NBA Live 09 Gameplay Video (Gametrailers)

[Jano]

Its odd to see Kobe express that much emotion.

[sroz39]

Quote: Originally Posted by born_bad

Same story it seems with Live as it has been the last few years - looks awesome... until it starts moving. The animations are still pretty bad and just light years behind the competition. There just not smooth and it kills the otherwise excellent graphics.

Exactly what I was gonna say. There's no denying the progress, even from last year's game, but especially from two years ago. But there's still some major issues, mainly with the speed of some of the animations in relation to others. Specifically, some offensive moves are way too quick for the defensive animations, which leads to some awkward looking collision detection/clipping issues. The net animations are still awful too. But that's nowhere near a game killer like the animation issues might be.

Having said all that, I'm actually quite looking forward to trying this one out because like I said, the progress is obvious. As an alternative to the straight sim style of the NBA 2K series (which will always be my preference..sim that is), this one CAN be fun for a game or two to change up the pace.

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Quote: Originally Posted by Jano

Its odd to see Kobe express that much emotion.

He was imitating Michael Jackson...lol



Thanks for the heads up Mar..ehh stephesonmc

Was that Chase playing that bad? Good Lord man, you could've at least ran a couple of pick and rolls

[stephensonmc]

Quote: Originally Posted by Pared

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That is it, yes!

[Mintsa]

Steph.....when can you guys start answering some online questions ??? (not team play questions, just regular online questions).

[stephensonmc]

anytime.

Get a list of questions together man, and I'll get them answered.

[rdelizo35]

Quote: Originally Posted by stephensonmc

anytime. Get a list of questions together man, and I'll get them answered.

In that case, here's some questions:

1) What improvements to Franchise mode should fans be excited about most for NBA Live '09?

2) Is there an option for putting a player on the trading block in Franchise mode?

3) Will Oklahoma City make it into the game?


Thanks for taking my questions, Stepehensonmc.

[retrohelix]

Steph will you be able to defend the pick and roll this year It looks awesome but it also looks like It could be abused so can you go underneath or hedge the screen? Thanks for answering