NBA Live 09 Demo Released, Impressions Here 360 & PS3

[kwas676]

Quote: Originally Posted by Mintsa

Yeah...PS3. 1) So for alley it's press R1 & the right analog up ?? 2) And to put your hands up it's a button, not a stick ?? maybe thats why I cant do it ?? Does anyone know this ??

1. YES

2. I don't no but there is a section in the demo that tells you the controls so search there

[texasgmr]

Man I keep playing the demo and I am just getting excited about this game coming out, any of you going to start a club or whatever it is called when this thing hits?

[ehh]

BTW, love seeing Kobe and Pierce in the Hyperdunks!

[GisherJohn24]

Being a long-time 2K fan, I can honestly say I'm going to play Live over 2K this year. I can't get enough of the demo and I have little desire to play the 2K demo. Live is finally back and I'm so happy E.A. came through when they needed to the most. Thank you E.A.

[phant030]

Yes u can put ur hands up with R3 Up. U have to hold it and u cant move while doing.

[blad3runner]

First post on here so be nice

After getting my PS3 and playing Live 08 for around 7 months, I must say NBA Live 09 is a big improvement when it comes to being/looking more realistic. Players seem to move more realistically, though still a bit robotically, still a big improvement. Nice to see the sig shots being close to their real life counterparts, unlike last year., though still not as accurate as 2k8, but close enough :P The demo was a lot of fun, I kept clicking on rematch to play again about 15 times :P (too bad its only two 2 min qtrs). Though there are a few gripes I had with the demo, not sure if this will be present in the full version.

1) The shot release of the players - Example, Shooting with kobe, the shot animation is way to fast IMO. From the point where the shooting animation starts to when the ball hits the rim - feels like it's in fast forward.

2) Not sure if its a setting on my TV (all other games are fine), but it felt that a little bit of the top part of the screen was cut off - Couldn't see the top of the backboard, so when someone shoots, the ball goes up, off screen, then comes back down o.0. Is this the same for anybody else?

3) Though a big improvement in the crowd this year, whats up with only seeing a few rows up of the crowd? The rest are covered in shadow/darkness =/. Also I felt that the crowd wasen't in the game much at all. Could hardly hear them cheer or react to the game much. (And yeah I maxed the crowd volume in settings)

Any confirmation in regards to the above 3 points in the full version?

Overall, though still has an arcadey feel, a definite improvement over last year. If EA can continue down this road, and build on what they have created this year, I have no doubt that the gap between NBA 2k and NBA Live in regards to 'a basketball sim' will shorten.

I will most likely pick up both this year.

Just out of curiousity. Thoughs people that will buy both, how do you plan on playing them ? Playing a season of both games at the same time, or completing 1 season of say 2k then moving onto Live? :P

[23]

I always play 2k first then move to Live when im tired of it.

For some reason i dont have as much fun with 2k when I pop Live in first.

Could be the authentic sound and all im not sure what it is

[PuntNL]

I always choose one of the two NBA Games (2K or Live)... I don't like to adjust to the games each time I change.. especially from shot stick to two buttons for shooting and dunking...

I like the improvement of Live's game over the years and this year looks to be a very decent game.. Not sure yet what to do this year... Since nextgen I only bought 2K every year, this year I am doubting a little... But I'm leaning to 2K for another year.. Live is getting closer though...

Will get back to the demo again 2nite...