NBA Live 09 Gameplay Video (Youtube)

[rebe1]

Quote: Originally Posted by Greene_Flash03

Me likey! So are the Raptors going to drop the purple starting next season?

Raptors stopped using Purple a few years ago....

[videobastard]

This video had a better flow to the other ones posted. But the animations still need some work.

[DaveDQ]

I'm impressed, but as others have noted, the game still has a little bit of quirkyness going on. The ball trajectory seems to be very stiff. The players aren't sliding much, which is nice, but they seem to lack aggressiveness.

I'd be very interested in seeing how EA goes about programming their games with animations because the animations have a very Madden-like look to them. It lacks the natural feel 2K has been able to produce.

[Mintsa]

I played lots of 08 and with this gameplay movie 09 looks MUCH improved. The rebounding especially looks good. Players just box out and grab the defensive board.


PS: I will give the people at ea one thing. They get the Raptors down to the T in Live. Everyhting from jerseys, stadiums, courts are all PERFECT. Thats how it should be with EVERY team in all videogames.

[blingballa333]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mintsa

I played lots of 08 and with this gameplay movie 09 looks MUCH improved. The rebounding especially looks good. Players just box out and grab the defensive board. PS: I will give the people at ea one thing. They get the Raptors down to the T in Live. Everyhting from jerseys, stadiums, courts are all PERFECT. Thats how it should be with EVERY team in all videogames.

True, the court looks AMAZING. Although, the players really don't. I honestly can't tell who's who sometimes because of the player models in Live. I have no problem with 2k, they seem to get the likeness of a player so down pat it's scary! For example, I couldn't even recognize Calderon for a while, he certaintly didn't have a sig shot. The only player that I KNEW for sure was Moon, Parker, Bosh, and Durant. I found westbrook just because they had the name under the ballhandler. They made him look SO thin, its just very hard to decifier who's who in Live somtimes. And it's not my b-ball knowledge because I know pretty much every player in the NBA today.

[BobbyColtrane]

i used to be a HUGE Live fan going back to the first game, then i switched to 2k in 2006 and haven't really looked back. i'm going to give this game a try because there are still things that really bug me about 2k:

the spacing
iso-motion doesn't feel right to me
lack of control and the animations
lackluster franchise mode
lack of separate layup and jump shot buttons

if Live is playable, then I'm going to probably just play that this year.

[tabulaRasa]

the ball looks floaty and somehow the players look more cartoony than 2ks, but still , looks decent.

[ehh]

Quote: Originally Posted by BigTigLSU

Again this looks like another solid effort by EA but there is something about the movement that just doesnt feel right.

It's still a little odd but it's a huge improvement over 08. I love the triple threat animations in this vid. The jumper animations/sig styles still look very weak though. This game looks promising, no two ways about it. It'll be comical if EA figures out basketball before football.