NBA Live 14 Has Arrived, Post Your Impressions Here

[gmac0322]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

Straight 100s. Turn them up unless the patch today fixed it.

Oh wow! I didn't know there was one released today

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[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by jyoung

The CPU does a lot of standing around on offense. It's tough to get any player movement going without calling plays. Also, when you have the ball in the post, your teammate on the opposite block will do some really weird stuff. A lot of times, he will run over to you for no reason, then turn around and run straight out of bounds. The passing animations around the basket are painfully slow. By the time you try to pass to an open man, the throw and catch animations have taken so long that the defense has time to recover and block the shot.

Make sure the auto motion settings are turned on in the settings. After I set it to auto and not manual, I don't have that problem anymore.

@WTF

I don't know what tweaks or small tweaks were made, but I'm really enjoying this game now. It's deeper than an average casual player would notice especially if they limit themselve to the demo. The game plays more smoothly now, the AI sometimes does a lot of smart things, and I really have to work to score and it's starting to feel like NBA basketball to me. It's a good 2nd option to me for 2K. I don't know what EA is doing, but something has changed from launch. (I never wanted to play again, but now I'm glad I own the game). The play calling, took me about 6 games to figure out how to do that, how to make on the fly subs, took me about 8 games to do that, there are lots of things that I just didn't know you could do in game and it really adds to the enjoyment. Again, this game was like a 3 starting out, now it's more like a 6.5 or even a 7.0 at times. Needs some some work still, but looking forward to the next big gameplay patch.

[DW3]

Just picked this up from target for 40 bucks. Needed a break from 2k

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by DW3

Just picked this up from target for 40 bucks. Needed a break from 2k

@DW3 make sure you turn on the "auto motion", that's huge. Check out the "how to play" look at everything you can do. This game is pretty darn deep when you utilize everything. Be patient with it. I think you'll like it. I took me awhile to appreciate everything.

[verbalhologram]

Same here the game actually has a lot going for it but the live team did a terrible job in letting people know how to get the most out of the game,also it would be great to see them slow down the speed of the signature dribbling in the patch it looks great but is waaay to fast and hence looks jerky.
Some really nice layup animations are in there but again these could be built on further as well.

[DW3]

Quote: Originally Posted by GisherJohn24

@DW3 make sure you turn on the "auto motion", that's huge. Check out the "how to play" look at everything you can do. This game is pretty darn deep when you utilize everything. Be patient with it. I think you'll like it. I took me awhile to appreciate everything.

what is auto motion and how do you turn it on? thanks for the heads up

[Earl1963]

Can't wait for Live 15. They can add a few more animations but truthfully I don't like too many of those. The game need to be more smooth as well.

Also, what is this long update for the game? I'm on 1 of 3 and its taking a while.

[GisherJohn24]

Quote: Originally Posted by DW3

what is auto motion and how do you turn it on? thanks for the heads up

@dw3

It's called auto motion calling. Make sure you change it to AUTO from manual. You change it in Game Settings. Not sure what it means exactly, but for me, it keeps the players always moving depending on what's going on the court. I think it's what causes the problems with players appearing to just stand around. On manual, you have to call plays to get them to move around. On Auto, they do it without you having to call plays. Keeps it more organic and the flow is much better.