NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[ZoneBlitz]

Positive
Atmosphere - Awesome: really immerses you in the game with crowd and arena noises, excellent job
Graphics - Really good player models and faces
Animations - I like the way the players seem to interact realistically with the ball and with each other; the physics of the ball and their body movements is really good
Player Momentum - While it feels hard to control your player at times and you wonder what he is doing, the momentum thing - once you get the hang of it, will probably be good
Lighting - You can see everyone - LOL

Negative
Basketball Sounds - terrible bouncing ball sound during the game, awful rim sounds, that really sucks
Minor Clipping - rarely saw it but a few times my player just went through another player
Commentary - although it has its high moments, sometimes it seems simple

Not Sure
At times it seems choppy - as if the frame-rate is not always at 60fps

Overall
It seems like it will be a great game. I am impressed with it. Of course, I'll wait to see what the competition has to offer. However, it does seem like a good game and a definite major improvement over NBA Live's of the past.

[authentic24]

i just gotta say the control is next gen.... come on people get used to it this is no longer nintendo where u just press a button and watch i love this **** despite the minor flaws.

[Pared]

I'm really, really liking a lot... but I'm also NOT liking a bit.

Love:
-The control. Not much to say other than it's great.
-Free throws! Well done and simple mechanic.
-Fouls on default settings are just about right.
-Player differentiation (Artest is great defensively, Howard a beast offensively)
-Shooting. Feels great. Much better than last year.
-Crowd audio is wonderful.


Hate:
-Rebounding is still bad. Players seemingly go up and reach for air.
-The sliding now present in many areas of the game. Obviously it's a trade-off for the control, but after touting foot planting tech for so long, it's almost like the old sliding is back.
-If you're making changes during a FT shot attempt, the CPU will take your FT for you. Immediately. At least make them wait a few seconds and then auto-shoot so I don't get a delay call.
-Defense in the post


WTF:
-Balls still dropping to the ground and my players just watching the rebound.
-Not crazy about the Player Lock control setup. There have been more than a few times I've tried to Icon pass and get switched off. IMO - eliminate Icon passing and just make it a Player switch option, and make the user use freestyle passing.
-Player AI is very strange at times. Had a time where Kobe brought the ISO... held the ball the entire shot clock... drove in with 4 seconds to go then got a shot off too late.

Tidbits:
Still up in the air about the Player faces... MUCH MUCH BETTER. From regular camera angles, they all look great. But up close, they still look slightly off. Don't know what it is.
-Love the sharp graphics... but the game still looks a bit cartoony. Could it be the color is so vibrant?

[ZoneBlitz]

Quote: Originally Posted by stewaat

I'm excited to get off work and give this a try, only 5 more hours... The impressions are what I had expected. Sounds like the control you have over the players is going to be ridiculous. Let's see if I'll be converted...

My impression is that it reminds me of what everyone was complaining about in the Draft Combine. I think both games are adding momentum and thus we all have to get adjusted to realizing that a players weight and momentum matter this year. While I am still getting used to it, I'm glad that Live included it.

[Pared]

Ray, you can't icon pass here like in 2k. Try using Freestyle passing instead.

[Tha_Kid]

Quote: Originally Posted by iLLosophy

The Good: It takes some getting used to but the locomotion & freestyle controls are nice. I still don't know how to do all the stuff in the game yet, (like effectively post up - I always end up trying to dribble around the defender which ends up in a steal)

Ha, this is funny to me because the cpu has on more than one occasion gotten a dunk by just dribbling past my defender because there was no engage. That is a gripe that i hope isn't present in the final version. Also bad are Pau/Bynum doing hop steps and other assorted travels following the entry pass. Semi unguardable. I had Dwight go coast to coast against me in 1 (dwight) on 2 (Artest + Bynum) situations 3 times for the hammer dunk and that just shouldn't happen, at least not all three times. I know in 2K I could have stripped Dwight dribbling up the court with Ron or challenged with Bynum but in the demo Bynum just swung his arm and got pushed out of the way while Ron's steal attempts had zero effect. I'm having great battles with the AI while trying to learn what Live really wants from me on the defensive end. On offense, i've started to get a lttle something going with sizeups/LS/RS, but on the rare occasion I get penetration, I make the wrong choice and get a collision shot/fouled/lose the ball.

I also don't like that there is a clear animation difference between when your defender is just going to swing his arm and when a block is going to happen, but the blocks do look great. One of my last games, I wanted to go 2 for 1, so had VC bring up the rock medium speed and let go of the LS so he'd step into a smooth pullup when Kobe just destroyed the jumper and took it the other way for a two handed slam. I wasn't happy but damn it looked good lol.

[chello97217]

Someone said that they thought the players were random players lol. I have to agree with this i still don't know who a couple of the guys were.

Going to guess the guy on the right side in blue was YI?

The small guy was kidd?

I know Roy but only because i shot with him and saw his form.

Player models are still a bit far behind 2k when it comes to seeing a guy and going OH i know who that is.

[RayAP19]

Also, those "Tip the rebound to yourself" animations are CANNED (OH NOES!).