NBA Live 13 Gameplay Video - Miami Heat vs. Oklahoma City Thunder

[RIZDRAVER]

Quote: Originally Posted by BCDX97

Am I the only one here who thinks the Live games have been more fun that the 2K games? All this hate is off-putting, and doesn't change the fact that I enjoyed playing Live more.

"Fond memories of time past crowd out all recalled blemishes."

[23]

Quote: Originally Posted by BCDX97

Am I the only one here who thinks the Live games have been more fun that the 2K games? All this hate is off-putting, and doesn't change the fact that I enjoyed playing Live more. I'm not saying this game is great - I just want to know why it finds such a wall of hate and 2K gets so much love - while it is a lot more polished, it still has flaws (passing).

Yeah you are the only one. 5 million sales say so

[dorian813]

Quote: Originally Posted by jsg

looks better than elite but thats not saying much. what stage of the game is the video in? it looks like a game from 5 years ago

For sure, I thought I was looking at 2K7 with better graphics. This game is still 3-5 years behind 2K13. With EA's money maybe they can come close to 2K in about 2-3 years.

[Thunder Storm]

Quote: Originally Posted by BCDX97

Am I the only one here who thinks the Live games have been more fun that the 2K games? All this hate is off-putting, and doesn't change the fact that I enjoyed playing Live more. I'm not saying this game is great - I just want to know why it finds such a wall of hate and 2K gets so much love - while it is a lot more polished, it still has flaws (passing).

Basketball enthusiasts can't enjoy Live's gameplay, its frustrating for us to see players taking drifting fade aways from 3.

Or big men going up for a dunk animation and then with the slightest contact it turns into a circus shot animation. It might be fun to casuals but ...

[Subversion]

If you base your decision on this leaked, pre-alpha footage, you don't deserve to be a gamer and you should not be on this forum. What I think is more disgraceful than the quality of this footage is the rush to judgement by basketball fans on this forum. I hope EA's official videos on Live 13 blow everyone away.

[fitzgerald434]

Quote: Originally Posted by KyotoCarl

Seems plausible, but considering what 2K has put out, with the Gamescom videos and screenshots, EA should've internally known and seen that it wasn't up to par so there would be no reason for them to "test the waters". If I made an inferior version of the Mona Lisa I would see and know it was inferior and not show it to anyone. There are a few things in the video that's for the assumption that's it's an early build; 1. the camera doesn't pan the whole way to the right (you can't see a player in the corner even though the ESPN graphics are fully centered the whole time) 2. The menu is veeery basic. There'd be much more info in a build two months from release. 3. After the cool ESPN intro; when the two teams logos come toward the screen to dissappear, the Thunder's top of the 3d logo sticks for a second at the bottom of the screen. That tells me they've just put the graphics in to test how it would all come together. 4. Player movement animations are jerky. Not at all in line with what finished animations would look like.

To add to the list the time is going down way to fast and the refs are standing still and not moving around

[King_B_Mack]

Quote: Originally Posted by RIZDRAVER

Seems like a classic soft reveal. After months of silence EA accidentally "leaked" this footage, oopsie-wink-wink, to test the waters and see the public reaction to a game they most likely had strong reservations about. If the reaction is negative they can claim it's not an official PR release, is old, is not representative of the game, etc. They played the same early-build card with Elite. We all knew those videos were of a final build. No developer ever releases a pre-alpha video only a few weeks before final submission of the final game.

There's a big difference between this and Elite, this isn't the same early build card. They tried to pull the early build thing after the Venice event where 23 and some of the other guys exposed them.

Now these guys are sitting up here talking about pre-alpha on a game that's got a full feature list menu screen. I can't believe that people are still buying this pre-alpha nonsense. On top of everything else I've already pointed out shouldn't be in a pre-alpha build, the real kicker is dudes are out there in FULL ACCESSORIES and shoes. Not one generic shoe is in that vid. LeBron, Wade, they've got correct pads, sleeves, headbands and kicks.

[Cavsfan4life]

Based off the reactions in this thread, looks like Im only getting 2K this year. Was hoping Live 13 would build off the positives from Live 10, but that doesn't seem the case.