NBA Live 15 - 20 Things You Need To Know About the Game

[The 24th Letter]

NBA Live 15 - 20 Things You Need To Know About the Game

Lol, if you have an issue with Live 14 being called a poor product, take it up with the producers...because that's what they're saying themselves, consigning what many have said all a long....not sure how that's blind at all...id say it's more blind to ignore that fact....

I'm sure a small number of people enjoyed Halle Berry's Catwoman as well...doesn't make it any better of a movie. That's not to say I didn't enjoy some aspects of the game though, because I honestly did.

And yeah, it's time to stop making excuse for the game. This is still OS right? Since when is it ok to just accept whatever is put out there? Some of these guys can't muster out more than "oh it's not perfect" about this game, but can write an essay on their issues with 2k...which is fine, but like holbert mentioned...it's surprising to see that attitude around here...which is the only thing that's getting tired. Props to the guys giving feedback though...they are doing a great job...

In the end, I just want another decent choice of basketball gaming...save the processes for the "making of Live 15" DVD.

[CMH]

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I don't have an issue with it being called a poor product. I never said that.

I have an issue with people that are acting as if the product was marketed as anything but.

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[Rockie_Fresh88]

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it gets labeled as complaining here lol... That's none of my business though ☕️��

It's a double standard lowkey . difference is you don't see a million thread topics about the same thing but the single posts are similar .

[23]

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Would it be your business if you were banned for trolling and posting off topic?

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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23 that's overkill .Won't stop me from buying nba live . They admitted the game was poor. Sean was pretty raw about what to expect this year as well in terms of modes. I understand the disappointment but it is what it is.

I'm glad gameplay and visuals was a big focus . No improvements to dynasty just means I will buy the other game .

[jyoung]

Re: NBA Live 15 - 20 Things You Need To Know About the Game

All the way up to the day of its release, NBA Live 14 was marketed as an "amazing" and "revolutionary" basketball game.

EA only started backing off their unrealistically lofty view of NBA Live 14 once all of the negative feedback started coming in from people who had actually played the final product.

EA At E3:

"Powered by the EA SPORTS IGNITE engine, NBA LIVE 14 will deliver the ultimate on-the-court control. Utilizing its new BounceTek technology, NBA LIVE 14 will introduce a revolutionary new physics-based dribbling system."

In reality:

BounceTek looked awkward and controlled clunkily due to poor animation blending. Ball warping and "yo-yo dribbling" were also still in the game, despite EA's claims that Live 14 would be "releasing the ball to physics." The game even had trouble consistently detecting when the ball was being dribbled on the out-of-bounds line.

EA At E3:

"NBA LIVE players will evolve throughout the season with updates from every NBA game within one hour of a game’s final buzzer. Gamers will now have a new experience every time they pick-up the controller."

In reality:

Only 16 of the 30 NBA teams and 32 of the 428 players had been updated at all as of February 24, 2014. Ratings were barely being adjusted, and injuries and trades weren't being processed until weeks after they happened in real life. Many players were wearing the wrong accessories, and some even had the wrong skin color (Nate Wolters).

EA at E3:

"I can't reveal our entire feature set, or show you just how good 5-on-5 gameplay is starting to play and just how amazing our visuals are coming together this early in the summer. But that will come."

In reality:

The visuals were the worst of any retail game on the PS4, and the gameplay was full of bugs and exploits. The online play was also the worst of any game on the PS4, with lag that even the Dreamcast's 56K modem would be ashamed of.

[The 24th Letter]

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The statement doesn't make sense anyway, lol

[Rockie_Fresh88]

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Hopefully the team can add something to dynasty via patch like trading future picks .

Wonder what parts of dynasty mode will carry to other modes .

[23]

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23 that's overkill .Won't stop me from buying nba live . They admitted the game was poor. Sean was pretty raw about what to expect this year as well in terms of modes. I understand the disappointment but it is what it is.

I'm glad gameplay and visuals was a big focus . No improvements to dynasty just means I will buy the other game .

No its not overkill. Be glad I let you know because its already been said that the hammer is coming down on the foolishness sooner than you think.

[The 24th Letter]

Re: NBA Live 15 - 20 Things You Need To Know About the Game

All the way up to the day of its release, NBA Live 14 was marketed as an "amazing" and "revolutionary" basketball game.

EA only started backing off their unrealistically lofty view of NBA Live 14 once all of the negative feedback started coming in from people who had actually played the final product..

Bingo...if this was supposed to preparation for a poor showing it completely went over my head.

[ThaLiveKing]

Re: NBA Live 15 - 20 Things You Need To Know About the Game

All the way up to the day of its release, NBA Live 14 was marketed as an "amazing" and "revolutionary" basketball game.

EA only started backing off their unrealistically lofty view of NBA Live 14 once all of the negative feedback started coming in from people who had actually played the final product.

EA At E3:

"Powered by the EA SPORTS IGNITE engine, NBA LIVE 14 will deliver the ultimate on-the-court control. Utilizing its new BounceTek technology, NBA LIVE 14 will introduce a revolutionary new physics-based dribbling system."

