NBA Live 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here 360 & PS3

[23bluesman]

Thanks for the link funky. Here are some more for us PS3 users to wet our appetite (sorry if they have been posted already):

High quality:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=rBelHHJtoq4&NR=1
Nice simple dunk on the break by Gasol. 1st Boston play of the 2nd quarter..remember Da-Czar's Constant Variable video? Good execution by the computer here, KG got deep position in the post. I didn't like the Kobe dunk on Allen though.

Highlights:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdypnvMUAw&feature=user
Kobe:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9CwdbbhGo
KG:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=n-aw2E0K1II&feature=user
Personally love the Kobe highlight! 3:14 move plus the chest pump afterwards..nice. The KG one for me was kinda meh..

Pick and Roll too effective?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKEZiY0bDw4

Hoopsgaming:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUpAXVnQNIQ

Another:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_83Fi_qIukU

Can't wait!

[bateman11]

Love:
Kobe's shot
The amazing around-the-rim animations
Off-balance shots
dribbling animations

Dislike:
clipping issues, they are bad at times
ability for players to get to the rim and dunk that easily. hopefully it can be tuned.

[TMagic]

So, I just got finished playing the demo.

And I really don't get why people think Live is such a bad game. The way some people talk about it, I was expecting a hell of a lot worse.

The game was extremely playable, and there wasn't anything that I noticed from the demo that made me get really agitated.

- The sig shots looked nice...Kobe and Ray looked really good IMO
- Kobe had some nice sig dunks that I preferred over whatever he had in NBA 2K8. 1 was where he just goes up one handed and dunks with authority w/ a taunt at the end. Then he did a 360. Not sure if other players can do it, but I only saw Kobe.
- Players looked pretty active on offense.
- The commentary is great.
- The graphics were good.
- Cool animations. One was where I had a guy take a shot and get fouled and he hit the floor and slid I think. It looked really sweet.

The game was fun. Plain and simple. I played it for at least a half hour.

I had some trouble with controls/crossovers. Not sure if it's the game, or me because I didn't know what the hell my man was going to do when I used the quickstrike dribbling. I'm pretty sure it is my lack of skill here.

The only thing that kind of annoyed me is all the cutscenes; nothing in real time. But, I'm sure that you can turn them off.

The blocks looked funny too. At least on blocked jumpshots.

The game didn't seem to be as jerky as people say. There is some, but again, I would have thought it would have been much worse from what people say.

I don't get how people say that Live sucks, Live is crap, or whatever. I had fun with it.

[Tha_Kid]

???

That would be because 09 is a monumental leap from the previous games. It's kind of obvious.

[kwas676]

Quote: Originally Posted by 23bluesman

Thanks for the link funky. Here are some more for us PS3 users to wet our appetite (sorry if they have been posted already): High quality: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=rBelHHJtoq4&NR=1 Nice simple dunk on the break by Gasol. 1st Boston play of the 2nd quarter..remember Da-Czar's Constant Variable video? Good execution by the computer here, KG got deep position in the post. I didn't like the Kobe dunk on Allen though. Highlights: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=9wdypnvMUAw&feature=user Kobe: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=1E9CwdbbhGo KG: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=n-aw2E0K1II&feature=user Personally love the Kobe highlight! 3:14 move plus the chest pump afterwards..nice. The KG one for me was kinda meh.. Pick and Roll too effective? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKEZiY0bDw4 Hoopsgaming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUpAXVnQNIQ Another: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_83Fi_qIukU Can't wait!

Why would you put up does highlights making me even more sad thats its not on PSN yet lol jk I loved the kobe highlight, bateman trust me I played a little bit of the demo at a friends house it's really not that easy to get to rim like last yr.

[cro_2pac]

Maybe for Ps3 the demo comes out today on the Eu store? Because the EU store had problems yesterday.

[PuntNL]

No, also no Live demo in the EU store...

[hokupguy]

i just threw a sick ally to kobe on the break , and then got i replay with a "sports center " top 10 nominee. Is there going to be a weekly breakdown on nightly breakdown or something?