NBA Live 10 Blog: Shooting the Rock

[bigeastbumrush]

Quote: Originally Posted by stewaat

They don't have the D-League in Live.

[Marino]

Quote: Originally Posted by stewaat

They don't have the D-League in Live.

Says another Bobcats fan. You got jokes Stewaat, you got jokes.

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by stewaat

My thoughts (2K guy) Positives (Top 3) + The shooting tutorial had me drooling. Wow oh wow did that look absolutely sweet. The variation and control you have looks perfect. + The f'n dribbling looks unreal. When Wang is just pulling off some good dribble combos in the hangar it's a thing of beauty! + Ball/rim interaction. Live finally improved, finally! + Plenty more to the good, but I'm lazy, so I'm done with 3! Negatives - Saw sliding. Mainly saw it in defenders who were CPU controlled. Maybe I was expecting too much, but it was definitely there. - Commentary. There were random breaks in commentary and it just didn't flow. Very small gripe. - Too many layups. However Da_Czar stated this isn't the case in game. But for now all I can go off is the video, and that's what I saw. This could go away easily. As you can see, the negatives are very minor, the game looks pretty damn good. Unfortunately, I am only buying one game (no time for two) and I will choose the game with the better Dynasty/Association mode. I was really leaning towards 2K but I'd like to change it up this year. However, Live has to deliver the goods on that mode or I'm going back to old faithful. I think this year will be purely personal preference, who gives a damn which one is better? (Other than the devs!) People are going to have a choice between two very good games.

Either way you roll Stew i don't think you can really lose man. I don't envy your decision at all. Thankfully i will be able to get both...

[NumberOneRB]

Uh, that was.....AWESOME! This game looks like SUCH a huge improvement over '09 its not even funny. The depth of selection on all the different shots is AMAZING, and I love how they are all user controlled! Wow, I haven't been this excited for a game in quite a while, let alone a basketball game. The playoff atmosphere in the gameplay video, the intensity of the crowd noise, my gosh, I'm speechless. I still need to actually see what the competition has in store (they havent shown much of anything yet), but right now it looks like EA is going to get my money (again).

[LingeringRegime]

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But the end result is picture perfect shot distribution and percentages. Needless to say, I’m really happy with the way shooting is balanced in Live 10. If you take the time to understand the strengths and weaknesses of your players, and properly balance your offensive attack, Live 10 will reward you. It’s great to walk around the office and watch people playing each other. Sometimes I’ll see one guy trying to play “old school” and continually force up bad shots… and it’s so great to see him getting owned by the guy who plays smart hoops. Finally, mid-range shooting is a valid weapon!

[J-Unit40]

Outstanding. These tutorials are really making my decision tough this year.

Shooting looks fun...finally! From the variety to the individuality to the net and rim physics.

I may switch it up to be honest. I have bought the last 3 or 4 2K hoop games, but this vast improvement has me leaning right now. Whoever can deliver in the Franchise/Season department will be my choice. I love sim engines (stats) that work out of the box. DNA is definitely going to deliver it appears.

I can't wait for the demos to be more informed and just to simply play them!

Great year for hoop fans!

[Rob. D]

Live looks good this year...NEED DEMO NOW!

[Court_vision]

Quote: Originally Posted by WTF

So here’s the shooting tutorial. It will give you a pretty good rundown of how to use the new shooting controls in this year’s game: Now I know you guys just can’t get enough 5-on-5 gameplay footage, so that’s the second vid. It’s a montage of gameplay from different camera angles and different teams to showcase some of Live’s shooting in action. I tried to mix it up so some of the games are CPU vs. CPU like the last clip of GSW vs. NYK. That game was sweet by the way. The Warriors were on fire in the first half (Stephen Curry had 23 at halftime), and were up by 23 or so at the break. I left the room to go eat dinner and when I came back, the Knicks went on a nice run, cutting the lead in half. I went to finish dinner and when I came back again, the Knicks were within 3. I stayed and watched the finish and it came down to the wire. Wish I could’ve recorded the whole game for you guys cause it was pretty fun to watch. That’s one of the cool things about Live this year. I’ve seen blowouts as well as games that go back and forth the entire 48 minutes… both when I’m playing and when I’m watching the AI play itself. I just find it really cool that as we’re moving closer and closer to authentic AI and team playstyles (and Dynamic DNA plays a HUGE role in that), NBA Live is really starting to replicate the ebb and flow of a real NBA game with all its ups and downs and big runs that make watching real NBA basketball so great. But anyway, I digress. Here’s the video: That’s it for me. Looking forward to seeing what you guys think of the demo! - Mike

As someone who's played LIVE 06, 07, 08 and 09...that is a freaking quantam leap forward. Just a massive, massive improvement.

This is going to be a hell of a basketball game IMO.