NBA Elite 11 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (PS3, 360)

[butie120]

Quote: Originally Posted by authentic

I wonder if there will be an option to turn on the sprint button...has anyone looked in the settings at all or anything? I haven't had a chance to boot up the game yet, but I'm itching to.

There is no sprint option in the game.

[Pared]

Geez.

While I love the control scheme, the game feels very "beta" even at this stage.

Graphics aren't the greatest, but from what I've seen previously I'd say this is more due to the game being ported from the 360.

Announcing is great. Sound overall is great.

But the AI, player movement, spacing get a big from me.

Guys, you HAVE TO give the controls some time. You need to learn and experiment. At first, everything will feel very, very odd to you.

Some help:

There is NO TURBO. R2/RT is the pass button.
LT is gather. Combine with with the RS for drop spins. Hold LT to do a running gather.
LS left or right+Gather = Euro.



EXPERIMENT. It will be very easy to write this off without spending time with the controls.

But the 5on5 action doesn't have as much "meat" from what I've seen so far. Still early impressions though.

[DirtyJerz32]

Quote: Originally Posted by rEAnimator

About two weeks of active development off the retail version. Should feel pretty much like the final game, enough to pass a fair judgment. Shot difficulty tuning and the Boozer rocket dunk are probably two of the bigger changes that went into the final version. But for the most part what you see in the demo is what you'll get in the day one retail version.

Thanks for the info rEA! definitely going to have to put more time in tomorrow.

[bigball12]

Quote: Originally Posted by DirtyJerz32

I'm not liking the movement at all. Everything feels sluggish and forced. Not smooth at all. Only played a couple of min but, so far I'm not liking te feel of the game. I like the fact they're trying something different but, its not coming off well. Did they say how far along the demo is versus the retail copy? If i had to base my decision on this, I'd be picking Elite 11 only to play NBA Jam. When I get home from work tomorrow I'll invest some more time. Looking forward to reading this while at work tomorrow from some OS bball vets (23, pared, flightwhite, bcruise etc.) and see what they think.

I feel the same way. I cannot believe how poorly the players move. I spent nearly 25 mins. practicing before I played the Lakers vs Celtics, and am not pleased. I switched to NBA Live 10 controls, and while it did restore some of last years charm, this game is just too far off of the deep end as far as gameplay goes. I will be downloading this for my Xbox later today, but if the Xbox offers a different experience than the PS3 does, there is something wrong, and PS3 users are getting the short end of the stick.

[jtdribbles25]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

Well I said initially this is what you'd feel since there is no sprint button and how they feel.. so people saying the people were cheesing in the video, now they'll see that they werent out there just playing cheese ball

true dat. ....this build is definitely different then the one we played. It's not far off in terms of over all feel. but it's not as buggy for sure.

[bigball12]

Being an NBA Live player since 08', I had hope for this series making leaps and bounds. While the idea to implement these new features is valid, this game is just not very good. It does not offer a lot of authenticity as well. Which is a big problem! This game will get stale within the first month for sure, and I too am only purchasing this because of NBA Jam.

[TheBadazz]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

Geez. While I love the control scheme, the game feels very "beta" even at this stage. Graphics aren't the greatest, but from what I've seen previously I'd say this is more due to the game being ported from the 360. Announcing is great. Sound overall is great. But the AI, player movement, spacing get a big from me. Guys, you HAVE TO give the controls some time. You need to learn and experiment. At first, everything will feel very, very odd to you. Some help: There is NO TURBO. R2/RT is the pass button. LT is gather. Combine with with the RS for drop spins. Hold LT to do a running gather. LS left or right+Gather = Euro. EXPERIMENT. It will be very easy to write this off without spending time with the controls. But the 5on5 action doesn't have as much "meat" from what I've seen so far. Still early impressions though.

I see where the the game is headed. But the 5 on 5 is not there. But I want to keep playing to learn more.

[Philstat]

Player movement is horrendous IMO, they are very stilted, the running animations are odd to say the least. Crowd looks great, what few you see and the players have a unique look to them, different to say the least. I can't believe the stat and sub screens, my god, they look like they are from the SNES or something.