NBA Live 10 Demo Available, Post Impressions Here (360)

[Bornindamecca]

Quote: Originally Posted by renewill27

Smoothest player in the hanger,by far carmelo.

Agreed. They did a stellar job on him.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tha_Kid

I can confidently say that getting rid of a backdown button was a bad mistake by both EA & 2K. Why invite all the ambiguity that comes with making it contextual?

Jury is still out on this one.

Quote: Originally Posted by Da_Czar

Honestly I don't like the demo as much as the final i played. If memory serves correct and its been over a week. But the control was much tighter. They feel a bit too loose to me right now on offense and defense.... So its fun to play again but not the same experience I remember. also not a big fan of the auto post ups both games went to.

There are a lot of demotastic moments that make me refrain from giving an impression, because I know certain things won't be in the final product.


I'm not going to give an impression for a multitude of reasons, but I will urge everyone to remember this: We've been dealing with basically the same control scheme since 2k7. There are certain muscle memory functions that you have to unlearn before you can even have real "fun". Also, there are a lot of nuances in this system. There are subtleties. In a certain sense, you have to treat this as the first basketball game you've ever played to be able to experience the system on its own terms.

Even though some people may be reticent to do so, I think the average 2k gamer needs 4-10 hours of unlearning before they are truly giving this game a fair chance.

I'm seeing a lot of complaints and issues here that have a lot to do with people not understanding the controls, or treating this game according to the standards and habits of the other game.


Also: Freestyle passing might be the best b-ball gaming innovation in at least 3 years.

[Da_Czar]

Quote: Originally Posted by DubTrey1

Basically I like the demo - However the biggest negative I have is on the Defensive side of the ball. It is near impossible it seems to stop anyone or stay in front of any defender much less Kobe. It may be tweaked in the final, but as it stands, playing D is not nearly any fun compared to how playing O is a blast with the plethora of moves and shots at our disposal. I will surely give this a rent at best.

Play the angles dub and you also have to lenient with pressure on the left stick pressue it takes aminute to get the rytm down because you might tend to over correct

stumble great demo review after the learning curve I found the game gets better to ME. Because you start to xconxwmtrate on playing good hoops

[lakers4life]

Quote: Originally Posted by lakers4life

Can someone tell me if the lakers organ is in the game? The "let's go lakers" one

Bump

[sambowie]

Quote: Originally Posted by DirtyJerz32

Ahh... Ladies and gentlemen! I think LIVE is back. I got up an hour early so I could at least DL the demo. While I got dressed for work I started reading impressions on my iPhone. I started getting so overly excited that I had to call in and say I was going to be an hour late. Anyway, The graphics are amazing. The player faces are spot on and the into the hanger was great. Seeing LJames, arms raised high like "I'm hear" let's get it started is great. Getting used to all the players in there can take up most of your time. There is a learning curve to this years game. It's not 09 by any means. Which is a good thing and bad thing. It's only a bad thing because I'm so used to playing Live 09 and the controls and player movement is very different. But, different in a good more realistic way. Shooting is amazing. Being able to hold and then release or a quick pop is really done well. Driving hard to the paint and pulling up felt so natural it was very impressive. I've seen a couple post were guys are having a hard time pulling up in the paint without doing a lay up. I haven't had any issues with it, just let off the L stick before pushing the X button to shoot. It works for me. The difference between each player is so amazingly done it's sick. LJames feels more heavy and his moves are more drawn out. Whereas Kobe is quick and silkly smooth. I haven't gotten out of the hanger to actually play a game so I can't comment on that. I had to go into work and forgot to pick up dry cleaning so I've ruined part of my day to play a demo of a video game. You wouldn't tell that I'm 34 and getting ready to be married can you? Haha... I love being a grown up...

Add me to the 30+ engaged video game addict list. lol

[Steadtler]

@BULLS-eye

"Too many steals/losing the ball"

That the game's way of telling you you're doing something wrong! Dont try to charge thru a clogged lane, dont abuse the sizeups, and watch those passing lanes.

[cool2fool]

U guys should make a video for us ps3 user already!!!!!!Selfish

[sambowie]

Quote: Originally Posted by cool2fool

whats that for?

TY - thank youse

[Pared]

Full court shots need work. Every shot goes close to the rim, no matter the distance.

They don't hit, but they miss the rim by about a foot.