NBA Live 13 Preview

[kolanji]

it really sounds like a valiant effort to bring nba live to fruition over there at ea sports.

its a really long climb up hill for EA when the competitor is really in a better place and state with their basketball IP......

all their efforts and hard work will be under a microscope of scrutiny to comparisons in a bias way due to the failings of nba elite 11 and the expectations of fans.

even more so with nba 2k12 leaving a bitter taste in many gamers mouth and fans really looking for an option to their basketball fix ...

if only EA can to deliver in some shape a game that can maybe just get their 2 feet back on the ground and gain stability to defend themselves and eventually start trowing back some punches at the competitor

my guess is as good as anybody's else's on what to expect but for now the benefit has been given to nba live dev team...not sure if it is because i want to see em do good or just based on the fact that its way too early to tell either way .......come what may i say

[VUUAASSHHH!]

Who's gonna be Jesus this year? I bet Garnett will.

lol

[Playmakers]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23

So my question to you is, since NBA E-Lite didnt come out, they had time to work on this, from planning to code writing... how much of an unfinish build is it when they've had all this time?

yep....

this game should be complete and they should be working on bugs and gameplay right now.

How the heck do you skip a year and still not be finished with a product and we are in June?

I think it's all smoke and mirrors to be honest. They don't even show any gameplay videos so they must not be that confident about their product even after having a year off to fix things.

The sad part is i gurantee you EA will be talking about a patch for something within one month after release of this game.

Something their QA testers missed that they should be testing right now on a Final build not a product only 60% complete despite the year off.

[JerzeyReign]

And to be fair and impartial, I'll give the Live team a pass too -- its early. The reason, which was posted somewhere on here, that the game is on its 'normal' dev cycle is because it took a year for them to assemble the right team. I consider that being completely indecisive and very discouraging.

Where are the Advisory Council members? What game did they see a month or two ago that had them feeling like the game was moving forward -- was it the same as the one Steve saw?

[noshun]

Quote: Originally Posted by Playmakers

yep.... this game should be complete and they should be working on bugs and gameplay right now. How the heck do you skip a year and still not be finished with a product and we are in June? I think it's all smoke and mirrors to be honest. They don't even show any gameplay videos so they must not be that confident about their product even after having a year off to fix things. The sad part is i gurantee you EA will be talking about a patch for something within one month after release of this game. Something their QA testers missed that they should be testing right now on a Final build not a product only 60% complete despite the year off.

What's even sadder when you think about it, why hire a new team to make a supposed "new vision" from the old parts that got that old team canned in the first place? Redundancy at its finest....

[truintellectplaya]

Nothing surprising here. For the people claiming they are pulling a Madden please explain to me what Madden is doing to get people hyped other than making promises as usual? The difference is you will get Madden and tout it as better than what it is because of the exclusive situation. On the other hand, Live has superior competition.

[Rob. D]

Quote: Originally Posted by JerzeyReign

And to be fair and impartial, I'll give the Live team a pass too -- its early. The reason, which was posted somewhere on here, that the game is on its 'normal' dev cycle is because it took a year for them to assemble the right team. I consider that being completely indecisive and very discouraging. Where are the Advisory Council members? What game did they see a month or two ago that had them feeling like the game was moving forward -- was it the same as the one Steve saw?

Yea were are those council members

[Dazraz]

It's somewhat concerning that a game that's been in development for coming along for 2 years, still has these glaring weaknesses. Maybe EA are just hoping that by simply releasing an NBA game they can put a dent into 2K sales that are big enough to cause that company to fold.