NBA Live 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here 360 & PS3

[PsychoBulk]

As soon as its up on PSN Store someone please shout up...

Cheers.

[bigeastbumrush]

Just a heads up, the Demo is for XBL GOLD members only. Silver members can check again in a few days.

[DakkoN]

My god, too many blocked jumpshots. 5 blocks by my Celtics in the 1st quarter alone.. Garnett with 3, Perkins with 2. Odom with 1.

[DakkoN]

Pierce has an awesome signature shot for when you are running to the side and shoot. It's a quick step leaner that is really really smooth. That may be a shot for all players because I did a very similar shot with Kobe.

There are some really weird and out of place animations but for every one of those there is an excellent animation. The transition between animation to animation is really good. You can go from driving to a layup seamlessly without feeling stuck in the animation.

Court spacing is really great, you can really feel the shots open up as you draw attention. I love drawing it with Rondo and kicking out or laying it in when the D thinks I'm going to pass

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by DakkoN

My god, too many blocked jumpshots. 5 blocks by my Celtics in the 1st quarter alone.. Garnett with 3, Perkins with 2. Odom with 1.

Well hopefully it's not a blockfest like years past. I did just play 2 games though.1st game 0 blocks either side( pro) 2nd game 1 block ( CPU=ALL Star )

So hopefully that is just a rare occurrence, or can be toned down with sliders. I am much more impressed with the ball physics this year and the interaction with the rim. I have seen a lot of new ball animations in regards to it's correlation to the rim.

It still plays a little slow to me, but that can be taken care of with game speed sliders. Jumps feel better, and rebounding is improved to a degree.

Love the beginning with the entrance out of the tunnel, into the stadium.........wish they would have taken this a little further.

The announcing is as good as Live's always has been ( 2nd best to The Show)

[ExtremeGamer]

Quote: Originally Posted by DakkoN

My god, too many blocked jumpshots. 5 blocks by my Celtics in the 1st quarter alone.. Garnett with 3, Perkins with 2. Odom with 1.

Maybe just the way I played, but in 3 games I saw one blocked jumper.

[Mintsa]

Question........

When taking jumpers, does the ball clang or rattle in at all ??? Or is it all swishes like in the vids that were released ??

Thanks.



PS: Steph or Beluba can we get an update from one of you if this demo will be released on the PSN today ????

[bluengold34_OS]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mintsa

Question........ When taking jumpers, does the ball clang or rattle in at all ??? Or is it all swishes like in the vids that were released ?? Thanks. PS: Steph or Beluba can we get an update from one of you if this demo will be released on the PSN today ????

I have seen it hit different parts of the rim and fall out and fall in. A lot of my jumpers are straight in though, but not all.

Example: I just hit like a 9 foot jump shot, that hit the front of the rim, hit the side a couple of times on the side and fall through. This doesn't seem to happen very often though..more times than not, it feels like its in or a miss.