend to lower it down because on higher levels the cpu barely miss layups...

But I increase it upwards because it ties into different types of layup animations that look awesome IMO....

Once you get a setting between that slider and the dunk frequency slider you see more attempted layups in the paint and EA really did a nice job with the amount of layup animations they added.

As for Post shot it's lacking and you have to pick your poison but again the higher the slider the better the players start to look.

Problem is some scrub big will get a boost up in skill set and make for some unrealistic results which is why I said you have to pick your poison....

But once you get a good setting for layups vs Layup Foul sliders and increase the contact sliders the gameplay is more lively inside when players are animating for layups

[cmehustle]

I never played Live 10. I thought 2K10 was better, even with the flaws. IMO I think Live has gone downhill since 10. I played 15 on EA access, and played 16 for a minute. First off, its not even comparable at all to 2K, I would still take 11 over this Live. I am more of a sim style guy, so Lives arcadey style doesnt fit me anyway since thats the direction they seem to be headed. My quiestion here is has it finally gotten back to where Live 10 was before they decided to go off in another direction? Most people seem to agree that Live 10 was the pinnacle of the series.

[Playmakers]

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I am more of a sim style guy, so Lives arcadey style doesnt fit me anyway since thats the direction they seem to be headed.

What do you consider SIM?

Every Live game I can remember has always ventured on borderline arcade style of play out of the box...

But depending on what you consider SIM I know for a fact you can tweak the gameplay to play more along those lines which has been the case throughout the series history

IMO most of the arcade gameplay is influenced by the USER behind the stick more so than the CPU AI itself....

If you play SIM or edit the game to play along those lines then you'll get a form of SIM results in return.

[Badasi12b]

What do you consider SIM?

Every Live game I can remember has always ventured on borderline arcade style of play out of the box...

But depending on what you consider SIM I know for a fact you can tweak the gameplay to play more along those lines which has been the case throughout the series history

IMO most of the arcade gameplay is influenced by the USER behind the stick more so than the CPU AI itself....

If you play SIM or edit the game to play along those lines then you'll get a form of SIM results in return.

This right here is one of the most intelligent responses I have ever read regarding this game. The term "SIM" when it comes to these games is all about what you make of it. I hate when people uses it to validate why they don't like live, but then turn around and play 2k making demigods and doing eastbay funk jams in traffic on people. "SIM" is all about what to u make of it. Live 10 vs 2k10 was a great example of this. I thought live 10 was more realistic that year. I like live because I can control my style more whereas in 2k yo u sometimes feel like the game is controlling you and the action on screen. The game is designed to exploit the engine too much. Don't even get me started on how in 2k13 there were games that were impossible to win in some playoff games! You could not get a sweep in a series no matter how well you played! The game wouldn't let you! You miss layups with dirk, lebron would hit half court buzzer beaters to tie games, etc... live moreso let's the user dictate what happens. There's a reason why the term "cheese" gets brought up so much with 2k.

[PS4FR3Ak]

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Great game so far it's also a fun game to play.

[GisherJohn24]

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Great game so far it's also a fun game to play.

Me too. Loving it the more I play.

[jnb5001]

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got the EA access version and my trial just ended. not without some quirks but I love it thus far. getting retail Friday when I get paid. Btw why is the demo locked I need it to get my Live fix until Friday lol

[Calvenn]

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got the EA access version and my trial just ended. not without some quirks but I love it thus far. getting retail Friday when I get paid. Btw why is the demo locked I need it to get my Live fix until Friday lol

Apparently you're supposed to delete your existing demo and re-download a new version that's out.

[econoodle]

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Apparently you're supposed to delete your existing demo and re-download a new version that's out.

New version? Do tell.


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[noshun]

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New version? Do tell.


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You have to delete the 25gb demo for the 5gb demo..

[fatboirob]

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I never played Live 10. I thought 2K10 was better, even with the flaws. IMO I think Live has gone downhill since 10. I played 15 on EA access, and played 16 for a minute. First off, its not even comparable at all to 2K, I would still take 11 over this Live. I am more of a sim style guy, so Lives arcadey style doesnt fit me anyway since thats the direction they seem to be headed. My quiestion here is has it finally gotten back to where Live 10 was before they decided to go off in another direction? Most people seem to agree that Live 10 was the pinnacle of the series.

How could you say 2k10 was better if you never played live 10? Lol.... Live 16 is a much better game with the 2 patches, and may improve more throughout the season. I have both bball games and I prefer live 16 when playing the cpu and 2k16 when playing against another human.

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