NBA Live 09 Gameplay Video

[mharlem]

Here's a better video.

http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-...BRoll-Footage/

[SageInfinite]

I like the animations. Like I said before. Live MIGHT be as good as 2k8 now. I still have to play it but there are some really nice animations they've added this year. Jumpshots still look awkward and the net animations aren't done well. The game looks alot more natural now tho.

Dude was a cheeser 4real tho. Live will get a rent just like it has for the past couple of years now. Hopefully I'll finally have two NBA games to play now.

[DubTrey1]

looked good so far, but - looks like they still have a ways to go before this title can contend with the likes of 2k. That being said, graphics alone are awesome and the animations seem to be really coming together for them....Heading in the right direction it seems. Finally

[Greene_Flash03]

Quote: Originally Posted by Stumbleweed

That Iggy animation was nice even though he did kinda clip through another player to pull it off... the fall afterwards was perfect and looked amazingly nice. Overall though, kinda disappointed... still had that odd jerky quality to it. I'm sure whatever cheeser was playing didn't help because he was always doing weird crossovers and constantly driving into traffic, but the post-up engage and drive animations were snapping in a lot it seemed like, and the few jumpers that were shows still looked awkward.. Hmm, on 2nd viewing, those snap-ins are definitely there and take away from the overall look... but the off-ball animations, pick-and-roll system, and the dunks/layups all looked solid. That pick and roll looks especially nice -- you can see the pickee struggling to get past and it seems like it will really open up the mid-range game.

Don't be disappointed man. I think it's the video that's why it's kinda jerky right now. 2nd, that dude is probably playing in rookie mode that's why he was able to use the crossover effectively.

If people plays live right, it looks good. I love the animation to be honest with you. I can't wait!

[Greene_Flash03]

Quote: Originally Posted by mharlem

Here's a better video. http://xboxmovies.teamxbox.com/xbox-...BRoll-Footage/

Thanks! See, it's a lot smoother with better video. Can't wait!

[slvicick]

Layups look pretty good, but some of them just made the D slide out of the way.
Falldown animations are NICE!
Jumpshots look terrible to me.... so does the ball/rim/net interaction.

Way better than last year, but still doesn't look to play as good as 2K7, let alone 2K8

[bigeastbumrush]

Day 1 purchase for me.

The one that did it for me was Gay falling down on the fadeaway jumper. He didn't just fall. It's almost like he tried to keep his balance and stumbled twice but still ended up falling. So damn sweet.

And Iggy's reverse layup off the glass. Haven't seen that since Live 05.

One thing that I really like is the hesitation on the crossovers. Look at Gay's second drive to the basket where he dunked it. He starts his crossover but does a hesistation/head fake. That is so fluid it's scary. EDIT: It's a 01:01 of the video on the baseline. It's so crazy it looks like a carrying/palming violation.

Unless the CPU can get into the lane like those guys were, I'm not worried.

[Muzyk23]

Passes still suck, the ball is still too big, I'm shocked, because it looks nothing like the E3 gameplay that Walton was commenting - they are like two different games.