In reality:

BounceTek looked awkward and controlled clunkily due to poor animation blending. Ball warping and "yo-yo dribbling" were also still in the game, despite EA's claims that Live 14 would be "releasing the ball to physics." The game even had trouble consistently detecting when the ball was being dribbled on the out-of-bounds line.

EA At E3:

"NBA LIVE players will evolve throughout the season with updates from every NBA game within one hour of a game’s final buzzer. Gamers will now have a new experience every time they pick-up the controller."

In reality:

Only 16 of the 30 NBA teams and 32 of the 428 players had been updated at all as of February 24, 2014. Ratings were barely being adjusted, and injuries and trades weren't being processed until weeks after they happened in real life. Many players were wearing the wrong accessories, and some even had the wrong skin color (Nate Wolters).

EA at E3:

"I can't reveal our entire feature set, or show you just how good 5-on-5 gameplay is starting to play and just how amazing our visuals are coming together this early in the summer. But that will come."

In reality:

The visuals were the worst of any retail game on the PS4, and the gameplay was full of bugs and exploits. The online play was also the worst of any game on the PS4, with lag that even the Dreamcast's 56K modem would be ashamed of.

LOL. Even though I enjoy Live 14 Ultimate Team this is hilarious. I can tell you at E3 when Live 13 was supposed to come out, one of the guys who was there looked at me dead in the eyes and said "We've added so much more to the game" when I saw the actual game, I'm like these guys are playing games. They actually took out so much things in that E3 version, I'm like you didn't have to lie about the product like that.

[aholbert32]

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I don't have an issue with it being called a poor product. I never said that.

I have an issue with people that are acting as if the product was marketed as anything but.

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Huh? It was totally marketed as a revolutionary game. JYoung listed the E3 comments and there was no "this is Year 1 and we know we wont have the best game" talk.

**** the Live website says this:

Players perform more like their real-life counterparts than ever before, informed by 70+ stats and tendencies, updated not monthly, weekly or daily, but within 1-hr of every NBA game. With fresh content and challenges on a daily basis, NBA LIVE 14 delivers the pulse of the NBA…24/7/365..

And we know that didnt happen. **** even if you want to give them a pass on not being a complete or solid video game, how can you give them a pass for not coming through on promised features?

Look I was the first one on OS who had the game and I bought it expecting the game to be subpar especially when EA didnt release many videos before release. I took one for the team and was eager to play another NBA game.

Also, having a demo doesnt excuse releasing a subpar game especially when EA promised patches to greatly improve the game and only one came. Finally, I'm not saying that anyone cant be happy or encouraged about the game. I just question anyone using the words of a Live dev as reason to get excited when they openly admit releasing a subpar game and not living up to promises they made last year.

Now if I see gameplay videos that show the improvements, I can completely see the excitement.

[Rockie_Fresh88]

Re: NBA Live 15 - 20 Things You Need To Know About the Game

All the way up to the day of its release, NBA Live 14 was marketed as an "amazing" and "revolutionary" basketball game.

EA only started backing off their unrealistically lofty view of NBA Live 14 once all of the negative feedback started coming in from people who had actually played the final product.

EA At E3:

"Powered by the EA SPORTS IGNITE engine, NBA LIVE 14 will deliver the ultimate on-the-court control. Utilizing its new BounceTek technology, NBA LIVE 14 will introduce a revolutionary new physics-based dribbling system."

In reality:

BounceTek looked awkward and controlled clunkily due to poor animation blending. Ball warping and "yo-yo dribbling" were also still in the game, despite EA's claims that Live 14 would be "releasing the ball to physics." The game even had trouble consistently detecting when the ball was being dribbled on the out-of-bounds line.

EA At E3:

"NBA LIVE players will evolve throughout the season with updates from every NBA game within one hour of a game’s final buzzer. Gamers will now have a new experience every time they pick-up the controller."

In reality:

Only 16 of the 30 NBA teams and 32 of the 428 players had been updated at all as of February 24, 2014. Ratings were barely being adjusted, and injuries and trades weren't being processed until weeks after they happened in real life. Many players were wearing the wrong accessories, and some even had the wrong skin color (Nate Wolters).

EA at E3:

"I can't reveal our entire feature set, or show you just how good 5-on-5 gameplay is starting to play and just how amazing our visuals are coming together this early in the summer. But that will come."

In reality:

The visuals were the worst of any retail game on the PS4, and the gameplay was full of bugs and exploits. The online play was also the worst of any game on the PS4, with lag that even the Dreamcast's 56K modem would be ashamed of.

Lmaoo yeah that's some overhyping . I still enjoyed it but then again I didn't pay 60$ for it either .

[Live2K]

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Lol what company markets their product with bad info? Did 2k tell gamers that VC sucks and game modes don't work? EA was very clear in that they wanted people to play the game first. That this was a foundation with a commitment going forward. Apparently there was such a demand that they released the game.

[aholbert32]

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Lol what company markets their product with bad info? Did 2k tell gamers that VC sucks and game modes don't work? EA was very clear in that they wanted people to play the game first. That this was a foundation with a commitment going forward. Apparently there was such a demand that they released the game.

That doesn't even address the point people are making. U don't have to market the bad things about ur game. U should be truthful about what ur game is and what u plan to do. The game wasn't revolutionary and the bouncetek tech was buggy. They didn't provide any of the promised updates they said they would.